Compiled by CHARLES RAMENDRAN, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
MORE than 800 Malaysians are currently detained in Taiwan, marking a 20-fold increase from 2023, China Press reported.
According to Bong Yik Jui, a Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre representative in Taipei, more than 600, or 74%, had been arrested for alleged involvement with scam activities.
He said Malaysians were being arrested almost daily, describing the trend as worrying.
He urged parents to warn their children studying in Taiwan about the danger of working for crime syndicates.
> The daily also reported about a man who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident at the age of 20 but went on to spend the next three decades helping others with limb loss regain their mobility through prostheses.
Allen Ho Wing Luang, 52, from Ipoh, Perak, fractured his left leg in the accident, but the wound failed to heal, forcing doctors to amputate the limb.
“While I was in hospital, I saw many patients who had undergone amputation. I thought I might as well work in this field and help those patients,” he said.
Ho persuaded the owner of the company that supplied his prosthetic leg to hire him as a salesman. As his customer base grew, he eventually established his own business.
“Every time I fit someone with a prosthesis and see them stand and walk again, I feel a sense of fulfilment,” he said.
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.
