HARIAN Metro reported that a woman who, along with her brother, assaulted her former employer after she was fired from her job at a beauty salon in Taman Dagang, Kuala Lumpur.
Furious at being dismissed, the woman, in her 20s, brought her brother to beat up her female employer.
Police said the victim, who is in her 30s, had her hair pulled and was kicked in the stomach repeatedly.
One of the salon’s staff was also injured when she was punched on the head.
The paper didn’t state why the worker was sacked.
A source said that after attacking the victim, the two immediately left. The victim later lodged a police report.
> Berita Harian reported about the drowning of two men in separate tragedies in Kuantan.
In the first incident, which occurred at 11.45am on Sunday at Kampung Seberang Kuala Kenau, telecommunications employee Mohd Safri Ismail, 32, fell into the river when he tried to free his fishing lure.
Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Jasmani Yusoff said eight of Safri’s friends attempted to save him but failed before he was dragged away by the strong currents.
“The victim was found nearly 10m from the scene about 10 minutes later, before being sent to a clinic in Sungai Lembing. However, he was pronounced dead on arrival,” ACP Jasmani said.
In the second incident, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Polytechnic student Azlan Ahmad, 21, drowned at Cherating beach in Kuantan at 5.30pm on Saturday.
“The victim was playing beach ball with 17 friends when the ball went adrift at sea. He was pulled in when he attempted to collect the ball.
“Azlan’s friend Yusran Shamsudin almost drowned when he tried to save the victim,” ACP Jasmani added.
He said Azlan’s body was found nearby at 9am on Sunday.