
Feathered bandit caw-ed stealing man's parcel
Compiled by GERARD GIMINO, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MAN frustrated over his stolen parcel checked his surveillance camera and was shocked to discover that the thief was a crow, reported Sin Chew Daily .
A closed-circuit television recording shared on social media showed a crow perched on the front gate of his house before edging closer, picking up the parcel and flying off.
The video went viral with Internet users expressing disbelief.
Many said if it had not been caught on camera, the owner might have suspected a neighbour or thought the parcel had not been delivered.
Some joked that not only do people have to worry about thieves, they now also have to watch out for feathered bandits.
> China Press reported that Hong Kong veteran actor Bowie Wu Fung regretted hiding his marriage in his younger days and focusing solely on his career, saying that his relationship with his children was deeply affected.
'I hardly met and spent time with them during their childhood, when I reached home after work, they had gone to bed. It is such a huge loss to me,' he said.
In an interview, the 93-year-old said he married his first love Lui Wing Ho in 1957 but kept it a secret to retain his appeal to female fans.
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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