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LAST VICTIM OF GENTING LANDSLIDE FOUND – 11 Y.O BOY ON CAMPING TRIP FOUND IN SLEEPING BAG

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LAST VICTIM OF GENTING LANDSLIDE FOUND – 11 Y.O BOY ON CAMPING TRIP FOUND IN SLEEPING BAG

The last victim of the Genting Highlands landslide tragedy was found on 24 December, according to the New Straits Times.

The deceased was an 11-year-old boy who was on a camping trip with his father and sister, both of who also died in the tragedy.

The Selangor Police said on 24 December that the bodies were found by the search and rescue team at about 4.53pm, on Christmas eve.

They were found when rescuers combed through Sector A of the Father’s Organic Farm campsite, where the landslide took place on 16 December.

The body was found on the hillside under 1.5m of earth, inside a sleeping bag, and brought to the hospital for identification and post-mortem.

The victim was identified as 11-year-old Eng Shao Qi, a year-5 student at Mun Choong Chinese Primary School in Kuala Lumpur.

His father, a canteen operator at the school, and his sister who also studies there, were also killed in the landslide.

He was on a camping trip with staff and students from the school that was planned by the teachers.

With the discovery of the boy’s body, the final death toll of the tragedy now stands at 31.

Images source: China Press via Shin Min Daily News and Polis Selangor on Facebook

MAN’S LIFE SAVINGS REMITTED TO THAI LADY VIA ‘CAROUSELL PAY PROTECTION SCAM’

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MAN’S LIFE SAVINGS REMITTED TO THAI LADY VIA ‘CAROUSELL PAY PROTECTION SCAM’

HUMBLE HUSTLE EPIC FAIL

… to what appeared to us as Carousell Pay Protection

Being parents of 5 kids (with one special needs daughter, Husna), my wife Purpley Qim and I are frugal… thus, we are avid CarouSell users.

(… to get good deals on pre-loved items and to liquidate some cash. Yeah.. you get my drift~)

So wifey decided to sell an unused money box for $15. (Cheap² lelong²!!)

After posting it in the morning, she got a message from keen buyer (justniezam) at 6.19pm. So, as usual, she engaged in the conversation in hopes to close the deal ASAP.

(… well it’s just $15.. why waste time right?)

Everything seemed normal.. AND THEN….

user justniezam asked:

“I WANT TO ARRANGE CAROUSELL PROTECTION, IF YOU DON’T MIND, I’LL PAY FIRST!”

Wifey was like, Carousell Pay Protection? That’s new. Our payment terms were usually PayNow or Cash on Delivery. But Carousell Pay Protection? For a $15 item? Wow! This person is a very cautious buyer. Perhaps he was conned before. Kesian…

(… yes, wifey is a pure-hearted angel. Always husnuzhon. Love you, Wifey.)

Well, you know, our experiences with past buyers & sellers had been really good and hassle-free. We have been dealing with honest and reasonable people. Super easy to deal with kind. Everyone was very “sikit-lebih-kurang” (“very reasonable” in Malay). We were complacent this time. We assumed that it’ll all be the same…

… and then it happened…

Justniezam told wifey that he already made payment and in order for her to receive the money, all she has to do is to click on the email link. She gave him my email address so she texted me asking to check if I received it.

(… I was driving with the kiddos at that time ).

When I reached home, wifey told me what happened and so I checked my email. And yes, the email was indeed in my junk mail.

And I, this one big goondoo… DIDN’T VALIDATE AND VERIFY THE EMAIL!!!

(… like how I usually do at work and I’ll never forgive myself for this grave mistake ).

I immediately clicked on the link.

A page appears. It says, something like, “to receive your payment, login to your bank account.” And so I clicked it without thinking.

(… it didn’t occur to me to screenshot that page so I can’t show you guys).

The usual login page of DBS iBanking appeared (so it seemed) and I just logged in.

Next thing, the loading page appears saying

“WAIT. WE ARE WAITING FOR AN ANSWER FROM THE BANK…”

I was like… it’s 7pm, and a Friday evening.. are bankers still working at this hour??

Azan Maghrib was kumandang-ing on our phones… So we didn’t think much of it, put our phones on the table and just went to take ablution and prepared ourselves for evening prayers.

(FYI, my wife was communicating with justniezam on CarouSell message on her phone and I’m on my phone trying to login to the bank.)

Next moment, a chat box appeared on my phone whilst the page was “loading”, it told me to change account.

Told Wifey so Wifey logged in to her account.

OTP page came out on my phone. Wifey said out the number and I punched in those six-digit numbers.

I got irritated with the “latency” and so I told my wife to just put the phone down and to just start praying.

After completing prayers and being spiritually charged, Wifey checked on the bank transaction immediately.

Then….

WIFEY’S FACE CHANGED.

I SENSED HEIGHTENED TENSION IN THE AIR.

My wife said to me in a shaky voice…

“Abanggg… kita dah tak ada duit!! DUIT HUSNA SEMUA HILANGGG!!!”

(Dear… we don’t have any more money! Husna’s savings are gone!!!)

I told my wife to immediately check the transaction.

There, we saw it. We swallowed the bitter reality. We saw the funds were remitted to a lady in Thai Baht currency.

Wifey called DBS bank immediately.

After long verifications and conversations and investigations…

.. the DBS officer finally said those words on loudspeaker:

“MA’AM, WE BELIEVE THAT WAS A SCAM.”

I stopped breathing momentarily and I felt like a huge slap on my face.

Wifey controlled her emotions, tears and voice and followed the instructions given by the DBS officer til the end.

Accounts are frozen.

She took down the officer’s email address.

Went back to Carousell message and called on the scammers bluff.

The final words were:

“What goes around, comes around.

Let God deal with you.”

Scammer’s final words:

“sps.”

Sps? Wth is sps?? At this point, we couldn’t care less what it meant.

And then the account got suspended.

Then a police report was lodged.

……..

We know that the chances of getting our money back is really slim. We’re not counting on it, in fact.

But all those funds… crucial, essential funds… for our special little girl… gone. Just like that. Due to my carelessness. None to blame, but my own.

Lesson learnt.

(… painfully.)

Thank you for reading til this point.

(… and also for doa-ing for all of us).

This post is meant to create awareness on sc4ms.

Carousell Pay Protection (I believe) is suppose to mitigate these risks… but I guess… sc4mmers are just too free and they are constanly few steps ahead of the curve to prey on oblivious ones like me.

NOONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SC4MMED. PERIOD.

Then again…

There are sheeps. There are wolves. These are reality of life.

If you find this post good enough to promote the awareness, please do share it around.

I truly appreciate it.

Heads up!

Stay safe y’alls.

Wak Yan,

Signing out.

Peace!

SHOPS @ CHANGI AIRPORT WILL ABSORB THE 8% GST IN 2023, WITH FURTHER 8% OFF FOR 8 DAYS

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SHOPS @ CHANGI AIRPORT WILL ABSORB THE 8% GST IN 2023, WITH FURTHER 8% OFF FOR 8 DAYS

Shoppers to enjoy double savings with additional 8% discount in Changi’s “2xGST” promotion for eight days in January

Changi Airport Group (CAG), together with its tenants, will continue to absorb the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the new year[1] at participating retail shops in the public areas of the airport[2]. On top of this, shoppers will also get an additional 8% off their purchases under the “2XGST” promotion for eight days in January[3].

The “2xGST” promotion applies to transactions with a minimum net value of S$30[4] after deducting all other discounts. To enjoy the GST absorption, shoppers have to be a Changi Rewards member, which is free to sign-up. In addition, customers who pay using Changi’s digital wallet Changi Pay will receive an S$8 Changi Pay return voucher credited to their account. Visit www.changiairport.com/2xgst for details and the list of participating outlets.

Ms Phau Hui Hoon, CAG’s General Manager for Landside Concessions, said, “We are glad that our tenants support this move to continue absorbing GST for retail spend in 2023. This has been a unique attraction of shopping in Changi Airport’s public areas. Shoppers can look forward to bigger savings when they shop at Changi during the 2xGST promotion in January. We hope this promotion will bring some cheer to them as they prepare for the festive period.”

CAG has been working with its tenants to absorb GST for retail spend in its public-area stores since 2009. The 2xGST promotion, first launched in September 2010, has become a signature campaign that shoppers look forward to every year. For more information on GST-absorbed shopping in Changi Airport, visit https://rewards.changiairport.com/en/benefits-and-privileges/how-it-works.html

Ms Rachel Cheng, Managing Director of Eu Yan Sang Singapore, which has been a landside tenant at Changi Airport since 2014, said, “The government’s GST increase will potentially be a challenge for businesses due to consumers’ mindset to cut back on disposable income spend. However, with travel recovery, we hope that business conditions at the airport will improve. CAG’s shopping campaigns like the 2xGST promotions will help to attract more shoppers to the airport and cushion the impact of the GST increase.”

Promotions to usher in the Chinese New Year

From 5 January 2023 to 5 February 2023, shoppers can redeem a set of auspicious bunny red packets[5] and a 20% Changi Eats promo code if they spend S$80 (S$100 at supermarket) in a single receipt. Paying by Mastercard or Changi Pay will allow them to redeem an additional set of red packets. Changi Rewards members who spend S$80 on food and beverage can also redeem an additional five carnival credits[6]to use at the T3 Underground Carnival. For more information on the T3 Underground Carnival, visit https://www.changiairport.com/en/changifestivevillage/play/t3-underground-carnival.html

[1] The GST in Singapore will be 8% from 1 January 2023.

[2] GST absorption does not extend to Jewel, restaurants, the Changi Eats online delivery service and non-participating stores such as supermarkets.

[3] The 2xGST promotion period is from 5 to 8 January 2023 and 12 to 15 January 2023.

[4] Terms and conditions apply.

[5] While stocks last.

[6] Customers who spend a minimum of $50 and pay using Changi Pay or Mastercard get $10 Carnival credits. For this promotional period, if they spend $80 on F&B at airport landside outlets, they will get a total of $15 carnival credits.

RESCUER FINDS BODIES OF HIS OWN FAMILY DURING SEARCH FOR GENTING LANDSLIDE VICTIMS

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RESCUER FINDS BODIES OF HIS OWN FAMILY DURING SEARCH FOR GENTING LANDSLIDE VICTIMS

59-year-old Civil Defence Sergeant, Melvin Chin from Klang, joined the search and rescue efforts for the missing victims of the Genting Highlands landslide tragedy,

Unfortunately, he found the dead bodies of his own family members.

The Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Negeri Selangor shared Chin’s heartbreaking story on their Facebook page on 22 December.

Chin had recalled being shocked by the news of the landslide, and was horrified to find out that his relatives from Melaka were at the site at the time of the tragedy.

Being an emergency resucer, Chin requested to join the rescue team to aid the rescue operations, and at the time, not many victims had been found yet.

He pushed him self on despite being really tired, and he eventually found the 4 bodies of his relatives.

At the time of writing, the remains of the last victim have been found.

“UFO” SPOTTED ABOVE TAN KAH KEE MRT, NETIZEN CLAIMS OTHERS SAW IT TOO

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“UFO” SPOTTED ABOVE TAN KAH KEE MRT, NETIZEN CLAIMS OTHERS SAW IT TOO

A netizen @elleq shared how she spotted a “UFO” (unidentified flying object) above the Tan Kan Kee MRT station, and claimed that others had seen it as well.

She took a video of the UFO, which had 4 blinking lights on it, as it appeared to be hovering stationary above the station.

Here is what she said

Saw this at 7.25pm yesterday (23 Dec) above Tan Kah Kee MRT and took the video and pic while in our car. My passenger was using iPhone but we were far away.

It’s stationary and disappeared right after we took this. What is that thing??”

Someone else saw this too: “Was in my car with my gf on Mount Faber, roughly 9+pm, saw this too. Thought we were the only ones to witness this, and was surprised to see others have spotted it as well.

Netizens’ comments

  • UFO will never come here lah. All the lots are choped, the ERPs are still ON during this holiday and our guys are all standing by to take their licence plate for 4D.
  • As usual, all the so called UFO photos and videos have to be 100% blurred and shaky to the point no one can see clearly. Then anyone can claim they have filmed a UFO sighting.
  • E vid quality, is incredibly Rabak bruh…
  • Everytime when a suspected UFO is spotted, the image or video is without fail, blurry. (Watch other UFO vid on Youtube, always the same blurry vid) Old days cam can understand, but today’s cam is a lot more advanced.

HIT AND RUN DRIVER KNOCKED OVER MOTORCYCLES, REFUSES TO PAY COMPENSATION

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HIT AND RUN DRIVER KNOCKED OVER MOTORCYCLES, REFUSES TO PAY COMPENSATION

A netizen shared how his and his father’s motorcycles were knocked down by a hit and run driver, who is refusing to compensate them or do anything about it when confronted later.

Here is what the netizen said

knocked into me and my dad’s bike.

Lifted up the bikes and left.

No notes left.

Hit and run

Police report and insurance report made already in sep2022 till now nothing from police

insurance claim the other party did not make any report.

later I found the driver & her shop, spoke to her regarding on private settlement. She didn’t agree. Then say will report insurance. Till date, no news.

Spotted her recently and i went to ask her how, she kept telling me the same thing will report insurance but i believe she did not.

Refusing to leave contact details or any ways for me to seek for compensation of my motorbike

She hit and run, my motorbike got damaged, so as long as she dont do anything on her side, i wont be able to seek for compensation for my bike?

I think this is the loophole many people use to escape from having to pay for damages caused by them.

WOMAN’S HUSBAND HAS AN ONLINE GF THAT HE NEVER MET BEFORE, TELLS EACH OTHER “I LOVE YOU”

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WOMAN’S HUSBAND HAS AN ONLINE GF THAT HE NEVER MET BEFORE, TELLS EACH OTHER “I LOVE YOU”

I think my husband has an online gf.

I can’t wrap my head around the idea that someone has a girlfriend that they have never actually met or even spoken to in the phone. Is this real?

I don’t even know if this is considered cheating. I hope I am overreacting.

My (42f) husband (42m) seems to have an online girlfriend.

My husband loves to play video games and has had an online female friend for the past couple of years. I think she is in her early 30s & married.

She is also aware that he is married with young kids. He’s never hidden his phone from me and what snips of their conversations I have read in the past primarily revolved around gaming.

Lately though I noticed he has been on his phone texting more frequently and when I finally snooped, I found inappropriate conversations.

Not only were conversations explicit but they often ended with telling each other that they loved one another. I was completely heartbroken.

I confronted him about the conversations and he said that it was joking around that got a little out of hand. He says he’s never met her irl and has no intentions of ever doing so. He says that I am over reacting and it’s not cheating. He has no intentions of terminating their online relationship.

I don’t know what to do. I don’t want a divorce.

GUY SAYS HE IS MISSING OPPORTUNITIES TO HOOK UP WITH WOMEN BECAUSE HE DOESN’T DRINK

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GUY SAYS HE IS MISSING OPPORTUNITIES TO HOOK UP WITH WOMEN BECAUSE HE DOESN’T DRINK

I keep missing opportunities to chill and potentially hook up with women because I dont drink.

I get it a lot of people use alchohol to chill and relax and try to take the edge off. However I’m the kind of guy( 27 ) who doesn’t drink often and when I do its 2 drinks tops since that about my limit and it happens to put me just at the legal limit without hangover and feeling like I’m gonna be sick.

I find that when women drink more the 2 drinks I get very uncomfortable, cant relax, be flirty and make moves. I recently had the opportunity to hangout with a woman at my place and she texted if I had alcohol before coming over. I told her “I only have wine and i wasnt looking to get drunk tonight”

she kinda gas lit me with dont be a party pooper type stuff and a bit of she’s more fun when she drinks. I responded with “if you cant enjoy my company at my place without alchohol dont show up” needless to say she didn’t respond, didn’t show up, and has ghosted me. I dont regret putting my foot down but geez it seem once I take alchohol off the table women back off and dont want to deal with me on any level.

I dont have an issue being under the influence with say someone I’m dating that i know decently and trust but these early interactions where they want to drink when i dont know them well just baffles me.

I made the mistake of mentioning this at work to some colleagues who asked how my “date” went. They all shook there head and couldnt believe id say no to that. They got some of the front of house girls in on it and they were asking why I had such a problem with drinking They were more brutal with their questions then my guy colleagues. I got so frustrated I asked them all to drop the topic.

Did I shoot myself in the foot? Am I doing myself a disservice not being open to letting loose with someone I dont know that well who hasn’t been to my place yet? Should I just let alcohol impact what happens and how it happens?

GUY FOUND OUT MUM CHEATED ON LATE-DAD FOR 4 YEARS WITH A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND

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GUY FOUND OUT MUM CHEATED ON LATE-DAD FOR 4 YEARS WITH A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND

My mom had an affair 20 years ago for 4 years with a close friend of the family. My dad never knew.

I’m spiraling. This has shattered my perception of my mother. I’m hurt, I’m disgusted, I’m feeling betrayed, I’m feeling like the childhood picture of my family was all a lie.

My dad passed away 7 years ago. This is the only time since then that I can say I’m happy he’s gone, because this would DESTROY him.

I just found out about this from said “friend of the family”s ex wife (let’s call her Jane). At the time of the affair, the friend of the family (let’s call him John), was single. John didn’t marry Jane until many years after the affair.

Jane told me because John told her and she thought I deserved to know.

John was nearly a member of the family, coming over for all holidays and several dinners a week. I grew up thinking of him as almost a big brother (he was a few years younger than my parents and was pretty immature).

My parents helped John with a lot over the years, his parents passed away when he was young and he had no siblings so that’s why I thought we “took him in” into our family. My dad loved John like a brother/son.

Apparently a year or so of friendship is when the affair began. It went on for 4 years with my poor dad none the wiser. He literally was sitting across the table on holidays sharing dinner with the man who was screwing his wife. And after the affair ended JOHN STAYED AROUND as the friend. Like even last Christmas we spent it with him and his wife.

My mom told me my dad never knew and she’s felt terrible guilt over it for all these years. She was prepared to go to her grave with this. I had her answer a lot of questions and kept telling her any more lies are just going to make it worse. She swears she isn’t lying about any thing else but… HOW DO I BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF HER MOUTH?!

She says there were no more occurrences with John after the 4 years and after my dad passed I installed security cameras all over the outside of her house, so I would have seen him coming/going. So I’m inclined to believe her, but again… Can I trust anything from someone who could lie that much for 4 years?

I told her the friendship with John is over. She agreed (but obviously I’m sure she’s pissed he told).

I told her I need time to process. But currently I can’t imagine forgiving this, and my respect for her is gone.

I’m in a bad place. I can’t sleep, I’m nauseous. I already looked for a therapist but I can’t schedule anything until after Christmas. She asked me to keep the secret and I agreed.

But at the same time; why does she deserve to suffer NO consequences from this?! She got to have her cake and eat it too. She got away with it.

John is in all my family photos and videos.

It’s sick and insane to keep him around as a friend after. I feel like that makes this so so so much worse.

Does anyone have any advice? How do I go forward with my relationship with my mom? Until this bomb dropped we were very very close and she comes over often to see my kids and my kids love her dearly.

I do not know how to go forward from here.

GUY ASKED GIRLFRIEND TO ROLEPLAY AS THEIR MUTUAL FRIENDS IN BED, ONE BY ONE

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GUY ASKED GIRLFRIEND TO ROLEPLAY AS THEIR MUTUAL FRIENDS IN BED, ONE BY ONE

o I’m just gonna say it! I haven’t told anyone this because I feel really guilty about it and I hate myself for agreeing to it 🙂

My bf has been asking me whether we could roleplay as one of our friends for some time now and I didn’t really want to do it but after a while I eventually agreed because I didn’t want to make him unhappy, even though I know if I outright said no he would accept it but he kept asking and I just didn’t want to let him down

So I role played as one of my friends in bed and I felt so dirty and guilty while doing it and he just kept saying her name while doing it with me and he was so loving while doing it with “me” as well and I just wanted to cry haha

After we finished, he suggested we roleplay as another friend the next time and I agreed again and I really hate myself for it!

My friends don’t know this and I just feel so guilty and I don’t know what to do and I’ve just been thinking whether he really wants to be with me or if he wants to see other ppl and whether this is considered cheating…. Idk technically he’s sleeping with me but he’s thinking of other girls and I let him hahah I’m kinda pathetic!!

But yeah I just want to know what you guys would do in this situation and whether this is considered cheating or not because I’m really confused…

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