Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUSTIN ZACK and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MAN in China’s Henan province lost more than one million yuan (RM572,091) after finding out the woman he dated for six years was married to another man and had two children, reported Oriental Daily.
Wang, 30, met a woman named Zhang just after he graduated from university in 2020 and the two began dating.
Throughout the relationship, Zhang would ask for money.
Wang gave her 300,000 yuan (RM171,627) while the remaining 700,000 (RM286,045) were loans from his parents and the bank, all of which he was still trying to repay.
Wang wanted to meet with Zhang’s family on five separate occasions but she would always decline.
When he finally managed to arrange a formal meeting, Zhang suddenly broke up with him, blocked him on her phone and severed all contact.
Wang later discovered that Zhang was already married with children, and shared his story on a TV programme.
Accompanied by a TV crew, Wang visited Zhang’s hometown in rural Henan to verify the situation.
Villagers interviewed said Zhang’s marriage and children were not a secret and were surprised that Wang had been hoodwinked for six years.
With the help of the TV crew, Wangmanaged to get in a phone call with his ex-girlfriend for an explanation.
“Go ahead and sue me,” she was heard as saying before she hung up.
Wang has filed a police report and the case is being investigated for fraud.
> A cemetery in Bentong, Pahang, used aerial drones to spray herbicide in anticipation of Qing Ming (Tomb-Sweeping Day) next month, reported China Press.
The Leung Kwong Yee San cemetery in Bentong deployed drones over three days recently as an experiment on whether it was a good method to clear weeds in a cost-efficient manner.
The management committee chairman, Huang Yuan, said the operation was carried out by a private company.
Huang said the goal was to create a more pleasant environment for descendants of the deceased to pay their respects during Qing Ming.
(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.)
