Compiled by C.ARUNO, THERESA RAVI AND R. ARAVINTHAN
A DOG in Thailand broke the hearts of Internet users for refusing to leave her owner’s side even after she had fallen into a pond and drowned, Sin Chew Daily reported.
Local police received a report on Nov 21 that a body was found in a pond at an orchard in eastern Thailand’s Chanthaburi province.
The dog, a four-year-old golden retriever named Tofu, was spotted next to the pond.
When authorities fished the 81-year-old woman’s body out of the water, Tofu could be heard howling and whimpering as if she knew her owner had died.
According to family members, the elderly woman had raised Tofu since she was a puppy.
Tofu was known to follow the woman around when she was performing chores in the orchard.
On the day of the drowning, the woman was believed to have been cutting grass when she tripped and fell into the pond.
Family members were alarmed when she did not return home by noon and gathered a search party to look for her.
The village head noticed Tofu sitting by the pond. He then pumped water out of the pond and that was when he discovered the body.
> A man in Ipoh ended up in a hospital after being slashed for parking and blocking the entrance to a temple, China Press reported.
The incident took place around 3pm at a temple in Kampung Kuala Kuang.
According to temple committee chairman Liu Xin Quan, it was believed that a fight ensued after the temple attendant told the man to move his vehicle which led to the latter being slashed.
Liu said the victim had a cut so deep that his bone was exposed.
The man left a trail of blood at where his car was parked and he is currently receiving treatment at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh.
The attendant surrendered himself to the police and is currently being detained, Liu said, adding that the attendant was hard working but has a hot temper..
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.
