
Foreign chef hopefuls turn failed home invaders
FAILING to find jobs in Malaysia, three Chinese nationals turned to burglary in Kuala Perlis but were caught in the act by the homeowner and his neighbours.
Sin Chew Daily reported that the suspects, aged between 38 and 54, have been remanded until July 24.
Kangar OCPD Asst Comm Yusharifuddin Mohd Yusop said the suspects entered Malaysia via KL International Airport last week.
They then travelled by bus to Perlis in search of chef jobs but were unsuccessful, he said.
He said preliminary investigations found that the men drove a rented car to a housing estate and broke into a house last Friday.
'A resident walked past his uncle's house around 10.10pm and noticed that the back door had been pried open.
'Upon being notified, the house owner checked the surveillance cameras and found three strangers inside his home,' Asst Comm Yusharifuddin said.
> China Press reported that Malaysian singer Jess Lee Kar Wei secured third place in the latest round of the reality competition Singer 2025 in China.
She exceeded her own expectations with a powerful rendition of Thinking of You 365 Days – a classic hit by the late Coco Lee.
In 2010, Jess rose to fame after winning the talent show One Million Star in Taiwan.
She shot to stardom in China with a live performance of her signature song Suffering while competing in Singer 2015.
However, her career took a downturn during the Covid-19 pandemic, and she had to work as a real estate agent in Taiwan to make ends meet.
The 37-year-old from Seremban, Negri Sembilan, had expressed a strong desire to return to the music scene.
On July 4, she successfully earned a spot in Singer 2025.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
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