Sunday 8 February 2015

Mengenang Tunku: 'Tanah Tumpahnya Darahku' bawa makna besar buat Tok



Kata Sharifah, semakin dewasa beliau mula mengerti dan berasa lebih dekat dengan makna lagu kebangsaan yang ditulis Tunku pada tahun 1957 itu

KUALA LUMPUR: Memetik rangkap ‘Tanah Tumpahnya Darahku’ di dalam lagu Negaraku, cucunda kepada Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman, Datin Sharifah Menjelara Hussein mengakui bahawa lirik lagu kebangsaan itu memberi makna besar buat nendanya.

Kata Sharifah, 51, semakin lama beliau mula mengerti dan berasa lebih dekat dengan makna lagu kebangsaan yang ditulis Tunku pada tahun 1957 itu.

“Ada satu peristiwa yang pernah diceritakan kepada saya mengenai adik Tok iaitu Tunku Yusuf yang sudah lama meninggal dunia dan disemadikan di Bangkok pada tahun 1915. Pemergian Tunku Yusuf telah memberi kesan yang amat besar buat Tok. Tak siapa tahu, selama ini Tok menyimpan hasrat membawa pusara adiknya itu kembali ke tanah air. Dengan bantuan beberapa orang akhirnya impian Tok dapat dicapai. Saya ketika itu tidak mengerti mengapa Tok bersungguh benar.

“Begitu juga ketika saya masih belajar di England, Tok pernah mengutus surat meminta saya pulang ke Malaysia dan bekerja di Wisma Putra. Kata Tok, “Baliklah ke Malaysia, berkhidmat untuk negara”.

“Bila difikirkan kembali, sekarang saya mengerti, bahawa perkataan ‘Tanah Tumpahnya Darahku’ yang ditulisnya itu sangat besar maknanya buat Tok. Semangat cintakan negara dan rakyat itu memang sebati dalam jiwanya. Tok sendiri selalu mahukan semua ahli keluarganya berada di tanah air dan kekal bersama,” cerita Sharifah dalam ucapannya 'Tunku, a voice from the heart' sempena Hari Keputeraan Tunku yang ke 112 tahun di Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman pada Sabtu.

Tambah Sharifah, apa yang manisnya mengenai nendanya adalah beliau selalu berkata bahawa segala pencapaiannya datang dari Allah SWTdan bondanya, setiap kali orang bertanya atau memuji dirinya.

“Kalau orang tanya, di mana datangnya semangat kenegaraannya dan jiwa rakyatnya, Tok akan mengaitkannya dengan cerita mengenai bondanya, Cik Menjelara iaitu isteri kepada Sultan Kedah. Tak pernah beliau berkata tentang dirinya, seringkali Tok akan cakap bahawa yang baik itu datang dari bondanya itu dan juga Allah SWT.

"Dan nama saya adalah bersempena nama bonda Tok,” tambahnya lagi.

Sharifah turut berkongsi mengenai ingatan-ingatan yang diberi oleh nendanya itu yang sering diujarkan ketika hayat nenda masih ada.

“Tok seorang yang tak banyak bercakap di rumah. Beliau seorang yang tenang dan banyak menggunakan kata-kata kiasan dalam berbicara. Itu sebenarnya lebih besar ertinya.

Namun Tok selalu ingatkan kami semua agar menghargai dan menghormati setiap orang tak kira siapa. Katanya, terima kekurangan kita dan begitu juga kekuatan diri sendiri,” imbas Sharifah yang merupakan anak kepada Tunku Khadijah dan Syed Hussein iaitu anak pertama Tunku.

Walaupun menjadi cucu kepada Perdana Menteri pertama negara, Sharifah sendiri tidak pernah menceburi bidang politik walaupun banyak diberi galakan oleh nendanya itu.

“Ini merupakan kali pertama saya bercerita tentang Tok di hadapan umum, selalunya hanya dalam majlis tertutup. Tok selalu mahu saya berkhidmat untuk rakyat dan berkhidmat untuk negara yang ketika itu tidak ramai pemimpin wanita.

Namun saya sendiri akhirnya tidak menceburi politik. Tetapi saya masih berjaya dalam bidang sendiri kerana kata-kata dan semangat Tok yang saya guna hingga ke hari ini,” katanya yang juga merupakan Pengarah Urusan M&C Saatchi Malaysia.

Tunku dilahirkan pada 8 Februari 1903 dan meninggal dunia pada 6 Disember 1990.

Sumber: Astro Awani 

Malfunction forces AirAsia X to abort flight, turn back: CEO


TONY FERNANDES: He cited the incident as a 'minor issue' and 'nothing out of normal.


KUALA LUMPUR: The pilots of an AirAsia X flight D7172 from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah on Sunday aborted the flight and circled for hours to burn off fuel before landing safely in Malaysia, the AirAsia Group's boss said.

"One auto-thrust not functioning properly. Actually okay to fly but we just returning it to base," Tony Fernandes told AFP in a text message, calling it a "minor issue."

He confirmed the plane landed safely at Kuala Lumpur's international airport late Sunday afternoon. Auto-thrusters are systems that are used to ensure a plane continues to travel at a steady speed.

Fernandes confirmed the plane -- operated by the long-haul arm of the AirAsia Group of carriers, AirAsia X -- landed safely at Kuala Lumpur's international airport late on Sunday afternoon.

Auto-thrusters are systems that are used to ensure a plane continues to travel at a steady speed.

Flight-tracking websites indicated AirAsia X Flight D7172 flew several wide circles over the Strait of Malacca to burn off fuel.

Fernandes called the manoeuvre a "routine" precaution as the plane was heavily laden with fuel that normally would have been used up during the several-hour flight to the Saudi Arabian city.

"Just burning off fuel as has lots of fuel as was going to Jeddah," he said.

AirAsia later said the passengers were put on another plane which was to depart in the evening.

"As a safety precaution, and in full compliance with all international security and safety standards, the aircraft made a turn back and safely landed at ... 1740 hours (0940 GMT)," it said in a statement.

Although QZ8501 was the AirAsia group's first deadly accident, it followed two deadly Malaysia Airlines incidents last year that killed over 500 people and raised concerns among many travellers about the safety of the country's carriers.

"What is happening with Malaysia and airplanes? This is really, really scary," posted one Twitter user.

Meanwhile, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai in a Tweet post confirmed that the flight has safely landed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang after circling for several hours over the Straits of Melaka, Sunday afternoon.

On Dec 28, AirAsia Flight QZ8501 went down in stormy weather in the Java Sea.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared last March after inexplicably diverting from its Kuala Lumpur-Beijing course. The airliner, carrying 239 people, is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean, but no trace has been found.

- Source: Agencies

Sorakan penyokong punca menang dengan Thailand

  • Pasukan negara muncul juara selepas menewaskan pasukan dari Thailand di Kejohanan Sepak Takraw Final Istaf Super Series di Pusat Dagangan Antarabangsa Melaka (MITC) di Melaka hari ini. - Foto Bernama
  • Pasukan negara muncul juara selepas menewaskan pasukan dari Thailand di Kejohanan Sepak Takraw Final Istaf Super Series di Pusat Dagangan Antarabangsa Melaka (MITC) di Melaka hari ini


MELAKA - Sorakan padu lebih 3,000 penyokong dan bermain tanpa tekanan merupakan dua faktor penentu kejayaan Malaysia menumpaskan Thailand untuk menjuarai kategori lelaki Kejohanan Sepak Takraw Siri Super Istaf Malaysia 2015.

Ketua pasukan Farhan Adam berkata sorakan padu penyokong menanam semangat kental tidak mahu mengalah kepada pemain Malaysia dan status sebagai pasukan bukan pilihan nyata meringankan bebanan pasukan negara untuk menentang juara bertahan, Thailand.

"Kami bermain dengan cemerlang sepanjang kejohanan ini, namun saya rasa kami tidak dapat bermain sebaik ini tanpa sokongan penyokong yang tidak pernah jemu melaungkan kata-kata semangat kepada kami," kata Farhan kepada pemberita di Pusat Dagangan Antarabangsa Melaka di sini, hari ini.

Pada perlawanan akhir itu, Malaysia menumpaskan musuh tradisinya Thailand 2-0 (21-7 dan 21-19) dalam pertarungan hampir sejam bagi memberikan kejuaraan pertama dalam kejohanan itu yang bermula pada 2011.

Kecemerlangan Malaysia terbukti apabila ia memenangi kesemua lima perlawanan dalam kejohanan itu dengan straight set.

Jurulatih negara Abd Talib Ahmad berkata keberkesanan servis daripada tekong Mohd Syahir Mohd Rosdi serta libasan killer Khairol Zaman Hamir memberikan kelebihan untuk Malaysia menumpaskan Thailand hari ini.

"Semua pemain bermain amat baik hari ini juga sepanjang kejohanan, namun Thailand nampak agak takut dengan servis deras dilakukan Syahir dan mereka juga gagal menahan kemas libasan Khairol," katanya. 

- Sumber: Bernama

Semua pihak perlu bertenang, kata Ismail Sabri

  • Ismail Sabri Yaakob

SHAH ALAM – Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob menyeru semua pihak supaya menghentikan polemik isu boikot peniaga.

Beliau menegaskan perdebatan mengenai isu tersebut tidak membawa kebaikan atau kata putus kepada mana-mana pihak.

Menurutnya, semua pihak seharusnya menumpukan fokus kepada usaha untuk menggiatkan lagi desakan penurunan harga barangan ke atas mana-mana peniaga degil yang masih mengekalkan harga tinggi.

“Apabila peniaga yang degil turunkan harga barangan mereka, yang dapat faedahnya adalah pengguna tidak kira kaum apa sekalipun sama ada Melayu, Cina, India, Kadazan, Dusun, Iban dan sebagainya.

“Tidak perlu kita gembar-gemburkan perkara yang lepas. Kalau kita masih lagi fokus kepada kenyataan saya atau apa pandangan orang terhadap saranan saya, kita tidak akan fokus kepada soal peniaga yang enggan turunkan harga barangan. Jadi lebih baik kita fokuskan kepada perkara yang menguntungkan kita,” katanya ketika ditemui Sinar Online di sini, hari ini.

Katanya, semua pihak perlu menghormati kenyataan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang sama sekali berpihak kepada saranan beliau.

“Semalam pun saya sudah sebutkan, yang pertama sekali, sesiapa sahaja di negara ini terutamanya yang berpihak kepada kerajaan perlu akur dengan saranan yang dibuat oleh Perdana Menteri iaitu kita perlu bergerak ke hadapan.

“Fokus kita kali ini adalah lebih kepada apa yang perlu kita lakukan untuk menjaga kepentingan pengguna yang merupakan komuniti terbesar negara ini,” katanya.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Bruce Jenner in deadly multi-car crash


Bruce and Kris Kardashian have two daughters of their own, but they obtained a divorce in December, 14 months after separating, although he has been seen still wearing a wedding ring. - filepic

LOS ANGELES: Olympian Bruce Jenner was involved in a car crash Saturday in which he appeared unscathed while one woman was killed and several more people were hurt, TMZ reported.

The deadly accident took place on the Pacific Coast Highway in the Los Angeles metro area, while Jenner was being chased by paparazzi, according to the gossip news website.

TMZ, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, said that three vehicles were involved in the crash.

It added that eight people were injured.

Jenner, pictured at the scene standing upright with no obvious injury, was being trailed by at least five paparazzi when he collided with a white car that then swerved into oncoming traffic, TMZ reported.

The white car's driver was killed.

Jenner, 65, has Americans' rapt attention amid talk that he is soon to come out as transgender.

People magazine, a trusted conduit for Hollywood publicists, has reported that the motivational speaker turned reality TV star would open up in a forthcoming interview with ABC News.

Jenner became an American sports hero when he set a world record with his Montreal decathlon victory.

But it was through his marriage to the former Kris Kardashian that he once again became a household name in the reality TV series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," in which he appeared as the sometimes bemused stepfather of her flamboyant daughters Kourtney, Kim and Khloe, and their younger girls Kendall and Kylie.

The couple recently divorced.

- Source: AFP 

Hukum penjenayah media sosial 20 tahun penjara

NGO dari Pertubuhan Martabat Jalinan Muhibbah Malaysia cadang hukuman 20 tahun penjara, sebat dikenakan terhadap penjenayah media sosial.


KUALA LUMPUR - Pertubuhan Martabat Jalinan Muhibbah Malaysia (MJMM) hari ini mencadangkan kepada pihak kerajaan supaya mengenakan hukuman berat terhadap 'penjenayah' media sosial.

Presidennya, Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah berkata, sudah tiba masanya kerajaan berbuat demikian kerana 'penjenayah' media sosial kebelakangan ini sudah tidak takut dengan undang-undang sedia ada.

"Saya mencadangkan hukuman 20 tahun penjara dan sebatan dikenakan terhadap pengedit gambar, pemfitnah, penghasut dan pengutuk agama, bangsa, pemimpin serta kesultanan Melayu," katanya kepada media selepas membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Dang Wangi di sini, hari ini.

Katanya lagi, hukuman itu wajar memandangkan implikasi daripada perbuatan penjenayah media sosial tersebut.

"Tindakan itu setimpal, mereka wajar dihukum," katanya.

Terdahulu MJMM bersama Ikatan Rakyat Ihsan Muslim Malaysia (IRIMM) membuat laporan polis terhadap beberapa blogger yang didakwa tidak beretika dengan mengeluarkan pelbagai kenyataan sensitif dan berbaur perkauman.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Five people killed in US shooting

WASHINGTON: A US gunman opened fire at a house near Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, killing four people and wounding two children including relatives in a domestic dispute before turning the gun on himself.

A total of seven people were shot in the case in Douglasville, west of Atlanta, said Lieutenant Glenn Daniel of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

"It was a domestic situation," Daniel told AFP, adding that the shooter was a man, and that the two injured were children, who are now being treated in local hospitals.

"I have five including the shooter that are deceased," he said. "The shooter is deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

The ages of the shooting victims ranged from seven to adult, he added.

But it was too early to disclose the age and gender of all of those shot, because relatives are still being notified.

It was not immediately disclosed how many of the victims were members of the same family, but some of the victims were relatives, Daniel said.

Police have launched an investigation. -  Source: AFP 

Cambodia deports US sisters in Angkor nude photo scandal

The Angkor Archaeological Park, a world heritage site, contains the remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15th centuries, and is Cambodia's most popular tourist destination.

PHNOM PENH: Two American sisters have been deported from Cambodia after they were convicted of taking naked photos inside the country's famed Angkor temple complex, officials said on Sunday.

Lindsey Adams, 22, and her 20-year-old sister Leslie were discovered taking nude shots of each other inside the Preah Khan temple at the world heritage site on Friday.

The sisters were both given a suspended six-month prison sentence on Saturday evening on public exposure and making pornography charges and will be banned from re-entering Cambodia for four years, Koeut Sovannareth, prosecutor at northwestern Siem Reap provincial court told AFP.

"The court decided to expel them from Cambodia," he said, adding that the women had confessed to making a mistake and were fined $250.

Sam Reaksmey, a senior tourism police official in Siem Reap, said the sisters were deported late Saturday night.

It is the second time in the last fortnight that tourists visiting the sprawling temple complex have been caught without their clothes.

Three French tourists were deported last weekend after they pleaded guilty to taking nude pictures of each other inside another temple within the complex.

Cambodian officials say the women's actions are offensive because Angkor is considered sacred ground.

"They lowered their pants to their knees and took pictures of their buttocks," Keat Bunthan, a senior heritage police official in Siem Reap, told AFP on Saturday.

The three deported French men received the same suspended sentence as the American women.

The trio were caught just days after a series of photos of Asian women posing nude at ancient Cambodian temples went viral online and outraged officials who vowed to step up efforts to prevent similar stunts.

The Angkor Archaeological Park, a world heritage site, contains the remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15th centuries, and is Cambodia's most popular tourist destination. 

- Source: AFP 

Acquittal or jail? Anwar to know fate Tuesday

The highest court in the country will make its ruling on whether to allow or dismiss Anwar's appeal to set aside his conviction and jail sentence.

KUALA LUMPUR: Acquittal or jail? Come Tuesday (Feb 10) Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who was convicted by the Appeals Court of having sodomised his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan will know whether he will be spending time behind bars or walk free.

This will be answered on Feb 10 as the Federal Court will announce the much-awaited verdict on Anwar's final appeal against his conviction and five-year jail sentence for sodomising Mohd Saiful, seven years ago.

One of Anwar's lawyers, Ramkarpal Singh Deo, when contacted by Bernama, said the defence team "was confident that the verdict will be in their client's favour".

Asked whether the defence would file a review against the apex court's ruling if Anwar lost in his final appeal, Ramkarpal said it all depended on the grounds of the judgment, which they would need to study first before deciding to file a review.

Rule 137 of the Federal Court Rules 1995 allows the losing party to seek a review of a Federal Court decision.

Although the Federal Court has the jurisdiction to review its own decision to prevent injustice and abuse of the court process, generally this will only be exercised in very exceptional circumstances.

Lawyer Zamri Idrus, who is holding a watching brief for Mohd Saiful, said he left it to the court's discretion in making the ruling based on the authorities cited during the submissions and evidence presented in court.

On Nov 7, last year, a five-member panel of the Federal Court led by Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria reserved its decision after hearing submissions from Anwar's 15-strong defence team led by lawyer Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, a former Federal Court judge.

The team also included three children of the late lawyer Karpal Singh who was leading Anwar's defence team in the case until his untimely death on April 17, 2014. The senior lawyer was killed in a road accident in Perak.

They are Ramkarpal Singh Deo, Sangeet Kaur Deo and Gobind Singh Deo while senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah led the prosecution team.

The other four judges on the panel were Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif and Federal Court judges Tan Sri Abdull Hamid Embong, Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar and Datuk Ramly Ali.

The hearing of Anwar's appeal which was initially set for two days from Oct 28, 2014 dragged on for eight days as the defence and prosecution presented lengthy submissions and many legal cases were cited.

The highest court in the country will make its ruling on whether to allow or dismiss Anwar's appeal to set aside his conviction and jail sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal on March 7 last year, after it had overturned a High Court decision to acquit him.

If Anwar loses his appeal, he will be disqualified as the member of parliament (MP) for Permatang Pauh as per Article 48(1)(e) of the Federal Constitution, which states that an MP would be disqualified if he or she is
sentenced to a jail term of more than a year, or fined more than RM2,000.

The prosecution has also filed a cross-appeal to enhance the jail sentence.

However, the matter will only be heard if the Federal Court upholds the decision of the Court of Appeal.

The Court of Appeal had found Anwar, 67, guilty of having sodomised Mohd Saiful, 27, at Unit 11-5-1 of Desa Damansara Condominium in Jalan Setiakasih, Bukit Damansara, here, between 3.10pm and 4.30pm on June 26, 2008.

The charge, under Section 377B of the Penal Code, carries a jail sentence of up to 20 years and whipping, upon conviction.

A total of 27 prosecution witnesses including star witness, Mohd Saiful, and eight defence witnesses including Anwar testified in the trial that took almost three years at the High Court which received attraction worldwide.

On Jan 9, 2012, the High Court acquitted and discharged Anwar of the charge on the grounds that the court could not be 100 per cent certain on the integrity of samples taken for DNA testing from the alleged victim.

The court had ruled that the samples could have been compromised before they reached the Chemistry Department for analysis.

However, the Court of Appeal in convicting Anwar on the sodomy charge, held at the trial judge had erred in his findings about the samples which were based on the evidence of two expert witnesses called by the defence.

This is the second sodomy case against Anwar. In the first case, he was found guilty of having sodomised his family's driver, Azizan Abu Bakar, at Tivoli Villa, here, in 1994, and was sentenced to nine years' jail by the High Court on Aug 8, 2000.

The High Court had ordered Anwar to serve the sentence after the completion of his six-year jail term for corruption. He was found guilty on four charges of corruption on April 4, 1999.

However, after spending nearly six years in jail for corruption, Anwar was released on Sept 2, 2004 as the Federal Court, led by Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad who went on to become chief justice, overturned his conviction and set aside the jail sentence on the charge of having sodomised Azizan, in a 2-1 majority decision.

Abdul Hamid and Judge Tengku Baharudin Shah Tengku Mahmud ruled in Anwar's favour while Judge Datin Paduka Rahmah Hussein dissented.

However, Abdul Hamid, who wrote the majority judgment, said the judges found that Anwar and co-accused Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja "were involved in homosexual activities" and that the judges were inclined to believe that the alleged sodomy did take place. 

- Source: Bernama

Tun Mahathir rasmi muzium seni 3D kedua terbesar di dunia

Muzium yang mendapat pengikitirafan sebagai muzium terbesar seumpamanya itu oleh Malaysian Book of Records mempamerkan lebih 100 buah lukisan besar tiga dimensi yang dihasilkan 23 orang pelukis pakar dari Korea dengan kerjasama pelukis tempatan.

LANGKAWI: Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad hari ini merasmikan Muzium 3D Art of Paradise Langkawi yang merupakan muzium seni tiga dimensi yang kedua terbesar di dunia.

Terletak di Oriental Village, muzium yang memiliki keluasan ruang pameran hampir 2,000 meter persegi dalam bangunan tiga tingkat, terbahagi kepada sembilan zon yang meliputi ilusi optik, akuarium, safari, interaktif 1 dan 2, fantasi, klasik, zon tema Mesir, istana lama dan pemandangan serta zon Malaysia.

Muzium yang mendapat pengikitirafan sebagai muzium terbesar seumpamanya itu oleh Malaysian Book of Records mempamerkan lebih 100 buah lukisan besar tiga dimensi yang dihasilkan 23 orang pelukis pakar dari Korea dengan kerjasama pelukis tempatan.

Bercakap kepada media selepas majlis itu, Dr Mahathir menyifatkan muzium itu sebagai satu kejayaan baharu untuk mempromosikan aktiviti pelancongan khususnya di Oriental Village, di mana terletaknya perkhidmatan kereta kabel yang begitu popular dalam kalangan pelancong.

"Sementara menunggu giliran (untuk menaiki kereta kabel), maka dia (pengunjung) boleh pergi melihat bermacam-macam pertunjukan (seni 3D) yang ada di sini," katanya.

Semasa berucap di majlis perasmian itu, Dr Mahathir yang juga penasihat Lembaga Pembangunan Langkawi (LADA) berkata kejayaan yang dicapai industri pelancongan Malaysia adalah hasil dari penciptaan produk yang dapat menarik pengunjung ke negara ini.

Katanya Malaysia tidak mempunyai tamadun lama terkenal seperti di Mesir yang dapat menarik ramai pelancong, namun kebolehan mencipta produk pelancongan unik telah menjadikan negara ini antara destinasi pelancongan utama.

Sementara itu, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif LADA, Tan Sri Khalid Ramli berkata projek Muzium 3D itu telah mengambil masa hanya lima bulan untuk disiapkan dan telah mulai dibuka kepada orang ramai bermula 31 Jan lepas.

Menurutnya LADA juga sedang berusaha untuk membina sebuah muzium coklat selain menambahkan aktiviti rekreasi lain di kawasan Oriental Village yang telah berjaya menarik kira-kira 1.5 juta orang pengunjung tahun lepas. 

- Sumber: Bernama

Diserbu ketika urut pelanggan

Lima tukang urut warga Indonesia dan lima pelayan restoran warga Filipina ditahan dalam Ops Sayang di dua lokasi berasingan

JOHOR BAHRU – Lima wanita warga Indonesia antara 12 ditahan ketika sedang leka mengurut pelanggan hasil pemeriksaan Jabatan Imigresen Negeri Johor dalam dua serbuan berasingan di sini, kelmarin.

Serbuan pertama dilakukan di sebuah pusat rawatan tradisional di Taman Johor Jaya pada kira-kira jam 4.55 petang manakala serbuan kedua dilakukan pada jam 9.45 malam di sebuah kafe di Taman Seri Tebrau.

Timbalan Penolong Pengarah Jabatan Imigresen Negeri Johor, Kharulanuar Abu Bakar berkata, seramai 30 individu diperiksa dalam kedua-dua serbuan dan mereka yang ditahan terdiri daripada tujuh warga Indonesia dan lima warga Filipina termasuk 10 wanita.

“Dalam serbuan pertama lima wanita Indonesia ditahan ketika sedang mengurut pelanggan masing-masing di dalam bilik yang dikhaskan pihak premis.

Katanya, lima pelayan wanita warga Filipina dan dua pelanggan warga Indonesia ditahan dalam serbuan kedua ketika kesemua mereka sedang leka melayan pelanggan dan menjamu selera.

“Seramai 20 orang diperiksa dalam serbuan kedua dan tujuh daripadanya ditahan selepas disyaki melakukan kesalahan di bawah Akta Imigresen 1959/63 (Akta 155) dan Peraturan-peraturan Imigresen 1963,” katanya.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Polis yakin dapat berkas Nuar Ayam

Mazlan menyampaikan piala pelatih terbaik keseluruhan kepada Konstabel Adnan Husin.

KOTA BHARU - Polis Kelantan yakin Nuar Ayam yang disyaki terlibat dalam kes rompakan bersenjata di Bachok, dapat diberkas tidak lama lagi berdasarkan perkembangan positif maklumat diperoleh.

Ketua Polis Kelantan, Datuk Mazlan Lazim berkata, kawalan keselamatan di kawasan sempadan turut dipertingkatkan, selain giat mengadakan operasi memburu suspek.

Menurutnya, polis percaya dengan tertangkapnya Nuar Ayam yang menjadi ketua kumpulan tersebut, dua lagi suspek berusia lingkungan 30-an juga akan diberkas.

“Kami telah mengenalpasti dua lagi suspek yang turut bersama Nuar Ayam dan saya yakin ada pihak yang bersekongkol dengan suspek, mungkin mempunyai kepentingan sendiri.

“Kita mahu orang ramai tampil salurkan maklumat. Kami akan cari Nuar Ayam sehingga berjaya dan perhalusi lagi siasatan bagi mengelak salah tangkapan,” katanya kepada media, semalam.

Terdahulu, beliau hadir menyempurnakan Majlis Perbarisan Tamat Latihan Rekrut Sukarelawan Simpanan Polis Diraja Malaysia (SSPDRM) Kontinjen Kelantan Siri 1/2014 di Dataran Kawad Batalion 8 Briged, Pengkalan Chepa, semalam.

Dalam perkembangan lain, pihaknya menyasarkan 500 pengambilan baharu sesi kedua Sukarelawan Polis melibatkan pangkat pegawai dan anggota biasa.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Wajah baru Calvin Klien


AKTOR tampan Kim Woo Bin telah dipilih sebagai wajah baru bagi jenama terkenal Calvin Klien untuk pasaran Asia.

Menurut sumber, Woo Bin merupakan artis Korea pertama yang terpilih mewakili jenama tersebut bagi koleksi jam dan aksesori.

"Menariknya, pihak Calvin Klien telah pun selesai menjalankan penggambaran bersama Woo Bin bagi kedua produk tersebut.

"Malah mereka turut mengupah jurugambar terkenal untuk memastikan gambar yang dihasilkan hebat," katanya.

Rata-rata peminat turut gembira dengan pelantikan itu dan laman sosial milik Woo Bin mula dihujani ucapan tahniah.

Penjelasan Najib isu boikot mengecewakan


KUALA LUMPUR - Penjelasan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berhubung kenyataan Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob yang mengajak pengguna memboikot peniaga Cina sangat mengecewakan.

Ahli Parlimen Pulai, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed berkata, penjelasan yang diberikan Najib berhubung isu berkenaan seperti menyokong tindakan berkenaan daripada terus berlaku.

“Ismail Sabri bercakap tanpa menggunakan fakta dan saya kecewa kerana kenyataan Najib juga tidak begitu kukuh serta tidak meyakinkan rakyat.

“Sepatutnya pucuk pimpinan perlu mempunyai pendirian tegas mengenai perkara ini dan tidak membiarkan ia berlaku kerana bakal mempengaruhi pemikiran rakyat,” katanya pada sidang media selepas forum Malaysia, Kebebasan Ekonomi, dan Globalisasi anjuran Institut Demokrasi dan Hal Ehwal Ekonomi (IDEAS) bersempena kelahiran Tunku Abdul Rahman ke-112 di Kuala Lumpur, semalam.

Sebelum ini, Najib cuba meredakan keadaan dengan menyatakan bahawa kenyataan Ismail Sabri itu adalah bertujuan menegur semua peniaga yang enggan menurunkan harga barang walaupun setelah harga bahan bakar diturunkan, bukan ditujukan kepada mana-mana kaum tertentu.

Katanya, Najib perlu mengeluarkan kenyataan yang mengatakan perkara seumpama ini tidak boleh keluar daripada Kabinetnya.

“Hal ini kerana Kabinet merupakan badan tertinggi yang memutuskan sebarang keputusan dan perkara ini mencerminkan pendapat pemimpin tertinggi negara,” katanya.
Menurutnya, dalam meningkatkan ekonomi negara, perkara utama yang perlu dilakukan adalah dengan menolak isu perkauman.

“Saya rasa kita perlu mara ke hadapan dengan dan meletakkan produk kita di peringkat antarabangsa dan ini lebih memberi nilai ekonomi.

“Elakkan daripada menimbulkan isu perkauman yang boleh dijadikan isu retorik,” katanya.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

'Mereka mahu saya mati. Maaf, saya masih hidup', kata Kit Siang

Veteran DAP tersebut hari ini dari jam 2 hingga 6 petang kelihatan sihat sewaktu menjadi panel dalam forum Tunku dan Pak Samad: Mengenang Negarawan, Meraikan Sasterawan di sebuah hotel di ibu negara.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ahli Parlimen Gelang Patah, Lim Kit Siang melalui akaun Twitternya hari ini menafikan berita palsu yang mengatakan bahawa beliau telah meninggal dunia akibat sakit jantung.

“Mereka mahu saya mati. Maaf, masih hidup,” ujar beliau dalam saluran media sosial itu yang turut melampirkan bersama sebuah laporan palsu tentang kematiannya daripada akaun media parodi ‘Sinar Hairan’.

Laporan tersebut menyatakan bahawa Kit Siang telah meninggal dunia pada jam 2.45 pagi tadi di Institut Jantung Negara (IJN), malah turut memberitahu khabar itu disahkan sendiri oleh anak Kit Siang iaitu Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng.

Veteran DAP tersebut hari ini dari jam 2 hingga 6 petang kelihatan sihat sewaktu menjadi panel dalam forum ‘Tunku dan Pak Samad: Mengenang Negarawan, Meraikan Sasterawan’ di sebuah hotel di ibu negara.

Tweet beliau tersebut telah mendapat pelbagai reaksi daripada pengikutnya – ada yang menganggap perkara itu tidak bertanggungjawab, manakala ada pula yang melihatnya dari sudut humor.

Walau bagaimanapun, ramai pihak yang menyatakan rasa lega mereka selepas mengetahui bahawa berita kematian itu tidak benar. 

- Sumber: Astro Awani