Fasha Sandha bermadu?

ANTARA pelakon yang membintangi drama berjudul Selamat Pengantin Madu, (dari kiri) Eina Azman, Aiman Hakim Ridza dan Fasha Sandha

KUALA LUMPUR: Fasha Sandha dimadukan? Benar, itulah watak yang bakal dimainkan Fasha Sandha sebagai Hana, isteri mithali yang memendam rasa apabila dikejutkan dengan kehadiran orang ketiga dalam sebuah drama rantaian di slot Lestary berjudul "Selamat Pengantin Madu". 

Drama yang menemui penonton TV3 bermula esok, disiarkan setiap hari Rabu & Khamis, jam 9 malam. Bagaimanapun bermula Oktober nanti, slot ini hanya akan bersiaran setiap Khamis saja, 9 malam.

Drama ini dibintangi pelakon terkenal seperti Fasha Sandha, Aiman Hakim Ridza, Eina Azman, Kuza, Falisha Crossley, dan Ieda Moin. 

Selamat Pengantin Madu mengisahkan Hana (Fasha Sandha) yang mengecapi kebahagiaan rumah tangga bersama suaminya, Zulkifli (Aiman Hakim Ridza) tiba-tiba dilanda tamparan hebat dengan kehadiran orang ketiga dalam hidup mereka. Lebih buruk apabila orang ketiga itu sah bergelar madunya.

Bersiaran sebanyak 13 episod, drama arahan Ibrahim Ilyas untuk produksi Pesona Pictures itu mempertaruhkan Fasha Sandha dan Aiman Hakim Ridza sebagai teraju utama Selamat Pengantin Madu. Penuh dengan elemen kekeluargaan dan cabaran bermadu, drama itu dilihat bakal mendapat tempat di hati penonton.

Fasha Sandha membawakan watak Hana seorang isteri mithali yang melaksanakan segala tanggungjawab sebagai seorang isteri kepada suaminya yang tersayang, Zul. Dalam usia 30-an, Hana merasakan dia telah mengecapi segala impiannya terutama dalam memiliki sebuah keluarga bahagia. 

Hana juga dikurniakan dua cahaya mata iaitu Isya dan Shafik. Hidup mereka juga agak mewah kerana Zul memegang jawatan tinggi di sebuah syarikat swasta. Hana digambarkan sebagai seorang wanita yang taat kepada suami dan hanya meluangkan masa lapangnya bersama keluarganya sahaja. Malah undangan rakan sepejabatnya terbatas apabila di luar waktu kerja. 

Zul pula memang menjalankan tugasnya sebagai suami yang bertanggungjawab. Dilihat sentiasa ceria dan suka berseloroh, menjadikan Zul seorang yang mudah didampingi. Namun sebermula kisah ini dikembangkan, wujud seorang lagi watak antagonis lakonan Eina Azman sebagai Masmira. 

Kewujudan wataknya yang mulanya misteri kini menjadi tamparan hebat buat Hana. Apatah lagi apabila menerima sepucuk surat menceritakan wanita itu telah diperisterikan Zul.

Wanita mana yang sanggup dimadukan? Lantas dunia Hana gelap seketika cuba mencari kekuatan dalam menempuh dugaan dan pembohongan Zul. 

Sebaik mana juga Hana namun pasti ada sekelumit perasaan hati yang terguris. Namun, dengan jalan cerita yang unik, Hana menerima nasihat rakannya agar cuba menerima baik takdir yang menimpanya dengan melakukan perubahan positif.

Sedar bahawa anak-anaknya tidak boleh menerima kenyataan bahawa Zul telah menduakan ibu mereka menyebabkan Hana simpati dan tetap cuba menjayakan rumah tangganya. Namun niat baik Hana bakal berhadapan jalan sukar apabila Masmira menginginkan yang sebaliknya. 

Tamak dengan kasih sayang dan menginginkan perhatian penuh Zul, Masmira cuba memiliki Zul sepenuhnya. Mampukah Hana bertahan? Apakah rancangan jahat Masmira? Saksikan "Selamat Pengantin Madu" di slot Lestary setiap hari Rabu dan Khamis jam 9 malam hanya di TV3 untuk mengetahui apakah yang bakal terjadi kepada keluarga Hana. 

Untuk mendapatkan maklumat dan perkembangan terkini, penonton boleh melayari laman sesawang TV3 di www.tv3.com.my serta laman sosial Facebook, Instagram & Twitter TV3Malaysia.

- Sumber: Berita Harian 

Woman found slashed to death near jetty

There were no identification papers on the body and the case has been identified as murder.

KUALA LANGAT: An unidentified woman was found slashed to death at a jetty near a steel factory here this morning.

Workers at the Megasteel Factory stumbled upon the body at 10.27am and alerted the police.

The body was sent to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.

Kuala Langat police chief, Supt Azman Abd Razak said initial investigations revealed the victim, a local in her 40's succumbed to slash wounds on the face in the last 24 hours.

He said there was no identification document on the body, adding that the case has been classified as murder.

Those with missing relatives or friends can contact the police or hospital mortuary to facilitate investigations. 

- Source: Bernama

Aznil bertemu Kim Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest di LA

Aznil selfie dengan Kim Kardashian. - Foto ihsan Datuk Aznil Nawawi

Aznil bersama hos E!News. - Foto ihsan Datuk Aznil Nawawi

KUALA LUMPUR: Pembuka lembaran 2015 menjadi indah buat Datuk Aznil Nawawi kerana berpeluang ke Los Angeles sejak 7 hingga 14 Januari ini.

Beliau ke sana seorang diri atas jemputan NBC Universal untuk acara anjuran International Press Junket. Acara itu bertujuan memperkenalkan program musim baharu seperti Live From Red carpet, The Kardashians dan Fashion Police.

Kesempatan indah itu dimanfaatkannya untuk bergambar dengan personaliti serta selebriti popular seperti Kim Kardashians, Ryan Seacrest, Giuliana Rancic dan penyanyi Christina Milian.

"Paling menyeronokkan dapat menemubual secara perseorangan dengan Christina, Giuliana dan Kim. Mereka sangat peramah.

"Biarpun gementar dengan keupayaan saya untuk berbahasa Inggeris, saya beranikan diri juga untuk atasi ketakutan itu. Saya belasah saja kerana peluang ini umpama seumur hidup sekali.

"Saya tak nak rasa diri ini kecil biarpun pasti ada yang akan ketawakan tahap bahasa Inggeris ini. Tak kisahlah orang nak cakap Inggeris berterabur kerana saya sangat seronok di sini," katanya.

Menurut Aznil lagi, penyanyi Christina akan tampil dengan program realiti sendiri dipanggil Christina Milian Turned Up yang akan bersiaran di Channel E! mulai 18 Januari ini.

"Saya turut berpeluang mencuba menjadi pengacara E! NEWS di samping Giuliana, Jason dan Terrence. Saya cuba letakkan diri ini sebaris dengan mereka biarpun bahasa Inggeris saya tidaklah bagus mana.

"Saya tolak rasa rendah diri. Saya juga berpeluang bertemu Kelly Osbourne dan Brad Goreski yang kedua-duanya mengacarakan Fashion Police," katanya yang akan menghadiri Golden Globe Awards Ahad ini.

Dengan Ryan Seacrest. - Foto ihsan Datuk Aznil Nawawi

Dengan penyanyi Christina Milian. - Foto ihsan Datuk Aznil Nawawi

- Sumber: Berita Harian

Honda Amerika didenda AS$70j kerana gagal lapor kematian, kecederaan

PIHAK berkuasa sektor pengangkutan Amerika Syarikat (AS) mengenakan denda AS$70 juta (RM246 juta) terhadap Honda kerana gagal melaporkan 1,700 tuntutan akibat kematian dan kecederaan serta tuntutan waranti tertentu sejak 10 tahun lalu. - Foto fail AP

WASHINGTON: Pihak berkuasa sektor pengangkutan Amerika Syarikat (AS) mengenakan denda AS$70 juta (RM246 juta) terhadap Honda kerana gagal melaporkan 1,700 tuntutan akibat kematian dan kecederaan serta tuntutan waranti tertentu sejak 10 tahun lalu.

Pentadbiran Keselamatan Trafik dan Lebuhraya Kebangsaan (NHTSA) mengumumkan Honda akan membayar dua penalti sivil, masing-masing sebanyak AS$35 juta, lapor agensi berita Xinhua, China. 

Satu daripada penalti berkenaan ialah berikutan kegagalan Honda melaporkan 1,729 tuntutan kecederaan dan kematian antara 2003 dan 2014. Satu lagi disebabkan kegagalan syarikat itu melaporkan mengenai tuntutan waranti tertentu menerusi kempen kepuasan pelanggan sepanjang tempoh sama. 

Pentadbir NHTSA, Mark Rosekind, berkata pengumuman denda itu memberi isyarat jelas kepada keseluruhan industri bahawa pengeluar mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk membuat laporan yang lengkap dan tepat masa berhubung maklumat keselamatan yang kritikal. 

Sementara itu, Naib Presiden Eksekutif Honda Amerika Utara, Rick Schostek, berkata syarikat sudah menyelesaikan isu itu dan kini bergerak ke hadapan untuk mengatasi kekurangan dan kelemahan sistem sebelum ini. 

- Sumber: Bernama

18 years after he was executed for rape, Chinese teen is found innocent

The judge of the higher people's court delivers retrial files to the parents of a teen, who was executed after being convicted of murder and rape 18 years ago, was declared innocent by a court on December 15, in a rare overturning of a wrongful conviction.

Photo: AFP

A Chinese teenager executed after being convicted of murder and rape 18 years ago was declared innocent by a court Monday, in a rare overturning of a wrongful conviction.

The 18-year-old, named Hugjiltu and also known as Qoysiletu, was found guilty and put to death in Inner Mongolia in 1996, but doubt was cast on the verdict when another man confessed to the crime in 2005.

“The Inner Mongolia Higher People’s Court finds Hugjiltu’s original guilty verdict... is not consistent with the facts and there is insufficient evidence,” the court in Hohhot said in a statement.

“Hugjiltu is found not guilty.”  - the court in Hohhot, in a statement.

The retrial comes after a pledge by leaders of the ruling Communist Party to strengthen the rule of law “with Chinese characteristics” – a concept experts caution refers to greater central control over the courts rather than judicial independence.

Hugjiltu’s parents compensation of 30,000 yuan (S$6,350), according to the official Xinhua News Agency – although the money was a personal donation by the head of the court, it added, rather than an official payment by the institution.

Images on social media showed the deputy president ​(below) ​apologising to Hugjiltu’s now elderly parents.

“This is an amazing thing the court did, to admit that they were wrong,” said Wang Gongyi, deputy director of the research institute of the Ministry of Justice.

“It also sends a clear message to the police and prosecutors around the country: if there’s not enough evidence, don’t impose wrongful convictions,” he told AFP.

“In the future, this case will be singled out as what not to do and will influence the entire legal system.”

Police in Hohhot, where the crime took place, said they opened an investigation into the officers responsible for the original case, according to the Legal Evening News.

The regional court said Hugjiltu’s confession did not match the autopsy report as well as being inconsistent with “other evidence", and that DNA evidence presented at the trial did not definitively connect him to the crime.

 Wrongful convictions 

China’s courts, controlled by the ruling Communist Party, have a near-100 percent conviction rate in criminal cases and confessions extracted under dubious conditions are commonplace.

In Hugjiltu’s case, authorities interrogated the teenager for 48 hours, after which he confessed to having raped and choked the woman in the toilet of a textile factory, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported in November. He was executed 61 days after the woman’s death.

Hugjiltu’s family tried for nearly a decade to prove his innocence, according to reports, and the Higher People’s Court officially began a retrial in November.

Many on social media decried what they saw as insufficient compensation for such a grave miscarriage of justice, with one asking: “Is 30,000 yuan really enough to buy the life of a family member?”

Others demanded the court officials and police responsible for the original conviction be held responsible.

“We must bring all those morally corrupt public security officers to justice,” another user said on Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging platform.

China executes more people than the rest of the world combined, according to rights groups. The country put an estimated 2,400 people to death last year.

China has occasionally exonerated wrongfully executed convicts after others came forward to confess their crimes, or in some cases because the supposed murder victim was later found alive.

In one case, police claimed a dead body was that of a woman who had recently disappeared and charged Teng Xingshan with her murder. Teng was executed by firing squad in 1989, but in 1993 the supposedly murdered woman returned to the village saying she had been kidnapped.

Teng was exonerated of all crimes in 2005.

Several other high-profile wrongful convictions have sparked public outrage in recent years.

Last year, a man who served 17 years in prison for killing his wife was declared innocent by an appeals court in the eastern province of Anhui.

A few months earlier two men who had been sentenced to death and life in prison in 2004 for the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl were also acquitted. - AFP

 - Source: The New Paper 

Manchester United poised to make huge bid for Cavani?

Manchester United are set to make a summer move for PSG striker Edinson Cavani, reports the Daily Star. United will not take up their option to sign Radamel Falcao on a permanent basis this summer and have turned their attentions to Uruguayan star Cavani instead. 

Cavani is known to want to leave the French capital and United are one of the few clubs who can meet the astronomical £62 million asking fee. A fee that would see United break the British record transfer fee of £59.7m they paid for Angel Di Maria over the summer. The source of the story comes from the usually reliable French publication Le 10 Sport.

Paper Round’s view: Cavani is a striker of some renown and would, it is fair to say, walk into – and improve – most teams in the world. 

However, United have more pressing areas of concern to address in their team ahead of attack. Securing a deal for a central defender and a deep lying midfielder should be prioritised over another striker. 

Of course, the future of Radamel Falcao is central to all of this – if United do take their option to sign him then this move would surely be off. However, Cavani is said to have suitors in Italy - namely Juventus.

- Source: Eurosport 

4 in 5 adults now own a smartphone

PREVALENT: Four in five people worldwide now own a smartphone, new figures show. — AFP/Relaxnews

Four in five people worldwide now own a smartphone, recently published figures show. 

According to the Global Web Index Device third quarter survey, 80% of online adults now possess a smartphone, while 50% own a tablet. And a huge 91% own a PC or laptop. 

The figures are fairly equal between men and women, although when it comes to age, the 25-34 demographic is the most likely to be connected via smartphone, while those aged between 55 and 64 are the least likely to own the technology. 

The mobile Internet sector is increasing, with web users spending an average of 1.85 hours per day online via their phones, the report states. However, this number varies depending on demographic, rising to 2.84 hours for 16- to 24-year-olds. 

Wearable devices, however, have yet to enjoy the same success, with only 9% of participants confessing to owning a smart watch and even fewer (7%) a smart wristband. Those aged 25-34 take the lead in this category. 

Global Web Index interviews more than 170,000 Internet users in 32 international markets annually. Approximately 40,000 participants are used in each quarterly study. 

- Source: AFP/Relaxnews

‘Selfie sticks’ give new perspective at tech show

JOINING THE PARTY: Long popular in Asia, Narcissticks are starting to catch on with Westerners and becoming a hot item at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. — AFP

LAS VEGAS: “Selfie sticks” — the lightweight monopods which hold smartphones to get a better angle for self portraits — are making the tech community look at things from a new perspective. 

These devices became a hot item at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where dozens of manufacturers and distributors were fielding orders to meet consumer demand. 

Priced as low as US$5 (RM18), the selfie sticks took some of the limelight in a show that features US$10,000 (RM35,680) television sets and other pricey hardware. 

“They’re flying off the shelves, they are one of our hottest items,” said Katie Kunsman with the New Jersey-based manufacturer and wholesaler Motion Systems, at her booth at the Las Vegas tech gathering. 

Kunsman said the trend has taken off in the past few months, led by enthusiasts of extreme sports like rock climbing. 

“If you go rock climbing you can get a picture from a good angle hanging off a cliff,” she said. 

The origins of the selfie stick are unclear. Some say the trend began in Asia, others point to the extreme sports community and similar devices made for the GoPro camera. 

“When I go to a music event, everyone has one,” said Aaron Sanchez at the stand for Mybat, a wholesaler of wireless accessories. 

“You can take pictures from different angles that you wouldn’t be able to get otherwise, you can take group selfies. You can get everyone in the picture and you don’t have to ask someone to take it.” 

The selfie sticks extend the smartphone camera away from the user by up to about 1.5m (60in), providing a better angle than is possible by simply extending the device at arm’s length. 

Some of the gadgets are sold at a very low price, but adding a wireless Bluetooth button to snap pictures can boost the cost to US$30 (RM107) to US$40 (RM142) or more. 

Sometimes called “narcissticks” because they promote the self-centred picture trend, the devices have faced a ban in South Korea if they use unauthorised radio frequencies. 

Selfies on CES floor 

On the CES show floor, Christina Hutchinson offered visitors a chance to snap a picture to promote “The Selfie Stick” sold by New York-based LOTP Marketing.

SAY CHEESE: Christina Hutchinson showing how to use a selfie stick, as she offers visitors a chance to take a selfie to promote "The Selfie Stick". — AFP

LOTP’s Robert Rickheeram said his firm began manufacturing and selling the sticks last year, after his parents bought one in Greece at the same time he found one in China. 

“We were one of the first, although I can’t confirm we were the first” to start manufacturing and selling in the United States. 

“We recognised the trend and we were able to get the website theselfiestick.com.” 

Rickheeram said it’s not clear if any single company can be dominant in the emerging stick sector. “Anyone can make these,” he said. “There are no patents, although we have a patent pending.” 

He said his device was designed with a strong clamp that holds the smartphone securely in place. 

- Source: AFP via The Star

Mayat terlalu lama dalam air

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• Petugas Sar mengangkat mayat bernombor 0040 dan 041 dari pesawat CN-295 di Surabaya, semalam.

PANGAKALAN BUN - INDONESIA. Dua kapal perang milik Jepun, Onami dan Katanami menemui tiga jenazah yang dipercayai penumpang QZ8501 di Laut Jawa.

Ketiga-tiga jenazah diterbangkan ke Pangkalan Udara Iskandar menggunakan helikopter Seahawk milik Jepun.

Ketika diturunkan, mayat mangsa telah rosak dan tinggal rangka kerana terlalu lama berada di dalam air lapor Tempo.com.

Menurut Koordinator Pasukan Pengecaman Mangsa Bencana (DVI), Hariyanto, hanya seluar panjang yang masih terlekat pada tubuh jenazah.

"Keadaan mayat sudah tinggal rangka. Jantina ketiga-tiga jenazah adalah lelaki," katanya.

Sementara itu, dua lagi mayat ditemui dan diangkat ke Kapal Mahakarya Geo Survey (MGS) yang berada di perairan Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan Tengah.

Lapor portal CNN Indonesia, jantina mayat adalah seorang lelaki dan perempuan.

Mereka duduk bersebelahan dan diangkat dari laut bersama kerusi yang mereka duduki.

Mayat lelaki kelihatan memakai alat mengendong bayi di dadanya.

Penemuan terbaharu itu menjadikan jumlah mangsa yang ditemui setakat ini meningkat kepada 48 orang.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Wow look! A Personal Computer on a Stick!

You can get pretty much anything on a stick. You can actually, and I kid you not, get fried butter on a stick. And soon, thanks to Intel, you can even get a full, Windows 8.1 PC on a stick.

The Windows 8.1-based Compute Stick contains a quad-core Atom processor, 32 gigabytes of storage, 2 gigabytes of RAM, and wi-fi and Bluetooth support. It will retail for $149, early this year. A separate Linux version will contain half the RAM, a third of the storage, and will sell for a reduced $89.

Here’s the thing in all its stick-y glory:

Intel is working to shrink the size of its computing products. Its new Quark SE SOC — system on a chip — could help the wearable revolution become less a dream, and more of a functional reality. Intel was late to smartphones and tablets — its earnings tell that story each quarter — but when it comes to even smaller machines, the company appears bent on not falling behind.

- Source: TechCrunch

Number of flood victims in Johor rising

The number of victims moved to relief centres nationwide had dropped to 16,187 people from 17,719 victims last night. 

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims continues to go up in Johor this morning with 145 people in Segamat being placed at flood relief centres compared to 130 last night.

Meanwhile, the number of flood victims in Pahang, Perak and Kelantan continue to drop compared to last night, but the figure is unchanged in Terengganu.

The number of victims moved to relief centres nationwide had dropped to 16,187 people from 17,719 victims last night.

In JOHOR, the State Disaster Operations Control Centre said 32 villagers from Mukim Gemerah were moved to the Kampung Batu Badak community hall and 91 from Mukim Labis shifted to the Kampung Segamat Kecil community hall.

Five people from Mukim Buluh Kasap were moved to the Kampung Spang Loi community hall, two were moved to the Kampung Mengsudut Lama community hall and 15 in Pagoh were moved to the Pagoh Penghulu Complex.

The Jalan Jabi-Bukit Tempurong in Segamat was also cut off by flood, said the control centre.

In PAHANG, 10,837 people were still staying at 51 relief centres compared to 11,697 people last night.

A Pahang Contingent Flood Operations Room spokesman said the most number of flood victims were in Pekan (6,387), Maran (2,354), Kuantan (1,005), Temerloh (572), Rompin (472) and Bera (47).

In KELANTAN, the number of evacuees had dropped to 2,372 people compared to 2,440 people last night involving 512 families placed at 27 centres.

According to the statistics of the Kelantan National Security Council (MKN), they were in Gua Musang (1,157), Kuala Krai (1,022), Machang (100) and Tanah Merah (93).

In PERAK, the number of flood victims dropped to 2,805 people from 3,424 people while all the relief centres in Kuala Kangsar were closed.

A Perak MKN spokesman said, to date, only 15 centres were still open, namely, in Hulu Perak (117), Perak Tengah (2,053), Manjung (155) and Hilir Perak (480).

Meanwhile, in TERENGGANU, the number of evacuees remained at 28 from seven families as of last night, who were staying at the 14th mile Kampung Kuala Tayor community hall and mosque.

- Source: Bernama 

Dua beradik serang Charlie Hebdo maut dalam serbuan polis

Dua beradik serang Charlie Hebdo maut dalam serbuan polis

PARIS: Pasangan adik beradik yang menyerang pejabat akhbar Charlie Hebdo maut dalam serbuan polis, selepas drama tebusan selama beberapa jam di kota Paris

Cherif dan Said Kouachi terbunuh selepas polis menyerbu lokasi persembunyian mereka di utara Paris

Dalam satu lagi serbuan di timur Paris, seorang suspek dalam kes tembakan anggota polis wanita juga ditembak, sementara seorang suspek wanita masih lagi diburu.

Cherif dan Said dilaporkan bersembunyi di sebuah kedai di kawasan perindustrian.

Pasangan itu menahan seorang tebusan. Drama tebusan memaksa polis mengosongkan kawasan berdekatan, termasuk sekolah, premis perniagaan serta menutup jalan-jalan utama.

Cherif dan Said dalam perbualan telefon bersama stesen televisyen tempatan mengaku mempunyai kaitan dengan pergerakan Al-Qaeda Yaman dan menerima latihan serta bantuan kewangan dari pemimpin kanan Anwar Al Awlaki.

Polis bertindak menyerbu lokasi persembunyian suspek sekitar 5 petang Jumaat.

Serentak itu polis di timur Paris turut menyerbu sebuah pasar raya yang dijadikan tempat persembunyian suspek dalam kes serangan ke atas anggota polis wanita pada Khamis.

Suspek Amedy Coulibaly, menahan lima tebusan.

Coulibaly dipercayai mempunyai kaitan dengan Cherif dan Said.

Dia sebelum itu turut menuntut supaya pasangan Cherif serta Said dibebaskan.

Serbuan polis menyebabkan Coulibaly dan empat tebusan terbunuh.

Dua anggota polis turut cedera. Namun polis masih menyiasat sama ada mereka maut kerana terkena letupan ketika serbuan dijalankan.

Bagaimanapun rakan subahat Coulibaly, Hayat Boumeddiene berjaya melarikan diri.

- Sumber: Astro Awani | Januari 10, 2015

Perompak dipukul dengan batang besi, diikat

Empat perompak yang ditangkap dan dibelasah penduduk sebuah kampung di Mexico. Foto oleh EPA

PUEBLA - MEXICO. Bosan akibat asyik dirompak, penduduk sebuah kampung dikatakan bertindak membelasah empat perompak yang berjaya ditangkap, mengakibatkan salah seorang daripada mereka maut.

Empat perompak berkenaan merupakan dua orang lelaki dewasa, seorang remaja lelaki dan seorang wanita.

Perompak wanita yang diberitahu sedang mengandung, hanya 'dipukul di bahagian muka'.

Keempat-empat mereka dipukul dengan kayu dan batang besi sebelum diikat pada sebatang pokok. Salah seorang perompak tersebut maut di tempat kejadian akibat kecederaan parah selepas serangan bertalu-talu.

Polis tempatan cuba menenangkan keadaan tersebut namun diusir, memaksa pihak polis dari ibu negara untuk datang mengawal keadaan. 

Ketiga-tiga perompak berkenaan diberikan rawatan kecemasan selepas kejadian berkenaan.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Woman jumps out of moving car to avoid being sold off to pimp

A FACTORY worker took a grave risk by jumping out of a moving car after realising that she was to be handed over to a prostitution syndicate, reported Harian Metro.

The woman, in her 20s, was found injured on the roadside near Taman Melawati near Kuala Lumpur by road users.

She said that she jumped out of the moving Proton Perdana after overhearing a conversation between her friend and the driver of the car that she was to be sold off to a pimp.

Speaking from her bed in Ampang Hospital, the woman claimed that her female friend, whom she befriended six months ago, had convinced her to quit her factory job to work in an office in the outskirts of the city that offered an attractive salary.

Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Khairuldin Saad confirmed that a report had been lodged and the case was being investigated.

- Source: The Star

Isyarat ping dikesan

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• Helikopter pasukan Sar mendarat di atas Kapal Perang Republik Indonesia (KRI) Banda Aceh. Misi mencari serpihan dan mangsa QZ8501 kini memasuki hari ke-13 semalam.

JAKARTA - INDONESIA. Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat (Sar) mengesan isyarat ping di Laut Jawa, dipercayai dari kotak hitam pesawat AirAsia Indonesia QZ8501 yang terhempas Disember lalu.

Panglima Tentera Nasional Indonesia (TNI), Jeneral Moeldoko berkata, isyarat ping berkenaan hampir dengan bahagian ekor pesawat yang ditemui.

"Sebuah kapal yang menyertai misi Sar menerima isyarat ping berkenaan kira-kira 300 meter dari lokasi di mana ekor pesawat QZ8501 ditemui.

"Kami telah menghantar pasukan penyelaman ke arah lokasi isyarat tersebut," katanya kepada dpa.

Pengesanan kotak hitam pesawat dianggap penting bagi mengetahui apakah punca sebenar kejadian kerana ia memiliki rakaman suara dan data penerbangan.

Pesawat itu terhempas di Laut Jawa pada 28 Disember lalu ketika cuaca ribut selepas terbang dari Surabaya menuju ke Singapura bersama 162 penumpang dan anak kapal.

Cuaca buruk sejak beberapa hari lalu turut mengganggu usaha mencari mayat dan bangkai pesawat.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian | 10 Januari 2015

Mazda CX-3 to launch in July 2015 – CBU 2.0, under RM130,000

According to a CIMB research report, the Mazda CX-3 is expected to launch in Malaysia in July, to rival the Honda HR-V, Ford EcoSport and Peugeot 2008. This is earlier than the end-2015 timeframe previously indicated by RHB Research.

The report says that initially, only the CBU 2.0 litre variant will be brought in, and that it’s expected to be priced under RM130k. By way of comparison, the top-spec Honda HR-V is estimated to cost around RM120k, while the Ford EcoSport and Peugeot 2008 are priced at RM93k-104k and RM120k respectively. The report adds that Malaysia is the only ASEAN country that has been given the rights to distribute the CX-3 so far.

Unveiled at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, the Mazda 2-based high-rider is expected to launch in Japan in March. Confirmed engines include a 1.5 litre SkyActiv-D diesel and a 2.0 litre SkyActiv-G petrol, mated to either six-speed manual or SkyActiv-Drive auto ‘boxes. Front- and all-wheel drive versions will be available.

- Source: paultan.org

Charlie Hebdo: Tiga suspek ditembak mati, seorang diburu

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• Said Kouachi, 34, Cherif Kouachi, 32, Amedy Coulibaly, 32, dan Hayat Boumeddiene, 26

PARIS - PERANCIS. Tiga suspek termasuk dua suspek serangan bersenjata di Charlie Hebdo dilaporkan ditembak mati pada petang Jumaat dalam dua serbuan berbeza.

Said Kouachi, 34 dan Cherif Kouachi, 32, suspek serangan yang mengorbankan 12 orang pada kejadian Rabu lalu, ditembak mati selepas polis mengepung sebuah kawasan industri, tempat yang dikatakan suspek serangan Charlie Hebdo bersembunyi.

Manakala seorang lagi rakan kepada Said dan Cherif, Amedy Coulibaly, 32, ditembak mati dalam satu lagi serbuan ke atas sebuah pusat percetakan dan pasar, di mana tebusan dilaporkan sedang dikurung, lapor CNN.

Sementara itu, seorang lagi suspek yang bersama-sama dengan Amedy, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, dilaporkan berjaya melarikan diri.

Sebelum itu, Amedy dan Hayat dilaporkan mengambil tebusan dan memaksa pihak berkuasa melepaskan (berhenti memburu) Said dan Cherif.

Amedy dan Hayat merupakan suspek serangan ke atas seorang anggota polis wanita dan seorang awam pada hari Khamis, sehari selepas Said dan Cherif menyerang syarikat akhbar, Charlie Hebdo.

Operasi memburu diteruskan bagi mengesan Hayat.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Man sprays 'unfaithful' girlfriend’s private parts with red paint

File photo of spray paint cans.

A Malaysian man sprayed his girlfriend’s chest and private parts with red paint after accusing her of having another lover, reported Sinar Harian.

The 22-year-old man from Perak took his girlfriend from her home to a nearby rubber plantation.

There, he accused her of having an affair. A heated argument ensued. 

As the argument escalated, the man ripped off the 22-year-old woman's clothes and groped her. He sprayed her with red paint before taking her back to her home.

Arrested

The woman made a police report later that night. The couple had been together for a year and had plans to marry.

Police arrested the man at about 1am the next day. He will be remanded till Sunday for investigations. Police found the victim’s clothes and a can of red paint at the rubber plantation.

Source: The Star | Dec 12, 2015

Samsung cipta pengalaman selfie dengan Galaxy A5, A3

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• Au menunjukkan demontrasi 'berselfie' menggunakan Samsung Galaxy A5.

SAMSUNG Malaysia Electronics Sdn Bhd (Samsung) akan mengekalkan momentum dan menambahkan penguasaan pasaran dalam segmen mudah alih di negara ini.

Pengurus Produk, Bahagian Mudah Alih, Samsung Malaysia Electronics, Luke Au berkata, Samsung menjalankan kajian mengenai pasaran Malaysia dan yakin kepelbagaian spektrum produk dapat memenuhi kehendak pengguna.

“Samsung mempunyai pelbagai segmen dan berlainan daripada produk lain. Samsung menawarkan kepelbagaian spektrum produk yang mudah dimiliki dengan harga yang berpatutan,” katanya ketika pelancaran Samsung Galaxy A5 dan A3, di Kuala Lumpur.

Menurutnya, kedua-dua produk tersebut disasarkan kepada generasi muda dengan reka bentuk menarik, tipis dan memberikan pengalaman ‘berselfie’.

“Samsung melakukan kajian dan kehendak pelanggan di negara ini sebelum produk dihasilkan supaya selari dengan trend pasaran dan pengguna. Samsung Galaxy A5 dan Samsung Galaxy A3 boleh diperolehi bermula hari ini, (semalam)” katanya.

Ketika diminta mengulas Samsung Electronics Co Ltd menyasarkan semua perantinya akan dilengkapi kemudahan sistem Internet- Of Things (IoT) menjelang 2017, beliau berkata, segmen mudah alih akan berada di barisan depan dalam pelaksanaan sistem itu.

“Kami mengalu-alukan pengumuman tersebut dan saya yakin Malaysia dapat banyak pelaburan daripada angka yang disebut,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Naib Presiden Mudah Alih, IT dan Pengimejan Digital SME, Lee Jui Siang berkata, Samsung melancarkan Samsung Galaxy A3 dan Galaxy A5 yang disasarkan untuk golongan muda yang minat selfie.

"Malaysia adalah antara negara tertinggi dengan aktiviti selfie sekali gus menunjukkan corak penggunaan terkini bagi telefon pintar oleh golongan muda. Samsung melihat minat itu sebagai permintaan baharu pasaran dan menggunakan kekuatan syarikat untuk segera membangunkan produk yang mampu mengoptimumkan keseronokan aktiviti selfie dan wefie pengguna," katanya.

Samsung Galaxy A5 berharga RM1199 dan Galaxy A3 pula RM899 di Malaysia.

Sementara itu Samsung akan menawarkan Galaxy A7 di Malaysia, Februari nanti.

Samsung Galaxy A5 membawakan skrin bersaiz lima inci Super Amoled, kamera belakang 13-megapixel dan kamera hadapan 5-megapixel, dilengkapi cip pemprosesan 1.2GHz empat-teras, memori 2GB RAM, ruangan storan terbina 16GB dan bateri berkapasiti 2300mAh.

Samsung Galaxy A3 dilengkapi dengan skrin 4.5-inci Super AMOLED, kamera belakang 8-megapixel dan kamera hadapan 5-megapixel, cip pemprosesan empat-teras 1.2GHz, memori 2GB RAM, ruangan storan 16GB dan bateri berkapasiti 1900mAh.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

Chelsea say £500m move for Lionel Messi is 'impossible'

Chelsea have distanced themselves from the prospect of making a £500million move for Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

The Premier League leaders have been linked with Messi following claims in Spain this week that the 27-year-old's relationship with Barca coach Luis Enrique has broken down.

Assistant-coach Steve Holland believes the sums involved in luring Messi away from the Nou Camp make the transfer impossible for any club.

Facing the media in place of absent manager Jose Mourinho, Holland said on Friday: "Jose has made it quite clear that in this window his expectation is that nobody comes and nobody goes.

"I recall him this time last year saying a similar thing, but a couple of things happened that made us reactive. Manchester United made a huge bid for Juan Mata. Sometimes you have to react.

"But the hope and expectation is that nobody leaves and nobody comes. We're happy with what we have.

"This club conforms with financial fair play - we've brought one or two players in over the last 12 months but it's quite clear that players have been sold to balance the books.

"When you look at the numbers being mentioned around the Messi deal, I think it's almost an impossible deal for any club working within the restraints of financial fair play."

- Source: Eurosport 

Mazda CX-5 facelift, Mazda 3 CKD arriving in March, Mazda 6 CKD to start with facelifted

Along with the upcoming Mazda CX-3, local distributor Bermaz has its 2015 calendar full of a slew of other new products in the pipeline, according to the same investor’s report by CIMB.

First up is the facelifted Mazda CX-5, which made its debut in Los Angeles along with the CX-3 in November. Mazda’s refreshed C-segment crossover is set to make reach our shores as early as March or April, two years after the current car (which made up 49.1% of Mazda’s sales in Malaysia in the first half of the 2014/15 financial year) went on sale here in February 2013.

Exterior changes include new head- and tail lights, grille inserts, fog lights and wheels, while the cabin receives upgraded switchgear, upholstery and trim, an electronic parking brake, redesigned seat structures and the MZD Connect infotainment system. The engine, suspension and drivetrain have all been tweaked for reduced noise, a flatter ride and improved fuel economy.

Possibly joining the CX-5 will be the locally-assembled Mazda 3, which is also slated to be introduced in March (it was originally estimated to arrive in the third quarter of 2014), with Bermaz already test assembling eight units at Inokom’s Kulim plant.

With increased localisation and incentives from the Industrial Adjustment Fund, the CKD 3 is expected to cost considerably less than before – under RM110k for the mid-spec 2.0 litre model and under RM120k for the high-spec variant, compared to RM138,935 OTR for the current CBU car. Bermaz is said to be dropping plans for the sub-RM90k 1.5 litre model, in order to avoid cannibalising sales of the upcoming Mazda 2.

Last but not least is the CKD Mazda 6 which is finally set to make its market introduction in the third quarter of this year. CIMB notes that Bermaz will kick off local assembly with the facelifted model also unveiled in LA, which gets some exterior updates, a thoroughly-revised interior and improved NVH levels.

Prices will reportedly drop by between RM10k-RM20k over current CBU models, which are currently priced at RM159,455 and RM189,728 OTR for the 2.0 litre and 2.5 litre sedans respectively.

- Source: paultan.

Father sacrifices five children 'to gain magic powers'

KARACHI: A Pakistani father-of-six is on the run after strangling five of his children to death, apparently believing the sacrifice would endow him with magical powers including alchemy, police said Friday.

Ali Nawaz Leghari, 40, killed the two girls and three boys, aged between three and 13 overnight Thursday in the village of Saeed Khan, some 230 kilometres (140 miles) north of the city of Karachi.

"The man's financial condition was bad but he was also learning black magic and it seems that he made the sacrifice to excel in the craft," police officer Qamaruddin Rahimo told AFP.

Amjad Sheikh, the district's police chief, confirmed the incident which occurred while Leghari was undertaking a 40-day spiritual journey, known as a 'Chilla' prescribed to him by a pir (living saint) that he hoped would teach him the art of alchemy.

Rahimo said that on Tuesday Leghari had attempted to poison the family's dinner but was spotted by his wife, resulting in a bitter quarrel.

The wife along with their eldest son left the house to go and stay with her parents.

With the pair out of the way, Leghari was able to successfully carry out his plan to sedate the remaining five children and then used a rope that was found at the scene to strangle them, said Rahimo.

"He strangled them one by one inside the room and later dumped them on a bed in the courtyard," he said, adding police were now hunting Leghari down.

Black magic practices are rooted in mystic Sufi lore and have traditionally been the domain of pirs and aamils (sorcerers).

The practice is particularly strong in rural parts of the country including the impoverished southern Sindh province where the killings took place. 

- Source: AFP

Singapore 'mermaid' makes $500 an hour from $5,000 tail

People think of mermaids as graceful mythical sea creatures.

But Ms Cara Nicole Neo knows being one is not as glamorous as it looks.

Since July 2013, she has been transforming into Mermaid Syrena for children's parties and corporate events.

Her feet blister when she swims in her silicon mermaid tail for a long period of time, and her eyes have become more sensitive to bright light after prolonged exposure to chlorinated water.

But she takes it all in her stride.

Ms Neo loves "mermaiding" so much she even designed and shipped a 15kg made-to-measure silicon tail from the US, which cost around $5,000.

- Source: The New Paper 

QZ8501: Nafi isyarat 'ping' kotak hitam dikesan

SHAH ALAM - Ketua Agensi Mencari dan Menyelamat Nasional Indonesia (Basarnas) menafikan bahawa isyarat atau 'ping' kotak hitam pesawat QZ8501 telah dikesan.

Menurut F Henry Bambang Soelistyo, pengesan isyarat kecemasan kepunyaan agensi belum lagi mengesan sebarang ping sejak operasi SAR dilancarkan 13 hari lepas.

Sebelum ini, seorang penyiasat, Santoso Sayogo memberitahu bahawa kotak hitam berkemungkinan tidak lagi berada dalam ekor pesawat.

Penyelam sudah ditugaskan untuk memastikan perkara tersebut, menurut laporan Reuters.

Sementara itu, dua lagi mayat dikesan, namun masih belum dibawa keluar dari bangkai pesawat, menurut laporan Channel News Asia.

Setakat ini, sebanyak 46 mayat mangsa penerbangan malang tersebut sudah dibawa ke darat.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian | January 9, 2015

Charlie Hebdo will print a million copies of its next edition

Charlie Hebdo will not stop skewering politics and religion alike despite the horrific January 7th attack that killed 12 people, including many of its staff and two policemen. 

Instead, the Paris-based journal will publish a million copies of its next edition on January 14th, compared to a normal printing run of around 50,000. It'll likely sell out easily, given a spontaneous display of unity and supportfor freedom of speech displayed by French protesters. 

To make the run possible, the government kicked in almost €1 million ($1.2 million), while French newspapers pledged €250,000 ($296,000). Google's Press Innovation Fund added another €250,000 and the Guardian Media Group contributed £100,000 ($150,000). The paper is also asking the public to subscribe at a reduced rate or make a donation.

The support will not only aid the large print run, but help keep the journal operating in the near-term. Charlie Hebdonever backed down from its uber-irreverent brand of satire that targeted politicians, celebrities and extremists of all stripes, despite numerous death threats and a 2011 fire-bombing. 

In an emotional interview on France 2 last night, Charliejournalist Patrick Pelloux -- who was late to the meeting where the slaughter took place -- said that "they killed pacifists and tolerant people. It's not just one journal that was attacked, but all publications everywhere."

- Source: Engadget 

Samsung Galaxy A7 dilancar di Malaysia – mula dijual pada Feb 2015

Samsung hari ini secara rasminya telah memperkenalkan siri telefon pintar Galaxy A di Malaysia, dan buat pertama kalinya juga mereka mempertontonkan Galaxy A7 dibawah keluarga sama kepada umum.

Samsung Galaxy A7 hadir dengan rekaan bingkai berasaskan logam, dilengkapi dengan sokongan selfie, fungsi mengubah tema, dan turut hadir dengan sokongan multi-windows dan juga Private Mode.

Dari segi spesifikasi, Samsung mengatakan ia akan dilengkapi dengan skrin 5.5-inci HD penuh Super AMOLED, kamera hadapan 5-megapixel dan juga ketebalan peranti hanya 6.3-mm, serta bateri berkapasiti 2600mAh (CPU-Z dilihat bermasalah dengan pengenal-pastian kapasiti bateri buat masa ini).

Semakan kami pada aplikasi CPU-Z turut memperlihatkan peranti ini membawakan memori sebanyak 2GB RAM, dan cip pemprosesan lapan-teras 1.5GHz Snapdragon 615 MSM8939.

Samsung Malaysia mengatakan peranti ini akan ditawarkan untuk pasaran Malaysia sekitar Februari 2015 kelak, dan harga tawarannya dijangka sekitar RM1499 (bukan harga rasmi).

- Sumber: Amanz