Compiled by Fazleena Aziz, Allison Lai and R. Aravinthan
INTERNET users have come up with an initiative to support the vendors affected by the sudden cancellation of the Good Vibes Festival. Social media users are sharing a list of the affected vendors and calling on Malaysians to help them by purchasing their stock of food and perishable items.
China Press reported that some of the affected vendors include A Pie Thing, Hijau, Kingu Kongu, myBurgerLab, Nomms Fried Chicken, Pizza Mansion, and Sausage Sizzle Malaysia. These vendors have already invested more than RM10,000 each in preparing food for the festival.
Azrul Mohd Khalib, the CEO of Galen Centre, also highlighted the solidarity among Malaysians in supporting the affected vendors. He urged people to not just be angry but to extend their support and help the vendors recover from this crisis.
The Good Vibes Festival, which started on July 21, was abruptly cancelled on the following day, cutting short its original duration until July 23.
Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil had earlier announced that MyCreative Ventures, a government investment arm that supports the Malaysian creative industry, would step in to assist the local artists and food vendors impacted by the festival’s cancellation.
> Oriental Daily reported on a case involving a 26-year-old Taiwanese man who was caught peeping at his two female housemates.
The man, identified as Lin, had drilled seven 10mm diameter holes on the doors of his female housemates. His voyeuristic act was discovered when the girls noticed the abnormal holes and reported it to the property’s manager, who then contacted the police.
The police inspected the unit and conducted a DNA match between Lin and the samples found on the girls’ doors. Lin admitted to his actions during the court proceedings and reached an out-of-court settlement with one of the victims. He was subsequently sentenced to jail time, ordered to pay compensation to the other victim, and fined.
Initially, Lin denied the allegations, claiming that he may have accidentally come into contact with the doors while tying his shoelaces. However, he was ultimately found guilty and given the aforementioned sentence.
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.
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