Compiled by C. ARUNO
A 12-year-old girl in Chongqing, China, was hospitalised after a firecracker she had lit caused a sewer blast and sent her flying several metres away, reported China Press.
According to local authorities, the incident happened on Jan 27 in Longshui town.
CCTV footage showed the girl lighting a firecracker and placing it on top of a manhole cover then running away.
Before she could take more than half a dozen steps, an explosion shook the ground and sent her flying in the air.
Authorities said the firecracker caused sewer gas under the manhole cover to explode.
The girl is currently undergoing treatment and is reportedly in stable condition.
> Malaysian singer Fish Leong made her debut at China’s Spring Festival Gala, moving audiences to tears with her performance, the daily also reported.
The Queen of Love Ballads performed her new song People Living in My Heart for the first time on Chinese New Year’s eve.
The song highlights the importance of returning home, especially for family gatherings.
Leong is reportedly the third Malaysian to have been invited to go on the state-organised Chinese New Year TV programme.
The Spring Festival Gala, officially titled the China Media Group New Year’s Gala, is a programme broadcast internally through China state media CCTV.
It is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s most watched programme, with the 2018 edition said to have attracted more than a billion viewers.
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.
