Chasing feline away causes cat-astrophe

A CANTEEN operator lost more than RM25,000 when she left her branded handbag unattended just to chase away a cat, Oriental Daily reported.

The 51-year-old woman had just returned to her home in Merlimau, Melaka, at 11.30pm on Sunday after having dinner with relatives when she saw a cat at her doorstep.

She put her handbag on a chair in front of her house and went to shoo away the cat.

After that, she forgot about the handbag and went inside the house.

She only realised that the bag was outside the next morning, but by then it had disappeared.

The content included a RM15,000 gold necklace, a RM2,800 gold pendant, a RM1,100 ankle chain, two rings worth RM4,000 and RM3,040 in cash.

Jasin OCPD Deputy Supt Arshad Abu said the woman lodged a police report and investigations are ongoing under Section 379 of the Penal Code for theft.

> The same daily also reported that a three-year-old girl has died after fighting for her life for over two weeks in hospital.

The girl’s father, 32, had reportedly left her unattended for only a short time at a condo swimming pool in Tanah Merah, Singapore, on March 30.

“I just left the pool for a minute and when I returned, she was already face down.

“I quickly pulled her out and called an ambulance but she was already unconscious,” he said.

The child died on Monday, the daily said.

According to the father, he had gone to check if another pool had a water sprinkler feature which his daughter enjoyed.

> A restaurant manager was sentenced to three years’ jail for posting nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend on social media, Sin Chew Daily reported.

Mohammad Khairul Abidin Abdul Rahim, 34, pleaded guilty to three charges under Section 233(1) (a) of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Act 1998.

According to the charge sheet, he posted the images on Blogspot and Wordpress on June 16, July 4 and July 7, 2015.

The victim, who spotted the photographs online while at her house in Chendering, Kuala Terengganu, on Aug 3 that year, lodged a report with the MCMC.

Sessions Court judge Azman Mustapfa sentenced him to a year’s jail for each count.

The jail terms are to be served consecutively.