Soo Wincci gets PhD in business administration

SINGER Soo Wincci (pic) will be getting a PhD in business administration from Universiti Kuala Lumpur at its convocation on Oct 31, Kosmo! reported.

A former beauty queen, her research paper focused on “Celebrity Personal Branding Strategy on Social Media”.

“After six years of hard work, I am grateful that I can eventually hold the title Dr Soo Wincci,” she said.

She is also a business administration graduate of University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.

> Ganja-laced biscuits are being peddled on Facebook by drug syndicates, Kosmo! reported.

These homemade products were being monitored by the police, said Bukit Aman Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department director Datuk Rusli Ahmad.

“Apart from cannabis biscuits, cannabis-honey and soap are also being sold. Their method is to put cannabis into soap and honey containers to prevent detection by the authority,” he said.

To keep a low profile, these items would be sold to trusted customers, said Rusli.

The cannabis biscuits would be sent to the buyer via courier after payment is made, he added.

It is believed that the biscuits are sold between RM60 and RM100 per packet.

> MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Datuk Shamshun Baharin Mohd Jamil revealed that undergraduates tried to bribe their lecturers to give them better grades, Berita Harian reported.

“Based on the information we have, we found that there are students from institutions of higher learning who are not embarrassed to offer money to their lecturers as a bribe to get better grades, or just to pass their examinations. We take this seriously. We will conduct investigations,” he said.

Shamshun Baharin said such incidents were “worrisome” as 55% of all those who were nabbed for corruption were aged 40 and below.