PETALING JAYA: The mother of the late Hindu activist, Rajeswary Appahu, lodged a police report against four individuals for allegedly disrupting an ongoing police investigation related to a cyberbullying case involving her daughter. Puspa Rajagopal, 56, said the individuals were misleading and confusing the public by discussing the case on social media and were talking badly...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested another TikTok account owner over alleged threats made against social media influencer, A. Rajeswary, 30, better known as Esha. Sentul district police chief ACP Ahmad Sukarno Mohd Zahari said the 44-year-old male suspect was arrested at 6.30pm in Setapak on Wednesday (July 10). "The suspect, a lorry driver, has been remanded for...
Malaysian TikTok user @ramj__ recently shared a clip of himself and two other friends pranking their pal in a way that would make superstitious people squirm in their seats. He wrote: “POV: Picking up a friend in the funeral van”, and in the video, the group was seen driving a hearse towards the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport in Kelantan. It wasn't specified...
PETALING JAYA: Several social media sites have been identified as spreading alleged leaked investigation information related to the Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin murder case, says the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). In a statement on Saturday (June 15), MCMC said it had submitted requests to social media platform operators, including TikTok and Telegram, to remove...
PETALING JAYA: Several social media sites have been identified as spreading alleged leaked investigation information related to the Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin murder case, says the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). In a statement on Saturday (June 15), MCMC said it had submitted requests to social media platform operators, including TikTok and Telegram, to remove...
Miranda Derrick opened up about the cult allegations on Netflix’s docuseries Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult released on May 29. “My parents and sister are not religious. They immediately called me going to church twice a week a ‘cult,’” shared the 27-year-old. The docuseries tells the story of dance TikTokers who formed part of the 7M management...
PUTRAJAYA: The Communications Ministry’s meeting with Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) and representatives of other social media platforms scheduled to be held in Singapore next month will discuss, among others, the Madani government’s commitment to combat fake news and disinformation, says Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said the meeting would take place during his official visit to...
PETALING JAYA: A man celebrating his 80th birthday with his family at a restaurant received a surprise when Tengku Ampuan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, who was also there, joined in. As family and friends surrounded the man in a wheelchair for the Happy Birthday song, Tunku Azizah was seen singing and clapping along. Tunku Azizah...
KUALA LUMPUR: Emphasising on the vowels to get the pronunciation right, a French grandmother's take on Malaysian states and words has locals amused. The videos uploaded on TikTok by a content creator and multi-media artist who goes by @malay_frenchie_explorer, shows the French grandmother and his family members attempt to pronounce the names of local delights including...
Green Day don't like people using TikTok to discover new music. The American Dream Is Killing Me rockers — which include Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt — find it "lazy" when social media users rely on their previously-visited topics to be introduced to new artists because they think it means they are missing out on a...
