Influencer admits to using medication for weight loss


LOCAL influencer Kasih Iris Leona (pic) does not want to be hypocritical about her recent weight loss and has admitted to using a diabetes medication to help shed the weight, reported Kosmo!

Leona, 24, said she began the treatment after undergoing extensive medical examinations under the supervision of a doctor.

“I am aware that there have been a lot of comments from people about my recent weight loss, and I do not want to boast as though I did all of it naturally.

“I took the medication over the past two months after undergoing three tests to check my BMI, body fat percentage and blood profile.

“I am a person who takes my health seriously,” she said on TikTok.

She said she had undergone regular thyroid, liver and heart check-ups at the hospital and was given the green light by her doctor to start treatment because she was “overweight” and had high cholesterol.

The daughter of actor Azhar Sulaiman revealed that she is not pre-diabetic but has a family history of diabetes.

As such, she decided to undergo the treatment as a preventive measure to maintain her health.

However, she discourages the casual use of the medication as a quick fix for weight loss.

> A jealous husband faces legal trouble after beating his wife and threatening her with a knife when she found messages on his phone to another woman, reported Harian Metro.

The incident is said to have occurred at about 8.30pm last Tuesday at the couple’s home in Taman Melawati, after the woman confronted her husband over the messages, suspecting that he was having an affair.

An argument ensued, during which the man punched his wife several times before threatening her with a knife.

Fearing for her safety, the wife called the police.

Ampang Jaya OCPD ACP Khairul Anuar Khalid, when contacted by the Malay daily, confirmed the incident.

(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.)

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