by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Today 12:23am
An Indonesian official says two Malaysians have been arrested for allegedly smuggling methamphetamine worth $10 million into Jakarta. Indonesia Customs director Thomas Soegijatna said the 44-year-old man and 29-year-old woman were recently arrested at the Jakarta address where the drugs were to be delivered. The drugs were being shipped by air in bales of plastic sheeting. Soegijatna described the methamphetamine [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Today 12:11am
Sri Lanka will begin court-martial proceedings next week against its former army chief and defeated presidential candidate on seven charges including engaging in politics while in uniform. Sarath Fonseka was arrested by the army after he lost a January presidential election to incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa appointed a three-member tribunal to try Fonseka for participating in politics while in [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 11:57pm
India and Russia plan to sign agreements to set up joint ventures in the energy industry and discuss ways to boost cooperation in the nuclear power, space and defense sectors. External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash says the agreements will be signed at the end of talks between prime ministers Vladimir Putin of Russia and Manmohan Singh of India. India [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 11:51pm
Cambodia's National Assembly approved a long-awaited anti-corruption law, though opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote, charging the legislation was useless. After two days of debate, the lower house of parliament agreed by a vote of all 82 members present to pass the legislation, 15 years after it was first proposed. The 16 members of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party who took [...]by: Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar Yesterday 11:26pm
Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Dr Zambery Abdul Kadir akan menjejak kaki buat julung kalinya ke DUN Kubu Gajah dalam program turun ke padang hujung bulan ini.Satu mesyuarat yang dipengerusikan oleh Ketua Penolong Pegawai Daerah Kecil selama, Haji Yusop bin Abusetan di Bilik Gerakan Pejabat Daerah Selama, pagi tadi. Saya dan ADUN Selama, Datuk Mohd Daud Yusop turut hadir.Dr Zambery [...]by: Anwar Ibrahim Yesterday 11:15pm
Keyakinan rakyat terhadap pentadbiran Dato’ Sri Najib Razak semakin hari semakin terhakis. Di sebalik pengumuman kononnya Model Ekonomi Baru akan diperkenalkan, rakyat ternyata menyedari kerajaan tidak akan berjaya menyingkir kudis-kudis lama yang menghinggapi akibat dari kelemahan serta pelaksanaan dasar seumpama Dasar Ekonomi Baru. Saya yakin model baru ini tidak mampu menyaingi intisari mahupun kejujuran Agenda [...]by: Lau Weng San Yesterday 10:57pm
Ku Li calls for review of federal-state relations: "Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has called for a review of the federal and state relations, in order to keep up with recent developments. He said when the Malay Rulers signed the Federation of Malaya agreement in 1947, they did not foresee future circumstances.Full story"by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 10:07pm
China's soaring greenhouse gas emissions are significantly fueled by Western consumerism. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). According to an article in Time magazine, '22.5% of the carbon emitted in China is actually exported to other countries'. So in a way, unofficial 'carbon markets' are already wel...by: Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud Yesterday 9:22pm
The Selangor government has appointed 45 people, including a woman, as community leaders to represent the Indian community in the state. Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said they were interviewed and selected from 93 shortlisted candidates for absorption into the Village Development and Security Committee. "Their appointments were approved at the state executive council meeting today and they need to [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 6:39pm
Australian authorities have rescued 24 asylum-seekers who were having boat trouble in the Indian Ocean off northern Australia. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor says the group was headed for Australia when it was spotted by an air patrol early Thursday, northwest of the Tiwi Islands off the city of Darwin. A Border Protection Command vessel picked up the asylum-seekers ...by: Mohamed Taufek Abd Ghani Yesterday 6:37pm
FELDA Lembah Klau di Raub, Pahang menjadi saksi perjuangan seorang anak muda 40an , Sdra Mazlan Aliman, AJK PAS Pusat. Beliau telah menubuhkan sebuah NGO , Persatuan Generasi Kedua Peneroka FELDA (ANAK) . ANAK telah berusaha turun ke hampir seluruh kawasan FELDA di seluruh negara untuk menerangkan kepada peneroka tentang hak mereka dan penyelewengan yang berlaku. Antara kejayaan ANAK adalah [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 6:19pm
A seagoing tragedy turns into a mess in court, reports Asia Sentinel In a case that is continuing to rile many in Hong Kong's maritime industry, on Jan. 15, a District Court judge gave four highly-trained and experienced seafarers prison terms for their roles in a collision between two ships that resulted in the sinking of one with the loss [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 5:41pm
Back in 2007 ScienceBlogs.com blogger Tim Lambert was caught red-handed doctoring a Tim Flannery sea level rise prediction: In the course of a discussion on sea level rise, Lambert disputes a predicted 80 meter rise as attributed to Tim Flannery. To make his point he posts what appears to be a Flannery quote: "...some of the best climatologists s...by: Badrul Hisham Abdullah Yesterday 5:37pm
Polis terus jadi kuda tunggangan Regim Bn. Sebentar tadi polis telah 'lawat' Anwar kononya kerana ucapan beliau di seluruh negara.... sila klik sini untuk baca lanjut.Sebab itulah jenayah terus meningkat kerana Polis tak fokus kerja yang seharusnya mereka lakukan...Juga diperturunkan tulisan AngkasaNuri mengingatkan kita bagaimana aparat kerajaan begitu cepat bertindak dalam kes Nasir Safar, setiausaha Najib yang dikatakan ada di [...]by: Badrul Hisham Abdullah Yesterday 5:33pm
Ketua Umum PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mendakwa rakaman VCD semasa beliau menjalani hukumannya di penjara Sungai Buluh antara April dan Oktober 2001 adalah satu fitnah."Semasa saya di mahkamah (1998) saya boleh jalan, saya boleh bangun. Di mahkamah saya tidak pernah pakai kerusi roda. "Saya pakai kerusi roda bila jalannya jauh. Doktor melarang saya berjalan lebih daripada sepuluh tapak. Saya [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 5:30pm
Bangkok Post: "We will do everything we can to prevent the situation from getting out of hand. If a House dissolution or my resignation could help the country move ahead, I would have no problem with doing that. But we would definitely not allow a coup to happen," said the prime minister.Mr Abhisit said he did no...by: Anwar Ibrahim Yesterday 5:12pm
Dari MalaysiaKini Oleh Salhan K Ahmad Seramai lima orang pegawai polis tiba di ibu pejabat PKR di Petaling Jaya pada kira-kira jam 11.30 hari ini untuk merekodkan kenyataan daripada ketua umumnya Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Tiga pegawai polis yang merakam kenyataannya itu daripada tiga balai berasingan di Pulau Pinang, manakala dua lagi daripada unit cawangan khas Bukit [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 5:09pm
In his speech in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, Rupert Murdoch made an intriguing reference to a recent dinner he had with Mari Elka Pangestu, the Indonesian trade minister, where she told him of her desire to double the size of her nation's creative industries. It's hard to imagine that Murdoch and Mari merely bumped into each o...by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 5:07pm
One can only wonder how cats feel when their owners (if that could ever be anyway) dress them up in kimonos, Napoleon hats, tiaras and black lace! Those costumes created and sold by Tokyo’s Takako Iwasa are quite hysterical, but really folks, what is going on here anyway? Hello Kitty has pervaded our senses ad nauseum, but take a look [...]by: Gwee Tong Hiang Yesterday 4:54pm
左起: 文打烟区州议员魏宗贤与事主蓝联兴蓝联兴(42岁), 从事维修机器工程生意。 日前下午与妻子从麻坡五马路乘桥车欲前往玉射工作,当驶至麻桥时遇交警设路障, 蓝先生无辜被交警开罚单罪名为蓝先生当时没有扣上安全带。蓝先生感到很愕然因当时与妻子共骑一辆桥车同时双双也有扣上安全带,为何交警还开罚单。蓝先生对此感到很不满, 今日通过文打烟区州议员魏宗贤发布新闻公布此不公的事件。 事主表示当时他与妻子确确实实一上车就扣上安全带, 当驶至丹绒亚葛一公里处(即麻桥下)被交警拦下并开出罚单。事主当时多番与交警解释他与妻子都有扣上安全带, 但该交警却表示其其中一位同事告知蓝先生在驾驶时没有扣上安全带。多番解释下事主还是接过罚单但因不愿在罚单上签名而被多加一条罪名, 并要事主在四月上法庭。事主表示, 他对于警方在处理事件时无法秉持公正公明的态度感到很失望。 因交警只凭一句同事告诉他事主没有扣上安全带就不分你我的开出罚单无论事主如何解释也于事无补。文打烟区州议员魏总贤对于蓝先生的遭遇感到很遗憾, 且对于交警的处事态度感到失望。 州议员透露事主每天都在路上为生活而奔波为了避免不必要的花费事主都是奉公守法, 遵从交通规则的公民但此次无辜受罚而蒙受不必要的罚款。州议员表示将协助事主致函礼让警区主任解释整件事情的经过, 并要求豁免该罚款。by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 4:36pm
A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Chile 27 February, killing at least 723 people. The quake hit some 325 kilometers southwest of the capital, Santiago, at a depth of 35 kilometres. The epicentre was 115 ...by: Khasim Abdul Aziz Yesterday 4:31pm
Bersama YB Tian Chua dan YB Iskandar Samad ketika menghadiri Jamuan Gong Xi Fa Cai di Gelanggang Bola Keranjang Jalan Merdeka, Kg. Baru Ampang pada 27 Februari 2010 yang lalu.Ketua Kampung Ampang Campuran, Tuan Haji Saleh Daud (kanan) menunjukkan kepada YB Khasim keadaan longkang yang rosak. Turut serta salah seorang pegawai MPAJ.YB Tuan Iskandar Abdul Samad, Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 4:27pm
A Malaysian prince was awarded 6 million ringgit ($1.8 million) in damages Thursday in a defamation suit against his teenage wife who accused him of sexual and physical abuse after fleeing home to Indonesia. The Kuala Lumpur High Court awarded the sum to Tengku Fakhry Ismail Petra, but he is not likely to receive any payment unless he initiates legal [...]by: Lim Lip Eng Yesterday 4:27pm
Busy: The cross junction near Taman Sri Segambut in Kuala Lumpur. Source: http://thestar.com.my/metro (By JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ, 4/3/2010)A CROSS junction located opposite the Al-Qurtubi mosque near Taman Sri Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, is a cause for concern among people in the area, especially those from the nearby SRJK (T) Segambut. The junction, which has no traffic lights, is a busy place during [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 4:20pm
Tuna brokers at Japan's largest fish market protested a proposed international trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna Thursday, saying it would unfairly hit Japan and its massive tuna market. Raw tuna is a key ingredient in traditional dishes such as sushi and sashimi, and the bluefin variety — called "hon-maguro" here — is particularly prized. ...by: Lee Kim Sin Yesterday 4:19pm
KAJANG - Kesusahan seorang ibu tunggal yang terpaksa menanggung lima anaknya selepas kematian suami kini mendapat perhatian daripada Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Kajang,Lee Kim Sin.Kim Sin berkata, beliau berterima kasih kepada pihak Surau Nurul Iman yang menghubunginya dan menyampaikan berita berkaitan kesusahan ibu tunggal yang memerlukan.Menurutnya, pejabat ADUN Kajang sentiasa prihatin terhadap penduduknya khususnya yang memerlukan bantuan dan beliau [...]by: Lim Lip Eng Yesterday 4:19pm
Source: http://thestar.com.my/metro (By BAVANI M, 4/3/2010)KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has come under fire for neglecting parks and playgrounds in the city. Several Kuala Lumpur MPs have been receiving complaints from residents living in their constituencies that the parks and playgrounds in their neighbourhoods have not been maintained for months.Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng said he had been inundated by [...]by: Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Hamzah Yesterday 4:10pm
Malaysia was formed in 1963, when the eleven states of the previous Malayan Federation came together with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore to create the Federation of Malaysia. Federalism is a system of government in which legislative power is divided between a central or federal legislature and a number of state legislatures. Both levels of government derive [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 3:00pm
With the attention on the upcoming red shirts rally, we should not forget the continuing violence in Thailand's deep south. AFP: Suspected Islamic militants shot dead three Thai workers and set their bodies on fire in the middle of road Thursday in Thailand's troubled south, police said. BP: One can only h...by: Dr Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam Yesterday 3:00pm
Pada 7 Mac 2010, kursus asas membuat fishball (bebola ikan) telah dianjurkan oleh DUN Sri Andalas. Kursus asas ini memberi pendedahan kepada peserta untuk menghasilkan fishball dari rumah. Turut hadir dalam kursus asas tersebut adalah YB Dr Xavier Jayakumar. Menghasilkan fishball dari rumah bukan sahaja boleh dijadikan pendapatan sampingan malah bagi mereka yang serius, boleh dijadikan pendapatan utama. Dengan adanya [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 2:52pm
China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that includes training in Marxist and communist theories of news, a media official said, citing problems with the current crop of mainland journalists. The South China Morning Post reported Thursday that Li Dongdong, deputy director of the General Administration of Press and Publication, said some reporters were giving [...]by: Nurul Izzah Anwar Yesterday 2:44pm
by Deborah Loh from The Nut Graph Name : Nurul Izzah Anwar Constituency: Lembah Pantai Party: PKR (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Lembah Pantai division chief (pro-tem) Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: Women’s Caucus Asian Inter-Parliamentary Malaysian Caucus Would you support the abolition/review of the Internal Security Act (ISA), in particular the provision that allows for detention without trial? I began my political education [...]by: Lim Kit Siang Yesterday 2:32pm
The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak has forgotten his first promise as Prime Minister in April last year that “The era where the government knows best is over” when he gave an instinctive “No” to the proposal by the Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng for the restoration of local government [...]by: Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi Yesterday 2:29pm
ALOR SETAR: Seluruh pendokong dan penyokong Pakatan Rakyat khususnya di negeri Kedah dijemput hadir beramai-ramai ke majlis kesyukuran yang akan diadakan sempena Ekspo Sambutan 2 Tahun Pakatan Rakyat Kedah di Kompleks PAS Kedah, Kota Sarang Semut pada hari Jumaat, 12 Mac depan, jam 7.00 malam.Majlis tersebut akan dipimpin tokoh ulama, Tuan Guru Salleh Musa bermula dengan solat Maghrib berjamaah, solat [...]by: Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi Yesterday 2:27pm
Dakwaan ahli parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu Zulkifli Noordin bahawa wujudnya 'badut hingusan' dalam PAS, tidak perlu di layan, kata Naib Presiden PAS Datuk Mahfuz Omar."Layan buat apa. Biar dia melalak," katanya ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini petang ini,Mahfuz, juga ahli parlimen Pokok Sena diminta mengulas kenyataan Zulkifli - yang dipecat daripada PKR Sabtu lalu - bahawa terdapat “badut hingusan” dalam parti itu yang [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 2:03pm
Hong Kong is an attractive holiday destination to many Filipinos. But a sad tale of a group of first time visitors coming from the country’s Surigao province may put a damper on others trying to get their glimpse of this so-called Asia’s World City.First things first. A group of 24 tourists composed of government workers were stranded in the airport [...]by: Khalil Idham Lim Yesterday 1:52pm
CAIRO: Sheikh Al-Azhar, Syeikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi meninggal dunia akibat serangan jantung hari ini semasa melakukan lawatan ke Arab Saudi.Tantawi, 81, meninggal dunia di ibu negara Arab Saudi, Riyadh.Al-Azhar, antara pusat pengajian Sunah paling terkemuka dalam dunia Islam, mengendalikan sekolah, universiti dan institusi pendidikan lain di seluruh Mesir.Tantawi sering dikatakan sebagai pemimpin rohani kepada penganut Islam Sunah.Pada 1986, Allahyarham dilantik [...]by: Badrul Hisham Abdullah Yesterday 1:38pm
dapat maklumat YB Zahrain Hashim, isteri, anak dan menantu menginap di Hotel mewah "leornard Hotel', Seymour st. dekat dengan Marble Arch, London.... lama dah mereke di sana... siapa bayar penginapan mereka ? Ada pula RM tetapi alasan melompat ialah kerana kononya DSAI tak peduli dia selaku ahli parlimen susah sehingga... tak mampu nak terus bantu rakyat hahahaaa... atau lari sebab [...]by: Lim Kit Siang Yesterday 1:36pm
When DAP Penang State Assemblyman for Komtar, Ng Wei Aik, lodged a police report against the Second Finance Minister Datuk Husni Hanadzlah for uttering racially inflammatory remarks on Tuesday, there was an immediate response from the Federal CID director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin who was in Penang at the time. Bakri asked at a [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 12:56pm
A decision by Myanmar's military junta to bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from upcoming elections drew sharp criticism from around the world, with one of the country's Southeast Asian allies Thursday calling it "a complete farce." A new election law announced Wednesday prohibits anyone convicted of a crime — as Suu Kyi was in August — from being [...]by: Anwar Ibrahim Yesterday 12:50pm
Program Gerakan Tawan Johor Bersama YB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim 12 Mac 2010 (Jumaat) Pogram di Kota Tinggi 7.30 – 8.00 malam- Solat Maghrib di Masjid Jamek Kota Tinggi 8.00-10.00 malam – Jamuan Makan Malam Public Restoran, Kota Tinggi Ucapan Oleh: 1) YB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim 2) Ybhg Dato’ Seri Chua Jui Meng 3) YB Tien Chua 4) YB Gan Pei Nei —– Program di Mersing 8.30 – [...]by: Dr Boo Cheng Hau Yesterday 12:46pm
Taman Riadah Jalan Tembaga Kuning 7, Taman Sri Skudai telah dinaik taraf denagn perbelanjaan wang cukai rakyat dijangka sejumlah RM 150,000 dengan pembinaan gelanggan serbaguna. Penduduk dikehendaki membeyar RM 40 sejam untuk menggunakan gelanggang berkenaan. Papan tanda dipasang yang menyatakan diawabah pengurusan Kementerian belia dan Sukan. Kalangan belia yang memrahi pihak berkuasa sebab yuran dikutip terlalu tinggi dan pintu pagar [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 12:36pm
Japan's economic growth was weaker than first estimated in the fourth quarter, underscoring a patchy recovery in the world's No. 2 economy. Gross domestic product expanded at an annualized pace of 3.8 percent in the October-December quarter, the government said Thursday, revised down from the 4.6 percent in a preliminary report last month. The new figure was generally in line [...]by: Iskandar Abdul Samad Yesterday 12:31pm
Saya kerap mendapat aduan dari penduduk pangsapuri yang telah dipotong bekalan air oleh Syabas kerana terdapat bil-bil yang tertunggak.Kadang kala ianya berlaku bukan akibat dari kesalahan penduduk semata-mata kerana bil-bil tersebut adalah yang ditinggalkan oleh pemaju.Apabila penduduk mengambil alih pentadbiran pangsapuri mereka seperti dengan penubuhan JMB, mereka kadang kala menerima bil air tertunggak yang tidak dibayar oleh pemaju.Penduduk pula tidak [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 12:24pm
An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said Thursday. Keepers said Tuesday that the calf had died during the difficult labor, which started March 1. But a live calf was born early Wednesday to mother Porntip. "Despite [...]by: Dr Shafie Abu Bakar Yesterday 12:09pm
by: Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar Yesterday 12:08pm
Kementerian Pelajaran harus mengkaji semula projek pembinaan bangunan sekolah tambahan yang kelak boleh menyebabkan pemembaziran dan ini merugikan wang rakyat. Ada sekolah yang mendapat bangunan tambahan, tetapi kerana terlalu tinggi hingga empat tingkat, ia tidak digunakan sepenuhnya untuk kelas belajar. Barangkali guru-guru juga enggan naik tangga ke tingkat yang tinggi kerana ia bolehby: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 11:59am
China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on Beijing to prevent overheating and keep the recovery in the world's third-largest economy on track. Consumer prices rose 2.7 percent in February over a year earlier, up from January's 1.5 percent increase, the National Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday. That exceeded most analysts' forecasts and was driven by a six [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 11:53am
Poor. Isolated. Powerless. That has been the lot of most North Korean defectors. Without marketable skills, they often end up in low-paying jobs or on public support. Defectors do receive a period of adjustment training and a settlement payment from the government, but the latter often ends up in the hands of the "brokers" who helped them escape to South Korea or for [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 11:42am
China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Wednesday it was investing $5.8 billion in a Chinese bank as part of a plan to develop mobile phone banking and business services. Under the agreement, China Mobile will pay 39.8 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) in cash for 20 percent of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, the cell phone company [...]by: Lim Kit Siang Yesterday 11:39am
By M Baki Musa Introduction and Overview The Outline This book has two parts. The first, “Perspectives on Development,” begins with the chapter exploring why some societies progress while others regress. The chapter following recaps the lessons of past societies that successfully overcame their stagnant conditions and then went on a trajectory of progress. The examples I choose [...]by: Gwee Tong Hiang Yesterday 11:37am
溫秀瓊站在課室大門旁, 一臉茫然, 內心仍擔心著孩童的傷勢; 地上留下兩攤血跡。(圖:星洲日報) 鄭輝勝由母親抱在懷里,並由父親鄭明強推出掃描室。(圖:星洲日報)娜米拉接受掃描後,情緒相當穩定。(圖:星洲日報) 陳家毅的媽媽鄭美玲心焦如焚,不斷安慰孩子很快就可以回家了!(圖:星洲日報)一名戴頭盔且蒙面的兇徒,今日(週三,3月10日)早上翻牆闖入麻坡一所幼兒園,先向女園長噴灑胡椒粉,再揮錘擊傷3名小童的頭部!3名小童傷勢穩定懷疑是瘋漢的兇徒皮膚黝黑、身材瘦小及全身黑色打扮。他在闖入課室襲擊兒童後迅速乘電單車逃去,而3名受傷的小童送院治療後,傷勢穩定。這起駭人聽聞的傷人事件是於週三上午10時許,在距離麻坡市區約3公里的玫瑰花園發生。有關幼兒園位於阿都拉曼路的哈芝阿里巷,是一間獨立式房屋。3名受傷的孩童都是6歲幼兒畢業班的學生,其中傷勢較嚴重的是陳家毅,另兩人是鄭輝勝及娜米拉。據瞭解,瘋漢是翻越圍牆進入幼兒園,他踢開關著但未上鎖的課室鐵柵門和木門後,闖入正要上課的課室內。正準備給小朋友上課的園長溫秀瓊驚見陌生男子闖入,趕緊上前阻止。她問對方想幹甚麼?但對方一言不發,並出其不意地朝她臉部噴灑胡椒粉,導致她一時無法睜開眼睛。兇徒接著持鐵錘攻擊陳家毅和娜米拉,過後又轉身襲擊鄭輝勝。當時,課室內的小孩被兇徒行徑嚇壞了,驚叫聲四起。在後方上課的教師聞聲衝過來探究,目睹瘋漢尋兇而驚慌失措。兇徒騎電單車逃走瘋漢行兇後欲逃離,溫秀瓊見狀衝出課室外,隨手拿起掃把和紅磚拋擲對方,可惜徒勞無功,看著瘋漢騎乘電單車逃去,只能記下車牌號碼3258。溫秀瓊在混亂中,也被瘋漢致傷左手及背部,不過傷勢輕微。警方接獲投報後,正加緊追查瘋漢的下落。至截稿為止,尚未有嫌犯落網。Lelaki Ceroboh Tadika & Ketuk Kepala 3 Murid Ketika beberapa orang guru sibuk menyediakan sarapan pagi di Tadika Sinario di Lorong Haji Ali, Jalan Abdul Rahman, Muar, suasana tiba-tiba menjadi kecoh dengan jeritan kanak-kanak. Seramai 20 orang murid dalam sebuah kelas di tadika itu ketakutan, melihat seorang lelaki yang berpakaian serba hitam, berkaca mata dan [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 11:35am
A court in southern China has upheld a death sentence for a Nigerian man convicted of dealing heroin in the industrial center of Shenzhen. Osonwa Okey Noberts was convicted by a Shenzhen court in June of buying 13 pounds (six kilograms) of heroin from traffickers and supplying it to lower-level dealers, the official China Daily newspaper reported Thursday. His Chinese [...]by: Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo Yesterday 11:17am
1. Setelah dua tahun memerintah, saya melihat Pakatan Rakyat meletakkan kedudukan kewangan negeri dalam keadaan "sakit" dan tidak terurus dengan baik. Kelemahan Perancangan dan Bajet Defisit 2. Apabila Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim mengambil alih kerajaan negeri, rizab tunai negeri Selangor berjumlah RM 1.4 bilion, jika tidak silap saya tertinggi dalam sejarah Selangor. 3. Namun pada tahun 2009,by: Anwar Ibrahim Yesterday 11:04am
Dari Merdeka Review Oleh Lim Hong Siang Pertukaran kerajaan di peringkat negeri gagal membawa perubahan kepada dasar nasional, demikianlah mesej yang berulang kali ditekankan oleh Kalakau Untol, bekas Timbalan Menteri Sumber Manusia, sebelum menyakinkan penyokong Pakatan Rakyat bahawa rakyat Sabah akan bangkit bersama PR pada PRU ke-13 untuk menubuhkan kerajaan persekutuan baru. “Saya memperingatkan Dato Seri Najib, bahawa [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 11:00am
Top class learning resources are now never out of reach for 88 La Trobe students in Shepparton who will receive an iPod Touch to assist them with their studies.The students, from the La Trobe University Graduate Diploma in Education (Middle Years) at the Sheppa...by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 10:33am
Hong Kong's top lawyers and Chinese officials are trading blows over the legality of a new campaign for democracy in the former British colony that frames an upcoming special election as a de facto referendum on political reform. When Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, Beijing continued to deny democracy to this wealthy financial hub of 7 [...]by: Zulkifli Nordin Yesterday 9:53am
Salam 2 all.Alhamdulillah berita baik buat penduduk Kg. Keda Dingin dibawah Parlimen Kulim Bandar Bharu.Saya dimaklumkan oleh Kementerian Pembangunan Luar Bandar & Wilayah bahawa Kampung Keda Dingin dibawah Parlimen Kulim Bandar Bharu adalah antara 50 kampung seluruh negara yang terpilih untuk program keupayaan komuniti di bawah Program Tindakan Desa (PTD). Program komuniti tersebut akan dibuat menerusi Institut Kemajuan Desa (Infra) [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 9:52am
With rice production in Australia plummeting, global demand burgeoning and extreme weather events becoming more frequent, researchers at Macquarie University are working towards developing simple tests that could help growers better assess the health of their plants and more easily predict crop yields. Biomolecular chemist Associate Professor Paul Haynes and plant biologist Associate Professor Brian Atwell are collaborating on...by: Mohd Nor Hamzah Yesterday 9:36am
Rusila, MARANG - Pas Kawasan Marang akan menganjurkan pelbagai aktiviti sempena sambutan Perayaan Jubli Perak Pas Kawasan Marang, 12 dan 13 Mac ini. Ketua Penerangan Pas Kawasan Marang, Sidek Abu Bakar (Gambar) berkata, sempena perayaan itu juga, pameran perdagangan akan diadakan termasuk rawatan as-syifa.Menurutnya, pada 12 Mac ini, Pertandingan Menjala Terbuka peringkat negeri diadakan di Rusila.“Malamnya, kami mengadakan ceramah perdana [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 9:16am
Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani employees, police and the organization said. The attack prompted World Vision, a major international humanitarian group, to suspend its operations in Pakistan. Other aid organizations condemned the violence ...by: Dr Shafie Abu Bakar Yesterday 9:01am
BBB, 24 R. Awwal = 10 Mac (Rabu):ADUN Bangi bersama rombongan melanjutkan siri lawatan ke institusi-institusi pilihan di DUN Bangi dan sekitaran. Pagi hari ini lawatan ialah ke Lembaga Zakat Selangor (LZS), Cawangan Bangi. ADUN bersama 10 orang rombongan, termasuk Tuan Haji Rushdi, Ketua Lajnah Kebajikan, Tuan Haji Mohd. Yusof Abdul Kadir, Ketua Kampong Sungai Ramal Dalam dan lain-lain. Kami [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 8:49am
Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement, but this one has a very different agenda. Police have long tried to shush and isolate potential activists, usually starting with a low-key warning, perhaps over a meal or a cup of tea. Now, the country's troublemakers are openly blogging and tweeting their stories about "drinking tea" with [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 8:22am
The Dalai Lama lashed out at China on Wednesday, accusing it of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet and rebuffing all his efforts to reach a compromise over the disputed Himalayan region. China shot back, accusing the Tibetan spiritual leader of using deceptions and lies to distort its policy in the region. The passionate back-and-forth highlighted the distrust, anger a...by: Dr Mohd Hayati Othman Yesterday 8:20am
Tertarik ana baca Sinar semalam, bila sahabat tel skim gaji untuk doktor dan lain-lain staf didalam Kem Kesihatan akan dinaikkan dan memudahkan kenaikan pangkat dan akan dipercepatkan kenaikan pangkat mereka yang berada dalam kategori tersebut.Ana dalam perbahasan dalam Parlimen sessi 11 lalu telah mengesyorkan supaya ditubuhkan suruhanjaya kesihatan untuk menilai dan mengkaji pelbagai aspek dalam pekhidmatan kesihatan termasuk dalam bidang [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 8:19am
The death of a senior terror suspect in a gunfight with police has been both a trophy for Indonesia and an unsettling reminder ahead of President Barack Obama's visit that the country's battle against resurgent extremists is far from over. Dulmatin, 39, who learned bomb-making from al-Qaida in Afghanistan, on Tuesday became the highest ranking suspect killed in the latest [...]by: Dr Mohd Hayati Othman Yesterday 8:00am
Ahli Parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu Zulkifli Noordin, yang dipecat daripada Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sabtu lepas berkata beliau telah meminta penyokongnya untuk menganjurkan “roadshow” bagi menjelaskan kedudukannya kepada pengundi dan masyarakat di kawasan Kulim-Bandar Baru.“Setakat ini saya telah menerima sokongan menggalakkan terutama daripada pemimpin kanan dan ulama dari PAS dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NG),” katanya.Syabas kpd yob sorang ni.Sebelum ni ana [...]by: Khalil Idham Lim Yesterday 7:51am
MENTERI Besar, Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak mengucap tahniah kepada ADUN Air Hitam, Abdul Ghani Ahmad (kanan) selepas mengangkat sumpah sebagai Exco Kerajaan Negeri Kedah yang baru, di Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, 10 Mac. Turut dilantik, ADUN Sidam, Tan Chow Kang (kiri). Foto : Utusan.by: Mohamed Taufek Abd Ghani Yesterday 7:51am
KULIAH PENGAJIAN ISLAM Tarikh : 14 Mac 2010 / Ahad Masa : Selepas solat Maghrib Penceramah : Ustaz Abd Ghani Ahmad Zaigu Tajuk : Aqidah Islamiah (Dr Mustafa Said Al Khin & Sheikh Muhyiddin Dib Misto) Tempat : Madrasah Tuan Guru Haji Abdul Rahman, Kg Selemak, Jalan Kg Batu-Inas, Rembau Semua dijemput hadir Maklumat lanjut hubungi Ustaz Nazri 019-3457690 atau [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 7:24am
My posting yesterday about Australian travel advisories made me wonder where else Australians are not supposed to travel. In all my years travelling I've never much looked at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website that lists...by: Khalil Idham Lim Yesterday 7:05am
Dua muka baru menyertai senarai Exco Kerajaan Negeri Kedah, manakala lapan lagi dilantik semula ke jawatan berkenaan untuk tempoh setahun lagi.Dua muka baru itu ialah ADUN Ayer Hitam, Abdul Ghani Ahmad dan adun Sidam, Tan Chow Kang.Mereka menggantikan dua exco yang digugurkan, iatu Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Sains, Inovasi dan Teknologi Maklumat negeri, Abdullah Jusoh dan Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Alam Sekitar, Hal Ehwal [...]by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun Yesterday 7:00am
Ok, ok, Thanong is the only source, but still amusing to see him getting worked up about this. His first post: What should Abhisit have done under the current circumstances? Here are his limited options:1. Re-evaluate the crisis situation. Don't underestimate the Red Shirts' rally, which could turn violent. Admit the fact that the Democrat-led coalition is ab...