Malaysian MP offers US$1,200 reward for arsonist after unprovoked attack on elderly woman

A Malaysian lawmaker is offering a 5,000 ringgit (US$1,200) reward to catch the person responsible for an arson attack which left an elderly woman in critical condition in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. The 62-year-old counter staff suffered 50 per cent burns to her body after an unidentified individual doused her in what police believe was petrol and set her on fire at a lottery shop in Kepong, a suburb some 14km (nine miles) from the city. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng said the attack was an “act of...