Guru penolong kanan dan kekasihnya dituduh buat rakaman lucah

AYER KEROH:  Seorang guru penolong kanan dan kekasihnya warga Pakistan hari ini didakwa di Mahkamah Majistret Ayer Keroh atas tuduhan membuat filem lucah di sebuah rumah pada bulan lepas.

Tertuduh, Lizah Buang, 49 tahun, dan Muhamad Usman Ali Liqat, 27 tahun, bagaimanapun mengaku tidak bersalah selepas mengangguk faham pertuduhan yang dibacakan kepada mereka.

Menurut kertas pertuduhan, mereka didakwa secara bersama membuat filem lucah atau tingkah laku yang bertentangan dengan kesopanan awam dii sebuah rumah pangsapuri Bukit Beruang Utama pada pukul 8.30 pagi pada 16 November lepas.

Pertuduhan di bawah Seksyen 5(1)(b) Akta Penapisan Filem 2002 itu dibaca bersama Seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan memperuntukkan hukuman denda antara RM10,000 hingga RM50,000 atau penjara sehingga lima tahun atau kedua-duanya sekali.

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Norshazwani Ishak meminta mahkamah mengenakan ikat jami RM3,000 ke atas Lizah tetapi membantah jaminan ke atas Muhamad Usman kerana beliau warga asing.

Lizah bagaimanapun memohon jaminan dikurangkan kerana perlu menanggung enam anak dan suami yang sakit dan tidak bekerja.

Majistret Mohd. Firdaus Salleh kemudian membenarkan ikat jamin RM2,500 ke atas Lizah manakala Muhamad Usman dikenakan jaminan RM10,000 dengan dua penjamin serta syarat melapor diri di balai

polis berhampian sebulan sekali.

Kes ditetapkan untuk sebutan semula pada 23 Januari tahun depan bagi tertuduh melantik peguam.

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Spain fines Google for privacy 'violations'

MADRID:  Spain's data protection watchdog ordered US Internet giant Google on Thursday to pay a 900,000-euro (RM 4,023,876) fine for "serious violations" of users' privacy.

The Spanish Data Protection Agency accused the popular search provider of "illegal processing of personal data" obtained from users of various services such as Google email accounts.

Google's privacy policy enables it to track the activity of users across its search engine, Gmail, the Google+ social networking platform and other services it owns, which include YouTube.

"Google unlawfully collects and processes personal information" of users, the Spanish agency said in a statement.

"The agency considers that Google seriously violates the right to the protection of personal data."

It ordered Google to pay 300,000 euros ($410,000) for each of three breaches of Spain's data protection law and ordered it to bring its privacy policy in line with legal norms.

The agency said Google's privacy policy did not clearly inform users of how it uses the data collected, for example information from emails that is gathered to generate targeted advertising.

It also accused Google of keeping the data for longer than is legally justified and of making it difficult for users to query the use of their data.

Google has repeatedly stated that its privacy policy respects European law, despite investigations in several countries.

Google spokespeople could not immediately be reached to comment to AFP on Thursday but El Pais newspaper quoted the company as saying it had been "totally involved" in the agency's investigations.

It would "read the report carefully and then decide what steps to take next", the newspaper quoted Google as saying.

The Spanish authority launched proceedings against Google in June. In September, France too said it would take action against the company, accusing it of breaching privacy norms.

Authorities in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and Britain have also opened parallel procedures against Google.

The Spanish agency said it was the first of these six authorities to make a final decision on action against the US giant.

The European Union warned Google in October 2012 that its new data protection procedures did not comply with an EU directive on the subject and gave the company four months to change them. That deadline passed without any action, prompting France to set up the task force of individual member states pursuing the issue with Google.

Google has defended the changes it made last year, saying they simplify and standardise its approach across its various services.

Critics say the policy gives the operator of the world's largest search engine unprecedented ability to monitor its users.

Like other technology giants, Google has come under heightened scrutiny in recent months following revelations by US whistleblower Edward Snowden of online eavesdropping by intelligence agencies.

The Spanish Data Protection Agency is a state body with power to impose fines and to order data to be destroyed, according to its website.

In 2010 it filed a suit against Google for allegedly capturing data from Internet users when it collected photos for its Street View map service.

Kes skandal: Amiruddin cerai isteri talak satu

PUTRAJAYA - Suami wanita yang dikaitkan dengan skandal pelakon Adi Putra, Amiruddin Othmann, 50, mengakui sudah menceraikan isterinya secara lisan dua hari lalu, namun masih nekad meneruskan rayuan agar kes tersebut disiasat semula.

Ahli perniagaan itu yang mengakui menceraikan isterinya, Noraida Abd. Mutalib, 29, jam 4 pagi pada 19 Disember lalu di rumahnya, di Johor Bahru itu akan memohon rayuan di Jabatan Peguam Negara dengan mengusulkan seksyen baru bagi siasatan itu.

"Saya menceraikan isteri saya Noraidah dengan talak satu.

"Kami bercerai secara baik walau kami tiada apa-apa ikatan lagi, tapi kami bersetuju untuk meneruskan kes ini demi menegakkan kebenaran," katanya.

Menurutnya, kes itu mahu diteruskan semula kerana ingin menuntut keadilan dan berasa kecewa dengan keputusan siasatan kes skandal yang melibatkan isterinya dengan pelakon, Adi Putra.

Menerusi sidang media yang diadakan di perkarangan bangunan Jabatan Peguam Negara, Putrajaya, hari ini, Amiruddin memberitahu, dia membuat rayuan itu kerana mahu membersihkan semula namanya.

Dakwa Amiruddin, dia tidak berpuas hati dengan dengan hasil siasatan yang telah dibuat dan keputusan itu disyaki berat sebelah.

"Saya telah mengemukakan surat kepada Jabatan Peguam Negara untuk meneliti pertuduhan relevan dari Seksyen 509 kepada Seksyen 498 Kanun Keseksaan untuk membuat rayuan.

"Ada beberapa bukti yang menunjukkan kes ini perlu diteliti semula, ia semua berkaitan dengan maruah saya bagi menuntut keadilan.

"Saya berharap pihak berkuasa menelitinya semula kerana saya rasa teraniaya dan menyebabkan rumah tangga saya runtuh," katanya yang mendakwa berasa kecewa apabila kes itu diklasifikasikan tiada tindakan lanjut.

Pada September lalu, Adi atau nama sebenarnya Mohamed Hadi Putera Halim, 32, didakwa menjalinkan skandal dengan Nooraida dan disiasat polis selepas Amiruddin yang juga seorang ahli perniagaan dari Johor membuat aduan.

Akhbar melaporkan, pelakon KL Gangster 2 itu didakwa saling berbalas mesej dan bertukar gambar lucah dengan Nooraida walaupun baru seminggu berkenalan.

Pelakon itu dikatakan berkenalan dengan wanita terbabit menerusi laman Instagram dan kemudian mereka kerap berbalas mesej melalui aplikasi sosial, WhatsApp sejak 29 Julai lalu sehinggalah perbuatan berkenaan dihidu Amiruddin.

Bagaimanapun, Adi Putra dalam sidang medianya pada 12 Disember lalu mendakwa, dia tidak bersalah selepas pihak polis menggugurkan kes skandal berkenaan yang disiasat di bawah Seksyen 509 Kanun Keseksaan iaitu melakukan gangguan seksual.

Amiruddin turut ditemani peguamnya, Muhamad Hasif Hassan menambah, "kalau boleh saya mahu kes ini ditukarkan dari Seksyen 509 Kanun Keseksaan (gangguan seksual) kepada Seksyen 489 kanun yang sama iaitu memikat wanita yang sudah bersuami."

Sementara itu, sebelum pengumuman penceraian itu, Amiruddin berkata, dia bersama Noraida telah membuat laporan di bahagian tatatertib Ibu Pejabat Polis Bukit Aman selain akan menghantar surat kepada Pejabat Peguam Negara untuk membuka semula kes itu.

Hasil perkahwinan Amiruddin dengan Noraida kira-kira 10 tahun, mereka dikurniakan seorang anak perempuan yang kini berusia lapan tahun.

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Akaun FB gambar gadis ghairah

Abdul Rani (tengah) mewakili MJMM membuat laporan di Ibu Pejabat Polis Dang Wangi, semalam.

KUALA LUMPUR – Pertubuhan Martabat Jalinan Muhibbah Malaysia (MJMM) semalam membuat laporan polis terhadap sebuah akaun Facebook memaparkan puluhan gambar gadis tempatan dalam keadaan mengghairahkan yang mula dikesan sejak lebih sebulan lalu. 

Presiden MJMM, Abdul Rani Kulup berkata, kewujudan akaun lucah seperti itu harus disekat bagi mengelak ia terus berkembang serta membawa budaya yang buruk dalam masyarakat di negara ini.

Menurutnya, MJMM juga menggesa pihak berkuasa menyiasat dalang yang terlibat kerana khuatir sekiranya gadis-gadis berkenaan diperguna atau diperdagangkan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu.

“Kita tidak tahu sama ada mereka dengan rela atau dipaksa melakukan aksi berkenaan, jadi kita minta pihak polis, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia (SKMM) menyiasat perkara ini,” katanya selepas membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Dang Wangi, semalam.

Sementara itu hasil carian Sinar Harian mendapati laman sosial berkenaan aktif memuat naik gambar-gambar sejak seminggu yang lalu.

Namun selepas laporan polis ini dibuat pagi semalam, tinjauan semula mendapati pengendali akaun lucah berkenaan telah bertindak menutup akaun tersebut.

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Dividen dan bonus ASB dari tahun 1990 - 2014

Sumber: ASTRO Awani

Philippine mayor among four dead in Manila airport ambush

MANILA:  Four people including the mayor of a southern Philippine town were killed Friday in an ambush at Manila airport, its general manager said.

"The mayor and his family and some security escorts were attacked," Manila airport general manager Angel Honrado told reporters, adding one of the dead was the mayor of Labangan town.

Ukol Talumpa, a member of the political opposition, won a hotly contested electoral contest for mayor of Labangan in last May's elections.

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What's become of the $100 laptop

Back in 2006, at the height of interest in the One Laptop Per Child-fueled $100 computer, Iembarked on a quest to find such a device on the market -- with a catch. Since there were no such computers readily available in retail channels, the search was conducted via eBay for used, but still-capable PCs that cost less than $100. (It was a lot easier to find one that ran Windows than Mac OS.)

The past seven years have seen a lot of changes in the broader personal computing market. TheHisense Sero 7 LT, which arrived at Walmart earlier this year, exemplifies the kind of product that can now be considered the "$100 laptop" for the American mass market. Since then, others have followed. What it delivers, though, varies widely from what we thought such a device might look like.

IT'S NOT A LAPTOP

The Hisense Sero 7 LT is a consumer tablet, a category that didn't really exist back in 2006. Of course, the main drawback of this, when compared to the 2006 idea of a $100 laptop, is the lack of a physical keyboard (and maybe some screen protection). That said, the form factor shift has brought some advantages. While the LT isn't thin compared to other tablets, it's still thinner, lighter and smaller than most notebooks and its touchscreen is also easier to learn than a mouse or trackpad. And as modern tablets and smartphones have made the case, you don't need the keyboard much of the time anyway.

IT DOESN'T RUN WINDOWS (OR MAC OS)

And it doesn't have Intel inside. Of course, the original XO laptop (which was actually sold to individuals for much more than $100) didn't run those operating systems, either. As the initial XO drama unfolded, there was a war of words and products between OLPC and Intel, which offered the rival Classmate laptop. Neither company really won, but ARM-based alternatives have seen explosive growth in smartphones and tablets over the past few years, and with them, we've seen a shift to operating systems built on them.

One requirement for the 2006 experiment was to find a laptop that could run the latest version of Windows or Mac OS. But the Sero 7 LT runs a contemporary version of Android and supports Google Play, granting it access to about a million apps. Sidestepping the question of what a PC is, these apps cover traditional "PC" tasks such as web browsing, document creation, e-mail, messaging and even video chat with its front-facing camera, as well as a host of more recently popular smartphone-driven app categories including streaming media, social networking and casual games.

Many of these apps aren't as deep as those one would find on a Windows PC or Mac, but consider that consumers use PCs dramatically differently than they did seven years ago; that more app categories are becoming progressively (storage) or inherently (social networking) cloud-based, anyway. And high volumes and new software revenue models make many of them available for free or for a dollar or two.



IT (NOW) COSTS LESS THAN $99

The Sero 7 LT entered the market at $99, but, as HP did soon after entering the market with its 7-inch slate, Hisense cut the price not long after launch. (In this case, to $79.) In fact, Nextbook now offers an 8-inch tablet for $99. It would be great if one could spend the extra cash on a cheap Bluetooth keyboard, but, unlike the Sero 7 Pro, which is the Sero 7 LT's $149 Tegra 3-equipped sibling, the cheaper Hisense tablet doesn't include the short-range wireless standard. Still, one can attach a wired keyboard to its micro-USB connector (adapter included), bringing it even closer to the functionality, if not integration, of a laptop.

IT CONNECTS TO A TV

Unlike some early, inexpensive computers, such as the Commodore 64, the Sero 7 LT doesn't need an external display. However, if you have a modern TV, you can output a range of entertainment via its HDMI port. Sero 7 LT users could also spend a bit more and connect to their TVs wirelessly via Chromecast.
ITS CUSTOMERS SEEM TO LIKE IT

"How good can a $99 tablet be?" one may ask. The Sero 7 LT can't hold a candle to tablets such as the new Nexus 7 or iPad mini; it even compares pretty poorly to the more expensive (by $60) Sero 7 Pro. In addition to the lack of Bluetooth, it only has 4GB of on-board flash memory (although one can augment this with a microSD card) and has a battery life that is about half that of leading tablets.

But checking out the reviews for the Sero 7 LT at Walmart.com -- some of which were made when the device was priced at $99 -- reveals a generally positive reception. Most rated it at five stars. A few reviewers called it "excellent" for the price, while another called it the best and cheapest of the three tablets she's owned. The majority of reviewers said they would recommend it to a friend or family member.

IT'S NOT ALONE

In addition to a host of brands that are even less recognizable to US consumers, Walmart.com also carries the recent Nextbook 7-inch Android tablet at $60 and the 8-inch model at $99. And the floor's the limit on eBay. A bit further up the pricing chain, the XO brand has returned with the XO tablet from Vivitar, coming in at about $120 and including a host of educational content in English and Spanish from the OLPC project. (Yes, the latest effort from the non-profit that advocated the $100 laptop is neither less than $100 nor a laptop.)

Of course, Black Friday saw even deeper promotional pricing on tablets, including a deep, but ephemeral discount on the Dell Venue 8 Pro. The sub-$100 sector may well expand significantly in 2014, but 2013 will go down as the year that connected computing for a wide range of tasks became a more viable mainstream option for less than $100.


Source: Engadget

5.6-magnitude quake hits south Pakistan

KARACHI:  A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit south Pakistan early on Friday, seismologists said.

The quake struck at 00:28 am local time (1928 GMT) at the relatively shallow depth of five kilometres (three miles), 32 kilometres west of Warah in Sindh province, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

In an initial assessment, the USGS said there was a low likelihood of casualties and damage.

Pakistan was hit by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake on October 8, 2005, that killed more than 73,000 people and left about 3.5 million homeless, mainly in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake devastated several areas, including Awaran in southwestern Baluchistan province, in September this year. It killed at least 376 people and left some 100,000 others homeless.--AFP 

Malaysia melonjak ke tangga 154 ranking FIFA

Skuad bolasepak Malaysia di bawah bimbingan Ong Kim Swee - Foto BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR:  Skuad bola sepak negara menutup kalendar 2013 dengan peningkatan dalam kedudukan ranking bola sepak dunia selepas apabila menghuni tangga ke-154.

Ranking terbaru Persekutuan Bola Sepak Dunia (FIFA) hari ini menunjukkan skuad negara naik empat anak tangga berbanding kedudukan ke-158 bulan lepas.

Pada Januari, skuad Harimau Malaya menduduki tangga ke-158 disusuli 159 pada Februari, 164 (Mac), 163 (April), 161 (Mei) selain kekal pada kedudukan ke-159 dunia pada Jun dan Julai, Ogos (162), September (161) dan Oktober (160).

Kedudukan terbaru itu menyaksikan Malaysia berkongsi tempat bersama tiga negara lain iaitu Liechtenstein, Puerto Rico dan India.

Dalam kalangan negara Asia Tenggara, Malaysia bagaimanapun turun dua anak tangga ke kedudukan ketujuh di belakang Filipina (127), Myanmar (130), Vietnam (144), Thailand (146), Singapura (150) dan Laos (152).

Di peringkat Asia, Malaysia naik satu anak tangga ke kedudukan ke-30 daripada 46 negara.

Sementara itu, naib juara Piala Konfederasi 2013, Sepanyol terus mengekalkan status selaku pasukan terbaik dunia dengan mengumpul 1,507 mata manakala Jerman dan Argentina masingmasing mengekalkan kedudukan kedua dan ketiga terbaik dunia.

Jerman dan Agentina masing-masing mengumpul 1,318 mata dan 1,251 mata.

Kedudukan ranking FIFA itu melibatkan 209 negara.

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London theatre ceiling collapses during show, 88 wounded

London theatre ceiling collapses during show - AFP photo

LONDON:  The ceiling of a packed London theatre collapsed on the audience during a performance Thursday, wounding more than 88 people including children and leaving terrified theatregoers covered in blood and dust.

The incident happened at the Apollo Theatre during the West End show "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" and comes the week before Christmas when London's theatres are traditionally busy.

Witnesses heard creaking noises in the 112-year-old theatre before the collapse but thought it was part of the show, before a section of the ceiling collapsed and brought down parts of the balconies.

Rescuers commandeered a red London double decker bus to transport some of the wounded to hospital, according to AFP journalists at the scene.

Emergency services said that they did not believe there were any fatalities and that all those trapped after the incident had now been freed.

"We have treated 81 walking wounded and seven more seriously injured patients at the Apollo Theatre incident," London Ambulance Service said in a statement.

There were around 720 people in the audience at the time, the London Fire Brigade said.

"A section of the theatre's ceiling collapsed onto the audience who were watching the show. The ceiling took parts of the balconies down with it," senior firefighter Nick Harding said.

"In my time as a fire officer I've never seen an incident like this. I imagine lots of people were out enjoying the show in the run-up to Christmas."

The London Fire Brigades Union said that an "ornate ceiling of plaster and wooden supports collapsed".
AFPTV reporters saw several people being stretchered away from the scene.

Others including some with bandages on their heads were being treated in the lobby of the nearby Queen's Theatre, where the musical Les Miserables was showing, which had been turned into a triage centre.

Desmond Thomas, 18, part of a school party watching the show, said they heard noises before the accident.

"Maybe 10 minutes into the performance we heard a tap-tap noise, we thought it was rain," he told AFP.

"There was a crack and then it suddenly seemed to get bigger and suddenly it collapsed. The next thing we knew the whole theatre filled with dust and smoke."

A thunderstorm had hit London in the hour before the incident.

A red London bus took several casualties including a child to hospital afterwards, AFP journalists saw.
London hospitals said they were on major incident footing.

Pictures on social media showed people fleeing the theatre with head injuries and covered in dust.

Simon Usborne, a writer for the Independent newspaper, said there was a "cloud" of dust obscuring the stage after parts of masonry appeared to fall away.

"There was panic, there was screaming," he said.

Martin Bostock said he suffered a head injury after he was hit by falling debris.

"It was complete chaos in the theatre. Absolutely terrifying and awful," he told Britain's Sky News.

"I was in the lower stalls with my family in the early stages of the show.

"I think the front part of the balcony fell down. At first we thought it was part of the show.

"Then I got hit on the head.

"We got out with cuts and bruises. I think most people did." -- AFP 

Dengan selamba sahaja rayu bagi pihak anak

Lelaki terbabit (kiri) dinasihatkan keluar dari mahkamah bagi mengawal keadaan.

BALING - Seorang lelaki terpaksa ditenangkan polis kerana menyampuk sejurus majistret menjatuhkan hukuman penjara kepada anaknya, di Mahkamah Majistret Baling di sini, semalam.

Lelaki berumur 50-an itu secara tiba-tiba bangun lalu meminta majistret, Mohd Hadi Hakimi Harun mengurangkan hukuman penjara anaknya.

Keadaan itu mengakibatkan suasana mahkamah bertukar ‘kecoh’ berikutan tindakan lelaki terbabit yang berani menyampuk hukuman yang baru sahaja dijatuhkan majistret.

Bagaimanapun, anggota polis mahkamah menasihatkan lelaki terbabit keluar bagi mengawal keadaan selain untuk meneruskan sebutan kes lain.

Lelaki terbabit kemudiannya memohon maaf kerana dia tidak mengetahui mengenai prosedur ketika berada dalam mahkamah.

Anaknya, Mohd Najib Mohd Zaid, 27, dari Kampung Bongor Tiga dijatuhkan hukuman penjara selama empat bulan kerana menggunakan kekerasan jenayah menakutkan penjawat awam pada 18 Julai lalu pada jam 1.15 pagi di kawasan tanah lapang Batu 50 Bongor, Jalan Weng.

Menurut pertuduhan, Mohd Najib menggunakan kekerasan jenayah bagi menakutkan penjawat awam iaitu dengan cubaan melanggar.

Tertuduh mengaku bersalah ketika pertuduhan dibacakan jurubahasa mahkamah dan hukuman dijatuhkan mengikut Seksyen 353 Kanun Keseksaan.

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Pemegang ASB terima dividen 7.7 sen seunit

Ahmad Sarji (kiri) dan Hamad Kama Piah - Foto Astro Awani

KUALA LUMPUR: Pemegang unit Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) akan menerima dividen 7.70 sen seunit bagi tahun kewangan berakhir 31 Dis, 2013 berbanding 7.75 sen tahun lepas.

Sejumlah 8.26 juta pemegang unit, yang kini memiliki sejumlah 127.2 bilion unit ASB, juga akan menerima bonus sebanyak 1.00 sen seunit.

Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) Tan Sri Hamad Kama Piah Che Othman berkata walaupun pengagihan dividen kali ini rendah sedikit berbanding tahun lepas, kadar itu kekal kompetitif di tengah-tengah ketidaktentuan ekonomi global.

"Kadar ini juga bukanlah yang terendah yang pernah diagihkan oleh PNB kerana pada tahun 2009, pengagihan dividen termasuk bonus adalah 8.6 sen seunit.

"Sebenarnya PNB mampu membayar dividen sebanyak 10.54 sen seunit untuk tahun ini, tetapi kita bawa ke hadapan 2.71 sen seunit bagi membantu portfolio dana ini untuk lebih berdaya mampan di masa hadapan," kata beliau kepada pemberita selepas pengumuman pengagihan pendapatan ASB oleh Pengerusi PNB Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid di sini hari ini.

Sementara itu, Ahmad Sarji berkata peruntukan bagi pengagihan pendapatan itu membabitkan jumlah pembayaran sebanyak RM9.38 bilion manakala bayaran bonus sebanyak RM706.88 juta.

"Jumlah pendapatan kasar ASB pada 31 Disember 2013, adalah dijangkakan sebanyak RM9.92 bilion, iaitu peningkatan sebanyak 15.1 peratus berbanding pendapatan kasar sebanyak RM8.62 bilion yang diperoleh pada tahun lepas," kata beliau.

Ahmad Sarji berkata pendapatan dividen daripada syarikat pelabur menyumbang RM4.41 bilion atau 44.5 peratus daripada pendapatan kasar dan keuntungan daripada jualan saham menyumbang RM4 bilion atau 40.3 peratus.

Baki 15.2 peratus atau RM1.51 bilion adalah daripada lain-lain pendapatan, kata beliau.

Pembayaran pengagihan pendapatan dan bonus bagi tabung ASB akan dikreditkan secara automatik ke dalam akaun pemegang unit dan para pemegang unit boleh mengemas kini buku pelaburan ASB masing-masing di ibu pejabat PNB atau ejen-ejen ASNB di seluruh negara mulai 2 Januari 2014.

Semua urus niaga bagi ASB akan ditangguhkan pada 22 Disember 2013 sehingga 1 Januari 2014 bagi tujuan pengiraan pendapatan dan bonus.

Sementara itu, semasa ditanya mengenai perkembangan terkini ASB2, Hamad Kama berkata PNB masih mengkaji struktur yang bersesuaian.

"Bukan kami tidak mahu memberitahu sekarang, tetapi kami mahu memastikan yang kami perlu menstrukturkan portfolio kami ke tahap yang akan dilihat sebagai pakej yang lebih baik yang diperkenalkan kepada pasaran.

"Ia akan mengambil masa sedikit dan sudah tentu apabila siap nanti, kami berharap Perdana Menteri akan dapat melancarkannya," kata beliau.

Hamad Kama berkata antara struktur yang ditinjau PNB ialah dari segi peruntukan aset.

BERNAMA 

Zuckerberg sells as Facebook offers new shares

Cashing in some $2.3 billion - AFP photo

NEW YORK: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will sell a chunk of his stake in the company, cashing in some $2.3 billion, as part of a new share offering by the huge social network.

A Facebook filing Thursday said the company would sell 70 million shares in a follow-on offering to the huge initial public offering in May 2012.

Of the total amount, Zuckerberg will sell around 41 million shares, mainly to satisfy his tax obligations, the company said in a statement.

The 27 million new shares would raise some $1.5 billion for the company "for working capital and other general corporate purposes," the statement said.

Zuckerberg's sale will have little impact on his control of the company he co-founded from his Harvard University dormitory.

He owns an estimated 29 percent of Facebook capital, but based on the dual classes of stock, he will still hold 56.1 percent of the voting rights after the new offering, down from 58.8 percent.

With the proxies he holds for other shareholders, Zuckerberg will control 62.8 percent of the voting rights after the new offering, down from 65.2 percent.

The company said Zuckerberg will exercise his option to purchase 60 million Class B shares and then convert the shares to Class A for the sale.

Each Class A share has one voting right, while Class B shares have 10 voting rights.

Another early Facebook investor, entrepreneur Marc Andreessen, will sell some 1.6 million shares in the offering.

The filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission also notes that Zuckerberg plans to donate 18 million shares to an unspecified beneficiary. He and his wife Priscilla last year gave a similar amount to a Silicon Valley foundation.

One of the reasons for the new Facebook offering is to meet expected demand with Facebook being added to the Standard & Poor's 500 index. That requires portfolio managers who own the stock index to buy Facebook shares.

Being added to the S&P 500 comes at the end of a year in which Facebook climbed out from the wreckage of its much-hyped but quickly panned stock market debut early in 2012. Facebook has been on an upward cycle since earnings showed a jump in mobile advertising revenue.

Zuckerberg's net worth was estimated by Forbes magazine at $19 billion at the end of September, making him the 25th richest person in the United States and 66th wealthiest in the world.

Facebook stock fell by more than half after the 2012 IPO at $38, but have doubled since August and hit record highs in recent weeks. The shares closed down 0.94 percent Thursday at $55.05, not far from its all-time high of $55.89.

The world's leading online social network reported profit of $425 million in the quarter that ended on September 30, compared with a loss a year earlier. Revenues rose sharply to $2.016 billion

Facebook earlier this week began serving up video ads that pop up and play when users check their news feeds. The leading online social network said it is testing the new advertising technique this week with a clip teasing the new film "Divergent."

Analysts at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch estimated that video ads could generate a 10 to 15 percent lift in revenues for Facebook.

The consultancy eMarketer said Facebook has become the second largest seller of digital advertising behind Google, and that Facebook will take in 7.4 percent of net US digital ad dollars, or $3.17 billion, in 2013. --AFP

Kakak kunci adik dalam bilik

Rosmah (tengah) bersama Norsyahmina (kanan) menceritakan saat cemas kepada Penyelaras Pusat Khidmat Masyarakat (PKM) Dun Permatang, Rozana Zainal Abidin dan penduduk yang datang ke rumahnya semalam.

TANJONG KARANG - Tindakan pantas seorang kanak-kanak mengunci pintu bilik bersama dua adiknya sebaik sahaja mendengar tingkap dapur dipecahkan berjaya menyelamatkan mereka dari menjadi mangsa samun di Taman Nilam, pagi semalam.

Walaupun baru berusia 10 tahun, namun Norsyahmina Nuri bijak membawa dua adiknya yang masih kecil ke dalam bilik sebelum menghubungi ibunya yang ketika itu sedang bekerja di sebuah klinik di Bestari Jaya.

“Masa itu, ayah keluar sekejap sebab nak pergi hospital dan sempat berpesan kepada kami supaya tidak keluar rumah atau membuka pintu jika ada orang tak dikenali datang.

“Jadi saya dengan adik-adik pun tengok cerita kartun kat televisyen sebelum terkejut bila dengar bunyi bising dan orang cakap-cakap kat belakang dapur. Masa tu saya takut sangat sampai nak menangis tetapi cepat-cepat bawa adik masuk dalam bilik dan kunci.

“Sebelum masuk bilik, saya dengar bunyi suara lelaki lebih dari satu... ada suara orang Indonesia, India dan Melayu... suara mereka bercakap kuat macam nak pecahkan tingkap sebab nak masuk.

“Dalam bilik, saya cepat-cepat telefon ibu dan suruhnya balik sebab bunyi kuat kat dapur menakutkan kami,” katanya yang masih trauma dengan kejadian itu ditemani ibunya, Rosmah Ismail, 40.

Menurut Rosmah, ketika dia menerima panggilan kecemasan daripada anak sulungnya itu hatinya tak keruan dan hanya ALLAH SWT sahaja yang tahu perasaan ketika itu.

“Kalau boleh sepantas kilat saya mahu sampai ke rumah sebab bimbangkan keselamatan anak-anak. Tak jangka musibah seperti ini akan berlaku namun kawan-kawan nasihat tenangkan hati.

“Alhamdulillah sebaik sahaja sampai di rumah anak-anak selamat,” katanya yang masih belum mengetahui jumlah kerugian dan membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPPD) Kuala Selangor.

Tinjauan Sinar Harian di bahagian belakang rumah terbabit mendapati rumah mangsa hanya dipisahkan dengan tembok batu antara kebun kelapa sawit yang memudahkan suspek melarikan diri. Difahamkan, rumah bersebelahan mangsa turut di pecah masuk melalui tingkap dapur pada masa sama.

Meskipun sedar ada anak-anak kecil di dalam rumah itu, suspek dipercayai tetap masuk dan mencari barangan berharga bagaimanapun sempat melarikan diri tidak lama selepas itu setelah menyedari kehadiran polis dan orang ramai.

Sinar Harian 

Malaysia gagal pertahan 'ibu segala pingat'

Pemain Harimau Muda ternyata kecewa setelah tewas kepada Indonesia menerusi penentuan sepakan penalti 3-4 dalam perlawanan yang dilanjutkan ke masa tambahan selepas terikat 1-1 pada perlawanan separuh akhir Bolasepak Sukan SEA ke-27, Myanmar di Stadium Bolasepak Zayar Thiri, malam ini. - Foto Bernama

NAYPYITAW - Impian skuad bola sepak negara untuk mengekalkan pingat emas pada Sukan SEA ke-27 berkecai apabila kalah 4-3 menerusi sepakan penalti kepada Indonesia pada perlawanan separuh akhir di Stadium Zayar Thiri di sini hari ini.

Perlawanan ulangan final edisi 2011 itu terpaksa dilanjutkan ke masa tambahan 30 minit apabila keputusan terikat 1-1 selepas tamat 90 minit perlawanan.

Pada Sukan SEA Indonesia 2011, Malaysia merangkul emas selepas menundukkan pasukan tuan rumah 4-3, juga menerusi penentuan sepakan penalti.

Pada aksi hari ini, penyerang berbisa Yohanes Ferinando Pahabol membalas dendam pasukan Garuda Muda apabila menyempurnakan sepakan penalti terakhir selepas kedudukan terikat 3-3.

Dalam lima sepakan penalti, percubaan pemain negara A. Thamil Arasu dan Shahrul Mohd Saad berjaya diselamatkan oleh penjaga gol merangkap kapten Indonesia, Kurnia Meiga Hermansyah.

Bagaimanapun, Nazmi Faiz Mansor, Mohamad Fadhli Mohd Shas dan Mohamad Rozaimi Ab Rahim menyempurnakan tendangan penalti.

Kedua-dua pasukan itu memulakan perlawanan dengan rentak perlahan tetapi berhati-hati sebelum Thamil Arasu melakukan cubaan bahaya menerusi sepakan deras daripada luar kotak penalti pada minit ke-10.

Indonesia cuba membalas pada minit ke-25 menerusi rembatan kencang Yandi Sofyan Munawar tetapi percubaan itu melepasi palang gol yang dikawal rapi oleh Mohd Izham Tarmizi Roslan.

Kecelaruan pada benteng pertahanan negara membuka peluang kepada penyerang Bayu Gatra Sanggiawan untuk membantu Indonesia mendahului 1-0 pada babak pertama, hasil jaringan pada minit ke-30.

Tersentak dengan ketinggalan satu gol, Malaysia meningkatkan usaha mencari gol penyamaan dengan mengasak benteng pertahanan Indonesia namun percubaan D. Saarvindran pada minit ke-80 dinafikan oleh penjaga gawang Indonesia.

Bersambung pada babak kedua perlawanan, Indonesia mengasak kembali gawang gol negara apabila Yandi Sofyan Munawar melakukan cubaan menerusi sepakan pada minit ke-68 namun berjaya ditepis keluar oleh Mohd Izham Tarmizi.

Tertekan dengan ketinggalan 0-1, Malaysia kembali melakukan serangan apabila sepak deras yang dilakukan oleh D. Saarvindran pada minit ke-80 dinafikan oleh penjaga gawang Indonesia.

Bagaimanapun, skuad bimbingan Datuk Ong Kim Swee akhirnya menarik nafas lega apabila Thamil Arasu menyamakan kedudukan pada minit ke-84 sebelum mengheret perlawanan ke masa tambahan.

Kim Swee berkata, beliau tidak menyalahkan mana-mana pemain sebalik kurang bernasib baik dalam penentuan penalti.

"Pemain telah bermain dengan bersungguh-sungguh apabila berjaya menyamakan kedudukan 1-1 namun nasib tidak menyebelahi pasukan kita malam ini," katanya kepada pemberita selepas perlawanan itu.

Kim Swee turut memuji corak permainan Indonesia yang disifatkan lebih baik berbanding dua tahun lepas.

"Sekiranya Indonesia mengekalkan momentum ini, mereka tidak mempunyai masalah untuk merangkul emas pada final Sabtu ini," katanya.

Sementara itu, jurulatih Indonesia, Rahmad Darmawan, yang bangga dengan persembahan anak buahnya, berkata barisan pemainnya semakin mantap berbanding dua tahun lepas.

"Kami sudah bersedia menghadapi pasukan yang lebih kuat pada final nanti," katanya.

Senarai Pemain:

MALAYSIA:

Mohd Izham Tarmizi Roslan, Mohd Saad Shahrul, Mohamad Fadhli Mohd Shah,Mohamad Nasir Basharudin, Mohd Nazmi Faiz Mansor, D.Saarvindran, Izzaq Faris Ramlan, Mohd Irfan Fazail (Kapten), Mohd Azmi Mohd Zubir, Che Nashim NazirulNaim, Badrul Hisham Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq, A.Thamil Arasu, Ahmad Hazwan Bakri, Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman.


INDONESIA:

Kurnia Meiga Hermansyah (Kapten), Diego Robbie Michiels, Rizky Ahmad Sanjaya Pellu, Manahati Lestusen Lestusen, Egi Melgiansyah, Nelson Alom, Yandi Eko Utomo,Bayu Gatra Sanggiawan, Rizki Ramdani Lestaluhu, Andik Vermansah,Yohanes Ferinando Pahabol, Mokhamad Syaifuddin,Alfin Ismail Tuasalamony. - Bernama

Fatal accident: Hall's family to arrive on Sunday

KUALA LUMPUR:  The body of Simon John Hall, one of six people who were burnt to death in a horrific accident at the Kampung Pandan roundabout here yesterday, will be claimed by his family this Sunday.

Kuala Lumpur traffic police investigating officer Insp Azizah Nur Muhamat said they had asked the British High Commission here to relay the sad news to Hall's family.

"They are expected to arrive in the country from Britain this Sunday to claim his body," she said when contacted by Bernama today.

In the 12.45am incident, Hall, 40, a manager with Leighton Offshore here, three Filipino women, Siso Aileen, 30, Maileen Tentative Montejo, 26, and Mary Grace Macaraig, 24, and two Myanmar nationals, Pi Pi, 20, and Esther Sui, 26, were killed when the Nissan Skyline car they were in crashed into a pillar at the roundabout and caught fire.

Initial police investigations found the car, driven by Hall, had been speeding.

BERNAMA