Jaw-dropping. In 2020, Taiwanese YouTuber Ala (aka Xiao A La) made a life-changing decision to undergo a TW$340K (S$14K) gender reassignment surgery in Thailand. The next year, the now 34-year-old influencer officially changed her gender from male to female on her identify card in Taiwan. Though she only completed her transition journey in 2020, Ala has presented herself...
Maybe they guilted him into doing a wefie? NBA legend Yao Ming, 43, was at the Barclays Center earlier this week (Oct 25) to watch the game between the Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers. As usual, the 2.29m-tall mountain of a man towered over everyone else as he sat crossed-legged in his courtside seat. We’re certain Yao...
The 44-year-old was also unfairly called out for having double standards because she eats seafood and wants to protect marine life too. Considering the recent dog attacks that have caught the media’s attention in China, Taiwanese actress Joe Chen has come under fire online for responding to the incidents by speaking out for the stray dogs. A two-year-old girl...
SHUTTLER Cheah Liek Hou was back to his swaggering best as he stormed into the final of the men’s singles SU5 (upper body impairment) final in the Asian Para Games. Liek Hou claimed a dominant 21-7, 21-9 win over Taiwan’s Fang Jen-yu in the last four at the Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou yesterday. A day earlier, the...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Lee Zii Jia managed to beat one Chinese but could not get past another in the men’s singles competition in the French Open. Zii Jia went down fighting 21-17, 11-21, 12-21 to Hangzhou Asian Games champion Li Shifeng in the second round at the Glaz Arena in Rennes yesterday. The independent player had exacted...
KOTA TINGGI: A male senior citizen was killed after his motorcycle skidded and rammed into a parked trailer here. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Hussin Zamora said the incident occurred on Friday (Oct 27) at KM47.5 Jalan Johor Baru-Mersing near the Panti Forest Reserve. “The 74-year-old victim was travelling towards Johor Baru for work at 4.30am when the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Transport Minister Anthony Loke has extended Malaysia’s commitment to adopting cleaner and more energy-efficient technologies during the High-Level 15th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia. The Transport Ministry, in a statement Friday (Oct 27), said Loke also expressed confidence that the efforts could be made by improving the accessibility of public transportation,...
KAJANG: Over RM33.73mil worth of cocaine and syabu have been seized after police crippled a drug smuggling ring here. Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) head Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said following a tip-off, its team conducted a series of raids jointly with the Customs Department and arrested seven men, including a...
JOHOR BARU: Johor police received 16 reports of fraud cases involving illegal investment activities with a cumulative total loss of RM1.08mil. State police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the cases were recorded from Oct 20 to Oct 26 this year with losses starting from as low as RM300 up to RM315,469. “Victims are tricked into...
KUALA LUMPUR: Most of the plastic surgery advertisements on social media are put up by unlicensed parties, cosmetic surgeons have warned. Malaysian Association of Plastic, Aesthetic and Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons (Mapacs) president Dr Regunathan Villanayer said complications from botched surgeries could lead to permanent deformation, infection, sinus problems and even death. He said the number of botched surgeries...
