Terengganu Sukma athlete warded for vomiting blood

MIRI: An 18-year- old female Sukma athlete of the Terengganu sepak takraw team was hospitalised yesterday morning after vomiting blood.

The girl was rushed to the hospital via ambulance around 10am from the athlete’s accommodation at the National Youth Skills Training Institute in Tudan.

At press-time, she was being kept for observation in the hospital.

The Terengganu women’s team (sepak takraw) is scheduled to play against Federal Territory in a match today (July 23) at 8pm.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident late Thursday, police arrested a 48-year- old man for assault and intimidation of his mother.

The man was apprehended at a house in Pujut Tanjong Batu on Thursday at 12.25am, following a police report filed by the 72-year- old victim.

It is learnt that the suspect had attacked her with a bunch of bananas and a bottle on her head before choking her.

The suspect had also intimidated his mother with a 33cm long kitchen knife around 3.15pm on Wednesday (July 20) at their house in Pujut Tanjong Batu.

The case is being investigated under Section 506 of the Penal Code.

In another case on Wednesday evening, a 44-year-woman lodged a police report after having received threatening telephone messages from her two former husbands. The messages were written to harm her new husband.

It is learnt that the complainant received the threats on July 14. The case is being investigated under Section 506 of the Penal Code.