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The Star
23-07-2025
- Health
- The Star
Smooth operator? Hawker caught using kitchen knife to shave legs
Compiled by TARRENCE TAN and BEH YUEN HUI A STREET vendor was reportedly using the same knife to cut food and shave her legs, China Press reported. Her act was exposed by a netizen, identified only as Bai. According to Bai, the hawker selling burgers in Weifang of China's Shandong province had used a knife to chop ingredients. 'When there were no customers, the vendor used the same knife to shave her legs and trim her fingernails,' said the whistleblower, who witnessed the act on July 19. The incident went viral on Chinese social media platforms, drawing widespread criticism. > Sin Chew Daily reported that a man in Kelantan has taken it upon himself to repair the damaged walkways outside Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II in Kota Baru. An online video shows sidewalks around the hospital in disrepair, overgrown with weeds and riddled with potholes. Many healthcare workers have to walk carefully to avoid tripping. 'This is not an ordinary road – it's the route medical staff take to work and a place where patients can get some fresh air,' the man said. He began the repair work after obtaining permission from the hospital's security personnel, toiling under the blazing sun, pulling weeds and clearing rubbish. His heartwarming actions have moved some social media users, who labelled him 'a true urban hero'. Concerned netizens have since urged authorities to pay more attention to the infrastructure surrounding hospitals. 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.
The Star
22-07-2025
- The Star
Raid puts speedy end to 10-minute passport forgers
Compiled by TARRENCE TAN and BEH YUEN HUI A DOCUMENT forgery syndicate operating out of an apartment unit in Kepong has been dismantled by the police, reported Malay daily Sinar Harian . According to the report, the syndicate's activities were uncovered during a raid on July 22 by the Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department's enforcement division following public tip-off and investigations. During the raid, hundreds of passports in the midst of being forged were discovered in the three-bedroom apartment and two Bangladeshi men in their twenties were caught red-handed processing the fake passports. It is understood that the syndicate charged RM400 for each fake passport, and that they are able to produce a fake passport in just 10 minutes. Kuala Lumpur Immigration director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff, who led the operation after one month of surveillance, said the syndicate's modus operandi involved providing fake passports to deceive clinics in obtaining health reports from Foreign Workers Medical Examination Monitoring Agency. > Actress and entrepreneur Wawa Zainal has denied that her health issues over the past year were related to 'penyakit ain', or the evil eye, reported Berita Harian . 'Before this, I rarely got fever, but now, I often suffer from gastritis. But I can't say I am afflicted by 'ain.' If I have hurt anyone's feelings, I apologise,' said the 34-year-old Wawa, whose real name in Nur Hawa Zainal Abidin. Earlier this month, Wawa, a mother of four, was hospitalised for a severe gastritis attack. 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.
