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BETWEEN Jan 5 and 8, notable filings of companies listed on Bursa Malaysia included one by Acoustech Bhd, where Yee Wei Meng emerged as a substantial shareholder after acquiring 30.99 million shares, or an 11.6% stake, via a private placement. A property developer, Acoustech posted a net loss of RM5.92 million in the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2020, on the back of a steep contraction in revenue to RM458,000. In the previous corresponding period, it made a profit of RM26,000 from revenue of RM4.39 million. At CN Asia Corp Bhd, Ho Cheng San disposed of 16.4 million shares during the period under review. Filings with Bursa reveal that he had disposed of 14.33 million shares via a direct business transaction and 2.07 million shares on the open market. Post-disposal, he is left with a 1.26% direct stake in the company. ....
A member of the public has come forward with a tip-off regarding the unsolved case of a seven-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Singapore in June 1995. The deceased, Lim Shiow Rong, was found in the morning in a drain near Jalan Woodbridge, some 8km from where she was last seen at about 9:30pm in Toa Payoh the night before. Her body was discovered strangled and in a semi-sitting position. The tip-off came almost 26 years after the little girl s death, following the family s latest public appeal, where they went to the media to publicise the case. The family is appealing for any new information from the public, as they are motivated to crack this cold case after seeing the police make progress with the Felicia Teo murder case some 13 years after it happened. ....