Compiled by TRACY GUNAPALAN, CHOW HOW BAN and R. ARAVINTHAN
CONCERNED for her friend and fellow artiste Bella Astillah, Puteri Sarah Liyana Megat Kamaruddin provided a bodyguard to accompany the 31-year-old singer to the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.
She said she did so to ensure Bella’s safety while attending the court proceedings on Wednesday in support of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.
“Yes, that’s my bodyguard and my children’s. It’s true that I lent her to keep Bella company,” she told Berita Harian Online.
She said the rise in kidnapping cases had prompted her to hire a personal assistant, who also serves as a driver and bodyguard.
“She is assigned to take care of me and the kids. She takes me to film shoots and also sends my children to school,” she added.
> Singer Shiha Zikir has no regrets about spending nearly RM150,000 to produce her latest single, Tum Tum Raya, Kosmo! reported.
“The cost of making this song is one of the highest ever,” Shiha said, revealing that RM30,000 alone was spent on campaigns and promotions.
She added that the allocated budget included the cost of producing the music video.
The 38-year-old artiste expressed gratitude for the collaborations involved in creating the song.
“After seeing the final result, I felt truly satisfied as I was able to achieve what I envisioned.”
> A father captured the attention of social media users after posting on X that he is selling his luxury watch to fund his young daughter’s medical treatment.
“The proceeds from this sale will go towards my daughter Amal’s treatment for leukaemia,” he wrote, reported Kosmo! Online.
He urged netizens to share his post, in which he listed the watch for RM50,000.
The post received various reactions, with many hoping it would reach someone able to afford the watch and help cover Amal’s medical expenses.
(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.)
