Compiled by ZULKIFLI ABD RAHMAN, ALLISON LAI and R. ARAVINTHAN

       A CENTENARIAN’S wish to attend her granddaughter’s wedding saw her finally getting vaccinated against Covid-19.

       Goh Bak Nai, 105, from Ipoh, had her first jab of the Pfizer vaccine at the Perak Community Specialist Hospital on Oct 6 accompanied by her family members, reported Oriental Daily and Sin Chew Daily.

       One of her children, Datuk Ng Kheng Yeow, said the hospital was thoughtful enough to arrange for his mother to be given the jab in the car owing to her old age.

       A jovial Goh even showed a “peace” sign after getting the jab.

       “My mum has five sons and a daughter. She has been living with my sister and her granddaughter, who is getting married in December,” Ng said, adding that his mother agreed to roll up her sleeve after realising she may miss the wedding if she was not vaccinated.

       Goh, who had been staying home since the pandemic, delayed in getting the jab because she was uncertain about the effects of the vaccine.

       “However, with more elderly folk being vaccinated and the vaccine’s effective results being seen, we felt it was time for our mum to get hers,” said Ng.

       > China Press reported that a young boy had his first encounter with the police following a fight with his younger brother.

       In a video, believed to be recorded in Kelantan, the boy was seen sobbing when a uniformed policeman, seen standing next to a patrol car, called him forward.

       The boy broke down while walking towards the policeman, prompting the man in blue to pat the boy’s head.

       The policeman, though appearing firm, was heard telling the boy gently not to fight with his younger brother or he would be taken into the patrol car.

       The sobbing boy nodded while the policeman gave him another pat on his head.

       His mother was heard calling him back to the house and asking if he would repeat his poor behaviour, to which the boy shook his head.

       The mother, who shared the video on her TikTok, said the policeman stopped by in front of their house to buy some food when the boys were fighting.

       “I just wanted to tease them,” she wrote in her caption, adding that the policeman was “sporting” enough to entertain her request to “educate” her boys.

       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.