KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — An Indonesian woman believed to be a masseur was found strangled to death with a television cable in a hotel room at Metro Prima, Kepong, today.

Police identified the victim as 42-year-old Noraini.

Sentul Deputy OCPD Supt Zainuddin Ahmad said she checked into the hotel with a man at 2pm. "After 15 minutes, the man left the hotel alone," he told reporters at the scene.

He said a hotel worker found Noraini's body in bed at about 5pm.

BANGKOK, May 18 — A Malaysian is among eight people injured when a bomb exploded in the border town of Sungai Golok in Narathiwat last night.

In the 7.05pm (8.05pm Malaysian time) incident, a bomb planted in a bicycle near a restaurant went off, not far from the Sungai Golok police station.

A police spokesman said the explosion injured eight people who were having dinner at the restaurant, including the Malaysian.

"All of them suffered minor injuries and have been taken to the Sungai Golok hospital," he told Bernama when contacted.

This is following the publication by several media organisations of the contents of the Royal Commission of Inquiry report of the V.K. Lingam video clip before the Cabinet's decision to make the report public.

He said following the leaks, a detailed study of the security measures that can be taken would be made to prevent a recurrence.

CHENGDU, May 17 — Ethnic villagers took turns to cook porridge to feed a group of Malaysians throughout their four-day ordeal in the hilly Chinese town of Maoxian where they were cut off by the devastating earthquake that hit southwestern Sichuan province.

At night, the Malaysians climbed back into their tour bus to sleep still fearful that another quake would hit.

In the daylight hours, they chatted with each other, their handphones put aside after futile attempts to call out because roads and communication lines were severed by the 7.8-magnitude tremor.