Thursday September 27, 2012

Student tries to sell friends-in-shower video

A UNIVERSITY student in Penang filmed his female course mates in the shower and attempted to sell the video.

Nanyang Siang Pau reported that he filmed them showering during a trip to represent their university in Canada in May.

He became good friends with three of the girls and they decided to stay together in a room to cut the accommodation cost.

The student is said to have even offered the girls a share of the profit from the sale of the video.

Penang CID chief Senior Asst Comm Mazlan Kesah said a report was lodged in Vancouver earlier by the victims, who also filed a complaint with the university and local police upon returning to Malaysia.

It was reported that the matter had been handed over to the university's disciplinary board.

> Sin Chew Daily reported that experts from the Institute of Applied Material Science and the Institute of Chemical Technology in Vietnam found high levels of cadmium in plastic lanterns sold in the market for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

It said the metal content was found to be 123 times higher than the amount permitted in toys in Vietnam.

The report also said cadmium could cause prostate and lung cancers and defects in unborn babies.

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