Budaya, cara hidup masyarakat Malaysia bakal ditayang kepada dunia

Pengacara Razif Hashim (kanan) dalam dokumentari Time Capsule Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Budaya dan cara hidup masyarakat Malaysia bakal dipertontonkan kepada dunia melalui dokumentari yang dihasilkan Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Finas) dengan kerjasama History Channel.

Pengerusi Finas Datuk Md Afendi Hamdan berkata dokumentari berjudulTime Capsule Malaysia yang akan mula ditayangkan setiap hari Ahad pukul 9 malam, bermula 14 Sept itu memaparkan kehidupan masyarakat negara ini pada era 50-an dan 60-an.

Idea penerbitan dokumentari ini tidak tertumpu kepada satu isu sahaja, tetapi kita fokus kepada kisah atau cerita yang tidak pernah didengari oleh orang ramai seperti kewujudan wayang kulit serta latar belakangnya, katanya kepada pemberita selepas melancarkan dokumentari berkenaan di sini hari ini.

Katanya, dokumentari yang berdurasi selama 30 minit bagi setiap enam siri itu akan ditayangkan di saluran Astro 555 (History Channel) dan 575 (History HD).

"Time Capsule Malaysia akan dihoskan oleh pengacara Razif Hashim dan disiarkan bersempena dengan sambutan Hari Kemerdekaan dan Hari Malaysia bagi mengimbau kembali sejarah pada zaman dahulu," kata Md Afendi.

Sementara itu, Pengarah Produksi Chris Humphrey berkata dokumentari itu merupakan sejarah kehidupan lampau sebenar dan semua rakaman diambil daripada arkib filem negara.

"Kami mahu mempunyai peluang untuk mendidik dan mendorong audiens Malaysia untuk menikmati, berasa seronok mengenai masa lalu mereka dan menggambarkannya dalam keadaan pada masa ini, berfikir tentang masa sekarang dan berasa bangga dengan apa yang akan dipersembahkan kami kepada mereka," katanya.

Penerbit Gerald Benedict berkata penggambaran dokumentari itu mengambil masa kira-kira dua bulan setengah bermula pertengahan Jun lepas.

Kami mula berbincang pada bulan Mei dan menjalankan produksi sebenar pertengahan Jun memandangkan masa yang diberi terhad untuk menyiapkan hasilnya.

Cabaran dalam isu penapisan adalah kami perlu memberi visual klip terbaik dan sesuai untuk tontonan kanak-kanak serta penonton. Untuk menggabungkan klip-klip tersebut juga agak sukar kerana klip yang terdapat di arkib merupakan klip yang diambil beberapa puluh tahun lalu di mana sistem yang diguna pakai tidak sama dengan yang terkini, katanya.

Beliau juga berkata dokumentari itu tidak mengetengahkan sejarah yang diketahui umum tetapi lebih kepada fakta-fakta tersembunyi yang tidak diketahui masyarakat seperti sebab yang membawa kepada pembinaan Tugu Kebangsaan.

"Kita tidak menerbitkan dokumentari tentang sejarah asas seperti tokoh-tokoh Pahlawan Negara, kerana ia terlalu biasa disiarkan tetapi lebih kepada komuniti, isu-isu sosial, sukan dan kesihatan," katanya.

-- Sumber: Bernama

Scha dedah wajah Lara Alana di media sosial

Scha dedah wajah Lara Alana di media sosial

KUALA LUMPUR: Scha Alyahya, isteri kepada personaliti popular Awal Ashaari hari ini mendedahkan wajah bayi perempuan mereka, Lara Alana.

Lara Alana kini berusia 2 bulan.

Bayi perempuan itu selamat dilahirkanpada 22 Julai lalu di Pusat Perubatan Prince Court, Kuala Lumpur.

Sebelum ini, Awal pernah membuat kenyataan akan hanya mendedahkan wajah anak mereka menerusi media sosial untuk berlaku adil dengan semua pihak media.

Sewaktu Lara dilahirkan, Awal turut berkongsi perasaannya pada ketika itu.

“Tidak dapat saya lupakan ketika baby memandang mata saya sewaktu saya mahu azan dan iqamatkan dia, waktu itu bagaikan momen dahsyat.

Saya menangis dan berkata ‘ini anak saya’, "I'm now a father" cerita Awal ketika dihubungi Astro AWANI sebelum ini.

Scha Alyahya dan Awal Ashaari bernikah pada Mei 2012.

-- Sumber: Astro Awani

Safwan Anang didapati salah menghasut

Safwan Anang didapati salah menghasut

KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Sesyen memutuskan bekas pengerusi Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM), Muhammad Safwan Anang @ Talib, 24 tahun, bersalah atas tuduhan menghasut dalam satu ucapan pada 13 Mei tahun lepas.

Hakim Norsharidah Awang memutuskan Safwan bersalah di bawah Seksyen 4(1) Akta Hasutan 1948 selepas berpuas hati ucapannya itu mengandungi elemen menghasut, lapor portal Malaysiakini.

Safwan dituduh menyampaikan ucapan berbentuk hasutan yang menggalakkan orang ramai menukar kerajaan yang dibentuk berdasarkan undang-undang, dengan cara yang tidak sah.

Kesalahan itu didakwa dilakukan di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur di alamat Nombor 1, Jalan Maharajalela, Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur antara jam 8.55 malam dan 11.15 malam pada 13 Mei tahun lepas.

-- Sumber: Agensi

Housewife shot by police wins suit, awarded RM318,326

Norizan claims a police patrol car had chased the car she was in with her friends at MRR2 in 2009 before shots were fired in their direction.

KUALA LUMPUR: A housewife who was shot by the police in 2009, was awarded RM318,326 in damages by the High Court here Thursday after she won her suit for assault and battery against the police and government.

High Court Judge Datuk Hue Siew Kheng also ordered the defendants to pay RM30,000 as legal costs to Norizan Salleh, 34.

Of the total, Hue awarded RM50,000 to the mother-of-two for the pain and suffering; RM50,000 for assault and battery; RM18,326 for special damages and another RM200,000 for exemplary damages.

She said the amount for exemplary damages was to ensure public bodies did not act unlawfully.

On October 15, 2012, Norizan filed the suit naming Corporal Mohd Firdaus Rosli, attached to the Sentul police station, Sentul police chief, inspector-general of police and the Government of Malaysia as defendants.

In her brief decision, Hue said based on photographs tendered during the trial, 16 spent bullets and bullet holes were found in a car and that there was cogent evidence to sustain repeated and continuous shooting.

In allowing Norizan's claim, the judge said the shooting was not an act of self-defence or acting reasonably or following correct procedure.

"Even the Inspector-General of Police's Standing Orders (IGSO) does not allow this," she said, adding that the IGSO were used when a policeman was in danger of death.

As such, Hue said she found that the defendants had failed to establish defence of reasonable force.

The judge said she noted there was no investigation paper opened for the plaintiff's complaint and no charges were made.

Norizan, in her statement of claim, said a police patrol car, with Mohd Firdaus in it, chased the car she was in with her friends at the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2), before shots were fired in their direction.

She claimed the policeman in question kicked and caused her to fall down as she tried to get out of the vehicle.

As a result, Norizan claimed she was treated at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital and the National Heart Institute for 13 days for injuries to her right wrist and gunshot wound in her chest.

She also claimed that due to the incident, she found it difficult to cope with heavy work for long periods of time and eventually, lost her job.

Apart from special damages for unsettled medical bills amounting to RM18,161, she is seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages, cost and other relief deemed fit by the court.

-- source: Bernama

8-kilogram tumour removed from Austrian woman

VIENNE: Austrian surgeons removed a tumour weighing some eight kilos (18 pounds), as heavy as a seven-month-old baby, from the stomach of a 75-year-old woman, doctors said Thursday.

"We have never seen such a large and heavy tumour," doctor Gerhard Wolf from the University Hospital Graz (LKH) in southern Austria told a news conference.

The growth, thought to be benign, developed without the woman's knowledge over many years, until she went to the doctor last month complaining of digestion problems and severe pain.

The two-hour operation took place on Friday and the patient is recovering well and will be discharged soon, doctors said. Her enormous tumour is being kept for tests, however. --AFP 

Sindiket 'love scam': 1,750 mangsa ditipu, rugi RM68 juta

1,750 mangsa ditipu, rugi RM68 juta

KUALA LUMPUR: Seramai 1,750 individu dilapor menjadi mangsa sindiket penipuan Internet atau 'love scam' sejak Januari 2013 hingga Ogos tahun ini, yang membabitkan jumlah kerugian kira-kira RM68 juta.

Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK) Bukit Aman Datuk Seri Mortadza Nazarene berkata daripada jumlah itu, sebanyak 1,205 mangsa adalah wanita manakala bakinya ialah lelaki (545 orang).

"Berdasarkan laporan yang diterima polis, sejumlah 1,095 mangsa pada tahun lepas mencatatkan jumlah kerugian RM35.6 juta manakala setakat Ogos tahun ini, sejumlah 655 individu menjadi mangsa dengan jumlah kerugian lebih RM32 juta," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian dalam sidang media di Ibu Pejabat JSJK Bukit Aman, Kompleks Kerajaan, Bukit Perdana di sini hari ini.

Walaupun jumlah mangsa menurun, nilai kerugian mencatat peningkatan dan ini amat membimbangkan terutama kepada golongan wanita, katanya.

-- Sumber: Bernama

Di Maria letter to Madrid fans ‘the reason Falcao moved to United’

There has been much conjecture over Radamel Falcao’s shock move to Manchester United.

Of course, the intrigue to this move was furthered by a tweet sent by Falcao last Saturday apparently confirming his transfer to Real Madrid.

Falcao denied ever sending the offending tweet, claiming that it was a photoshop – a denial that didn’t wash with many.

Regardless of the tweet, it seemed that the Colombian was set for Madrid all summer, so why the sudden change?

Well, El Confidencial, a Spanish broadsheet, and one of the first publications to break the Falcao to United story, have reported that Angel Di Maria may have played a part in the move falling through.

Basically, Di Maria wrote a farewell letter to Real Madrid fans that was published in Spanish daily AS last week.

Amongst the usual outpouring of love for the fans, Di Maria had a few choice words for his former club.

Effectively, he blamed the club for his departure – a selection of the letter can be read below:

“My cycle at Real Madrid has come to an end. Unfortunately today I have to go but I want to make it clear that this was never my desire.

"I went to the World Cup after winning La Decima with the hope of getting some signal from the club but it never came. Many things and many lies were spoken. They always wanted to attribute the idea of leaving on me but that’s not what happened.

"Unfortunately my football isn’t liked by someone. The only thing I asked for is fairness. There are many things I value and many of them have nothing to do with my salary. I hope I can find them at Manchester United, one of the biggest clubs in the world and at which I’m hoping to make history."

The Madrid hierarchy were said to be furious with the letter and attributed the blame not only to Di Maria but also his agent, Jorge Mendes, who also represents Madrid players Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe and Fabio Coentrao – and, most importantly, Falcao.

El Confidencial intimate that so enraged were Real with Di Maria’s outburst that, as a point of principle, they elected against doing business with Mendes again this summer, which, in turn, opened up the opportunity for Falcao to go to United.

This latest revelation came a day after Falcao’s father confirmed Real Madrid were in a position to sign the striker, but eventually chose not to.

Radamel Garcia did not go into detail why Real elected against the move, but that mystery may now be solved.

Source: Eurosport 

Joan Rivers, queen of US 'comediennes,' dies aged 81

Rivers stopped breathing during a medical procedure on her vocal cords at a clinic in New York. - AFP Photo

NEW YORK: Joan Rivers, the caustic stand-up comic and television host who blazed a trail at a time when comedy was all but off-limits to women, died in hospital in New York on Thursday. She was 81.

The award-winning star had been in Mount Sinai Hospital since August 28, when she reportedly stopped breathing during a medical procedure on her vocal cords at a clinic in New York.

"It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my mother, Joan Rivers. She passed peacefully at 1:17 pm surrounded by family and close friends," daughter Melissa Rivers said.

Melissa and grandson Cooper had kept a vigil at Rivers' bedside since flying in from Los Angeles as soon as she fell ill.

"My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh," her daughter added. "Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon."

Celebrities, including many younger female comics who followed her onto stages once dominated by men, raced to pay tribute to her rapier wit as their inspiration and to express their condolences.

"There are no words. Bon Voyage Joan," tweeted Oscar-winning actress and comic Whoopi Goldberg.

"A legend, a friend, a mentor, an icon, and wildly funny. One of a kind. RIP," said fellow comic Kathy Griffin, tweeting a picture of herself with Rivers.

"Rest in peace, Joan. We will always love you," said country music star Dolly Parton.

In Los Angeles, a scrum of tourists and journalists gathered at Rivers' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame where flowers were laid.

Dan Shadbolt, 43, who was visiting from Britain with his wife and three kids, said: "It's terrible news. She was an icon for me."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended heartfelt condolences for the loss of a comedy icon who brought laughter to millions around the world and was a vocal supporter of Israel.

'Can we talk?'

New York State Health Department said it was investigating the circumstances that surrounded her reported cardiac arrest while she was an outpatient at Yorkville Endoscopy Center.

The daughter of a well-off, middle-class Jewish family, Rivers enjoyed a stunningly successful career that lasted decades and worked right up until falling ill last week.

Born Joan Alexandra Molinsky in Brooklyn, she graduated from New York's Barnard College and worked in the fashion industry before starting out in stand-up under the stage name Joan Rivers.

She spared no one her razor-sharp wit and was considered one of the best at delivering a cutting one-liner, and perhaps the most foul-mouthed of a breakthrough generation of US "comediennes".

She took aim at celebrities and public figures, joking about modern America's obsession with image and neuroses.

Her signature catch phrase was "Can we talk?" -- an icebreaker she used before verbally drop-kicking the object of her ridicule.

She told an interviewer that she thought it up while on the stand-up circuit in Las Vegas during the 1980s.

The joke at the time, she said, "was probably about Elizabeth Taylor being fat, and people gasped and I went, 'Can we talk here?'

"What you're really saying is, 'Come on, are we going to talk the truth?'"

Tough and tenacious, she supported herself for years with secretarial work while doing comedy gigs, until she got her big break on the popular "Tonight Show" program in 1965.

Four months after landing a regular gig, she married one of the show's producers Edgar Rosenberg. They had Melissa in 1968.

Rivers used to say that no subject was off-limits in her comedy: not even her husband's suicide in 1987.

"That's how I get through life. God has given us this gift of humor," she told New York Magazine. "Animals don't laugh."

In her 2013 book "I Hate Everyone... Starting With Me," Rivers joked about her own funeral, saying she wanted "a huge showbiz affair" with Meryl Streep "crying in five different accents."

But she also sparked controversy over the years with outspoken remarks on the Middle East and, on one occasion, when the butt of her humor was the survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks.

In later years, Rivers became as well-known for her love of plastic surgery, taken to excess with her exaggerated cheek bones and her preternaturally wrinkle-free face.

She reinvented herself as the host of "Fashion Police," a show that offered running critiques of the red carpet attire worn by the glitterati at the Oscars and other A-list events.

Rivers, who admitted to being a workaholic, said she hoped never to have to cede the stage.

"I'm an addict. It's my drug. I love my work, This is where I'm happiest," she once said.

US media reported that her funeral would be held on Sunday at Temple Emanu-El synagogue in New York. -- AFP 

One person commits suicide every 40 seconds according to WHO

Some of the highest rates of suicide are found in central and eastern Europe and in Asia, with 25 percent occurring in rich countries.

GENEVA: One person commits suicide every 40 seconds -- more than all the yearly victims of wars and natural disaster -- with the highest toll among the elderly, the United Nations said Thursday.

In its first report on suicide, the UN's World Health Organisation blamed intense media coverage when celebrities kill themselves for fuelling the problem.

"Suicide is an amazing public health problem. There is one suicide every 40 seconds -- it is a huge number," said Shekhar Saxena, director of WHO's mental health department, at the presentation of the report in Geneva.

"Suicide kills more than conflicts, wars and natural catastrophes," he said. "There are 1.5 million violent deaths every year in the world, of which 800,000 are suicides."

Some of the highest rates of suicide are found in central and eastern Europe and in Asia, with 25 percent occurring in rich countries, the report says.

Men are almost twice as likely as women to take their own lives. Common methods are hanging, gunshots, and especially in rural areas the use of poisonous insecticides.

"Globally, suicide rates are highest in people aged 70 years and over. In some countries, however, the highest rates are found among the young," WHO said. "Notably, suicide is the second leading cause of death in 15-29 year-olds globally."

Don't glamourise suicide

Alexandra Fleischmann, one of the report's co-authors, said part of the blame lies with the publicity given to suicides by famous people, such as Hollywood actor Robin Williams.

The Oscar-winning star, who had suffered from depression, was found dead at his home on August 1, prompting an outpouring of emotion from the public and widespread media coverage.

Ella Arensman, president of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, said that after news broke of Williams' death she received "five emails of people who had recovered (from a) suicide crisis and saying that they are thinking again about suicide."

"These overwhelming reports can have a contagion effect on vulnerable people," she said, referring also to the "sharp increase" in suicides after German football player Robert Enke killed himself in 2009.

"Suicide should not be glamorised or sensationalised," Fleischmann said, urging news outlets not to mention suicide as the cause of death at the start of reports, but only at the end, "with a mention of where (the reader) can find help."

WHO, which called suicide a major public health problem that must be confronted and stemmed, studied 172 countries to produce the report, which took a decade to research.

It said that in 2012 high-income countries had a slightly higher suicide rate -- 12.7 per 100,000 people, versus 11.2 in low- and middle-income nations.

But given the latter category's far higher population, they accounted for three-quarters of the global total.

Southeast Asia, including North Korea, India, Indonesia and Nepal, made up over a third of the annual figure.

WHO cautioned that suicide figures are often incomplete, with many countries failing to keep proper tallies.

In addition, "there are many suicide attempts for each death," WHO chief Margaret Chan said.

"The impact on families, friends and communities is devastating and far-reaching, even long after persons dear to them have taken their own lives," she added.

Suicide and attempted suicide are considered a crime in 25 countries, mostly in Africa, in South America and in Asia.

The most suicide-prone countries were Guyana (44.2 per 100,000), followed by North and South Korea (38.5 and 28.9 respectively).

Next came Sri Lanka (28.8), Lithuania (28.2), Suriname (27.8), Mozambique (27.4), Nepal and Tanzania (24.9 each), Burundi (23.1), India (21.1), and South Sudan (19.8).

Next were Russia and Uganda (both with 19.5), Hungary (19.1), Japan (18.5), and Belarus (18.3).

The UN agency said its goal is to cut national suicide rates by 10 percent by 2020.

A major challenge, it said, is that suicide victims are often from marginalised groups of the population, many of them poor and vulnerable.

However, "suicides are preventable," Chan said. -- AFP 

Bintang Tari Mak Yong, Zamzuriah Zahari tumpuan istimewa #KakiseniFest

Zamzuriah atau Zam, penari muda genre Mak Yong moden yang semakin mendapat perhatian di khalayak penonton seni persembahan umum

KUALA LUMPUR: Bintang baru seni persembahan tradisional Mak Yong, Zamzuriah Zahari antara biduanita muda tempatan yang bakal menyinari pentas di Festival Kakiseni 2014 di tengah-tengah kotaraya Bukit Bintang lebih kurang 18 hari lagi.

Harapan agar pengunjung puris tidak terlalu terkejut dengan hidangan yang sedikit kontemporari dari penari ini, sekaligus mempamerkan cinta, wawasan dan perjuangan graduan Akademi Seni Kebangsaan/ASWARA dan Universiti Malaya ini dalam semua hal berkaitan forma tradisional yang wajar dihidupkan ini.

Zamzuriah atau Zam, penari muda genre Mak Yong moden yang semakin mendapat perhatian di khalayak penonton seni persembahan umum, dan jika belum beliau wajar diberikan perhatian di masa terdekat ini. Di mana pokok pangkal tradisi membentuk jati diri untuk dibawa ke mana sahaja, kraf dan teknik asas yang diwariskan daripada turun-temurun sudahpun dikhatam.

"Saya rasa masa depan seni tari Mak Yong harus dikontemporarikan", percaya Zam yang membesar dengan budaya Mak Yong di negeri asalnya Kelantan.

Antara pemain utama yang bakal mencuri perhatian di Kakiseni Festival pada September 16 nanti, Zam mewakili generasi penggiat seni muda yang tidak gentar menjanjikan sesuatu yang istimewa buat seni warisannya di masa akan datang.

"Selalunya saya cukup selesa dengan persembahan solo, namun kalau keadaan mengizinkan kita menambah ada ensembel dengan penari dan pemuzik lain kita juga boleh sesuaikan persembahan, tiada masalah," katanya.

Penampilan beliau kini diiringi rentak sentuhan suaminya sendiri, Kamarul Baisah Husin, pemuzik alat bergendang dan juga graduan sekolah seni tanahair tersebut yang tidak asing lagi itu. Semakin ternyata Zam adalah antara produk-produk berkaliber, punyai wawasan yang padu dan juga bijak bergerak sendiri.

Selain berbakat tinggi, penggiat-penggiat seperti ini melambangkan potensi sedia ada di kalangan generasi anak Malaysia sekarang. Zam setakat ini menunjukkan prestasi yang menampakkan masa depan yang cerah dan prolifik buat dirinya.

Serbaboleh dengan pelbagai peranan dan watak, wanita yang berasal dari Kota Baru ini juga mampu berlakon musikal dan di pentas teater, seperti 'Mak Yung Dewa Muda' yang berlangsung di Panggung Beringin Emas, Dataran Underground Mei lalu, dan juga 'Honey' pada Mac lepas. Agaknya tidak menjadi hal pada anak seni yang versatil ini, di mana beliau mudah memikul peranan utama dalam pementasan-pementasan tersebut.

Apa yang boleh diharapkan insan yang menyaksikan persembahan Zam di #Kakisenifest nanti? "Seperti yang saya sebut tadi saya harap persembahan ini mampu beri nafas baru untuk menghidupkan seni Mak Yong dan tarian asli dengan rupa yang kontem."

Kata Malik Taufiq, wakil Pesta Seni Antarabangsa Kakiseni pertama ini: "Zamzuriah antara bintang baru tarian tempatan yang menyerlah sejak dari ASWARA lagi. Kami berbesar hati dapat membantu merealisasikan karya langsung Zam dengan memberi platform kepadanya."

Bakat kental kepunyaan Zamzuriah Zahari, nama yang pasti menjadi tumpuan semua di tengah-tengah Bukit Bintang ketika persembahannya nanti. Kini tiba saatnya untuk anak Kelantan berusia 27 tahun ini benar-benar menyinar buat penghayatan audiens kosmopolitan sebuah Malaysia baru di luar sana.

-- Sumber: Daily Seni

Wartawan Malaysiakini ditahan polis

Wartawan Malaysiakini, Susan Loone, hari ini ditahan polis berhubung temubualnya dengan Pengerusi Pasukan Peronda Sukarela (PPS) Phee Boon Poh dan penahanan beramai-ramai anggota PPS pada hari Merdeka - Foto Malaysiakini

KUALA LUMPUR: Wartawan Malaysiakini, Susan Loone, hari ini ditahan polis berhubung temubualnya dengan Pengerusi Pasukan Peronda Sukarela (PPS) Phee Boon Poh dan penahanan beramai-ramai anggota PPS pada Hari Kemerdekaan.

Loone ditahan di bawah Akta Hasutan ketika disoal siasat di ibu pejabat polis daerah (IPD) Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang siang tadi dan dijangka akan dibebaskan dengan jaminan polis malam ini.

Loone dan portal berita Malaysiakini disiasat di bawah Seksyen 41c Akta Hasutan 1948 ekoran 10 laporan polis yang dibuat oleh beberapa NGO di Pulau Pinang terhadap laporan temubual tersebut, yang bertajuk 'Disoal siasat selama 4 jam, dakwa dilayan seperti penjenayah'.

Artikel berkenaan menyiarkan temubual wartawan berkenaan dengan Phee yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kebajikan, Masyarakat Penyayang dan Alam Sekitar negeri pada pukul 1.30 pagi ketika Phee masih dalam tahanan polis.

Ahad lepas, polis menahan 156 anggota PPS termasuk Phee kerana mengingkari amaran untuk tidak menjalankan sebarang aktiviti selepas pasukan itu didapati tidak berdaftar dengan Pendaftar Pertubuhan (ROS).

Sementara itu dalam satu kenyataan The Centre for Independent Journalism (Pusat Untuk Kewartawan Bebas) berkata pihaknya melahirkan rasa amat kecewa dengan penahanan Loone dan menggesa dia dibebaskan serta pihak media tidak diganggu oleh mana-mana pihak ketika melaksanakan tugas mereka..

Menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh pengarah pusat itu, Sonia Randhawa, tindakan penahanan itu dibuat ketika kerajaan melahirkan hasrat untuk mengkaji semula Akta Hasutan yang diwarisi dari zaman penjajahan.

“Akta itu itu telah ditulis secara terlalu luas (ruang lingkupnya) dan ia memberikan ancaman kepada kebebasan bersuara yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan," menurut kenyataan itu.

Justeru pusat itu mengggesa siasatan ke atas Loone di bawah Akta Hasutan dihentikan serta merta kerana akta itu sedang dipertimbangkan untuk dikaji semula dan perkara itu merupakan satu perkara yang perlu dilakukan dengan segera oleh pihak kerajaan.

--Petikan:  Astro Awani, September 04, 2014 19:56 MYT

Lagi peraduan Perodua Axia

Sebenarnya, memang ada ramai orang yang macam ketagih dengan treasure hunt seperti ini. Seronok katanya.

Kalau macam tu, Axia Adventure Quest ni perlu sangat la anda sertai. Macam biasa, sebelum tu baca la dulu terma dan syaratnya di laman web Perodua.

Sumber: Laman Perodua

Pertandingan 'Do the Axia'

Nak menang kamera GoPro Hero 3+?

Tapi dapatkah anda membuat perkataan ‘Axia’ hanya menggunakan anda dan kenalan anda dengan cara yang kreatif?

Pertandingan ini agak menyeronokkan, dan cara nak sertai pun senang: 

Anda dan kenalan bentukkan perkataan ‘Axia’; ambil gambar; dan kongsikan imej itu di timeline Facebook Perodua ataupun di Twitter/Instagram anda di samping menggunakan #DoTheAxia dan @MYPerodua.

Pertandingan tamat pada 30 September 2014. (Nota: sila juga baca syarat sah penyertaan yang ada di laman web Perodua)

10 penyertaan paling kreatif akan mendapat kamera GoPro Hero 3+ terbaru!

--Sumber: Astro Awani