Boy, 7, drowns in canal after swimming outing

PASIR MAS: Playing marbles was his favourite game after school but on Monday, 7-year-old Mohamad Nazrul Mat Ishok decided to try swimming.

He could not swim but went ahead with two friends to a small canal in Kampung Gertak Chakoh 2, about two kilometres from his home.

When the Year One pupil of SK Kepah got into difficulty while playing in the 1.5 metre-deep water, there was no one to rescue him.

His friends ran to get help but he was already dead by the time he was pulled out of the waster.

His mother, Ramlah Samad, 42, of Kampung Kelar Besar near Tok Uban, said her son did not tell her of his intention to play at the canal.

"I thought he was playing marbles as usual with his friends outside. If I had known, I would have stopped him as he did not know how to swim.

"When I got there, I saw my son's body covered in mud. He was not breathing. My husband and I took him to the district hospital but he was dead by then," said the rubber tapper.

The couple has nine other children.

Source: NST newspaper

Tapper finds body in bush

SEREMBAN: A rubber tapper made a gruesome discovery yesterday when she found the body of a woman in a bush near rubber estate at Km7.5 Jalan Seremban-Kuala Pilah.

The woman, in her 50s, was with her teenage son working in the rubber estate when she stumbled upon body of the woman who was clad in bra and panties.

She informed several vegetable sellers doing business at the roadside, who called the police.

State CID chief Assistant Commissioner Huzir Mohamed said a team of police officers, including those from the forensic and canine units, went to the scene after being informed of the discovery about 9 am.

"We have yet to determine the identity of the woman. Our initial investigation show that the body is of a Malay woman, ages between 20 and 25," said Huzir, adding that there was a stab wound on the right side of her chest and bruises on her face.

Source: NST newspaper
Pictures: Metro newspaper

4 held, RM40,000 of printer ink cartridges recovered

BANTING: Police have arrested four men and recovered RM40,000 worth of printer ink cartridges stolen from a lorry on April 29.

Kuala Langat police chief Superintendent Zulkifli Mohamed said those arrested included the truck driver's assistant and a computer shop owner who allegedly bought the stolen goods.

In the April 29 incident, the driver who was transporting the consignment between Johor and Petaling Jaya, had stopped for the night at his home in Teluk Panglima Garang.

The next morning, be found the lorry had been broken into and the goods missing.

Zulkifli said the driver and his assistant were questioned by the police who became suspicious when the 29-year-old assistant contradicted himself.

"We detained him and upon further questioning, he led us to the alleged buyer in Bangsar on Monday."

The 16 boxes of ink cartridge were found in a house in Setapak, which is rented and used as a store by the 26-year-old shop owner.

Two other suspects were picked up in Puchong and Teluk Panglima Garang.

Source: NST newspaper

Grandfather smitten by young widow

HE is 97 and lonely.

So when Yong Chai Keng sent his eyes on a photograph of Tan Yi Huan, who is almost three times younger than him, the father 11 fell in love.

Yong is so fond of this 38-year-old widow that he had penned down his feelings on a piece of paper.

But the content of the letter will remain his secret as he was unwilling to share it with anyone.

Yesterday, the grandfather from Raub poured his heart out to MCA Public Services and Complaint Department head Datuk Michael Chong.
It's love at first sight and he wants to marry her, he told Chong.

Tan's picture appeared in a Chinese newspaper which highlighted her plight after her husband died last year.

She had appealed for financial aid.

"It's my duty to help her," Yong said, asking Chong to play matchmaker.

Yesterday was the second time Yong had called on Chong with the same request.

"He came to my office on May 4 asking me to arrange the marriage. I thought he was joking," said Chong.

But yesterday he realised that Yong was serious.

Yong's wife died last year and he confided in Chong that he was lonely and needed someone by his side.

"I read about Tan in a Chinese newspaper and my heart goes out to her as she has no one to care for her.

"Someone had suggested that I go to MCA if I wanted to marry Tan. I love her and I promise to take good care of her an her children," said Yong.

According to the newspaper report, Tan is staying with her sister in Puchong since her husband's death. She has two children, aged eight and three.

But Chong felt that Yong was not made for Tan.

"I think it is not a good match but I will leave it up to him to decide.

"It's up to the woman to respond or not. I'm doing him a favour," said Chong.

Source: The Malay Mail newspaper