Homegrown M'sian sex club snubbed in S'pore

The Obedient Wives Club (OWC) has not gained widespread public support in Singapore, despite its growing popularity in the region.

Only about 20 families have asked to join the club – which encourages women to submit to their husbands and meet their sexual needs – since a proposal was made last month to set it up in the republic, said its Singapore representative Azman Ari.

Najib speaks with a forked tongue, M'sian Christians warn Pope

In a telling sign of the changes sweeping Malaysian society, a group of Malaysian Christians warned the Pope and other foreign leaders against Prime Minister Najib Razak's forked tongue and his growing disconnect with reality.

"The conduct of Prime Minister Najib and his Barisan Nasional government at home, at least recently, has been anything but moderate! In our Malaysian colloquialism, we might say of the prime minister that dia cakap tak serupa bikin, meaning that ‘he does not do what he preaches’, or that ‘he does not walk the talk’!,"  the group said in a letter to Pope Benedict XVI.

"In this regard, we are very concerned about the timing of this official visit which follows immediately after recent repression of civil society groups which are fighting for clean and fair elections. We are also deeply concerned that some top leaders of this democratic initiative have been painted unjustly as ‘anti-Islam’ by the authorities without any basis whatsoever."

The group of 365 Catholics and other Christians in Malaysia, including a string of priests and religious leaders, signed the joint letter expressing their concern over Prime Minister Najib Razak’s official visit to the Vatican on 18 July 2011 in view of recent developments in the country.

The letter also highlighted concerns about the lack of democratic rights and religious freedom in Malaysia to enable the Pope to “understand more critically and comprehensively the political and social realities” lest the pontiff is “presented with a one-sided view of developments” in the country.

Children of murdered M'sian man fly to Papau to claim body

Department store general manager Wong Tee Tee was driving his Toyota sport utility vehicle in Port Moresby when a group of unidentified men shot at his car at close range.

The 63-year-old Malaysian, who had lived in the Papua New Guinea capital for 20 years, was killed Wednesday.

His two children, who live in Singapore, are flying there Saturday to identify and collect his body.

It is not known why Wong was killed, but the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary's acting deputy commissioner, Fred Yakasa, said that he believes the incident was planned and organised by 'non-Papua New Guineans'.

"It is similar in nature to the attempted murder of another Asian businessman," he said in a statement.

"I assume that there is some level of organised crime syndicate at play somewhere. We do not have the evidence to prove this at this point in time, but I am confident we will in the near future."

The Straits Times understands that Wong married a Singaporean in 1978 and has two grown-up children - a daughter and a son - in Singapore.

When contacted, his son - who wanted to be known only as Ng - asked for privacy and declined to comment on his father and their relationship.

It was unclear when Wong last contacted his family, but his sudden death set off a mad scramble by his friends to contact his next-of-kin.

One of them, Cliff Poh, posted an advertisement in The Straits Times Friday asking to get in touch with Wong's children in Singapore.

The Singaporean, who has business dealings in Papua New Guinea, said he managed to reach Wong's son and daughter yesterday, and will be accompanying them to the Pacific island Saturday.

Papua New Guinea has a sizeable community of Malaysians.

Last year, a similar attempt was made on the life of Malaysian businessman Jason Tan. Two Chinese nationals were later arrested and charged with attempted murder in that case.

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