Compiled by C. ARUNO, PANG SHIANG YIH and R. ARAVINTHAN
RADIO deejay Sean Lee, who recently contracted Covid-19, joked that he was going into self-imposed isolation in order to learn the secret kung fu technique known as the “Seven Injuries Fist”, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The 988 announcer broadcast his diagnosis on Facebook on Feb 8.
“I have been tested positive (for Covid-19) and will be in isolation for 10 days. It is believed that the Seven Injuries Fist hurts the user 30% but is effective at hurting the recipient 100%.
“Hopefully by the time I am out, I will have succeeded in my training,” he quipped while posting a picture of an instruction manual for the secret kung fu technique.
Many of Lee’s fans wished him a speedy recovery on social media.
The Seven Injuries Fist is a fictional kung fu technique made popular by Louis Cha’s martial arts novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre.
The move is supposed to be a secret technique of the fictional Kongtong sect and was used by the novel’s protagonist Zhang Wuji.
> Non-fungible token (NFT) enthusiasts lost more than NT$1mil (RM150,445) after being sold what was claimed to be the King of Mandopop Jay Chou’s Phanta Bear NFTs, China Press reported.
It was earlier reported that Chou’s PHANTACi fashion brand raked in more than US$10mil (RM41.84mil) by selling all the NFTs in the Phanta Bear series together with a company called Ezek at US$1,000 (RM4,184) each.
However, hackers managed to infiltrate a Discord server of NFT enthusiasts managed by Ezek and provide links to platforms claiming to sell the Phanta Bear NFTs.
NFTs are a form of crypto asset, which uses blockchain (a digital public ledger of transactions) to record ownership details and provide proof of authenticity.
All kinds of digital objects – images, videos, music, text and even tweets – can be turned into an NFT.
The blockchain keeps a record of all transactions.
In contrast with many other digital creations, which are often infinite in supply, NFTs have unique identifying codes, which makes them one-of-a-kind.
In the Ezek case, many fans fell prey to the scam and complained online, which led to Ezek responding on Instagram that its Discord server was hacked on Dec 22, 2021, and Jan 28, 2022.
“Right now, the community asset security team has completed its investigation of the two hacks. As of today, we have reimbursed 58 scammed victims (with wallet addresses validated) for 14.14 ETH in total,” it wrote.
Despite reassurances from Ezek, a number of victims continued to claim that they have not managed to get a reimbursement for their purchases.
It was reported that the Phanta Bear NFTs were sold out withi hours after they were launched on Jan 1.
They were then sold at several times their original price on the secondary market.
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.