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Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Malay Mail
Student's sudden death in Sepang dormitory: Police confirm no criminal involvement
SEPANG, July 27 — A 20-year-old Chinese student from a private university in Sepang was found dead in his dormitory room yesterday morning. As reported by the New Straits Times, police received a call at around 6.20am stating that the student had been struggling to breathe before losing consciousness. 'Initial investigations revealed no signs of criminal activity or foul play,' Sepang district police chief, Assistant Commissioner Norhizam Bahaman was quoted as saying. According to the police, the body was later taken to Serdang Hospital for a post-mortem, and the cause of death was confirmed as pulmonary thromboembolism resulting from right deep vein thrombosis. The case has been classified as a sudden death (SDR). Police also extended their condolences to the student's family and urged the public to refrain from speculating about the incident.
South China Morning Post
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Chinese girl walks home with luggage balanced on pole after crucial exam, inspires many
A Chinese girl has become an online inspiration after a video captured her walking home alone following a crucial exam, dressed in simple clothes and carrying a bamboo pole that balanced two large, overstuffed bags. The viral video featured this secondary school student, surnamed Liu, from Guanyang County No 2 Senior High School in Guilin, Guangxi province, southern China, as she made her way home after taking the gaokao, China's college entrance exam. According to Liu, the bags primarily contained quilts. 'I get cold easily, so I brought three thick quilts to school,' she explained. Liu also clarified that she was not entirely alone that day; her mother had come to pick her up. 'I was walking ahead with the pole carrying quilts and daily necessities, while my mum followed behind with a suitcase; that's why she wasn't caught on camera,' Liu said.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Yahoo
Recently graduated Chinese student at Purdue scammed out of $310K since February
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Someone scammed a former Purdue University student from China out of more than $300,000 since February, according to West Lafayette police. The 21-year-old received a call in February from a supposed insurance company in China saying his claim was denied, but the man hadn't filed a claim, police said. The "insurance company" then transferred his call to a Chinese "police agency"; the person on the phone accused him of money laundering, police said. The "police agency" speaker told him for $100,000, they could quickly resolve his court case, so the student made three payments totaling $100,000, police said. Two of those payments went somewhere in China, and the third went to Portugal, police said. Later in the spring, the student was told he was on the U.S. deportation list, but for only $200,000, he could be removed from that list. A man showed up at his West Lafayette apartment to collect the money in person, police said. There are no cameras in the area of the man's apartment, so police do not have a description to track down the collector, police said. Later, someone involved in this scam allegedly told the student he needed to transfer $70,000 in cryptocurrency. The student told the scammers he only had $10,000 in cryptocurrency, and he transferred the money to the criminals, police said. Recently, the student spoke with his father about the transactions, and his father told him it was a scam and he should call the police, they said. The student graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in business management, according to a Purdue spokesman. He has since left the West Lafayette area, police said, noting there is little that they can do to recover the man's money. This is not an uncommon scam on foreign students, West Lafayette police Lt. Jon Eager said. The best way to prevent these crimes is by educating potential victims about the scams so they can avoid becoming a victim. The Journal & Courier emailed the former student for comment. He has yet to respond. Reach Ron Wilkins at rwilkins@ Follow on Twitter: @RonWilkins2. This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Scammer preys on recently graduated Chinese student at Purdue
South China Morning Post
04-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Harvard speech sparks privilege debate, China GDP growth outlook: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP's biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing Emotional remarks by a Chinese student who delivered this year's Harvard University commencement speech have sparked a debate in China about barriers to elite education. China's economy is projected to grow by 4.3 per cent next year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said this week as it trimmed a 10th of a percentage point off its previous forecast in the light of ongoing world trade strife. A rendering of a Tiandu test satellite. Photo: Deep Space Exploration Laboratory China's Tiandu-1 satellite has entered a critical fuel-efficient orbit that synchronises with the motion of the Earth and moon, but claims that it is the first spacecraft to achieve the feat have been challenged by US and Canadian experts.
South China Morning Post
17-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Japanese officials want ‘selfish' Mount Fuji climbers to pay for off-season rescue
Officials in Japan are calling for new rules to charge climbers who require rescue from Mount Fuji outside the official climbing season, as concerns rise over high emergency service costs and the safety of personnel deployed to deal with such incidents. Advertisement The mayors of Fujiyoshida and Fujinomiya, along with the governor of Shizuoka prefecture, are urging the national government to amend legislation so that local authorities can impose such rescue fees during the off-season, which falls outside a three-month climbing window for the mountain in summer. The cost of a rescue helicopter could be as much as 500,000 yen (US$3,440) an hour, the Shizuoka governor said, with mountain rescue teams on the ground and medical facilities adding to total cost. The authorities' pleas came after a Chinese university student was rescued near the peak of the 3,776-metre mountain twice within four days in April. The 27-year-old man, who was not named, was initially helped off the mountain after he became nauseous and disoriented close to the summit and lost his mobile phone, crampons and other climbing equipment. Advertisement Four days later, another rescue team was deployed to save the man after he collapsed around 3,000 metres above sea level, apparently due to altitude sickness. After being carried down the mountain on a stretcher and handed over to doctors, he said he had returned to the mountain to try to find his mobile phone.
