Compiled by C.ARUNO, MARTIN CARVALHO, AND R. ARAVINTHAN
WHAT was initially believed to be a freak accident at a cemetery in China turned out to be an elaborate plot by a man to kill all three of his nieces, China Press reported.
It all began in January when the three sisters from China’s Hebei province visited their father’s grave and burnt joss paper as offerings.
However, they were unaware that the tombstone concealed a homemade explosive device, which detonated upon contact with fire.
The blast killed Wang Jingjing, 37; Wang Huanhuan, 33; and Wang Huanna, 26.
Local police later discovered that their uncle had held a grudge against the family for many years.
The uncle spent half a year acquiring and storing fireworks before converting them into an improvised explosive device which he placed beneath his younger brother’s tombstone on Dec 20 last year.
Following his arrest and trial, he was sentenced to death for the murders of his nieces.
> A group of 20 Malaysian travellers lost more than RM70,000 after a tour agency was believed to have absconded with their money, Sin Chew Daily reported.
One of the victims, identified only as Wang, 45, reported that he had invested RM10,000 for a family holiday to China.
The group was suppose to leave in April, but the agency failed to provide them with the flight and accommodation details.
“Eventually, the person in charge started a chat group and added all 20 of us to it.
“But about 48 hours before our supposed travel date, we were told that all the bookings were full and that the trip would be postponed to the following week,” Wang said.
And when the time came, Wang said the trip again did not materialise.
In response to enquiries, he said that the agency had promised a refund within 30 days; however, the funds had not yet been returned to them.
Based on the agency’s advertisements, the daily discovered that the company had been in operation for over three years and that their tour packages were 20% less expensive than other tour agents.
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(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.)
