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Toshiie Maeda
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> Sin Chew Daily reported about a nightclub singer in Singapore who used heroin as a weapon to threaten the “rich” and regular customers for money.
The 20-year-old Chinese woman from Hangzhou, China, was said to be the most popular singer among the 20 employed at the nightclub.
She had allegedly persuaded her “rich” customers to enjoy the nightlife with her by injecting them with heroin.
The paper said the woman later threatened to inform the police that they were taking drugs if the customers refused to give her money.
The woman’s employment permit was terminated on Dec 13 after the management learnt about her actions, the daily said.
The paper also reported about traders who claimed that the prices of consumer goods for the Chinese New Year were expected to increase.
The daily quoted the traders as saying that the items that might see price increase were Mandarin oranges, mushrooms, preserved meat, pistachio and seafood.
They also hoped that the Government would not announce any tariff increases in utility services and fuel.
Other News & Views is 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 > sign, it denotes a separate news item.
