Compiled by CHOW HOW BAN, BENJAMIN LEE and R. ARAVINTHAN
AN adult female tapir weighing about 200kg is believed to have been killed after being hit by a vehicle near Kampung Serdang along Jalan Dungun-Bukit Besi in Terengganu, reported Harian Metro.
Terengganu Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director Dennis Ten Choon Yung said the department received information from the public about the incident at 8.30pm on Thursday.
“An inspection found that the tapir’s carcass had injuries to its head as well as several scratch marks on its body,” he said in a statement on Friday.
He said the incident occurred about 100m from the Bukit Bauk Forest Reserve, where wildlife crossing warning signs had been installed.
Ten also advised motorists to exercise caution, particularly when travelling near forest areas and designated wildlife crossings.
He reminded road users to remain alert to the warning signs about wildlife crossings to prevent similar incidents.
> Juggling filming schedules and schoolwork may be challenging for a 13-year-old, but teenage actress Puteri Rayyana Rayqa is determined not to let her budding acting career get in the way of education, reported Harian Metro.
The young actress, whose full name is Puteri Rayyana Rayqa Herda Banu Prasetiawan, said she made it a point to bring exercise books to film sets so she could keep up with her studies.
“Sometimes, I study on film sets and bring my books along to balance my time between acting and studying,” she said when met by the daily recently.
Puteri Rayyana, who is also the vocalist of band Noise, said she so far managed to juggle both commitments without any scheduling clashes.
Her passion for performing has also seen her venture into the big screen, with her upcoming appearance in a local horror thriller with her having to travel between Pahang and Kelantan for film shoots.
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.
