Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
AN 80kg crocodile was captured in a rubber plantation in Kampung Padang Buluh, Besut, Terengganu.
According to Harian Metro, Terengganu Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director Loo Kean Seong said eight officers were dispatched after villagers spotted the crocodile at around 10pm on Tuesday.
“The reptile likely came from a nearby lake and wandered into the plantation,” he explained.
The 2.7m-long crocodile was safely captured that night and returned to its original habitat the following afternoon.
Loo urged the public to contact Perhilitan directly about wild animals in residential areas instead of posting on social media, which could attract the attention of poachers.
> A mother of three in Ipoh, Perak, is facing severe challenges after her youngest child was diagnosed with cancer shortly before her husband’s passing.
Nor Hayati Mohd Yusof, 43, has been raising her children, aged between nine and 17, alone since her husband died from a heart attack in 2021.
She said her world fell apart when her daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2021, Kosmo! reported.
“I never imagined that just weeks later, my husband would pass away in August.
“My child now suffers from pain and fatigue due to her treatments and had to stop attending school,” she said.
Nor Hayati, who earns RM70 a day from her roadside laksa stall, expressed her despair, saying they have no one to turn to.
> Actor Amir Ahnaf denied rumours of a relationship with an 18-year-old girl from Singapore.
This comes after photos of Amir allegedly holding her intimately went viral on social media in August, Berita Harian reported.
The 24-year-old said the man in the photos was not him and that he had never been in a relationship with the girl.
“I was really surprised because it clearly wasn’t me when I looked at the picture, so I am wondering why I got called out. I want to emphasise that it’s not me in those photos.
“We must remember not to be too quick to believe what people say,” he said in a recent interview on entertainment programme Melodi.
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.
