TV role drives singer to more acting jobs

SINGER Elizabeth Tan (pic) intends to focus more on acting after her recent involvement in a television series, reported Kosmo! Ahad.

The singer, known as Lizzy to her fans, recently starred in My Darling Inspektor Daniel, directed by Aziz M. Osman.

Tan, 24, said she had some difficulty with the Malay dialogue, but the production crew, including Aziz and her manager, helped her along the way.

“I had some difficulties (during filming), but I learned a lot from my manager,” she said.

She also revealed that she wrote the theme song for the series, titled Darling, in just 30 minutes.

On her personal life, Tan said she did not mind being single for a while after recently breaking up.

“I will be more careful and I won’t trust people that easily (anymore),” she said.

> A Malaysian has been stranded in a South Korean hospital since Aug 9 as his family does not have the money to bring him home,

Metro Ahad reported.

Amer Hasan, 24, from Klang, was hospitalised at Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Centre, Incheon, for tuberculosis and brain swelling.

His brother Mohammad Haris, 36, said Amer had high fever and was vomiting. He was also unconscious for two days after being admitted.

Mohammad said Amer’s hospital bills added up to almost RM10,000, and they will continue to increase if he is not brought back.

He said their mother Jamaliah Aman, 66, had gone to South Korea on Monday to visit Amer.

“With communication issues, no food and shelter, I worry about my mum’s welfare there,” he said.

He added that Amer had been working at a Korean steel factory since April.

“His friends invited him to work there as the pay was higher. At first we objected but he wanted to go for the sake of our family,” he said.

> Metro Ahad also reported that an auxiliary policeman, attached to Pos Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, successfully dissuaded a woman from committing suicide on Friday.

During the 3.20pm incident, Azizul Abd Aziz rushed to the bridge connecting the Dayabumi building to Central Market after being informed that a woman was threatening to take her own life.

When he arrived at the scene, he saw people urging the woman not to jump.

“There were some policemen and I asked for their permission to talk to the woman,” said Azizul, 42.

He slowly approached the woman, who was in her 30s, and started to talk to her.

Azizul said the woman started crying and told him she was dumped by her partner.

“I told her there was no problem with no solution and as a Muslim, committing suicide was a huge sin,” he said.

The woman, he said, decided not to jump after he spoke to her for 30 minutes.