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Man killed by elephant he tried to scare away

GUA MUSANG: A rubber tapper who set off firecrackers to scare a herd of wild elephants in Kampung Serian, Batu 11, near here, was killed when one of the elephants attacked him.

Gua Musang OCPD Supt Saiful Bahri Abdullah told Bernama the female elephant wrapped its trunk around Lee Che Hassan, 46, and smashed him against a tree on Friday.

Lee’s friend, who saw the incident, rushed back to inform the villagers about the attack.

“Lee died on the spot,” he said, adding that the victim’s elder brother Che Mohd Zi, 52, tried to take Lee’s body from the scene but was unable to do so because the elephant was standing guard nearby and would charge at anyone who came near.

Several Wildlife Department officers came to the area and retrieved Lee’s body four hours later after chasing the elephants back into the jungle.

This is the third elephant attack in Kelantan in the past five months.

On Jan 23, a farm worker Bernardus Ngongo Naru, 24, fractured his ribs when an elephant trampled on him.

On Dec 6, Muhamad Adnan Iberahim, 26, was killed when he was trampled on by a herd of wild elephants near Pos Pasik, Gua Musang.

Trader wants daughter-in-law and grandson to come home

GEORGE TOWN: A trader is urging for the return of her Thai daughter-in-law and grandson who disappeared six days ago.

Tung Siew Luan, 49, said she feared for the safety of both as her daughter-in-law Siriporn Oujanda, 38, did not have any means of support.

“Siriporn, who we call ‘Anne’, is from Buri Ram in Thailand and has stayed with me here since her marriage to my late son in 2007.

Please come back: Tung holding up pictures of Siriporn and Ming Wai who disappeared on Sunday.

“Even after my son died of illness in August 2009, both she and my grandson Dylan Tung Ming Wai, three, stayed with me in my apartment in Jalan Gangsa,” she said.

Tung said Siriporn and Ming Wai had gone missing from the apartment on Sunday.

Two days later, she discovered RM690 missing from a drawer in the apartment along with her son’s marriage certificate, death certificate, Ming Wai’s birth certificate and passport.

She expressed surprise that Siriporn had run away as there had been no argument before she disappeared.

Seri Delima assemblyman R.S.N. Rayer, who is assisting Tung, urged Siriporn to contact him at 019-413 2681 or 04-659 5611 or call the family at 016-434 5640.

Amy Mastura is Kose ambassador

By Steven Patrick

Amy Mastura is a mother, actress, singer and now.. the new Kose ambassador.

The 39-year-old is endorsing the Japanese cosmetic line.

She says Kose suits her skin and her increasing age.

"I feel confident all the time with the product. Besides cosmetics, looking young is also about having a good heart and being happy, " says the mother-of-two.

A Kose spokesperson said that Amy was chosen because of her vast experience in the entertainment industry.

Mastura has been in the entertainment business for twenty years and her most recent TV drama was Penanggal, where she starred as a ghost.

She has also recorded seven albums in her career, the last was Happy in 2009.

"I may record a single in the future. We'll see. I have no plans to retire from this business," she says.

Talk about forever young!
Published March 4