Compiled by ABBERNAA DHEVI K., R. ARAVINTHAN and TAN SIN CHOW

HONG Kong’s leading food critic Chua Lam brought some Chinese tourists to Kulim, Kedah, to sample the Black Thorn durian, popularly known as or chi among Malaysians, reported Guang Ming Daily.

Chua, who last tasted or chi two years ago, said it was so good that the 15 tourists from Guangzhou, Beijing and Jiangsu would not be able to enjoy durians in China after sampling the King of Fruits here.

The orchard owner served them or chi from his 80-year-old tree.

“The flesh is tender and thick, and sweet,” said Chua.

“The Chinese tourists will never want to eat durian in China anymore after tasting the durians here,” Chua said during the visit on Tuesday.

> China Press reported that a teenager raped a 50-year-old woman after robbing her at a flat in Singapore.

It is learnt that the victim had gone to the place to look for her friend before she crossed paths with the 17-year-old boy and his two accomplices.

One held a knife to her neck and another asked her to surrender her valuables.

After taking away a few hundred dollars, handphone and cigarettes from her, one boy then raped her.

The boy and his accomplices have been charged in court for rape, robbery and theft.

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.