Compiled by ZAKIAH KOYA, TAN SIN CHOW and R. ARAVINTHAN
A man who relied on the Waze app to return home, ended up being lost in an oil palm plantation.
Harian Metro reported that Pauzi Ismail’s car got stuck in the mud in the Benta area of Pahang, and as night began to fall, he had no choice but to call for help.
The incident occurred when Pauzi was driving alone from Gua Musang, Kelantan, to Bandar Penawar, Johor, last Thursday.
The 70-year-old used the app to avoid traffic congestion, but things took a frightening turn when he got lost for several hours on the oil palm plantation.
According to his eldest son, Jurasmadi Pauzi, they were travelling in two separate cars but got separated due to the traffic.
His father headed home to Bandar Penawar around 5pm, while Jurasmadi returned to Kuala Lumpur.
“Fortunately, my father made an emergency call to 999. The Pahang fire department contacted my cousin who informed me about my father’s situation.
“My father managed to send pictures of the location though it wasn’t very accurate.
“So the police asked villagers if they recognised the plantation shown in the photos.
“With the help of villagers, they finally found my father at 10.02pm,” he added.
> A man who ran amok at Felda Jengka 2 before he died, had acted strangely and told villagers that the dead were “calling him”, Kosmo! reported.
Kampung Felda Jengka 2 headman Ramli Mohamad said a day before 57-year-old Hasdi Abdul died, he told villagers that he would die the next day.
“For two days, he was treating his friends to meals and told an old friend that the dead were calling him and sending him regards from paradise,” said Ramli.
It was reported that the suspect ran amok on Sunday and stabbed two of his neighbours, injuring them.
When the police arrived, he was found with bruises and his hands and feet bound by villagers.
Police arrested four local men believed to have been involved in a fight with the man.
They were remanded to assist in investigations.
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.
