Compiled by ALLISON LAI and JUSTIN ZACK
A MAN has had a series of odd encounters after purchasing a used sex doll from a stranger online, Oriental Daily reported.
The unidentified Thai man, who collects sex dolls, thought he had a good deal when the person approached him with a flawless life-size doll at a discount.
He paid 25,000 baht (RM3,229) less than the original offer price of 40,000 baht (RM5,166).
His girlfriend thought the doll was realistic and resembled her.
He dressed up the sex doll, combed its hair and kept it in an upstairs bedroom with the rest of his collections.
The following day, the man heard a noise from upstairs and discovered a comb on the floor.
He also noticed that the doll’s hair was in a mess. This despite him having combed its hair the night before.
So he fixed the doll’s hair again and replaced the comb.
When the man returned home from an outstation work trip several days later, he noticed the doll’s face had turned towards the door, although he had positioned it to look straight ahead before he left for his trip.
He shared his story on Facebook, saying that every time he turned his back on the doll, he felt like he was being watched.
He said he was trying to figure out what happened to the doll, believing it was possessed.
According to him, he collects dolls merely to study their posture for painting and not for sexual purposes.
> China Press reported that panda cubs Yi Yi and Sheng Yi in Zoo Negara will not be returned to China next month.
Zoo Negara’s Giant Panda Conservation Centre director Dr Mat Naim Ramli said that Malaysia and China had yet to agree on a date for the “homecoming”.
Once China confirms the date, he said Zoo Negara and the Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Ministry would proceed with the preparations.
“If both panda cubs are to be returned together, we recommend doing so between July and September,” he said.
Sheng Yi and Yi Yi are the offspring of Fu Wa and Feng Yi, the giant pandas that were loaned to Malaysia in 2014 for 10 years to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China.
The giant pandas were renamed Xing Xing and Liang Liang. Since their arrival here, they became parents to three cubs – Nuan Nuan who was born on Aug 18, 2015; Yi Yi on Jan 14, 2018; and Sheng Yi on May 30, 2021.
Nuan Nuan was returned to China in 2017 while Yi Yi’s return was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
> China Press also reported that a man who took an ehailing ride ended up driving the car after the driver had an emotional breakdown during the drive.
Sharing his ordeal on Twitter, he claimed the driver initially yelled at him over the pick-up location.
Apparently, the driver also claimed he was a doctor and displayed a stethoscope.
He said the driver was speeding and almost collided with three cars. Then the driver asked him whether he had a driver’s licence.
“When I told him I did not have it with me, he burst into tears and screamed ‘mummy’,” the man said.
“He also knocked into three cones on the SMART tunnel.”
Eventually, the man offered to take over the wheels. “The driver ended up sleeping in the back because he said he was tired.”
The man completed his journey by paying only RM20 instead of the RM35 fare.
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.
