Sunday 5 April 2015

Cristiano Ronaldo scores five as Real Madrid destroy Granada

Cristiano Ronaldo stole a march on Lionel Messi in the race for the Pichichi by scoring five - including an eight-minute hat-trick - in an incredible 9-1 rout of Granada.


Carlo Ancelotti’s side had to wait until the 25th minute to take the lead through Gareth Bale, but the opener only opened the floodgates as Ronaldo scored a hat-trick before half-time to give Real a 4-0 lead.

And Los Blancos continued with such gusto after the break, with Ronaldo adding another and Karim Benzema bagging a double saw them seven to the good with 56 on the clock.

Double figures looked to be on the cards, as La Liga’s second-bottom side crumbled all over the pitch, but a number of changes saw the flow of the contest stemmed.

Granada grabbed a consolation goal before a Diego Mainz own goal and another Ronaldo goal gave Real Madrid a sensational 9-1 win - the biggest margin of victory in La Liga this season.

- Source: AFP via Eurosport 

Senarai nahas udara helikopter dan kapal terbang libatkan orang kenamaan sejak 1976

Nahas udara melibatkan helikopter dan kapal terbang ringan yang membawa orang kenamaan di negara ini boleh dijejaki seawal tahun 1976.

Berikut ialah senarai nahas penerbangan melibatkan orang kenamaan sejak 1976.

* 6 Jun 1976 - Ketua Menteri Sabah, Tun Fuad Stephens dan 10 yang lain terkorban termasuk menteri kabinet apabila pesawat jenis Nomad buatan Australia milik Sabah Air, terhempas kira kira 2 kilometer dari landasan Lapangan Terbang Kota Kinabalu, pukul 3.50 petang.

Kejadian yang menggemparkan negara dan dunia itu berlaku ketika pesawat itu hendak mendarat di Kota Kinabalu dari Labuan.

Sepuluh yang lain terbunuh dalam nahas itu ialah:

1. Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan Sabah, Datuk Peter Mojuntin
2. Menteri Perhubungan dan Kerjaraya Sabah, Datuk Chong Tahin Vun
3. Menteri Kewangan Sabah, Datuk Salleh Sulong
4. Pembantu Menteri kepada Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Darius Binion
5. Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Kewangan, Wahid Andu
6. Pengarah Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri, Syed Hussein Wafa
7. Setiausaha Sulit kepada Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Ishak Atan
8. Pengawal peribadi kepada Tun Fuad, Kopral Mohd Said
9. Juruterbang, Gandhi J Nathan
10. Anak kepada Tun Fuad Stephens, Johari


* 10 Jan 1982 - Pesawat Cessna 206 yang membawa Menteri Luar Negeri, Tun Mohd Ghazali Shafie, 50, terhempas di gunung Kampung Som Som Hilir berhampiran Kampong Janda Baik, 37.5km dari Kuala Lumpur.

Mohd Ghazali dan dua yang lain dari Kelab Penerbangan Diraja Selangor, Kuala Lumpur dalam penerbangan ke Kuala Lipis, kawasan pilihan raya yang diwakilinya.

Bagaimanapun Mohd Ghazali terselamat kerana jatuh di atas rimbunan pokok buluh.


* 8 Mac 1987 - Helikopter Alouette yang dinaiki Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dari Pekan ke Kuala Lumpur nahas di 49km Lebuhraya Karak-KL. Datuk Najib dan empat anak kapal dan penumpang selamat tanpa cedera.


* 18 Dis 1989 - Empat pegawai tinggi Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) termasuk dua orang berpangkat Jeneral iaitu Mej. Jen. Datuk Mustaffa Awang dan Brig Jen Datuk Hasbullah Yussoff merupakan antara 16 kakitangan ATM terlibat nahas Helikopter Nuri di muara tebing Sungai Lundu, kira-kira 54km timur laut
Kuching.

Kejadian yang mengorbankan semua penumpang itu dilaporkan berlaku dalam keadaan cuaca buruk dengan hujan lebat disertai angin kencang dan kilat sabung-menyabung.

Berdasarkan rekod kenyataan rasmi Kementerian Pertahanan, helikopter itu terputus hubungan dengan menara kawalan hanya selepas 15 minit berlepas sehingga TUDM terpaksa melancarkan gerakan mencari dan menyelamat (SAR).

Dua buah pesawat Alouette telah dikerah untuk mengesan Nuri yang membawa individu penting dalam hierarki kepimpinan ATM itu sehinggalah pencariannya menemui noktah.

Ia ditemui terhempas di muara Sungai Lundu, berhampiran Kampung Kuala Bandang, kira-kira 60 kilometer ke barat laut Kuching.

* 3 Mac 1997 - Pengerusi DRB-HICOM Group dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad, 50, dan isterinya, Puan Sri Rohana Othman, 48, antara tiga terbunuh dalam nahas melibatkan sebuah helikopter korporat.

Kejadian berlaku pada 11.15 malam apabila pesawat itu meletup dan terhempas di barat daya Kuala Lipis, Pahang.

Sisa helikopter itu dijumpai di Kampung Atong, Jeransang, Benta, Pahang pada 1.33 pagi, 4 Mac 1997, kira-kira 44 km barat daya Kuala Lipis.

Helikopter berkenaan yang menuju ke Kuala Terengganu meninggalkan landasan di Segambut, Kuala Lumpur pada 10.45 malam.

Helikopter jenis Agusta A 109E Power dengan nombor pendaftaran 9M-DRB milik Penerbangan Gadek itu ialah model pertama di dunia yang nahas.


* 5 Mei 2013 - Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein bersama keluarga terselamat selepas helikopter yang mereka naiki terbalik akibat angin kencang di Pangkalan Udara Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, Sungai Besi.

Beliau, isteri, anak dan menantu selamat tanpa mengalami sebarang kecederaan dalam kejadian pukul 3.50 petang itu.

Helikopter sewa milik syarikat swasta berkenaan terbalik selepas mendarat berikutan angin kencang melanda kawasan itu.

Hishammuddin menaiki pesawat itu untuk ke Kuala Lumpur setelah pulang mengundi di Johor.


* 4 April 2015 - Pengerusi Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia (PR1M) Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, dan Ketua Setiausaha Sulit kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Azlin Alias, antara enam yang terkorban apabila helikopter yang dinaiki mereka terhempas di Semenyih pada pukul 4.55 petang.

Helikopter jenis AS365N2 Dauphin itu terhempas di Kampung Sungai pening, Semenyih, Selangor.

Jamaluddin, anggota Parlimen Rompin, menaiki helikopter itu dari Kuantan ke Subang selepas menghadiri majlis resepsi perkahwinan anak perempuan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak di Pekan, Pahang.

Helikopter itu terhempas di kawasan kebun getah ketika hujan dan angin kencang.

- Sumber: Bernama 

No evidence yet helicopter exploded mid-air

Liow said the 'black box' would provide vital clues as to what had actually happened to the ill-fated helicopter - File Photo

KUALA LUMPUR: There has been no confirmation yet of a mid-air explosion involving the ill-fated helicopter that crashed in Semenyih yesterday, as had been reported by some media, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Liow said the initial investigation was still ongoing, and until it had been completed, rumours about the explosion would be considered as just that.

"There has been no other information (about an explosion), comprhensive investigations are being carried out," he told reporters when met outside the house of Rompin Member of Parliament Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis at The Mines, Seri Kembangan today.

Jamaluddin along with five others were killed in the crash. Jamaluddin, who was also the chairman of Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia (PR1MA), and Datuk Azlin Alias, the principal private secretary of the prime minister, and four other people were flying back from Pekan, Pahang to Subang, Selangor, when the AS3655N2 Dauphin (9M-1GB) helicopter went down in a rubber smallholding in Semenyih.

The four others have been identified as pilot Capt Clifford William Fournier; operations assistant Aidana Baizieva; Jamaluddin's bodyguard Razakan Seran and businessman Datuk Tan Huat Seang.

On another note, Liow said the 'black box' would provide vital clues as to what had actually happened to the ill-fated helicopter.

He said, a tripartite investigation, involving the Transportation Ministry, Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and the Royal Malaysia Police had already commenced since yesterday, including the process of producing an initial report of the tragedy.

Earlier today, Selangor police chief Datuk Abdul Samah Mat was quoted as saying that the black box of the helicopter was found at 11.15 am today.

- Source: Bernama

Tan was to celebrate 59th birthday today



Tan, who headed the SP Baiduri Sdn housing company, accepted the invitation from PR1MA Corporation Chairman Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis, to attend the wedding. - Bernama Photo

ALOR SETAR: The late Datuk Tan Huat Seang, the businessman who was killed along with five others in the helicopter crash in Semenyih yesterday, was to celebrate his 59th birthday today, said his friend Datuk Syed Sobri Syed Hashim.

When met at Tan's house in Taman Golf here today, Syed Sobri, who is chairman of Majunaka Eco Energy Sdn Bhd, said Tan's wife, Yen(full name not available), had tried to stop her husband from attending the wedding reception of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's daughter in Pekan yesterday.

"The reason she tried to stop him was because she had wanted to celebrate his birthday with him," said Syed Sobri, who is also former Kuala Nerang assemblyman.

However, Tan, who headed the SP Baiduri Sdn housing company, accepted the invitation from PR1MA Corporation Chairman Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis, to attend the wedding.

Tan was due back in Alor Setar today.

Jamaluddin and the principal private secretary to the Prime Minister Datuk Azlin Alias were also killed in the tragedy.

Syarikat SP Baiduri is involved in the construction of more than 1,000 units of various types of houses under the 1Malaysia People's Housing Scheme Programme (PR1MA) in Sungai Petani.

Meanwhile, former member of parliament for Langkawi, Datuk Abu Bakar Taib, who visited Tan's home today, described him as a hard-working man who liked to joke.

"He was not from a rich family, but he succeeded because he was hardworking," he said.

Abu Bakar said he and his family were still shocked by the tragedy that had befallen his friend, whom he would visit during Chinese New Year and had been friends since the 80s.

"All I can say is that I am very shocked with the news. I always reminded my children to emulate his determination in achieving success," he said.

Tan's remains are to be brought to the Memorial Park in Nilai for cremation before his ashes are taken back to his home in Taman Golf tonight.

Known as a low-profile businessman who did not like publicity, Tan has four children, two boys and two girls.

- Source: Bernama

‘Pemergian Allahyarham amat menyedihkan’

Jamaluddin Jarjis

SHAH ALAM - Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal merakamkan ucapan takziah kepada keluarga Allahyarham Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis yang maut dalam nahas membabitkan sebuah helikopter petang tadi.

Menyifatkan ia sebagai berita yang mengejutkan, Shafie berkata, kehilangan Allahyarham pasti dirasai oleh rakan dan sahabat.

"Allahyarham adalah seorang sahabat lama. Kami bersama-sama berjuang semasa saya menjadi Ketua Pemuda Umno Sabah dan beliau pada ketika itu Ketua Pemuda Umno Pahang," katanya.

Ujarnya, negara bukan hanya kehilangan seorang ahli politik yang berwibawa tetapi juga diplomat yang disegani.

"Tiada apa yang boleh saya katakan selain melahirkan rasa simpati dan kesedihan yang amat mendalam berikutan tragedi yang menimpa Allahyarham dan lima yang lain," ujarnya lagi.


Ucapan takziah turut dizahirkan Presiden PKR, Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail kepada keluarga Allahyarham dan ahli keluarga mangsa lain dalam nahas terbabit.

"PKR memanjangkan salam takziah kepada keluarga Ahli Parlimen Rompin, Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis, keluarga Ketua Setiausaha Sulit JPM, Datuk Azlin Alias beserta keluarga empat penumpang lain.

"Moga ALLAH SWT mencucuri rahmatnya ke atas roh mangsa nahas. Al-Fatihah," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.

Insiden malang yang mengorbankan enam nyawa itu berlaku pada 4.55 petang tadi di kawasan kebun getah itu di Jalan Sungai Lalang, Kampung Pasir Baru, Semenyih.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Anwar ziarah bapa, suasana sayu

Anwar Ibrahim tiba di Kajang untuk menziarahi ayahandanya yang meninggal dunia awal pagi tadi.

KAJANG - Ketua Umum PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini dibenarkan pihak Penjara Sungai Buloh untuk menziarahi ayahnya, Datuk Ibrahim Abdul Rahman yang meninggal dunia pada 1.45 pagi tadi.

Anwar kelihatan tiba di kediaman ayahnya kira-kira 11.03 pagi diiringi pegawai dan pengawal Penjara Sungai Buloh dengan menaiki sebuah van dan sebuah kenderaan pacuan empat roda berwarna hitam.

Pada ketika ini, Anwar dan isterinya Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail sedang membacakan tahlil diketuai imam masjid berdekatan di kediaman ayahnya, di Country Heights Resort, di sini.

Allahyarham Ibrahim dijangka dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Sg Ramal, di sini, hari ini.

Ini kali kedua Anwar dibenar keluar ketika menjalani hukuman penjara, yang pertama sewaktu ibunya kembali ke rahmatullah pada 1999.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

'Serang Najib, Tun M seperti diserang 'histeria''

  • Mustapha Yaakub
  • Datuk Mustapha Yaakub

SHAH ALAM - Veteran Umno melahirkan rasa kecewa terhadap serangan bertali arus oleh Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad terhadap Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak.


Setiausahanya, Datuk Mustapha Yaakub berkata, walaupun Dr Mahathir ada alasan untuk mengkritik Najib tetapi serangannya lebih berupa serangan peribadi yang bermotif untuk mendesak Najib berundur dari jawatan PM.

"Tun M seperti diserang histeria dan hilang kewarasan sebagai seorang negarawan yang disegani dan disanjung.
"Sedangkan beliau boleh melakukannya dengan penuh berhemah dan berhikmah," katanya dalam satu kenyataan, semalam.

Mengulas lanjut Mustapha berkata sekiranya Najib perlu dijatuhkan, Dr Mahathir perlu menggunakan 'saluran' yang betul. 



"Najib menjadi PM kerana beliau adalah Presiden Umno.

"Beliau dipilih oleh perwakilan Umno, Jadi, cara yang paling demokratik ialah melalui pemilihan Umno juga.

"Sesiapa saja boleh menawar diri untuk bertanding jawatan Presiden, termasuk Tun M, Najib hanya alat institusi Umno.

" Najib boleh diganti, tetapi Umno sebagai satu institusi mesti dipertahankan oleh setiap ahli Umno," ujarnya.

Oleh itu,veteran berharap, Dr Mahathir
menghentikan serangan itu, kerana beranggapan natijahnya akan menghancurkan Umno dan merugikan Melayu.



"Sebelum nasi menjadi bubur, sebaiknya Tun M kembali ke pangkal jalan.

"Bertindaklah sebagai negarawan yang rasional dan bijak kerana veteran mahu Tun M terus dikenang sebagai tokoh kebanggaan Melayu sepanjang zaman," katanya.



Mutakhir ini, Dr Mahathir dilihat beberapa kali ‘menyerang’ Najib melalui tulisannya di blogchedet.cc, yang terbaharu menyentuh mengenai kes Altantuya, 1MDB dan ‘Nasib BN’ di bawah Najib menjelang PRU14.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Data kotak hitam akan diekstrak di UK

Menteri Pengangkutan Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai (dua, kiri) turut hadir bagi melawat mayat mangsa helikopter terhempas di Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) semalam.

PUTRAJAYA – Kotak hitam helikopter yang ditemui pagi ini akan dihantar ke Biro Siasatan Kemalangan Udara (AAIB) di Farnborough United Kingdom untuk diekstrak data, kata Menteri Pengangkutan, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai pada sidang media sebentar tadi.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian | foto Bernama 

Arsenal run amok against Liverpool to move up to second

PA Photos. Premier League, Emirates Stadium: Arsenal 4 (Bellerin 37', Ozil 40', Sanchez 45', Giroud 90'+1) Liverpool 1 (Henderson 76' pen)


Arsenal blitzed Liverpool in eight dramatic minutes en route to a 4-1 win in the Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium.

The game was effectively over as a contest at half-time after a flurry of Arsenal goals just before the break.

Hector Bellerin, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez grabbed the goals in a stunning eight-minute spell before the interval - strikes which broke the visitors' hearts following earlier two misses by the Reds.

Jordan Henderson cut the arrears with a 76th-minute penalty, but Olivier Giroud added gloss to an already polished performance with an injury-time fourth.

Arsenal could have been two up in the opening ten minutes through chances for Sanchez and Santi Cazorla as the Liverpool defence fell to pieces.

Liverpool should have taken the lead soon after, with Raheem Sterling first drawing a good save from David Ospina, then unable to get a foot to a clumsily-overhit pass from Lazar Markovic while free and clear in the box.

Instead, Arsenal opened the scoring on the 37th minute with a beautiful goal from Bellerin, stepping through the back line delicately and curling a shot past Simon Mignolet.

Ozil's magnificent free kick fizzed past Mignolet three minutes later, and Sanchez got the goal his efforts deserved in first-half added time, tipping the ball over the goalkeeper's head.

Bellerin was involved in Liverpool's consolation goal, giving away the penalty that Henderson converted, with a foot in front of Raheem Sterling, but didn't receive the second yellow card that some observers thought he warranted.

Emre Can, however, did, catching substitute Danny Welbeck very late and receiving the second booking in the 84th minute.

Olivier Giroud restored the three-goal advantage in the dying seconds, with a well-taken solo goal, lashed left-footed past Mignolet.

- Source: Eurosport 

Manchester United up to third after big win over Aston Villa

Premier League, Old Trafford - Manchester United 3 (Herrera 43, 90, Rooney 79) Aston Villa 1 (Benteke 80)

Manchester United sealed a deserved 3-1 win over Aston Villa to move above Manchester City and into third place thanks to a brace from Ander Herrera and a superb Wayne Rooney half-volley.

The home side were extremely dominant in the first-half, with 74% of possession, but had to wait until the 43rd minute for the opener when Herrera sent a half-volley into the far corner after Daley Blind’s cut-back.

Wayne Rooney looked like he had killed the contest with just over ten minutes remaining, controlling a high ball from Angel di Maria with his back towards goal before spinning and volleying into the top left-hand corner with a superb strike.

Moments later Aston Villa had a lifeline, however, as David de Gea allowed a tame Benteke shot to squirm under his body after the ball fell to the Belgian from a corner.

That set up a potentially frantic finish, but Herrera calmed any nerves two minutes into added time, sweeping Juan Mata’s cutback into the net from the edge of the area.

- Source: Eurosport