A transgender Malaysian, Nur Sajat, a cosmetics entrepreneur, reportedly announced in a video that she wanted to renounce Islam, and she has since received death threats.
She announced her decision to quit the religion because she was targeted by anti-trans people despite her not doing anything wrong.
It is believed that Sajat is currently in hiding, after she reportedly failed to appear at a Syariah High Court hearing in February on charges of “insulting Islam by dressing up as a woman” at her beauty centre during a religious event back in 2018.
The religious authorities of Selangor has since deployed 122 officers to track Sajat and arrest her.
Condemned
A transgender rights group, Justice for Sisters, condemned the move and called it extreme, they said:
“We are astonished by the financial and human resources that are being allocated for this search and arrest operation against Sajat“
“All these actions by JAIS (Selangor Islamic Religious Department) are extreme and demonstrate their overzealousness in arresting and detaining Sajat at all costs for merely expressing herself and her gender identity.”
Don’t overreact, convince her instead
Former minister for Islamic Affairs, Mujahid Yusof Rawa, called against overreaction and to convince her against converting.
“Who are we to judge her? Instead of punishing her, we should continue to persuade her nicely not to convert to another religion. That is the proper reaction.”
A Vietnamese man bought a PS5 by lying to his wife that it’s a wifi router.
He apparently asked the store clerk to pretend to be a wifi technician to properly trick his wife, and the clerk came to his house dressed in a Viettel uniform.
Viettel is an internet service provider company in Vietnam.
The clerk maintainted his fake identity throughout the installation, he even added a fake telephone hotline sticker onto the console to help sell the ruse.
The CNB and HSA released a statement, revealing that the parcel interception led to preliminary investigations uncovering an apartment at Beach Road that was allegedly used to store and manufacture illegal medicines.
On 1 March, ICA officers intercepted the parcel that was labelled “medicine” after noticing anomalies and further check revealed that it contained 200 vials that were believed to have contained 20mg of fentanyl, which is an opiod that is 100 times more potent than morphine.
The package also contained other illegal medicines such as 40 vials of midazolam, 300 tablets of gabapentin, 400 tablets of codeine phosphate and 3990 tablets of diazepam.
A follow up operation was then conducted by CNB and they did a check on the intended recipient of the parcel, who is a 30-year-old Singapore PR.
The 30-year-old woman was subsequently arrested near Beach Road, along with 2 other men, aged 25 and 62.
The three suspects were escorted to their hideout, which was an apartment situated nearby, where CNB did a search and called in the HSA.
Officers found 16 litres of cough syrup in bottles and over 4,500 unlabelled tablets and pills.
Instruments used for mixing and rebottling were also uncovered at the scene, and investigations revealed that the apartment was allegedly used to manufacture and store cough syrup and medicines illegally.
At the time of writing, investigations are still ongoing.
Tan Hong Sheng, 24, is the last person (who is facing a non-capital charge) to be sentenced after pleading guilty to three charges of rioting, one charge of being in the company of a person possessing an offensive weapon, and one charge of being a member of an unlawful assembly to assault a person.
He was sentenced yesterday (5 March) to four years and nine month imprisonment, as well as 12 strokes of the cane.
His lawyers, Josephus Tan and Cory Wong from Invictus Law Corporation, argued that he showed restraint and had attempted to stop Tan Sen Yang.
Tan Sen Yang, on the other hand, is the only one facing a murder charge and his trial, having been moved to the high court, is still ongoing.
A disgruntled daughter shared how her dad is being a “jerk”.
She wrote that she she has just started working and isn’t making much, but she still gives her parents about $650 or $700 per month.
Her father is complaining that she isn’t giving enough.
She highlighted that her three other siblings are all working and giving money to him too.
You can read her post in full below:
“#95640: Hi guys!“
“TLDR: my dad’s a jerk“
“i need to rant and i also need some advice here on the issue about the amount to give to parents when you’re working.“
“i just started working not too long ago and i don’t earn a high pay, around 3k range. i do give my parents money every month for the house bills and expenses such as groceries and their retirement which amounts to 650 per month or 700+ if they have medical bills that month.“
“recently, my dad started to make a lot of noise about the amount i’m giving to him because he says it’s too little. out of that 650, he says that he’s only getting 100+ for his retirement (actual amount is 190). he kept saying why is he only getting 100+ for his retirement when i’m keeping 2k of my salary for myself. i tried to explain to him that i have things to save for. i have a 28k debt for my university education to pay for, and a house and marriage to save for with my boyfriend in the future. he didn’t listen and said why do i need to save so much when it’s not even happening yet (meaning i’m not buying a house now) why am i even worrying about it and said i may not even marry my boyfriend in the end. he kept saying i’m saving at the expense of his retirement money. basically his idea of savings is you give whatever the house/parents need or want then your own expenses then whatever little amount of money left is your savings and i have to make do with it.“
“mind you i’m not the only child, my three other siblings are all working and giving money to him too. not going into details, but the amount of retirement money my dad gets adds up to 1k+ per month. and he claims he still can’t save any money because he’s still giving money to his own dad. i’m annoyed because now my dad wants to make his own children support 2 generations? and when he can’t save more for his retirement he asks us for more money? my uncles and aunty don’t even give my grandad any money and they’re all still working unlike my dad who has been retired for years and i feel that my dad is just using our money to make him seem filial. i told him to go talk to his siblings about it and he shot me with a “don’t come and solve my family problems”. my dad isn’t a big spender, he’s v thrifty. all big expenditures are paid by the kids so i really don’t see why he can’t save a bit from that 1k+ he’s getting every month. i asked my mum to check if the 1k+ she’s getting from us is enough for her and she said it’s enough. and my mum is a bigger spender than my dad so something doesn’t make sense to me. i could understand the frustration if he doesn’t have any retirement savings on his own so every cent matters to him but he has (6 digits amount) and it just seems like he die also don’t want to tap on it if he needs to.“
“he also said he’ll bring any of us to family court and sue us if we don’t give him money. i had a terrible time growing up with him as my father because of all the verbal abuse and spiteful actions he had done to me and my siblings. he thinks violence is alright when couples fight (he hit my mom before) and it’s natural the guy will hit the girl because the guy is physically bigger than her. he kept insisting that my boyfriend will hit me in the future because he’s way bigger but my boyfriend is very against violence so it really pisses me off that he thinks he knows everyone and all the incidents that will happen in the future. if that’s the case please predict the investments for us thanks.“
“after all that, he still thinks he’s a great father because he managed to pay for all our expenses till we started working. i will admit he’s great at saving money but other than that he’s a terrible father. the only useful thing i learnt from him was that i never want to have a guy like him as my partner.“
“so in conclusion, how do i talk to my dad to tell him that 650 is all i’m giving without him giving me hell at home (i wfh) and when i try to reason with him he’ll say “my logic is wrong”. i can’t get a rental because it’s extra cost incurred and i really just want to save as much money as possible. he keeps telling me to sign on for the money but i really don’t want to as well. his words: “just be a man, go serve your national service”. also, in the ugly event he does sue us, how likely is the court going to rule in his favour?“
When the officers from the Singapore Tourist Board visiting Club Peaches on the last day on Chinese New Year (26 Feb), they found out that the club had hired hostesses to entertain customers.
Club peaches Facebook
The hired hostesses intermingled between customers who were seated at different tables. It is believed that it is the club’s second offence.
For breaking the rules, Club Peaches was ordered to close for 20 days, from 27 Feb to 18 Mar.