Monday 26 January 2015

Data pengguna MAS terjejas, email dari menteri didedahkan penggodam

Kumpulan penggodam itu mendakwa MAS berbohong jika pengguna tidak perlu ragui data privasi mereka.

Sekumpulan penggodam mendedahkan senarai email yang berjaya digodam dalam serangan siber yang berlaku pagi tadi.

Turut didedahkan ialah nama menteri, Dato' Seri Mustapa Mohamed yang tersenarai dalam email tersebut.

Terdahulu, sekumpulan penggodam dilihat bertanggungjawab kerana telah menceroboh laman web rasmi Malaysia Airlines (MAS).

Aktiviti penggodaman itu bermula pada 10 pagi Isnin, diikuti dengan penggodaman kedua sekitar 10:25 pagi.

Kumpulan itu mendapat banyak perhatian pihak, termasuk pengguna sosial media di seluruh dunia yang boleh dilihat laman rasmi Twitternya.

Salah satu daripada tuit mereka menyatakan (MAS) berbohong tentang pengguna tidak perlu meragui privasi data mereka.


Gambar yang disebarkan oleh kumpulan penggodam Lizard Squad yang mendakwa mereka telah menceroboh privasi pengguna atas talian MAS


Sebelum ini MAS mendakwa syarikat penerbangan Malaysia Airlines memberi jaminan insiden laman webnya yang dipercayai digodam awal pagi Isnin tidak akan memberi impak negatif terhadap tempahan tiket yang telah dilakukan oleh pelanggannya.

Sesetengah pengguna media sosial melahirkan rasa tidak puas hati mereka ke atas tindakan tidak bertanggungjawab itu :



- Source: Astro Awani 

Cepat Kurus Dengan Buah Pisang



Ramai wanita khususnya mencari jalan muda untuk kurus. Pelbagai cara yang di gunakan malah masih tidak menemui jalan penyelesaian. Tahukah anda bahawa Buah pisang adalah makanan yang berserat mengandungi pelbagai khasiat mampu membantu diet anda dengan lebih lancar 

Diet pisang merupakan diet yang sangat cepat dan merupakan diet rendah kalori oleh karena itu tidak boleh dilakukan dalam jangka waktu yang panjang. Dengan melakukan diet pisang akan mempercepat anda untuk menghidangkan lemak tubuh.

PAGI 
PISANG +SEKEPING ROTI +SUSU
Bagi menyelamatkan perut anda dari mengalami gastrik. Isi perut anda dengan sedikit sarapan bagi memudahkan proses penghadaman awal. Menu ini juga sesuai bagi mereka yang bekerja menggunakan tenaga. Dengan pengambilan yang konsisten akan mengekalkan tenaga anda lebih lama. 

TENGAH HARI 
PISANG + SUP SAYUR + AYAM 
Fasa tengah hari pula, anda perlukan sesuatu yang berat untuk menampung tenaga anda. tidak perlu terlalu banyak serat. Bagi pengambilan pisang dan sayur adalah satu kombinasi yang sangat sesuai. Malah ambil sedikit ayam memberikan sedikit lemak dan karbohidrat. 

MALAM 
PISANG + TELUR REBUS 
Apabila malam pula, anda tidak memerlukan makanan yang berat. Cukup sekadar telur dan juga telur rebus. Ini penting memastikan anda lebih lena untuk tidur. Tetapi jangan bimbang, kerana pisang berfungsi untuk penghadaman yang lebih bagus untuk usus anda. 
Selamat mencuba. 

- Sumber: Astro Publication 

'Tidak akan tukar nama anak'

Laporan berhubung keterujaan Azman menamakan anak sulungnya sebagai Obama.

IPOH - Keterujaan seorang bapa yang menamakan anak sulungnya dengan nama Obama mendapat kritikan daripada orang ramai terutama dalam lama Facebook berikutan tidak menyenangi nama tersebut.

Bagaimanapun bapa bayi tersebut Azman Kamarudin, 34, berkata, dia tidak kisah dengan kritikan yang diberikan orang ramai.

Menurutnya, setiap individu mempunyai pelbagai persepsi tentang nama berkenaan dan mempunyai hak untuk memberikan pendapat masing-masing.

“Saya tidak pernah terkilan dengan hal itu. Tidak salah nama itu diberikan kepada anak saya, malah jika dinamakan Muhammad seperti yang dicadangkan ramai orang, ada juga segelintir individu yang namanya Muhammad juga melakukan perkara yang tidak baik,” katanya ketika dihubungi Sinar Harian semalam.

Azman berkata, apa sahaja nama yang diberikan, pokok pangkalnya anak itu pandai membawa diri.

Menurutnya, perkara yang paling penting adalah didikan daripada ibu bapa dan taat perintah ALLAH adalah kunci kepada kejayaan seseorang.

Selain itu, Azman menegaskan tidak akan menukar nama anaknya kepada nama lain kerana menganggap nama itu unik selain rasa kekagumannya terhadap kepimpinan Obama.

“Saya berharap satu hari nanti Obama Malaysia dapat berjumpa dengan Obama Amerika,” katanya.

Azman sebelum ini mendedahkan, pemilihan nama Obama untuk anaknya itu disebabkan kekaguman dengan kepimpinan Presiden Amerika Syarikat itu.

Bagaimanapun, semalam, sebahagian pengguna media sosial mengkritik tindakan Azman memberikan nama itu kepada anaknya.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Hyundai Elantra facelift spotted in Malaysia


A trailer load of the yet-to-be-launched Hyundai Elantra MD facelift has been spotted near the Juru toll in Seberang Perai by reader Derrick Ooi (cheers mate!).

While Inokom has been assembling the car in Kulim, Kedah for export to Thailand since last year, oto.my ads have begun appearing, and we hear the car is already in showrooms, so it should be our turn soon.

Various ads on our sister classifieds sitemention 1.6 Elegance, 1.6 Premium and 1.8 Premium variants, with indicative prices ranging from RM84k to RM119k.
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The listings also suggest that the top two variants will get six airbags, with 17-inch alloys for the 1.8 model as opposed to 16s for the smaller-engined models.

The Hyundai Elantra MD facelift debuted in South Korea in August 2013, packing reshaped front and rear bumpers, new projector headlamps with LED light guides, vertical fog lamps that sit within L-shaped housings, chrome door handles and LED combination tail lamps, amongst others.

The interior sees the previously awkwardly-positioned air vents move upwards. The climate control cluster has been revised for a more modern look, and the gear lever is now a leather-gaitered in-line-type (previously gated and without gaiter).



Also new is a 3.5-inch OLED Supervision display, and we wouldn’t be surprised to see the Sonata LF’s Android-based touch-screenhere on higher-spec cars.

Everything underneath maintains status quo – 130 PS 1.6 litre Gamma and 150 PS 1.8 litre Nu four-cylinder engines, connected to a six-speed auto gearbox.

Interestingly, at the point of its launch in 2012, the original Elantra MD was one of the very few C-segment sedans to be available with a manual gearbox in Malaysia (1.6 MT Standard), but, as you would’ve guessed, we’ll have to do without a clutch pedal option this time.

- Source: paultan.org

Laman web Malaysia Airlines digodam

Laman web Malaysia Airlines digodam - Paparan skrin layar laman web Malaysia Airlines.com

KUALA LUMPUR: Laman web rasmi syarikat penerbangan Malaysia Airlines digodam pada kira-kira jam 10 pagi tadi.

Pengguna internet yang melayari URL www.malaysiaairlines.com dibawa ke satu laman web yang mempuyai imej pesawat Malaysia Airline.

Laman berkenaan turut bertulis, “404 – Plane Not Found. Hacked by Cyber Caliphate. Follow Cyber Caliphate on Twitter.”

Laman web berkenaan kembali pulih seperti biasa namun pada jam 10.25 pagi, laman web berkenaan digodam sekali lagi.

Kali ini, tertera di laman web berkenaan satu imej menunjukkan gambar seekor cicak bersut hitam dan bertopi.

Astro AWANI masih cuba untuk mendapatkan pihak Malaysia Airlines untuk memberi penjelasan tentang perkara ini.

Sementara itu, Malaysia Airlines dalam Twitter rasmi syarikat itu menyatakan ia sedang berusaha untuk menyelesaikan perkara itu.

- Sumber: Astro Awani 

Malaysia Airlines official website hacked - twice!



The Malaysia Airlines website at 10.25am today.

KUALA LUMPUR: The official website for Malaysia Airlines has been hacked - twice - and both in a span of 30 minutes.

At 10am this morning, netizens trying to enter the URL www.malaysiaairlines.comwere directed to a page with an image of a Malaysia Airlines plane.

“404 – Plane Not Found. Hacked by Cyber Caliphate. Follow Cyber Caliphate on Twitter,” reads the text on the page.

The Malaysia Airlines website at 10am today

The website then appeared to be fine, but was followed by another hack.

At 10.25am, an image of a suited lizard appeared on the page with the same text.

Meanwhile, MAS said it is working to resolve the matter.


- Source: Astro Awani 

(More updates to come)

Law students challenge themselves by running ice cream business

From left Mohd Hafiz Baharudin, Nurin Hasanah Rahim Zain, Ahmad Faris Jalil, Nadiatul Liyana Zainuddin, Imran Sheik and co-founder John Isaac

A typical law student would fill his free time with studying, reading up on past cases, or even engage in debating with fellow students.

A group of law students of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam decided to venture into something else - making ice-cream.

The Sangkaya SS15, Subang Jaya is a collaborative effort by five undergraduate law students with Sangkaya founders Ivy Sangrida Kaya and John Isaac Ho, in serving the fresh coconut ice cream.

The story began when one of the partners, Imran Sheik, 24, decides to try out the coconut ice cream, located in Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang.

"My curiosity led me to try the coconut ice cream and I loved the flavor and the concept. I spoke to Job about it as I wanted to learn more about the concept," Imran said.

Sangkaya is a coconut ice cream that can be enjoyed with coconut flakes, roasted peanuts, red bean, sweet corn and nestum.

Imran liked it so much and kept going back. He even brought four of his fellow classmates to try it.

They all loved the non-dairy, no egg and vegan-friendly dessert and suggested to open up their very own stall.

Their subsequent talk with co-founder John who himself, is an enthusiast in creating and supporting the entrepreneurial environment, agreed to give them the license to operate his business.

Finally, Imran together with Nurin Hasanah Rahim Zain, 25, Ahmad Faris Jalil, 23, Nadiatul Liyana Zainuddin, 23 and Mohd Hafiz Baharudin, 23 become the business partners of Sangkaya SS15.

Asked if the business venure took up their studying time, Imran said:

"Personally, I think students can allocate their time for study, fun and extracurricular works. If a student particularly work to get money, he or she would need to reduce the time of having fun.

"As students, we sometimes have to do our revision in the shop, especially when exams are around the corner," added Imran.

He said being young, the youths' biggest challenge is lack of experience.

"Youth have a lot of energy but less experience. So when we do a business, it is not the same as what we were doing the assignment in class.

"You will lose money if business is slow but you just lose some marks if you miss your assignment dateline. So we need to gain lot of experience, " said Imran.

"We are not from a wealthy family. So with the current economic state, it’s better for us to work hard now, save money so that when we are older, we can have fun and spend the money. The concept is work hard now, have fun later, "said Imran.

Almost all of their classmates at the Law Faculty, UiTM tended their grand launch ceremony.

One of them, Mustabshira Fahmi, 23, a final year law student came along with her husband, Aker Nadjmi, 23 who is also her classmate.

"They invite us to visit their stall but we could not find the time. Seeing many Sangkaya ice cream pictures uploaded everywhere in social media, we decided to came here and give our support to them," said Mustabshira.

Fahmi Mustabshira, 23, a final year law student from UiTM Shah Alam together with her husband Aker Nadjmi, 23, at the Sangkaya SS15 grand launch ceremony


Children also love the Sangkaya ice cream. Phoebe (right), 8, took a mouthful of Sangkaya ice cream from her sister Kimberly, 11, (left).


- Source: Astro Awani

2015 Nissan X-Trail launched in Malaysia - RM142,800 to RM165,800


Previewed back in December, the new Nissan X-Trail has officially gone on sale – the third-gen iteration of the mid-size SUV was launched a while ago at Edaran Tan Chong Motor’s (ETCM) new Nissan 3S centre in Glenmarie, Shah Alam.

The X-Trail – which premiered in Frankfurt in 2013 – makes its local debut in 2.0 litre and 2.5 litre forms, both CKD locally-assembled. The vehicle sits on Renault-Nissan Alliance’s Common Module Family (CMF) platform, and from a design perspective, is a marked step away from its predecessors’ boxy and conservative shapes. 

The base X-Trail is powered by a 2.0 litre mill, and the new Twin CVTC MR20DD direct injection unit is good for 144 PS at 6,000 rpm and 200 Nm of torque at 4,400 rpm. As for the 2.5 litre, the QR25DE-k2 lump has 171 PS at 6,000 rpm and 233 Nm at 4,000 rpm for output numbers.

The engines are paired with the automaker’s latest Xtronic CVT gearbox with ECO mode and a seven-speed manual mode, a feature absent in both B17 Sylphy and L33 TeanaCVT sedans. As for drive configurations, the 2.0 is 2WD or front-wheel drive, while the 2.5 litre model is shod with Nissan’s All Mode Intelligent 4X4-i system.


The latter offers three drive modes – two-wheel drive, Auto Mode (which automatically changes torque distribution between front and rear wheels when driving on paved or slippery roads) and 4WD Lock Mode (50:50) for permanent four-wheel drive. Operation is selectable via a knob on the centre console.

The SUV features an Active Chassis Control package that includes Active Ride Control, Active Engine Brake and Active Trace Control functions. Active Ride Control controls engine torque as well as braking to moderate pitching motion on bumpy roads, while Active Engine Brake tells the Xtronic CVT to add a degree of engine braking when cornering or coming to a stop.

As for Active Trace Control, that automatically applies small amounts of braking to the individual wheels during cornering to reduce understeer – the system engages at any point in the corner, whether at entry, mid-corner or exit. Both variants feature Hill Start Assist (for slopes above 5%), and the 2.5 litre 4WD variant gets Hill Descent Control (only in 4WD Lock mode, speed locked between 4-15 km/h).

The new X-Trail features a 5+2 seating configuration, and the small, contingency third-row seats – which come with three-point seat belts – can of course be flat folded 50:50 into the floor. Folded as such, boot space is 550 litres, and with both third and second-row 60:40 split seats folded flat, cargo carrying space increases to 1,520 litres. A compartment under the boot floor keeps the tonneau cover in place when needed.


In terms of equipment, the 2.0 2WD gets daytime running lights, automatic (halogen) headlamps, keyless entry with push start ignition and dual-zone climate control (with rear vents). There’s also an Advance Drive Assist Display (five-inch colour display, between the dials), steering buttons, leather steering/shift knob, cruise control as well as Nissan’s Around View Monitor and a reverse camera.

The 2.5 4WD has all the above, and adds on LED headlamps, leather seats, a 10-way powered driver’s seat and four-way powered passenger seat as well as auto wipers. The variant also features a different panel finishing (in fake carbon fibre, while the 2.0 2WD has silver/grey trim).

As for safety kit, both variants are equipped with dual-airbags, ABS, EBD, BA, Vehicle Dynamics Control, Hill Start Assist and Isofix on top of the Active Chassis Control components mentioned above. Both X-Trail versions get identical 17-inch wheels and 225/65 rubber, meaning that the only way to differentiate them externally is via the headlamps (halogen vs LED).

Five colours are available, these being Tungsten Silver, Titanium Olive, Graphite Blue, Brilliant White and Diamond Black. Finally, pricing – the new Nissan X-Trail is priced at RM142,800 for the 2.0L 2WD and RM165,800 for the 2.5L 4WD (on-the-road, with insurance). An optional TCAT Multimedia Navigation unit can be had for RM3,800. The X-Trail comes with a three-year or 100,000 km warranty (whichever comes first) as well as free three-year maintenance service.

-  Source: paultan.org

Lisa Surihani hamil?

Media sosial heboh memperkatakan tentang pelakon popular Lisa Surihani, 28, sedang hamil cahaya matanya yang pertama. -Gambar fail

KUALA LUMPUR: Media sosial heboh memperkatakan tentang pelakon popular Lisa Surihani, 28, sedang hamil cahaya matanya yang pertama.

Susulan laporan sebuah akhbar pada Ahad, ramai peminat hadir memberi kata-kata semangat kepada Lisa Surihani dan pasangannya Yusry Abd Halim.


alhamdulillah lisa surihani dah hamil /p>— Cathy Yusof(@cathyjordaneast) January 25, 2015

Lisa, bagaimanapun, enggan mengesahkan atau memberi sebarang komen mengenainya.

Lisa telah mengikat tali perkahwinan bersama Yusry pada 23 Februari 2012.

Pelakon yang dikenali sebagai 'Malaysia Sweetheart' ini memegang watak utama dalam filem terbaharu 'Suamiku Perfect 10' terbitan Astro Shaw yang mula ditayangkan sejak 22 Januari.

- Sumber: Astro Awani 

Isu rotan anak: Jangan samakan mendidik dengan mendera!

Menurut Khairul Azwan (kiri) undang-undang dan pencegahan yang lebih ketat serta berkesan dilihat elemen penting untuk mengawal kes penderaan kanak-kanak. - Gambar fail

KUALA LUMPUR: Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO meminta undang-undang untuk perlindungan kanak-kanak kelak perlu jelas dibuat dengan mengambil kira hak ibu bapa atau penjaga dalam mendidik anak.

Naib Ketuanya, Khairul Azwan Harun berkata, ia juga perlu mengelak dari memenuhi kehendak hak asasi manusia terlampau yang dibuat di negara-negara luar yang jelas berbeza budaya dan tradisi kehidupan.

"‎Dalam konteks ini, perundangan baru juga perlu digubal agar ia tidak menghalang pelaksanaan perundangan syariah berkaitan.

‎"Bermakna kalau Islam mengizinkan ibu bapa merotan (secara dibenarkan) anak-anak untuk bersolat, jangan pula undang-undang baru nanti mengatasinya," katanya kepada Astro AWANI di sini, hari ini.

Khairul Azwan mengulas cadangan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim untuk menjadikan hukuman merotan anak sebagai satu kesalahan jenayah dalam rang undang-undang baharu menggantikan Akta Kanak-Kanak 2001 yang dijangka dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat selewat-lewatnya Julai depan.‎

Tambah Khairul Azwan, undang-undang baru kelak diharap tidak bercampur aduk hak mendidik anak-anak dengan hak asasi manusia terlampau yang dibuat negara-negara yang tradisi dan budaya mereka amat berbeza dengan budaya masyarakat Islam.

‎"Kita dan Islam punya cara dan hak kita untuk membesar dan mendidik anak-anak.

‎"Jangan kerana tekanan antarabangsa dan negara-negara yang tradisi dan budaya mereka amat berbeza, kita pula yang terikut-ikut," jelasnya.

‎Bagaimanapun ujarnya, undang-undang dan pencegahan yang lebih ketat serta berkesan dilihat elemen penting untuk mengawal kes penderaan kanak-kanak.

‎"Ada bezanya di sini, masyarakat harus faham kes penderaan kanak-kanak itu lain konsepnya dengan mendidik anak-anak," katanya. 

- Sumber: Astro Awani 

Indonesia struggles to retrieve AirAsia fuselage

An AFP file photo showing the wreckage of Flight QZ8501 on the seabed of the Java Sea.

JAKARTA: Indonesian salvage teams failed again Sunday to retrieve the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 from the seabed after a sling snapped during a sudden change in the weather, officials said.

In the past two days the teams have been using giant inflatable bags to raise the fuselage, which lies in the Java Sea at a depth of around 30 metres (98 ft), to make it easier to find bodies believed trapped inside.

On Sunday they managed to lift the fuselage to the surface for only two minutes before the sling snapped, a navy official overseeing the search and rescue operation told AFP.

"We managed to float (the fuselage) and we were about to move it to the tugboat when the rope snapped due to an extreme change in the weather," Rear Admiral Widodo, who goes by one name, told AFP.

One body came out of the fuselage before it fell back to the seabed.

A total of 70 bodies have been found so far, search and rescue official S. B. Supriyadi said.

The crashed jet's black boxes -- the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder -- have been recovered and investigators are analysing them.

Flight QZ8501 went down on December 28 in stormy weather, during what was supposed to be a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were 162 people on board.

Indonesian Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan said last week that the plane climbed abnormally fast before stalling and plunging into the sea.

Just moments before it disappeared off the radar, the pilot had asked to climb to avoid a major storm but was not immediately granted permission due to heavy air traffic. 

- Source: AFP

Budak 4 tahun maut jatuh kolam renang

TELOK KEMANG - Seorang kanak-kanak perempuan berusia empat tahun mati lemas ketika beriadah bersama keluarganya di kolam renang sebuah resort di batu 10 jalan pantai petang semalam.

Difahamkan, kejadian berlaku sekitar jam 3.30 petang dan mayat kanak-kanak berkenaan di bawa ke Hospital Port Dickson untuk di bedah siasat.

Ketua Polis Daerah, Superitendan Baharudin Mustapha ketika dihubungi mengesahkan kejadian berkenaan.

Menurutnya, kes diklasifikasikan sebagai mati mengejut.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian | Januari 25, 2015

Komuniti Islam terancam selepas tayangan American Sniper

Antara sedutan filem American Sniper. Foto sumber internet.


WASHINGTON - AMERIKA SYARIKAT. Komuniti Islam di Amerika Syarikat (AS) diancam ugutan selepas tayangan filem American Sniper.

Menurut sebuah surat Komuniti Anti-Diskriminasi American-Arab (ADC), ancaman terhadap Islam di AS meningkat selepas tayangan filem tersebut.

ADC memberitahu, kumpulan berkenaan menerima banyak ugutan ganas disebabkan bagaimana orang Arab dan Islam digambarkan di dalam filem tersebut.

Menurut Yahoo News, ADC sudah meminta bantuan agensi Biro Siasatan Persekutuan (FBI) dan meminta pelakon-pelakon utama filem berkenaan untuk mengecam ancaman yang telah diberikan kepada komuniti Islam AS.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Outstanding Rosicky seals Arsenal 3 - 2 win over Brighton

Cup Fourth Round, Amex Stadium - Brighton 2 (O'Grady 24 Baldock 75) Arsenal 3 (Walcott 2 Ozil 24 Rosicky 59)

Arsenal qualified for the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 win over Brighton, with goals from the returning Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil.

It took just two minutes for Arsenal to break the deadlock, when Calum Chambers cross to Walcott after a powerful run down the right wing, and Walcott's close control and quick finish beat David Stockdale.

Ozil then made it two when Santi Cazorla had time and space to slip him through, and the German coolly converted. 

In the second half, Laurent Koscielny's woeful clearance fell to Chris O'Grady, who slammed in a shot at the near post to pull a goal back after just five minutes. Less than 10 minutes later, Tomas Rosicky's brilliant volley restored Arsenal's two-goal cushion.

With a quarter of an hour remaining, Sam Baldock pulled one back with a good finish. Arsenal were able to hold on, and were the more likely of the two sides to score again.

- Source: Eurosport

Poland tersungkur, Malaysia juara Liga Hoki Dunia

Pemain Malaysia meraikan kemenangan selepas menentang Jepun pada perlawanan separuh akhir saingan pusingan kedua Hoki Liga Dunia 2015 di Stadium Hoki Sengkang di Singapura, semalam. - Foto Bernama


MALAYSIA menjadi juara saingan Pusingan Kedua Hoki Liga Dunia (WHL) 2015 selepas menundukkan Poland 8-0 pada perlawanan akhir di Stadium Hoki Sengkang, di sini malam ini.

Penjaring:
Malaysia: Faizal Saari (3', 33'), Muhammad Razie Abdul Rahim (7’, 21’,60'), Nabil Fiqri Mohd Noor (42’), Tengku Ahmad Tajudin Abdul Jalil (48'), Muhammad Haziq Samsul (54')


-Sumber: Bernama

Malaysia bashes Poland 8-0 to emerge WHL Second Round champs


The Malaysian team celebrating their victory after defeating Poland in the match 8-0 at Sengkang Hockey Stadium Sunday night. The nine-day tournament from Jan 17 involved eight countries including Japan, Bangladesh, Mexico, Oman, Ukraine and Singapore


SINGAPORE: Malaysia emerged champions of the World Hockey League (WHL) Second Round after demolishing Poland 8-0 in the final at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium here Sunday night.

With the result, Malaysia have confirmed their spot in the semifinals of the WHL 2015, which will either be held in Argentina or Belgium.

Malaysia were in merciless mood and started scoring as early as the third minute when prolific striker Faizal Saari found the mark from a penalty corner.

Five minutes later team captain Muhammad Razie Abdul Rahim did the same. In the second quarter, there was more of the same with Muhammad Razie getting his second in the 21st minute. Faizal Saari also made several attempts but his shots missed the mark.

However, he was not to be denied and in the third quarter also got his second goal in the 33rd minute.

The support from the large crowd of home fans who had turned up was reciprocated when Malaysia added two more goals in succession, through Nabil Fiqri Mohd Noor in the 42nd minute and Tengku Ahmad Tajudin Abdul Jalil in the 48th.

However, despite the six-goal margin Malaysia were no less hungry and youngster Muhammad Haziq Samsul also showed his capability when he notched the seventh in the 54 minute.

Muhammad Razie was the toast of the team when he rounded of the night with a hattrick with his third and Malaysia's final goal coming in right at the 60th minute.

At the prize giving ceremony, Faizal Saari took the stop scorer and best player prizes. He scored 12 goals in all in the tournament.

Malaysia, under coach Tai Beng Hai, whipped Mexico 10-1 in the quarter-final and won 3-2 via a penalty shootout against Japan after being tied 1-1 at full time in the semi-final.

Poland crushed Singapore 8-0 in the quarter-final and beat Oman 7-1 in the semi-final yesterday.

Malaysia are currently ranked 12th in the world while Poland under Jerzy Joskowiak are ranked 18th.

Japan who took the third place after defeating Oman 4-0 also qualified for the semi-finals.

The four goals by Japan were contributed by Kenta Tanaka in the 36th minute, Kazuma Murata (41'), Hirotaka Zendana (50’) and Kenji Kitazato (57’).

The top three finishers qualify for the semis.

Speaking to reporters afterwards, Beng Hai said the result was due to the high commitment shown by the players.

"Our fine run in this championship is due to the players. They were fully committed and played very well.

"We made tactical changes which they adapted very well and applied on the field (in the final)," he said, adding that he was more than satisfied with Malaysia's showing in the tournament.

Malaysia had lost 3-4 to Poland in a friendly back home before the WHL Second Round.

Meanwhile, Muhammad Razie said he had expected a keen fight with Poland and did not expect to win by such a big margin.

- Source: Bernama 

Tragedi konvoi balik kampung

  • Muhammad Zulhelmi (gambar kecil) maut ditempat kejadian setelah motosikal yang ditunggangnya hilang kawalan.
  • Muhammad Zulhelmi (gambar kecil) maut ditempat kejadian setelah motosikal yang ditunggangnya hilang kawalan.

IPOH – Konvoi tiga bersaudara untuk pulang ke kampung di Lenggong berakhir dengan tragedi apabila salah seorang adik mereka maut selepas motosikal yang ditunggangnya hilang kawalan di Kilometer 266.5 Lebuh Raya Utara- Selatan berhampiran Terowong Menora, semalam.

Dalam kejadian kira-kira jam 11 pagi itu, mangsa, Muhammad Zulhelmi Omar, 20, menaiki motosikal jenis Kawasaki RR 150 konvoi bersama abangnya, Muhammad Rashid Omar, 26 dan sepupunya, Muhammad Iqbal Mohmad, 21.

Muhammad Rashid berkata, dia mula berasa tidak sedap hati apabila salah seorang pengguna jalan raya sempat memberitahu terdapat kemalangan membabitkan seorang penunggang motosikal.

Katanya, sebelum kejadian, dia sedang menunggu mangsa di kawasan rehat berhampiran terowong itu kerana dia ketinggalan selepas mereka meneruskan perjalanan dari Kawasan Rehat dan Rawat Tanjung Malim.

“Saya berasa tidak sedap hati terus memecut motosikal berpatah balik untuk melihat kemalangan itu dan apabila terpandang topi keledar, saya terus menerpa mendapatkan adik yang terbaring di jalan,” katanya.

Menurutnya, mereka meneruskan konvoi dari Kuala Lumpur seawal jam 6 pagi dan adik dilihat sangat teruja untuk menyertai kami setelah lebih 10 tahun dia tidak pulang ke Kampung Bukit Sapi.

“Tidak sangka sikapnya yang secara tiba-tiba menjadi pendiam ketika berehat di Tanjung Malim menjadi petanda dia pergi dahulu,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Ketua Bahagian Ketenteraman Awam dan Trafik Daerah, Deputi Superintendan Wan Sharuddin Wan Omar berkata, mangsa yang berasal dari Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur dipercayai hilang kawalan ketika menaiki bukit di kawasan terbabit.

“Siasatan awal mendapati mangsa terbabas dan melanggar pengadang besi di kiri jalan menyebabkan mangsa mengalami kecederaan parah di kepala dan maut di temat kejadian.

“Mayat mangsa kemudian dihantar ke Jabatan Forensik, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun (HRPB) untuk bedah siasat,” katanya.

Menurutnya, siasatan masih diteruskan mengikut Seksyen 41(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Budak dibelasah kerana makan baki makanan

Rangkaian restoran segera dikecam selepas seorang pengurusnya dilapor membelasah seorang pelarian kanak-kanak Syria yang memakan baki hidangan pelanggan. - Foto AFP


ISTANBUL - TURKI. Seorang kanak-kanak pelarian Syria dilaporkan dibelasah oleh seorang pengurus rangkaian restoran segera kerana memakan baki makanan pelanggan.

Beberapa keping gambar, antaranya menunjukkan kanak-kanak tersebut dalam keadaan berlumuran darah tersebar di laman sosial Twitter dan Facebook.

Tindakan tersebut mendapat kecaman orang ramai, dan syarikat berkenaan bertindak memecat pengurus rangkaian yang tersebut, menurut sebuah kenyataan rasmi bertarikh 23 Januari.

Menurut Hurriyet Daily News, pemecatan tersebut sudah mencukupi sebagai hukuman dan sebarang pampasan tidak akan diberikan kepada kanak-kanak pelarian tersebut.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian