Compiled by ZAKIAH KOYA, ALLISON LAI and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MAN was arrested after reportedly making at least 1,035 silent calls to Singaporean police hotlines over eight days.
Police said the 37-year-old called several neighbourhood police centre lines incessantly between April 21 and 28 but did not speak, Oriental Daily reported.
He allegedly tried to conceal his identity by using foreign numbers and a SIM card registered under someone else’s particulars.
Woodlands police officers identified and arrested him on May 11.
According to local news, the man was charged on May 13 with obstructing a public servant and using another person’s details to register a SIM card for criminal activity.
He faces a fine and jail time.
> A Taiwanese engineer of Foxconn, who won a yet-to-be released Model B electric car during the firm’s year-end lucky draw in 2023, lost his bid to claim the prize after he was retrenched before it was handed over.
China Press reported that the man, surnamed Lin, said the company had agreed to give him the car, which is the current Foxtron Bria model, once it went on sale.
However, Lin was laid off in January 2025 and the company rejected his right to the car, or about NT$1mil (RM125,140) in cash, saying that winners must remain Foxconn employees at the time of distribution.
The New Taipei District Court dismissed Lin’s claim, ruling that the terms of the lucky draw were clearly stated and that the company was not obliged to pay cash compensation.
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.
