Amy eyes another Himalayan base camp
LEGENDARY rock singer Amy Search (pic) has set his sights on reaching the Mount Everest Base Camp after successfully conquering the Annapurna Base Camp, also in the Himalayas, in April, reported Kosmo!.
“I hope that I will be blessed with good health and a long life to achieve this dream,” the 59-year-old told the daily.
On his Annapurna experience, Amy said he succeeded because of mental strength and the training he had undergone with his wife Norhasniza Hassan.
Apart from his wife, 24 of his fans from Malaysia and Indonesia were also with him on the mission, which the group accomplished on April 13.
Recounting the challenges, Amy said: “In the cold weather, one step can be as tiring as running 100m. I felt nauseous. But when I reached the peak, all that disappeared.”
He said the breathtaking views during the ascent were a memory he would treasure forever.
“At one location, the fog opened like a door and you could see the sun shining through like gold.
“It was the most beautiful sight I’d ever seen,” he said.
> A drinking session turned fatal for salesman Beh Lee Ming when he was attacked by a group of men in Kluang, Johor, the daily also reported.
In the 10.30pm incident on Wednesday, Beh was drinking with friends at a restaurant in Jalan Aziz Awab when four men, who came on motorcycles, approached him.
Acting Kluang OCPD Deputy Supt Abdul Razak Abdullah Sani said one of the suspects slashed Beh’s neck from behind.
Police have remanded a couple aged 47 and 44 – an air-conditioning serviceman and his unemployed girlfriend – until May 31 to help in the investigations.
> Harian Metro reported that 130 Malaysians lost RM30mil to digital money scams in the past three years, as revealed by Malaysian Muslim Consumers’ Association lead activist Datuk Nadzim Johan.
Most of the victims, he said, were lured by the promise of riches by trading in digital currency such as bitcoins.
“We advised the 130 individuals to report their cases to the police but there are currently no law to catch the perpetrators of these scams.
“The victims are left with no recourse and forced to sell their houses and assets. Some of them even borrowed money from ah long.”
He urged Cybersecurity Malaysia and Bank Negara to enact a law to deal with scams involving digital currency to protect Malaysians.