“Kantoi” is a Malay urban slang which means busted or caught. Normally, it describes that someone is busted or caught (red-handedly) for doing something wrong. However, the word has been widely used as an expression in day to day conversation. For e.g.:

• “Paper English aku kantoi lah” … I failed my English paper.
• “Bapak aku kantoi aku hisap rokok” … My father caught me smoking.

A few weeks ago, while I was covering STM‘s concert, I met this petite pretty young lady, Shiela Ningkan from NTV7 during the media session. Call it coincidence, she’s also from Sarawak, an Iban and from the Ningkan clan. Does the late Stephen Kalong Ningkan rings a bell to you? Sarawak’s first Chief Minister.
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