Malaysian Post

Spotted this heart-wrenching story in the Star today.

So, Pfizer, have a heart and spare some small change to ease the pain of a young girl?

Student needs Viagra

BUTTERWORTH: For the past one year, Florentina Usun George has been taking Viagra daily, not for the wrong reason but to treat her ASD Pulmonary Hypertension ailment.

The 21-year-old student of Cosmopoint College in Penang needs two Viagra tablets, at RM40 each, daily to keep her going.

Medical problem: Florentina showing a doctor’s letter stating that she has ASD Pulmonary Hypertension at the Penang Umno complaints bureau in Butterworth yesterday. With her are Linda (left) and Farah.

“Without the medicine, I will experience chest pain, breathing difficulty and (feel) weak. It is really painful and I cannot concentrate on my studies,” said the second-year Computer Graphics student.

Florentina, from Miri, Sarawak, said she was diagnosed with the disease when she went for a medical check-up at University Malaya Medical Centre in March last year.

She was told to take Viagra daily to maintain her blood pressure level.

A doctor who declined to be named said Viagra could reduce the pressure on the right side of Florentina’s heart which was high.

The doctor said Viagra was initially introduced for hypertension but it was later found that it could also help patients with erectile dysfunction.

Florentina’s former lecturer Farah Nuzaily Zakaria, 27, said she had taken her to the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur and Island Hospital in Penang, and again was told Florentina had to take Viagra to live.

“We were told that Viagra was the cheapest medication that could help improve her condition,” she said during a press conference held at the Umno Public Complaints Bureau office in Butterworth yesterday.

Forentina’s younger sister, Linda Livan George, 20, is working at a fast food restaurant in Penang to help buy the medication.

Those who wish to help Florentina can send out their cheques made payable to Biro Pengaduan Umno, Tingkat 2, Bangunan Mahkamah Munisipal MPSP, Lorong Kg Jawa, Jalan Bagan Luar, 12000 Butterworth. They should write Florentina’s name on the back of their cheques.

First the Porsche gets stolen from the showroom.

Then it gets stolen again from the Police Station!

Now another expensive car gets stolen from another showroom of the same company!

What next!???

Story from NST dated today

Man steals Mercedes from Naza showroom

PETALING JAYA: A smartly-dressed man sped off in a Mercedes Benz E200 worth RM500,000 from the Naza World showroom located along the Federal Highway here yesterday.

The man got into the car after a salesman had moved it out of the showroom, leaving the key in the ignition. The thief then drove away.

Several security guards tried to stop him but he sped off and missed hitting the guards by centimetres in the 4pm incident.

District police chief ACP Mazlan Mansor said the showroom did not have closed-circuit television cameras, adding that police were investigating whether the theft could have been an inside job.

At press time, the black luxury car was still reported to be missing.

Meanwhile, in George Town, police investigation into the security breach at its Seberang Prai Tengah district headquarters on Monday night, where a man drove off in a RMmillion Porsche, will be completed in two days.

State police chief Datuk Koh Hong Sun said the night sentries on duty had given their statements.

He also said that none of the personnel on duty had been suspended.

The car was found abandoned near Maktab Perguruan Tuanku Bainun in Mengkuang.

I guess not many of you have seen a freak Malaysian currency note.

I do have one in my possession and the note is shown below.

See if you can detect what is so “freaky” about this note.

For those who still cannot see what is wrong with the note above, the serial number at the top left corner differs from that of the bottom right corner.

This bizarre story about a stolen Porsche keeps getting better and better!

Porsche stolen again

By M. SIVANANTHA SHARMA

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The RM963,000 sports car that was stolen from a showroom here yesterday was stolen again – this time from right under the noses of the police.

And police believe it was the same man who pulled it off again, because he had the car keys.

The thief stole the Porsche 911 Targa 4 from the compound of the police headquarters here at 10.45pm yesterday.

The car had been stolen from a showroom at Auto-City in Juru about nine hours earlier.

Police recovered the car an hour near Maktab Tuanku Bainun in Mengkuang Titi, about 15km away. But this time, unlike in the first incident, the car had fuel.

State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Koh Hong Sun said disciplinary action would be taken against policemen who were found to be negligent in their duties.

“We have the suspect’s fingerprints and are confident of arresting him soon,” he said after attending a ceremony for the transfer of 42 police personnel from the North Seberang Prai district to the Central Seberang Prai district at the police headquarters.

In the first incident, the man, said to be smartly dressed man who flashed a cheque book, coolly asked for the key of the car, started it and sped off after crashing it through the showroom’s glass pane.

Police recovered the car some 2km away, at Hujung Perusahaan Dua in Prai.

This botched auto theft was reported in the Star today.

It reminds me of the adage “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail”!!

Porsche thief forgets to ‘fill her up’

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Flashing a cheque book, a smartly-dressed man coolly asked for the keys to a sports car at a showroom here yesterday.

He got into the RM963,000 Porsche 911 Targa 4, started the engine, and to the horror of the salespersons there, crashed the car through the showroom’s glass pane and drove off at top speed.

But he had not factored in one thing – fuel. The car ran out of petrol just 2km away and police found the car within 30 minutes at Hujung Perusahaan Dua in Prai.

Dead end: Police officers looking at the Porsche that was found abandoned at Hujung Perusahaan Dua in Prai yesterday.

A salesgirl, who declined to be named, said the man, who wore a suit, came into the showroom at about 1.50pm, holding a cheque book as he viewed the car.

“He then asked for the keys to start the engine. Before I knew it, he drove the car through the glass pane and sped off,” she said.