Compiled by TEH ATHIRA YUSOF and ALLISON LAI
SINGER Baby Shima (pic) claimed she had received a death threat via a social media post made by an unknown individual, Kosmo! reported.
Baby Shima, whose real name is Nor Ashima Ramli, 32, said the threat was made by an individual believed to be from Sarawak on Dec 30.
“I have just received a death threat from someone in Sarawak. I request the cooperation of Sarawak police to deal with this matter,” she added.
The singer shared the details on her Instagram account, where she included a screenshot of the threatening comments she had received.
The comment indicated that the individual is furious about Shima’s visit to Sarawak.
> After a long time away from the public eye, veteran singer Anita Sarawak, 72, has finally been found, Utusan Malaysia reported.
Former entertainment editor Roslen Fadzil shared the latest update on Anita.
According to Roslen, he attempted to track down the singer, famous for the song Akhirnya Kini Pasti, through former journalist Shuib Taib.
“Last October, I was approached by a concert promoter to help find Anita Sarawak, who now resides in the United States, as they intended to organise a mega tribute concert for legendary composer Datuk Adnan Abu Hassan in Kuala Lumpur around 2025.
“I sought the assistance of her ‘foster brother’ Shuib to contact Anita and her husband Mahathir in Las Vegas, hoping they would agree,” he wrote in a post on Instagram.
With Shuib’s help, Anita was found and her husband responded.
Mahathir, who mainly communicated with Roslen, said Anita has retired from the music industry and is enjoying a private life.
“Kak Nita would like to extend her heartfelt thanks for the kind thought.
“Kak Nita has retired and is pursuing a different, more private and comfortable life. We kindly ask that you convey our apologies to the organisers and greatly appreciate their thoughtful gesture,” he was quoted as saying.
Previously, efforts to locate Anita were unsuccessful since the singer had left Malaysia for the United States around 2011.
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.
