Berita Hari Ini - 2007

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TUJUH 'MAT REMPIT' S'PURA DITAHAN DI JOHOR

JOHOR BAHRU: Keasyikan sekumpulan penunggang warga Singapura menguji 'Litar Gelang Patah' dengan motosikal berkuasa tinggi terbantut apabila tujuh daripada mereka ditahan polis, awal pagi kelmarin.

Operasi Cegah Lumba Haram di LinKedua itu bermula sekitar 12.30 tengah malam.

Ketua Polis Daerah Johor Bahru Utara, Penolong Pesuruhjaya Ruslan Hassan, berkata pada awalnya pihaknya mengesan enam penunggang motosikal berkuasa tinggi dengan nombor pendaftaran Singapura berlegar-legar di jalan susur keluar Felda Tebing Runtuh di LinKedua.

Menurut beliau: 'Pada 1.45 pagi, kami mengesan 11 motosikal berkuasa tinggi dengan nombor pendaftaran Singapura memecut laju dan berlumba di lebuh raya itu, termasuk satu daripadanya melakukan aksi 'wheelie'.

'Susulan daripada itu, kami menahan 17 penunggang, semuanya warga Singapura, serta 17 motosikal dengan nombor pendaftaran negara itu dan membawanya ke Balai Polis Kulai untuk siasatan lanjut.'

Hasilnya, tujuh penunggang didapati terbabit menunggang secara bahaya.

Mereka bagaimanapun dibebaskan dengan ikat jamin tetapi motosikal mereka disita.

Pada 10 Julai tahun lalu, polis telah menyerbu pelumba haram di 'Litar Gelang Patah', yang turut melibatkan pemilik kereta mewah dari Singapura.

Dalam serbuan itu, 550 kereta diperiksa, termasuk 20 kenderaan yang berdaftar di Singapura, serta 150 motosikal tempatan dan Singapura. - Harian Metro.

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ADA-ADA SAJA...

Suami curang? Buat ujian DNA di seluar dalam

LANSING (Michigan): Seorang saintis forensik yang berkata beliau membuat ujian DNA ke atas seluar dalam suaminya untuk memeriksa adakah beliau bermain kayu tiga mungkin dikenakan tindakan disiplin jika didapati bersalah melanggar peraturan menggunakan peralatan negara.
Ann Chamberlain-Gordon memberi keterangan dalam perbicaraan cerai 7 Mac lalu bahawa dia menjalankan ujian itu ke atas seluar dalam suaminya, Charles Gordon Jr.
Ditanya hakim apa yang ditemuinya, Ann menjawab: 'Perempuan lain. Ia bukan saya.' - AP.

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ASHLEY ISHAM JAUHARI 2007 Oleh
Nazri Hadi Saparin

SETELAH menempa nama di persada fesyen antarabangsa, Eshamuddin Ismail, atau Ashley Isham, mendapat pengiktirafan masyarakat Melayu setempat apabila ditabal Jauhari tahun ini.

Pereka fesyen berpangkalan di London itu menerima anugerah tersebut daripada tamu terhormat, Menteri Kanan, Encik Goh Chok Tong, dalam satu majlis gilang-gemilang malam tadi.

Majlis di Hotel Ritz Carlton Millenia itu turut meraikan ulang tahun ke-50 Berita Harian tahun ini.
Ashley penerima kesembilan Anugerah Jauhari berprestij itu. Tahun ini ia dikeluarkan Berita Harian dan Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

Dalam ucapan selepas menerima anugerah tersebut, Ashley berkata anugerah itu mencerminkan perubahan sikap masyarakat Singapura terhadap industri kreatif, yang dahulu tidak dianggap bidang serius.

'Saya bersyukur kerana bidang ini kini dihormati dan terdapat pelbagai sokongan bagi bakat-bakat muda kreatif mengembangkan kemahiran mereka menerusi geran dan peraduan rekaan. Masa saya dahulu, sokongan amat sukar didapati, lantas saya terpaksa mencari peluang di luar negara,' ujarnya.

Pencapaiannya tidak datang bergolek.

Ashley merantau ke Amsterdam, Belanda, seorang diri berbekalkan hanya bakat dan tekad pada Disember 1995. Kini beliau memiliki label sendiri - Ashley Isham - dan dihormati sebagai pereka fesyen muda berbakat di London.

Selain London, labelnya mendapat tempat di butik-butik mewah di New York dan Los Angeles di Amerika Syarikat serta Singapura serta negara Timur Tengah seperti Dubai dan Kuwait.

Bahkan, pakaian rekaan Ashley dipakai penyanyi terkenal seperti Kylie Minogue dan Mariah Carey serta kerabat diraja.
Dalam ucapannya, Ashley mendedikasikan Anugerah Jauhari yang diterimanya kepada seorang insan istimewa dalam hidup beliau - ibunya.

'Anugerah ini saya tujukan buat emak, yang tak pernah kenal erti lelah dalam membela nasib keluarga, dan tak pernah halang kami memburu impian,' ujarnya.

Mengulas mengenai pemilihan Ashley, Editor Berita Harian/Minggu, Encik Guntor Sadali, berkata: 'Ashley adalah contoh baik tentang bagaimana sesuatu impian itu boleh dijadikan kenyataan jika kita mempunyai keazaman dan kesungguhan.

'Kejayaan beliau menempa nama dalam arena fesyen antarabangsa yang begitu kompetitif seperti di Eropah adalah satu kejayaan yang dapat dibanggakan bukan saja oleh masyarakat Melayu malah seluruh rakyat Singapura.'

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Road tax to be reduced from 1 September
By Foo Xiao Xuan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 06 July 2007 1619 hrs
         

SINGAPORE: Starting 1 September 2007, road tax for cars, motorcycles and goods-cum-passenger vehicles (GPV) will be reduced.

The Land Transport Authority says vehicle owners who pay their road tax from 9 July onwards will pay the reduced rates and owners may refer to the online portal to find out the new rates.

For those who have paid their road tax before 9 July based on the current road tax rates for the period commencing 1 September, the excess amount will be indicated on the owner's next road tax renewal notice, and will be automatically offset from the next road tax payable.

For more information, please log on to http://www.onemotoring.com.sg. - CNA/yy

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Wounds so deep he could see his bone
GARANG MUM v PARANG MEN

By Yvonne Poon and Eisen Teo
July 06, 2007

WANT to attack my boy? You have to get past me.

This was how an unarmed mother stood between her injured son and his three parang-wielding assailants.
Mr Mohamed Nazri Mohamed Alias, 22, was bleeding badly and lying on the floor, defenceless.

As the parang men were about to continue their attack, his mother arrived just in time to save him.
Standing in their way, she told them to leave him alone and to put away their weapons.
Realising that she would not budge, the attackers left.
By acting so garang (Malay for fierce), wasn't she afraid that the men would also attack her?
Mothers may well empathise with her response.

NOT SCARED

'I didn't think about my safety when I saw them attacking my son. I didn't care if I would get hurt. I was not scared,' the 43-year-old housewife, who didn't want to be named, told The New Paper.

Mr Mohamed Nazri was badly slashed in the attack at Block 37, Circuit Road, in Macpherson at about 5.30am on Monday.

He said: 'There are two slash wounds on my left arm. There's one on my elbow, held shut with 16 staples. The other has a V shape along my entire forearm, with about 30 staples.

'The wounds were so deep that I could see my bone.'
Doctors had to surgically reconstruct the veins in his left arm.
Mr Mohamed Nazri was also slashed on his head, abdomen and back. He had bruises and abrasions on his legs.

His head wound was held shut with staples, while bandages and plasters covered the other wounds.
When The New Paper visited him in hospital on Tuesday, he was asleep. His hand was thickly bandaged and bound with a splint.

When he awoke, he said in a subdued voice that he was still in a lot of pain.

'The doctors said I'll take at least two months to recover. My hand is a bit weak. I'm also feeling weak as I lost a lot of blood,' he said.
Despite his pain, Mr Mohamed Nazri expressed pride in his mother's brave act.
He said: 'She was my protector.'

Added his mother: 'I was worried about my son. If they had continued their attack, he could have died.'

His brother, Mr Mohamed Naim, 18, a student, recounted what happened that day.

He said three men turned up at their home just after 5am. Their mother was awake and watering the plants.
Said Mr Mohamed Naim: 'They were all around my age. They told my mother that they had a job for my brother. So she woke him up and he followed them out.'

UNEASY FEELING

But his mother felt uneasy after a while and went out to the corridor to check on them.

From there, she saw the three men attacking Mr Mohamed Nazri at the bottom of their block.

Mr Mohamed Naim recalled: 'She shouted at me, 'There's a problem with your brother downstairs, people are beating him up' and quickly ran towards the lift to go downstairs.'

He immediately stopped playing his video game, grabbed a shirt and ran out after his mother.
When they reached the void deck, his brother had fled towards a nearby convenience store to seek refuge.
Mr Mohamed Naim said he saw the three men, all holding parangs, leaving the void deck to head towards the store.

'When I saw the knives, I realised I could be in danger too,' he said.
When the store staff saw the injured Mohamed Nazri, they called the police.
As he sat bleeding on the floor inside, his mother dashed in and stood between him and the three men who were just outside the store.
Mr Mohamed Naim said: 'My brother was in a lot of pain and losing a lot of blood. We were very frightened.
'My mother asked the men why they had attacked my brother, and told them to put their weapons away.'
The men hid their parangs under their clothes and remained outside.

Then one man pushed past the housewife and kicked Mr Mohamed Nazri once before the trio left.
The police arrived soon after and MrMohamed Nazri was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

COULDN'T BREATHE

He said: 'I thought I was dying. I couldn't breathe. Inside the ambulance, everything went white and I couldn't see the medics.'
What had sparked the attack?
Mr Mohamed Nazri said: 'When we were in the lift on the way down, they were still friendly.'
But things turned ugly once they reached the void deck.
'They kept insisting that I had stolen their things... that I had taken one of their handphones from their homes. But I don't even know where they live,' he said.

The men began beating him. Then one pulled out a parang from under his clothes.
Mr Mohamed Nazri tried to flee but he was not fast enough. One attacker caught up and slashed him.
'Everything happened so fast. People around saw me and shouted, but no one came forward to help.'
Mr Mohamed Nazri said he recognised only one of his attackers.
'He lives in the same neighbourhood and I've seen him around. I've known him for about a month,' he said.

'I don't know how they got my address.'
Asked whether he was worried about his attackers returning, he said: 'I am a bit afraid, but this is my home. I have no choice but to go back.'

Police are investigating. No arrests have been made.

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Wounds so deep he could see his bone
GARANG MUM v PARANG MEN

By Yvonne Poon and Eisen Teo
July 06, 2007

WANT  ...

x tau laaa apa nk jadi ngan budak2 muda sekarang..... pantang gaduh / selisih faham.... nk main parang laa, nk bedal anak orang sampai mati laa....

kesian yg kena parang tu.... tapi terkejut gak alex gmbar tu.... badan penuh tatoo....

fatz

macam tu punya tatoo pun kena bedal.....samseng ke hapa namanya tu....:@

miezarra_27

Originally posted by fatz at 6-7-2007 05:32 PM
macam tu punya tatoo pun kena bedal.....samseng ke hapa namanya tu....:@

samseng kg dusun..!!!  memang patut kena bedal...

alexandria_iz

mmmm.... so sad to c these youngster (malay / muslim) - becoming gangsters, body full of tatoo, involved in pre-marital sex, school dropout.... etc....

nau' zubillah....

fatz

11-year-old US girl charged with drink driving

ORANGE BEACH - POLICE who chased a car for miles along a highway at speeds up to 160kph said the driver was drunk, hardly a rarity in this Alabama resort town.

But there was more.

When they looked inside the flipped vehicle with guns drawn, they found an 11-year-old girl at the wheel.

'You go up there thinking it's a felon you're dealing with,' assistant police Chief Greg Duck said.

The girl, who was slightly injured in the crash, is now charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding, reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident.

Mr Duck said she sideswiped another vehicle during the roughly 13km chase.

The chase began around 10.30pm local time on Tuesday when a patrol officer near the Florida line saw the car speeding west along a beach highway, Mr Duck said.

The girl, whose name was not released because of her age, told police she was on her way to pick up her sister at a concert.

Investigators found no alcohol in the car but believe the girl drank before getting behind the wheel of the car, which belongs to relatives.

Mr Duck declined to release the girl's blood alcohol level but said a blood test at the hospital showed it was higher than .02, the legal limit for minors. -- AP

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Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC launches SMS alert service in fight against dengue
By Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 08 July 2007 1948 hrs

Mobile technology has been roped in to intensify Singapore's fight against dengue.

The Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council has launched its S3minate project to encourage residents to report potential mosquito breeding sites by SMS.

On Sunday, no stones were left unturned in the fight against dengue as the grassroots leaders combed the Pasir Ris estates for possible mosquito breeding grounds and sealed up tree holes which might collect water.

Residents too, can play an active part, simply by using their phones.

The Town Council has set aside two telephone numbers for its S3minate project, and will respond to SMS alerts from its residents immediately.

The number which residents in Pasir Ris-Ponggol GRC can send their SMS to is 92338112 during office hours or they can call 1800 275 5555 after office hours.

Dr Ahmad Magad, MP, Pasir Ris Punggol GRC, Chairman, Punggol Town Council, says: "As soon as they spot any breeding area, breeding grounds, puddles of water, we want to encourage them to SMS the Town Council, who is more in the know as to which are the relevant authorities, the relevant government departments that would deal swiftly in eradicating this breeding in our neighbourhood."

But at times, compliance calls for stiffer warnings.

One pumping station at a commercial fishing pond in Pasir Ris was discovered to be breeding mosquitoes last week, and its operator would be taken to task.

The case will be heard in court on July 24th.

But despite the tough action, a pail and a pool of stagnant water were still found at its premises during the checks on Sunday.

And the National Environment Agency is expected to follow up on this.

Pasir Ris Drive 6 currently tops the dengue cluster list with 42 cases and 7 out of 21 active clusters in the North East District, are also found in the Pasir Ris-Punggol constituency.

But no matter where you live, the danger remains.

Teo Chee Hean, Defence Minister, MP, Pasir Ris Punggol GRC, says: "There was a peak during the following few weeks, this was in 2005. So I think NEA is correct, we should all pay special attention over the next few weeks because of the weather pattern, the rain, followed by hot dry weather which encourages the breeding of these mosquitoes."

The grassroots leaders are also promoting the awareness on protecting the environment.

Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Mayor, North East CDC, says: "We are actually working together with the Town Council for zero litter, to make the place clean, so that we can not only get rid of mosquitoes but also other pests. At the same time, we also got Sulo (a company specialising in waste management technology) to provide a total solution to modern waste problems to do recycling, to create awareness to recycling, to add to the clean environment." - CNA/ch

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JEMPUTAN GIGIT JARIHidangan majlis kahwin tak kunjung datangOleh
Halifi Hussin

MALU, marah, kecewa dan sedih berbuku di hati Encik Ahmad Shafiq Abdullah apabila jamuan yang ditempah untuk majlis walimatul urus anak perempuannya di Jurong West tidak kunjung tiba, semalam.
Akibatnya, beliau terpaksa menyajikan lontong, yang sepatutnya untuk sarapan pagi sanak-saudara dan mereka yang rewang.

Daripada melemparkan senyuman manis kepada jemputan, Encik Ahmad Shafiq sebaliknya 'berbuih' menjelaskan ketiadaan jamuan tersebut kepada setiap jemputan yang kelihatan terpinga-pinga.

Beliau sendiri tidak tahu sebab syarikat penyedia khidmat perkahwinan yang ditempahnya itu tidak menghantar jamuan sedangkan cengkeram lebih $6,000 untuk pakej mewah majlis perkahwinan bagi 1,000 tetamu itu telah dilunaskan.

Puas beliau cuba menghubungi syarikat itu tetapi tidak berhasil lebih-lebih lagi apabila melihat undangan mula berbondong-bondong datang.

Pakej berharga $9,999 yang ditempahnya itu menjanjikan lebih empat jenis lauk lengkap dengan khidmat deejay, kendarat, pencuci pinggan dan pelamin.

Ditemui di majlisnya di Blok 441 Jurong West Avenue 1, semalam, Encik Ahmad Syafiq berkata beliau mendapat tahu tentang syarikat tersebut menerusi sebuah majlis perkahwinan yang pernah dihadirinya.

'Makanannya sedap, orangnya pun baik. Jadi saya pun memilihnya. Tetapi, saya tak tahu apa yang terjadi. Nasi dah jadi bubur,' tambah pemandu teksi itu.

Pemilik syarikat di Bukit Timah Shopping Centre itu tidak dapat dihubungi untuk mendapatkan penjelasan.

Malah, pekerja sambilan syarikat tersebut, Encik Ismail Ahmad, 49 tahun, yang datang bagi menjalankan tugas di dapur, turut bingung kenapa jamuan tidak kunjung tiba.

'Selalunya, mereka akan hantar makanan sebelum 11 pagi. Tugas saya untuk menyajikan makanan dan menggoreng ikan dan ayam sahaja,' katanya.

Encik Ismail terpaksa meminjam van untuk mendapatkan sedikit makanan dari dapur pusat syarikat itu di Woodlands sekitar 2 petang.

Beliau membawa sos untuk ayam dan ikan goreng, seperiuk kari daging dan nasi, acar serta kuih-muih dan berkat.
Tetapi, semuanya terlambat memandangkan kebanyakan tetamu sudah pun pulang.

Kata nenek saudara pengantin, Cik Rohaya Amir, 50-an tahun:
'Kami bukan hendak heboh-hebohkan perkara ini tetapi cuma tidak ingin perkara ini berlaku kepada orang lain.'

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KELUHAN 20 TAHUN PENDERITA SAKIT GINJAL Ayah dua anak harap lebih ramai Muslim ikrar organ bagi kurangi masalah dalam masyarakat Oleh
Chairul Fahmy Hussaini

BELIAU telah menjalani sesi 'cuci darah' selama 20 tahun.

Sejak dua tahun lalu pula, Encik Mohd Nazel Ahmad, 44 tahun, menantikan dengan penuh harapan peluang untuk mendapatkan ginjal baru.

Tetapi, hari-hari yang terus berlalu menyebabkan beliau berasa harapannya semakin tipis.

Sambil mengeluh, ayah dua anak berusia 14 dan 18 tahun itu secara terus terang berkata: 'Dalam hati ini rasanya sudah tidak ada peluang untuk terima ginjal.

'Disebabkan banyak kali jalani rawatan dialisis, ia telah menjejas urat saraf saya hingga ia kecut dan tersumbat. Banyak juga urat saya yang tidak lagi boleh dipakai.'

Beliau menetap di Jalan Dua, dekat Kallang, dan bekerja sebagai penghantar barangan dengan gaji sekitar $800 sebulan.
Kesukaran mendapat ginjal baru adalah disebabkan oleh kurangnya bilangan penderma organ. Kos rawatan yang tinggi turut menyukarkan pesakit sepertinya.

Khutbah Jumaat yang lalu mendedahkan hampir 600 rakyat Singapura kini menunggu pemindahan organ dengan lebih 120 daripada mereka adalah pesakit Islam.

Encik Mohd Nazel antara mereka yang masih menunggu dan terus menunggu hingga entah sampai bila.

Pada 2005, orang Melayu membentuk 20 peratus penduduk Singapura yang menghidapi penyakit ginjal tahap akhir.
Sekitar 19 peratus daripada pesakit ginjal yang memerlukan rawatan dialisis adalah Melayu.

'Seperti pesakit ginjal lain, saya berharap lebih ramai orang Islam tampil sebagai penderma,' kata Encik Mohd Nazel.
Beliau berkata, hanya menerusi pemindahan ginjal segala penderitaan yang beliau alami dapat diatasi.

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BAYI MATI LEMAS 100 METER DARI RUMAH
BACHOK: Bagaimana seorang bayi berusia 10 bulan yang baru pandai bertatih, berjalan seorang diri pada awal pagi hingga ke tali air, kira-kira 100 meter dari rumahnya sebelum terjatuh dan lemas, menimbulkan tanda tanya.

Dalam kejadian sekitar 3 pagi itu, Mohd Ashraf Norasmadi, dikatakan tidur di sisi ibunya, Cik Bahasniza Abu Bakar, 32 tahun, sebelum dia didapati hilang.

Cik Bahasniza ketika ditemui di tempat kejadian, berkata beliau hairan bagaimana anaknya yang baru pandai bertatih boleh berjalan ke tali air itu.

'Sebelum tidur saya sudah mengunci pintu rumah yang selaknya terletak di bahagian atas dan mustahil untuk dicapai oleh Mohd Ashraf.

'Sebaik menyedari dia tiada di sisi, saya terus mencari dan melihat pintu sudah terbuka.

'Saya mengejutkan ibu mentua yang tinggal berdekatan dan kami mencarinya di sekitar rumah,' katanya.

Selepas gagal mencarinya, mereka membuat laporan polis di Balai Polis Gunong dan sepasukan anggota polis yang bergegas ke rumah mangsa kemudian menemui Mohd Ashraf di dalam tali air berkenaan dan disahkan meninggal dunia sekitar 7 pagi.

Mohd Ashraf merupakan anak bongsu daripada enam beradik.

Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Kelantan, Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah, ketika dihubungi berkata, polis menyiasat punca kejadian mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan.

'Kami memutuskan untuk mengklasifikan kes ini sebagai pembunuhan selepas kematian bayi itu mencurigakan,' katanya. - NST, BMM.

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TUMBUHAN, HAIWAN BARU DITEMUI
SEBANYAK 35 jenis tumbuhan dan haiwan baru ditemui di Singapura hasil satu kajian Lembaga Taman Negara dan sukarelawannya.

Tujuh lagi spesies yang dikatakan telah pupus juga ditemui semula, umum Menteri Pembangunan Negara, Encik Mah Bow Tan, ketika merasmikan beberapa kemudahan baru di pantai berpaya Check Jawa di Pulau Ubin kelmarin.

Kemudahan itu termasuk pusat pengunjung dengan jeti bagi menikmati alam sekeliling dan menara pemandangan.

Ciri-ciri mesra alam diterapkan pada reka bentuk kemudahan menelan belanja $7 juta itu. Ini termasuk lampu jimat tenaga dan lampu yang bernyala apabila mengesan pergerakan.

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'SAMI' MINTA SEDEKAH TERBUKTI PALSU
SAMI Buddha lelaki dan perempuan yang sering dilihat menagih derma daripada orang ramai, termasuk di Geylang Serai, terbukti palsu.

Mereka datang dari Thailand menggunakan pas lawatan dan apabila tiba di sini, menyamar sebagai sami - siap memakai serba kuning bagi lelaki dan serba putih bagi wanita.

Berbekalkan sebuah mangkuk dan berkaki ayam, 'sami-sami' palsu itu memungut derma daripada orang ramai.

Menurut akhbar The Sunday Times semalam, perbuatan sami yang berjumlah sekitar 100 orang itu akhirnya terbongkar apabila polis menjalankan pemeriksaan ke atas tempat persembunyian mereka di sebuah motel di daerah lampu merah Geylang, Jumaat lalu.

Mereka segera meninggalkan motel itu apabila menyedari polis telah terbau kegiatan haram mereka, yang dikatakan bermula sekitar dua tahun lalu.

'Sami-sami' itu dilihat menaiki teksi menunju ke Golden Mile Complex di Beach Road untuk menaiki bas pelancong di situ.

Salah seorang daripada mereka, seorang lelaki berusia 21 tahun, yang mengaku bukan seorang sami, berkata: 'Saya takut ditangkap polis. Kalau masuk penjara masa depan saya tentu kelam.'

Seorang jurucakap polis berkata pihaknya 'tidak mendapati sebarang kesalahan yang mereka lakukan'.

Di bawah Akta Kesalahan Rampaian, sesiapa yang didapati bersalah menyamar diri sebagai pemungut derma untuk amal boleh dihukum denda sehingga $2,000 atau penjara sehingga tiga bulan atau kedua-dua hukuman.

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Man killed in handphone explosion  
Fake battery may be the cause




Mr Cai's nipple was burnt when his handphone exploded.

IN what is believed to be the first handphone fatality in the world, a man in Gansu, China, was killed when the handphone in his shirt pocket exploded.

The blast had caused his ribs to break and pierce his heart, killing him instantly, reported Apple Daily.

The explosion is believed to be caused by a combination of high heat and a fake battery.

The victim, 22-year-old welder Xiao Jin Peng, was at work when the fatal accident happened on 19 Jun.

It was reported that Mr Xiao had his phone in his left shirt pocket when he started his welding work.

The temperature was around 50 deg C at that time.

At noon, a loud explosion was heard, and Mr Xiao was found sprawled on the floor, in a pool of blood. He died on arrival at the hospital.

Apple Daily quoted a technology expert who said that the blast could have been caused by a metal particle which had been heated to more than 100 deg C, and had come into contact with the phone.

Investigations carried out by Gansu authorities found that Mr Xiao did not use the battery from the original maker.

Mr Xiao's death is the latest in a spate of handphone explosions injuring users in China.

Last Wednesday, a Guangzhou man burnt his nipple after his second-hand handphone exploded.

Mr Cai Ya Di, who had bought the phone just the day before, was turning the phone on for the first time after charging it.

He was lying in bed topless when the phone exploded the moment he pressed the switch, causing his left nipple to be burnt.

His mattress had also caught fire.

The same day, another Guangzhou woman claimed that her handphone also exploded, injuring her hand and nearly disfiguring her.

A metal shard from her handphone cover was found embedded in her nose, and had to be taken out by her colleagues.

In May, a man in Dong Guan had his fingers burnt after his 5-day-old phone exploded following a 2-minute conversation.

There were also other reports of a Shenzhen woman who burnt her thigh when her phone exploded inside the handbag on her lap, as well as a Beijing woman whose handphone exploded after charging.

alexandria_iz

Originally posted by iansuryani at 9-7-2007 08:22 AM
JEMPUTAN GIGIT JARIHidangan majlis kahwin tak kunjung datangOleh
Halifi Hussin

MALU, marah, kecewa dan sedih berbuku di hati Encik Ahmad Shafiq Abdullah apabila jamuan yang ditempah untuk m ...

kesiannyer....

mesti malu x terkata.... jemputan / tetamu pulak mesti menyumpah tuan rumah bagai nk rak.... kesian.... bukan salah diorang pun....

saman malu je kat caterer tu.... biar padan kan muka....

nnti x pasal2 anak dia yg baru kawen tu 'kena'  ngan in-laws.... sikit sebanyak telinga pengantin tu mesti berkematu nk dengar in-laws dia nyer perli & umpatan.... tu belum kira kaum kerabat sendiri, kengkawan opis, jiran2.... alahai.....

alexandria_iz

Originally posted by iansuryani at 9-7-2007 08:25 AM
BAYI MATI LEMAS 100 METER DARI RUMAH
BACHOK: Bagaimana seorang bayi berusia 10 bulan yang baru pandai bertatih, berjalan seorang diri pada awal pagi hingga ke tali air, kira-kira 100 meter dari ...

sambungan citer.... quote from BH - Malaysia....

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Ibu budak lemas di tali air kena reman

BACHOK: Ibu kanak-kanak 11 bulan yang dikatakan terjatuh dan lemas dalam tali air berhampiran rumahnya di Kampung Kubang Berulat, dekat sini kelmarin, ditahan polis bagi membantu siasatan berhubung kematian anaknya, manakala suaminya pula ditangkap berhubung beberapa kes jenayah.



Wanita berusia 32 tahun itu ditahan reman tiga hari mulai semalam untuk siasatan mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan berhubung kematian anak bongsunya, Mohd Asraf, 11 bulan, awal pagi kelmarin.

Perintah reman itu dikeluarkan Penolong Kanan Ketua Jajahan Bachok, Mohd Anis Hussein, selepas menerima permohonan Ketua Bahagian Pengurusan Daerah Polis Bachok, Asisten Superintendan Ghazali Daud, di Pejabat Tanah dan Jajahan Bachok kira-kira jam 12 tengah hari.

Bapa kanak-kanak itu, yang juga berusia 32 tahun ditahan selepas tiba dari Gua Musang sebaik dimaklumkan mengenai kejadian menimpa anak bongsunya itu.

Berita Minggu semalam melaporkan, kanak-kanak itu, yang baru bertatih dan akan genap berusia setahun pada 27 Julai ini, ditemui lemas dalam tali air yang terletak kira-kira 100 meter dari rumahnya.

Ibunya dikatakan hairan bagaimana kanak-kanak itu, yang sedang tidur bersamanya, bangun sendiri pada kira-kira jam 3 pagi boleh berjalan ke tali air berkenaan sedangkan dia baru belajar bertatih dan pintu rumah sudah dikunci.

Selepas itu, dia mendakwa berusaha mencari anaknya itu di sekitar kawasan rumah tetapi gagal lalu membuat laporan di balai Polis Gunong, yang kemudian menugaskan sekumpulan anggota mencari dan menemui mayat kanak-kanak itu di dalam tali air terbabit pada kira-kira jam 7 pagi.

Nenek kanak-kanak itu, Rahmah Teh, 50, ketika ditemui di sini semalam berkata, kejadian yang menimpa cucunya itu, benar-benar di luar dugaan dan sehingga kini dia tidak tahu punca kejadian itu walaupun tinggal bersebelahan rumah.

揗enantu saya memang seorang yang pendiam sejak dulu lagi. Kira-kira jam 3 pagi semalam, dia ada mengejutkan saya, mengadu anaknya hilang disyaki diambil orang.

揝ejak petang semalam menantu saya ditahan polis untuk siasatan berhubung kematian cucu itu, manakala bapanya pula menyerah diri untuk membantu siasatan kes lain,

fatz

Luar Negara : 9 Julai 2007        
         
'TAUKE HANTU' DAKWA DITIPU

KUALA LUMPUR: Mereka mungkin mampu 'menjinakkan' pocong dan toyol.

Namun, antara 'tauke hantu' terbesar di negara ini, Muzium Koleksi Nurul A'la (MKNA) kini mendakwa telah ditipu oleh Lembaga Muzium Selangor (LMS).

Pengurusan MKNA mendakwa tidak mendapat bayaran seperti dijanjikan LMS ketika bersama-sama menganjurkan 'Pameran Misteri, Jin, Hantu dan Keranda' di Muzium Sultan Alam Shah, Shah Alam, bermula Julai tahun lalu.

Rakan kongsi MKNA, Encik Shaffiq Faizal Ahmad, berkata jumlah bayaran yang mereka terima hanya RM351,855.36 ($155,120.35), sedangkan kutipan keseluruhan pameran selama dua setengah bulan itu mencecah RM1.37 juta.

'Kami menanggung kerugian berikutan kos membeli dan membawa masuk barangan mistik dan 'hantu' ini lebih tinggi daripada jumlah bayaran yang diterima.

'Yang menghairankan dan menimbulkan tanda tanya ialah tindakan LMS melakukan pemotongan kos dan perbelanjaan sehingga lebih RM675,000, dan sebahagian besarnya boleh dipertikaikan,' katanya.

Encik Shaffiq berkata, persoalan utama ialah LMS tidak menanggung sebarang kos.

'Kami terkejut apabila mendapati dalam laporan keseluruhan penyata kewangan yang diberi, tiada satu pun kos ditanggung LMS. Semuanya mereka tolak daripada kutipan tiket,' katanya.

Encik Shaffiq berkata, jika tiada penyelesaian, MKNA tiada pilihan kecuali menyerahkan kepada pihak berkuasa, terutama Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) dan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), untuk menyiasat perkara itu. - Metro Ahad.