Who else is 31 and in so much debt because of someone else?

Owing banks about $18k loan, and telco companies about $5k. The monthly income is $3k is not enough to survive without having nightmares. And all these just because you trusted the wrong people here and there.

Clearing bits by bits monthly, surviving on a less than $200 monthly allowance. But every now and then, it never feels enough to finish clearing. Seems like being in a loop.

What can I do? I’m already working full-time and part-time.

But still never seems to get better.

Advice from the web:

• If you are relying solely on employment, very difficult and will take years. Explore your personal network and see what else can be done to earn better money. Property and insurance are options.

• Do debt consolidation and try to pay off ur telco

• Well you need to pay debt there is no shortcut unless you are dead.

• Commission based job like Property Agent or Insurance Agent make more

• You should seek help from the credit counselling place… google it.

A Singaporean man was fined in Malaysia for smoking outdoors, by a group of people who were allegedly posing as government officials.

The man, Mr Tan, told Mothership that he was at Genting Highlands on 3 June and smoking in an outdoor area on the 4th floor of the Resorts World Genting shopping mall, outside Sky Avenue.

He was then approached by a group of people alleging to be officers from the Ministry of Health Malaysia, who issued him a “summons” for smoking there.

There was also no sign stating that it was illegal to smoke there and the only “no smoking” sign was on the wall near the toilets.

Tan added that the “officials” were not wearing any uniforms and didn’t provide any identification to prove that they were government officials.

He was given a fine of RM250 and told by the “officials” that he could pay the fine on the spot by handing them RM150 cash.

He felt something was wrong but decided to just pay the fine on the spot, and filled in the “form” that was given to him with fake information and contact details.

He then saw the “officers” move on to another group of smokers holding on to e-cigarettes, and issued them fines even though they had yet to use the e-cigarette.

The group of “officers” then insisted that they were breaking the law.

An 8-year-old Malaysian girl fell to her death at an amusement park in Australia after slipping out of her seat and landing head-first onto the ground.

Deputy state coroner Ian White said in court on Wednesday (8 June) that her death could have been prevented had the operators followed the ride manufacturer’s height requirement.

The girl, Adelene Leong, was with her mother at the Royal Adelaide Show in Australia back in 2014 at the time of the fatal incident, according to The Mirror.

It is unclear if the girl’s parents managed to claim any insurance from the incident.

Landed on her head in front of her mother

She was on a holiday with her mother and was on the Airmaxx 360 ride when she slipped out of her seat and fell to her death.

Leong was flung into the air at first, before landing head-first onto the ground in front of her mother, as well as other witnesses.

She then succumbed to her injuries and died.

Hung upside down by ankle before being flung

The Airmaxx 360 ride was operating at more than 100km/hr at the time and after Adelene slipped from her seat, she was hanging upside down by her left ankle before being flung out, according to The Daily Mail.

The manufacturers of the ride recommended a minimum height requirement of 140cm for the ride, but the operators at the theme park set the height requirement at 120cm.

Adelene was 137cm tall at the time of the accident.

Non-compliance by operators

White added that the operators failed to comply with the height requirements and concealed it for the purpose of expanding the eligibility of patrons to ride on the Airmaxx 360.

The owners, Jenny-Lee Sullivan and Clinton Watkins also did not undergo a required design registration process for the ride, which they bought in 2013, according to 7NEWS.

Image source: SA Police.

Malaysia’s government has come to an agreement to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with the sentencing being left to the discretion of their courts.

Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar, the minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Parliament and Law, released a statement on 10 June, outlining the decision of the government.

He said that a decision was reached after a report presented to the Cabinet about the substitute sentences in place of their mandatory death penalty.

The recommendations in the report by the Special Committee on Alternative Sentences on the Death Penalty were then accepted by the government in principle.

Wan Junaidi also confirmed that the Cabinet has agreed on looking into the proposed alternative sentences for 11 of the country’s offences which carry the mandatory death penalty.

The Malaysian government will also look into the direction of their criminal justice system and its feasibility, like the pre-sentencing procedures, reform of their prisons and “restorative justice” for sentences.

A 9-year-old girl swallowed 14 magnetic balls that were part of a toy and ended up tearing a hole in her small intestine.

She had to go through a 4-hour emergency surgery to remove the magnetic balls, which were attracted to each other while in different parts of her intestines and tearing a hole through them.

A blockage was formed in her intestines that saw her vomit numerous times, and she was sick for about 2 weeks and lost a huge amount of weight because she couldn’t keep food down.

The magnetic balls were part of a toy that her parents bought for her through Lazada, the Consumer Product Safety Office has since contacted the e-commerce website to remove all related listings on their page, as reported by 8World News.

Before the incident, the toy was advertised by some sellers on Lazada as an educational toy for the development of children.

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Images source: Thomson Medical Centre and Lazada