I believe this is the first of its kind in this beloved country of ours. Apart from those two, only God knows what was the reason or point of argument about. Anyway, this satirical cartoon from today's Malay Mail depicting the police arrest after the incident is very funny indeed!

Read the first news report from the online version of theStar on 6 October and the updated one, also from the same newspaper a day after (7 October, sans byline) and compare them.

Facebook argument between friends ends in stabbing

By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH
MUAR: (6 October) An argument between two friends that started on Facebook ended up with one of them stabbing the other.

The two men, aged 24 and 22, had met up at a cybercafe in town before the younger man stabbed his friend on the ribs, around 1.30pm Tuesday.

The injured man was rushed to the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in an ambulance shortly after the incident. His family refused to talk to reporters.

Muar police chief Asst Comm Mohammed Nasir Ramli confirmed the incident, although he said he had yet to receive a detailed report.

Facebook feud ends in stabbing

MUAR (7 October): An argument between two friends that started on Facebook ended up with one of them stabbing the other.

The two men, aged 24 and 22, had met at a cybercafe in town supposedly to “settle” their problems, but they ended up quarrelling again.

The younger man then took out a knife and stabbed the other man in the rib and hand at about 1.30pm on Tuesday.

Muar police chief Asst Comm Mohammed Nasir Ramli said prior to the stabbing, the two men had been calling each other names in the social media network.

The injured man, Neo Boon Chi, was rushed to the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in an ambulance shortly after the incident.

His family refused to talk to reporters.

Neo is from Jalan Hashim here and works at a hardware shop while his attacker is a salesman.

ACP Mohammed Nasir said Neo’s condition was reported to be stable and the attacker was arrested at 5.45pm the same day.

“He has been remanded for four days to assist in investigations,” he said.

He said the man would be investigated under Section 324 of the Penal Code for using a weapon to cause injury.