ACCLAIMED singer Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin (pic) is perplexed but unfazed by the social media platform’s recent blocking of her Instagram postings about the conflict in Gaza.
“My posting on Palestine in my Instagram feed has been blocked,” said the singer, as reported by Sinar Harian.
“Nevermind, the effort will continue,” she said in her latest post, which included a link for donations towards a special fund for Palestine under her foundation, Yayasan Nurjiwa.
The mother of two has been actively seeking donations for the fund and regularly shares updates of Palestine including of a school in Gaza, Afwa Al Afiyah, established by the foundation.
In a separate posting, Siti, whose latest hits include Menjaga Cintamu and Menyapa Dunia, said that she is touched by the donations from celebrities.
She gave a special shout out to husband and wife Aeril Zafril and Wawa Zainal, and Indonesian personality Sheila Saukia for their contributions.
> “Where’s the ghost?” lamented Zuraida Mohd Ali, 45, a food stall operator at an R&R stop (rest and recreation) along the East Coast Expressway 2 whose business has been affected due to rumours that the area is haunted.
“We hope that the public does not believe such claims,” she was quoted in a report by Harian Metro.
She said that a lorry driver had last week spread rumours on social media that there was a spirit at the R&R.
The lorry driver claimed on Tiktok that he was disturbed by a spirit while at the R&R. His video has since garnered 1.6 million views.
This has resulted in losses for the 20 stall operators at the R&R because motorists have begun to shun the area.
“It differs from the norm in that patrons will not stop here, especially at night.
“Our business has dropped between 50% and 80%, to the extent that some of us are forced to throw away unsold food,” she said.
Before the rumours, she used to earn between RM400 and RM500 a day, but this has since dropped to about RM200 ever since the lorry driver’s Tiktok video went viral.
A patron, Zarawi Mamat, 53, from Dungun, said she never encountered any spirits at the R&R on her visits over the past 10 years of travelling to-and-from Kuala Lumpur.
