Compiled by GERARD GIMINO, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

       AUTHOR Mico Wong recently bagged a prestigious literary award from China for her novel E Du (Evil Congestion), Sin Chew Daily reported.

       Wong, who hails from Yong Peng, Johor, was presented with the Best South-East Asia Chinese Literature Award at the 17th Dianchi Literary Awards.

       Apart from Wong, the winners in the four other categories were all from China.

       Wong graduated from the National Chengchi University in Taiwan with a bachelor’s degree and later pursued a master’s degree at the National Dong Hwa University.

       Her earlier novel Mu Xu had also won Sin Chew Daily’s Hua Zong Literary Award.

       > The daily also reported that the disappearance of the daughter of Chinese actress Zhao Wei further deepened the mystery of the abrupt clearing of the latter’s entire Internet presence without official reason.

       According to Hong Kong news reports, the whereabouts of the 11-year-old daughter, who is said to be studying at a school in Hong Kong, is currently unknown.

       It was earlier reported that Zhao’s name was removed from all television series, films, short videos and promotional materials from platforms such as Tencent Video, iQiyi and Youku.

       The shows are still available with her scenes intact, but any description of her involvement has been removed.

       Zhao shot to fame for her role in My Fair Princess, one of the most successful Chinese television shows of all time.

       There has been no official reason given as to why she has been a target of such censorship.

       Besides acting, Zhao is a businesswoman, film director and pop singer, which made her a billionaire and one of the wealthiest entertainers in Chinese history.

       When news of the censorship broke, Internet users began to speculate that she fled the country on Aug 28.

       However, Zhao later revealed online that she was still with her parents, implying that she was still in Beijing.

       ● The above article is 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 this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.