Fasha Sandha unfazed by viewers’ criticisms

Compiled by LIEW JIA XIAN, FAZLEENA AZIZ and R. ARAVINTHAN

POPULAR local actress Fasha Sandha has been receiving brickbats from social media users for her portrayal of the antagonist Hanimsya in the drama Khilaf Asrama, Berita Harian reported.

“Even if I am unhappy with the character, I am just doing what the script requires of me.

“If people are angry with Hanimsya, it shows that I have succeeded in portraying the character, never mind that I am the subject of insults every day,” she said.

Fasha, 38, said she was grateful to the viewers and hoped they would look at it positively and learn from it.

She added that the drama aired on TV3 did not reflect who she was.

The series, produced by Radius One and directed by Uchee Fukada, also stars Nelydia Senrose, Fattah Amin and Fahrin Ahmad.

> A former Paralympic national basketball player is now selling keropok lekor and drinks to support himself after his National Sports Council (NSC) allowance was stopped, Utusan Malaysia reported.

Mohd Rozaimi Johari, 28, said following budget cuts, he no longer received the RM2,000 monthly allowance.

He and a friend from the village have been selling the snack and drinks at Air Kuning Selatan in Gemencheh, Negri Sembilan, for two months.

They would start at 3pm until the items were sold out.

“This is all we can do during the pandemic. Our team has not participated in any sports in the last three years and the management had to downsize its operations,” he said.

Mohd Rozaimi, however, still receives RM450 in aid from the Welfare Department.

He added that he had yet to find a permanent job as he was waiting to participate in a basketball tournament in Phuket, Thailand.

> A team from the Fire and Rescue Department took an hour to rid a Rohingya of a ring stuck to his private parts, Harian Metro reported.

The 26-year-old was taken to Hospital Ampang’s emergency department at about 9pm on Sunday. A medical officer then contacted the department.

The department’s Selangor director Norazam Khamis said the team took one hour to cut and remove the steel ring by using special tools.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.