Suami 'kongsi' isteri sedang hamil didakwa

Tertuduh pertama (kiri) dibawa keluar dari kamar Mahkamah Sesyen Kangar. - Foto Ihsan myMetro Oleh Hafizudin Mohd Safar

KANGAR - Seorang suami yang memaksa isterinya yang sedang hamil melakukan hubungan seks dengan sepupunya mengaku tidak bersalah di atas dua pertuduhan yang dikenakan di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, tadi.

Akhbar tempatan hari ini melaporkan seorang isteri muda berusia 19 tahun menjadi mangsa deraan seksual suaminya yang berusia 22 tahun apabila dipaksa melakukan hubungan seks dengan seorang remaja berusia 15 tahun.

Dalam kejadian 1 Januari lalu, si suami turut membantu remaja terbabit merogol mangsa yang sedang hamil selain turut merakam aksi hubungan seksnya.

Tertuduh pertama yang juga suami mangsa mengaku tidak bersalah di atas dua pertuduhan di bawah Seksyen 109 Kanun Keseksaan dibaca bersama Seksyen 376 Kanun Keseksaan serta Seksyen 375 Kanun Keseksaan.

Sepupu tertuduh pertama berusia 15 tahun juga turut didakwa dan tidak mengaku bersalah di atas pertuduhan di bawah Seksyen 376 Kanun Keseksaan selepas kertas pertuduhan dibacakan di hadapan Hakim Abdul Rashid Daud.

Suami mangsa tidak dibenarkan diikat jamin manakala sepupunya dikenakan ikat jamin RM10,000 dengan seorang penjamin dan tarikh sebutan semula kes ialah pada 10 Februari ini.

Kedua-dua tertuduh tidak diwakili peguam manakala pendakwaan dilakukan Timbalan Pendakwaraya Fazril Sani Mohamed Fadzil.

Sinar Harian 

Yuna disenaraikan antara 20 artis harus dengar 2014

KUALA LUMPUR: Yunalis Zarai, 28, sekali lagi membanggakan industri hiburan Malaysia apabila Huffington Post, portal berita antarabangsa telah menyenaraikan Yuna sebagai antara 20 artis yang harus diberi perhatian pada tahun 2014.

Artikel yang ditulis oleh Ryan Kristobak itu memuji keenakkan muzik Yuna yang dikatakan bercitarasa baru dan memberikan dendangan indah kepada pendengar.

Paling menarik, Ryan memperkenalkan Yuna sebagai ahli muzik dari Malaysia yang menggabungkan elemen muzik dari negaranya dan moden pop.

Artikel itu turut memuji hasil kerja Yuna menerusi album Nocturnal dan single yang dihasilkan untuk filem animasi The Crood.

Penghargaan Huffington Post ini menandakan karier muzik artis yang sedang popular dengan lagu Rescue itu semakin mendapat tempat di kalangan peminat muzik antarabangsa.

Di bawah adalah senarai penuh 20 pemuzik yang perlu diberi perhatian untuk tahun 2014.

1. Bad Rabbits
2. Balance and Composure
3. Banks
4. Flatbush Zombies
5. Ground Up
6. The Internet
7. King Krule
8. Knytro
9. Mausi
10. Polyenso
11. Sam Smith
12. Say Lou Lou
13. Shad
14. Tilian
15. Travis Scott
16. Volcano Choir
17. WC Lindsay
18. Wake Owl
19. Yuna
20. 1975

Astro Awani 

Mandatory caning and jail time for snatch thieves?

The government has been urged to implement mandatory caning and jail time for at least a year to those convicted of snatch theft.

Malaysia Community Policing Association and 17 non-governmental organisations said a stiffer sentence can help reduce the snatch theft cases in the country.

Association president Kuan Chee Heng said current laws are too ‘soft’ and not very effective in deterring criminals from committing the crime.

He also urged that the current provision which states that those convicted 'can be' caned should be changed to 'will be' caned as a warning to criminals.

Currently, there are no specific laws for snatch thefts but those convicted will be charged under the Penal Code with stealing which does not involve violence.

For snatch thefts that involve violence, weapons or causing injury to the victim, those convicted will be charged with armed robbery.

The maximum sentence for snatch theft without violence is five years for first time offenders and seven for repeat offenders while a maximum sentence of 20 years is imposed for snatch thefts involving violence.

Astro Awani 

Ikan paus 'kembar siam' terdampar di pantai Mexico

Paus 'kembar siam' yang ditemui - Foto AFP

LA PAZ: Dua ekor anak Ikan paus kelabu yang melekat di bahagian pinggang seakan kembar siam telah ditemui nelayan terdampar di sebuah lagun ke barat laut Mexico.

Menurut ahli biologi marin tempatan, penemuan haiwan seumpamanya sangat jarang berlaku.

Berukuran empat meter (13 kaki), ikan paus kembar itu bagaimanapun telah mati ketika ditemui di lagun Ojo Ojo de Liebre menuju ke Lautan Pasifik di Semenanjung Baja California, seperti yang disahkan oleh Suruhanjaya Pelindungan Alam Semula Jadi (CONANP).

Menurut ahli biologi marin dan pengurus serantau CONANP, Benito Bermudez, ikan paus yang mempunyai berat hampir setengah tan itu bercantum pada bahagian pinggang dan mempunyai dua kepala penuh dan dua ekor.

Punca kematiannya tidak dinyatakan walaubagaimanapun para saintis akan menjalankan ujikaji ke atas penemuan itu dan spesisnya.

Setiap musim sejuk, ratusan ikan paus kelabu akan berhijrah dari Laut Bering ke perairan panas Baja California.

Hampir 1,200 paus kelabu telah dikesan berhijrah ke rantau itu pada musim 2012-2013.

- Agency 

'Exceptionally rare' conjoined whales found in Mexico

This handout photo released on January 7, 2014 by the National Commission for Protected Natural Areas shows two conjoined gray whale calves at the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, in Los Cabos resort - AFP Photo

LA PAZ: Fishermen have found two conjoined gray whale calves in a northwestern Mexican lagoon, a discovery that a government marine biologist described as "exceptionally rare."

The four-meter (13-foot) long siamese whales were dead when they were found in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, which opens to the Pacific Ocean in the Baja California peninsula.

Officials from the National Natural Protected Areas Commission (CONANP) verified the discovery during a visit on Monday.

The nearly half-tonne creatures were linked at the waist, with two full heads and tail fins, said Benito Bermudez, a marine biologist and CONANP's regional manager.

He described the discovery as "exceptionally rare, without any precedent" in the region.

Scientists are examining the whales and plan to look for any other cases in the gray whale's natural sanctuaries off Baja California.

Every winter, hundreds of gray whales migrate from the Bering Sea to the warmer waters of Baja California, attracting tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of the animals.

Nearly 1,200 gray whales were spotted in the region in the 2012-2013 season. -AFP 

3D Systems gets in the haptic mouse game

3D Systems is hitting this CES like a steamroller. A few months after releasing the Sense handheld 3D scanner, the company's offering up yet another peripheral for creating 3D models. This time out, the company's got a bit harder sell in the form of a 3D haptic mouse. 

For starters, the functionality of such a device isn't quite so immediately clear as a product that creates 3D images with a wave of your hand. Also, there are already haptic mice on the market - though, like the scanner, the competition has chiefly been targeted toward professions. 

And while (like the Sense), the price point here certainly isn't low enough to make this a mainstream product, it may well prove entice for a small cross section of the 3D modeling / printing community.

Of course the tool plays nicely with the company's recently announced Sculpt software, offering up haptic feedback to give the user the sensation of really creating something with a lump of virtual clay. In fact, the $500 asking price also includes a copy of Sculpt. 3D Systems' Touch is set to start shipping in Q2.

Source: Engadget