Jurulatih anjing: 'Saya tidak hina Islam'

SHAH ALAM - Individu yang melakonkan aksi sambutan hari raya bersama anjing dalam satu video kontroversi menafikan bahawa tindakannya itu merupakan satu penghinaan kepada Islam.

Memetik laporan Malaysiakini, Maznah Mohd Yusof, 38 atau lebih dikelani sebagai Chetz berkata, beliau berasa sedih kerana video berkenaan disalah tafsir.

“Saya sayang agama saya. Saya fikir orang perlu belajar mengenai agama mereka dulu dan tidak membuat tafsiran salah mengenai video saya yang dibuat tiga tahun lalu," katanya.

Jurulatih anjing tersebut berkata, beliau membersihkan dirinya dan anjing berkenaan dalam video berkenaan kerana agama Islam menurutnya menganjurkan kebersihan.

Maznah berkata, beliau juga sedih kerana imam masjid berhampiran kawasannya juga marah dengan video berkenaan.

“Sebagai seorang pemimpin agama, tidakkah dia tahu mengenai undang-undang Islam? Sepanjang pengetahuan saya, agama saya tidak menghalang saya daripada membela atau menjaga anjing,” katanya.

Maznah menambah, jirannya yang beragama Islam kini tidak berpuas hati walaupun mereka sebelum ini tiada masalah dengan tindakannya membela anjing.

"Video ini dibuat tiga tahun lalu, kenapa jadikannya sebagai isu sekarang?

"Saya percaya ini berkaitan dengan kes blogger Alvin Tan dan Vivian Lee... sebab pada awalnya, mereka yang menonton video tersebut menyangka saya seorang Cina,” katanya yang merujuk kepada pasangan blogger seks yang didakwa ekoran satu video didakwa menghina Islam.

Sementara itu, semalam, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) diarah menggambil tindakan terhadap penyebaran video yang dikatakan menghina Islam bertajuk '1 Hari Di Hari Raya' yang disiarkan dalam laman YouTube.

Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia Datuk Jailani Johari berkata, SKMM telah diarah menyegerakan siasatan terhadap pemilik video yang dianggap boleh mengganggu sensitiviti Islam itu.

"Saya menerima banyak pertanyaan mengenai hal ini walaupun SKMM belum menerima sebarang laporan mengenainya. Oleh itu, saya telah mengarahkan SKMM menggambil tindakan untuk menyiasat video itu," katanya.

Video itu menunjukkan seorang individu membawa tiga ekor anjingnya bersiar-siar dekat perkarangan masjid dengan suara latar Takbir Raya.

Rakaman berdurasi 1 minit 44 saat itu turut menunjukkan individu itu memakai Baju Melayu hitam membasuh kaki anjingnya, kemudian seolah mengambil wuduk dengan membasuh kakinya pula dan mengelap anjingnya sebelum menyediakan kuih raya untuk tiga ekor anjing itu.

Video itu juga menyiarkan kata-kata "Raikanlah Aidilfitri bersama-sama, tanpa mengira spesies, warna dan asal-usul (dengan menunjukkan gambar tiga anjing itu).
- sinarharian.com.my

Sumber : Malaysia Chronicle

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Bayi gergasi pecah rekod

Berlin: Seorang bayi mempunyai berat 6.1 kilogram (kg) dan berukuran 57.4 sentimeter dilahirkan di Jerman pada 26 Julai lalu.
Bayi sebesar itu biasa dilahirkan melalui pembedahan Caesarean, tetapi Jasleen dilahirkan secara normal.
Akhbar Der Spiegel melaporkan Jasleen dilahirkan di Hospital Universiti Leipzig dan ibu bayi itu berdepan masalah diabetes yang tidak dikesan.

Keadaan itu yang berlaku pada minggu ke-24 kehamilan boleh menyebabkan saiz bayi membesar lebih daripada biasa.

PETUGAS hospital memeriksa Jasleen yang mempunyai berat 6.1 kilogram.

Walaupun kedua-dua ibu dan anak terbabit dalam keadaan baik, Jasleen masih berada di unit rawatan neonatal.

Dia kini secara rasminya menjadi bayi baru lahir terbesar di Jerman memecahkan rekod bayi lelaki bernama Jihad yang dilahirkan di Berlin pada 2011 dengan berat 5.8 kilogram.

Seorang ibu rakyat Britain melahirkan seorang bayi lelaki bernama George dengan berat 6.8kg pada Mac lalu.

George dilahirkan secara semula jadi dan menjadi bayi baru lahir kedua terbesar di Britain.

Yang mengejutkan tiada siapa menyedari ibu George bakal mendapat anak yang besar.

“Dia adalah satu kejutan besar kepada saya.

“Secara jujur, saya tidak ingat langsung. Saya berasa sakit dan kemudian dia keluar. Saya hanya ingat saya meneran dengan kuat,” katanya.

Menurut Buku Rekod Guiness, bayi baru lahir paling berat dilahirkan oleh wanita Kanada Anna Bates pada 1879.

Anak lelakinya mempunyai berat 10 kilogram ketika dilahirkan, tetapi meninggal 11 jam kemudian.
- Agensi

Source : Malaysia Chronicle

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SHOT BY GUNMEN: Musa Hasan's anti-crime chief in critical condition, time for tell-all

It looks like the accusations by former police chief Musa Hassan and his anti-crime watchdog body that underworld syndicates had infiltrated the police force and that top politicians were interfering in police work have touched a sore spot.
R Sri Sanjeevan, the chairman of My Watch or The Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force, was shot at close range at 4.30pm yesterday at Taman Cempaka, Bahau.
Unknown gunmen on a motorbike had made an attempt on his life. At press time, he was in a critical state in the Jempol hospital and is expected to be transferred to the Kuala Pilah hospital today.
Time to tell all
Musa, the former Inspector-General of Police who is the patron of MyWatch, had shocked the nation last year when he made public his allegations. During his time as the police chief, the scandal-tainted Musa too had been accused of being connected to underworld chiefs and protecting them from prosecution. He retired in 2009 and has tried to redeem his image by participating in several anti-crime crusades.
"This is terrible news and I hope that Musa Hassan will come out and reveal more of the truth. Don't keep any more secrets. If they dare to go after Sanjeevan today, who will be next tomorrow?" PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng told Malaysia Chronicle.
Gunmen came on a motorbike
According to the NST, Sanjeevan had gone out with his friend, Ramesh Balakrishnan, 35, for a drink after picking up the latter at his house.
“The two were in Sanjeevan’s silver BMW when he (Sanjeevan) stopped at a junction near Taman Awana Indah and wound down the car window for a smoke," Jempol police chief Supt Hamzah Alias had said.
“Two assailants on a red motorcycle rode up next to him. The pillion rider then fired a shot at Sanjeevan’s right rib."
Hamzah said the pillion rider then got off the motorcycle and walked towards Sanjeevan but Sanjeevan managed to speed off despite having sustained a gunshot wound.
“The victim despite being badly injured, managed to drive off, leaving the suspects behind. The suspects then left the crime scene and rode away towards the road leading to Rompin.” “ added the police chief.
Sanjeevan then drove some 300m from the scene before pulling over for his friend to take over the wheel.
“His friend (Ramesh), then moved him to the passenger’s seat before taking and driving to the Jempol Hospital,” said Hamzah.
According to Hamzah, the police have yet to establish the motive behind the attempted murder.
“So far there have been no leads or suspects. Investigation is ongoing,” he said, adding that a special task force had been set up by the Negri Sembilan police headquarters to probe the case, which is being investigated under section 307 of the Penal Code for attempted murder.
It was reported in January that Sanjeevan claimed he received a death but brushed it off as part of the risk that came with the role he assumed.
Sanjeevan had claimed someone called him from a unknown warning him to watch his back as he had “stepped on too many toes”.
Tip of the iceberg: Gambling, prostitution, money laundering

MyWatch had also claimed that it possessed evidence that top police officers were involved in criminal activities, including money laundering, gambling, prostitution and have direct links with underworld figures and kingpins.
Several recent cases including a robbery at a clinic where a Tan Sri had to whip out his gun and shoot dead one of the thieves have reignited public clamoring for tougher action against crime including the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission.
IPCMC advocates believe its formation will  to help curb out-of-control crime by cleaning up and making more effective the police force.
Suspicion was also reignited that the main objection to the IPCMC's formation by Prime Minister Najib Razak's government was a reluctance to upset the big-time underworld chiefs whose connections and network into the police force ran deep and wide due to decades of inaction by the government.
"We have said it too many times, there is no plausible reason for Najib and the government to keep denying that crime is up. They should also stop refusing to set up the IPCMC. What are they afraid of? Are they worried that if an IPCMC is formed, the testimony that comes from the cops themselves might reveal the true state of affairs in the force," said Jui Meng.
"I believe the majority of the police would prefer to work in an environment that is free from the influence of the syndicates and the politicians. But they have no choice because they have to work under bosses who are not clean or are compromised."

Sumber: Malaysia Chronicle

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2 kepala 1 badan

Pasangan bayi kembar siam dengan dua kepala dan satu badan dilahirkan di Jaipur, Rajashtan, kelmarin.
Bagaimanapun, kepala, sistem saraf dan tulang belakang bayi lelaki itu didapati berasingan.
Tulang belakangnya bersambung di bawah pelvik dan mereka turut berkongsi sangkar rusuk dan belingkung bahu.
Doktor berkata, mereka percaya bayi itu boleh dlselamatkan.
Penyelia Perubatan Hospital JK Lone, Dr SD Sharma berkata, kes sedemikian yang dikenali sebagai Cisephalic Parapagus jarang berlaku terutama di kalangan bayi lelaki.
Menurutnya, ia adalah kes pertama di Rajasthan dan kedua di India.
Kebanyakan kanak-kanak yang dilahirkan sedemikian mati ketika dilahirkan dan kebanyakan kes membabitkan bayi perempuan.
Satu lagi kes yang terkenal membabitkan kembar dicephalic parapagus ialah bayi rakyat Amerika iaitu Abigail dan Brittany Hensel dengan kisahnya dipaparkan dalam siri realiti televisyen Abby & Brittany baru-baru ini.
Awal September 2011, dua bayi perempuan berusia 11 bulan dari Sudan yang bercantum di kepala berjaya dipisahkan di Hospital Kanak-Kanak Great Ormond di London.
Bayi dari Sudan itu adalah kembar craniopagus yang berlaku satu dalam 2.5 juta kelahiran.
Mereka dilahirkan dengan bahagian atas kepala bercantum - keadaan yang jarang berlaku dan hanya satu daripada 10 juta kelahiran seumpama itu hidup.
Kembar siam berlaku pada satu dalam 100,000 kelahiran.
Ia terjadi apabila satu telur yang subur gagal berpisah dengan sempurna atau telur berkenaan berpisah tetapi bercantum semula dalam rahim.
- Agensi

Sumber : Malaysia Chronicle

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The RM500 million 'buy-election': A record high as Najib fears OUSTER

 

KUALA BESUT BY-ELECTION Barisan Nasional (BN) has pledged a total of RM467.12 million in its 12-day campaign for the Kuala Besut by-election, rivals PAS alleged today in what it said is possibly the most ever spent on a by-election.
Today’s estimate by PAS topped the RM330 million that yesterday moved electoral watchdog Bersih to cry foul over the alleged vote-buying for the crucial poll.
“The grand total that we have counted up until this moment reached RM476.19 million. With a total of 17,683 voters, we announce that the value of each ballot for N.01 Kuala Besut reached RM27,000,” PAS’s Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad told reporters here.
“This puts the by-election in the 13th parliamentary session among the costliest in history.”
Dzulkefly could not yet disclose the total amount spent by the Islamist party in its campaign, but stressed that its spending has not been as lavish as BN’s.
Yesterday, Bersih had announced the pledges made so far meant that about RM19,000 will be spent for each registered voter in the state seat.
“Up to last Saturday, as compiled by PAS from media reports, financial promises and allocations by federal and state agencies for the Kuala Besut area have totalled at least RM337,490,750,” the watchdog said in a statement yesterday.
Among the projects announced so far are a RM250 million river dredging project to desilt the estuary of Sungai Besut, a 2km breakwater along the coast, and a RM35 million project to fix the busted Lowvier dam in Pengkalan Nangka here.
On July 17, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had launched 72 units of low-cost housing in Kampung Lay Out, Tok Saboh here costing more than RM10 million. Another low-cost housing project with 200 homes worth RM28 million was also announced in Pulau Perhentian.
Yesterday, Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam launched two Klinik 1 Malaysia with a total cost of RM39 million, while Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said announced a 500-unit low-cost housing project in Kuala Besut worth RM22.5 million.
During campaigning last week, Ahmad also told voters that they must support BN in tomorrow’s by-election to allow planned development there to continue.
Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman was more discreet when he said on July 14 that the apparent timing of the projects was not made with the election in mind.
“If aid is given during elections, it is just a coincidence, like my coming to Kuala Besut, it is the custom of the Malays to bring souvenirs to the host,” he was quoted as saying by national news agency Bernama.
Kuala Besut is considered an Umno stronghold, as it has won there by over 2,000 votes in the previous two elections. But the party and the larger BN coalition are sparing no effort to ensure that it does not fall into PR’s hands.
BN’s Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman will face local boy from PAS, Azlan Yusof, for the Terengganu state seat by-election which was called following the death of Dr A. Rahman Mokhtar on June 26 from lung cancer.
In Election 2013, Dr Rahman had defeated PAS’s Napisah Ismail with a comfortable 2,434-vote majority. The state seat has 17,679 registered voters, of whom 98 per cent are Malays.
- MM

Source : Malaysia Chronicle

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IS THIS RIGHT? Fasting month, non-Muslim students forced to eat next to toilet

Photographs which have emerged online allegedly showing non-Muslim students of a primary school being made to eat in a shower room during fasting month, have angered netizens.
The photographs uploaded supposedly by a parent on popular social networking site Facebook yesterday, shows students of SK Seri Pristina in Sungai Buloh sitting around tables set up in the school’s changing or shower room.
It is alleged that school authorities have made the students eat in the makeshift dining room, located next to the toilets.
No food is believed to be served in the canteen, which is said to be closed during Ramadan.
It was stated that Education officials have met with school authorities and parents at 2.30pm.
In an immediate response on Twitter, Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan said the school has been instructed to change the location of the temporary eating room.
He added that the ministry has requested an investigation into the matter.
"If the canteen is under renovation, a proper place should have been identified; surely not the changing room.
"It is not the right thing to do. The school could have appointed a temporary canteen operator to run the operations during Ramadan," he said.
Full of bacteria, says parent
In her Facebook posting at 2.30 this morning, Guneswari Kelly, who claims to have a daughter schooling there, said the children are forced to eat there despite the foul stench.
"The bathroom is full of bacteria and smells..., and the toilet next door has a horrible smell," she said.
She claims that when parents complain, the children are just directed to another bathroom or a store room.
"As a mother, I am in tears and sadness. How many times do they need to run...? Dear Malay friends, is this fair to you? Does your Allah allow this?" she asked.
Her post has been shared more than 1,900 times and received more than 160 comments within 12 hours, including from Muslims who condemned the act and urged punishment against the school administrators.
Some say they will lodge police reports while others posted the link to the headmaster's Facebook page, urging action.
One FB user, Mythreyar Mutturamalinggam lodged a police report at the Tanjung Malim police station in Perak this afternoon.
Meanwhile, commentor Emy Deen said: "I am a Malay and a Muslim and I certainly do not agree with this kind of treatment against another...
"This is not the teachings of Islam. I hope those involved are punished accordingly. I wonder where they put their brains."
Another commentor, who claims to be a teacher, said the children should have been allowed to eat at the canteen as usual but advised not to show off their food to the Muslim children who are fasting.
"That is it. Not to hide (the children) in a place like this. Unwise decision by the GB," Akmar Zainal Mokhtar said, referring to the headmaster.
Suguna Papachan added that the incident stemmed from a lack of policy to address differences in race and religion.
"(The government) does not recognise that we are multi-religious, it doesn't recognise that we need to co-exist thus it (is not) that Islam is the official religion and that everyone should respect it and it only.
"There should be respect of cultural and religious beliefs of all, for example, if Muslims fast in school, there should be food made available for students who aren't Muslims," she said.
- Malaysiakini

Source : Malaysia Chronicle

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Budak 14 tahun dirogol 8 lelaki

Tindakan pantas tiga anggota polis peronda melakukan pemeriksaan berjaya menyelamatkan seorang budak perempuan berusia 14 tahun daripada menjadi mangsa rogol sekumpulan lelaki di Bukit Kebuk, dekat sini, semalam.
Bagaimanapun malang buat rakan mangsa, juga berusia 14 tahun apabila dirogol bergilir-gilir lapan lelaki terbabit di atas susunan tiang elektrik di kawasan semak berkenaan.
Dalam kejadian jam 3 pagi itu, tiga anggota polis yang sedang melakukan rutin rondaan mendapati sebuah kenderaan diletakkan berdekatan semak dalam keadaan mencurigakan.
Ketika memasuki jalan tidak bertar kurang 300 meter dari jalan utama untuk melakukan pemeriksaan, beberapa lelaki cuba melarikan diri dengan motosikal masing-masing sebaik menyedari kehadiran kenderaan polis.
Seorang daripada mangsa ditemui terbaring tanpa pakaian di atas susunan tiang elektrik, manakala rakan mangsa dikurung dalam kereta salah seorang lelaki terbabit.
Difahamkan, kedua-dua mangsa yang tinggal di sebuah tanah rancangan Felda dalam daerah ini keluar dari rumah masing-masing seawal jam 1 pagi tanpa pengetahuan ibu bapa mereka.
Kedua mangsa dikatakan mahu ke rumah teman lelaki salah seorang daripada mereka di Temerloh, namun tidak mempunyai kenderaan sebelum menghubungi seorang rakan lelaki (suspek) untuk meminta pertolongan.
Selepas diambil dengan menaiki sebuah kenderaan, lelaki yang membantu mereka itu berhenti di sebuah stesen minyak berdekatan lokasi kejadian untuk berjumpa dengan rakan suspek lain.
Mangsa kemudiannya dibawa ke lokasi kejadian sebelum salah seorang daripada mereka dirogol bergilir-gilir dipercayai membabitkan lapan lelaki tidak dikenali.
Sementara itu, Ketua polis Daerah Maran, Pemangku Deputi Superintendan Sulaiman A Hamid berkata, pemeriksaan kesihatan mengesahkan salah seorang daripada remaja malang itu dirogol bergilir-gilir.
Menurutnya, tiga suspek berusia 16 hingga 19 tahun berjaya ditahan untuk membantu siasatan manakala rakan mereka yang lain sedang diburu pihak polis.
- SH

Sumber : Malaysia Chronicle

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3.6 magnitude earthquake occurs near Kudat, Sabah

 

A weak earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter Scale occurred near Kudat, in the northern part of Sabah at 9.14am today. The Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement issued here said the epicentre was located at latitude 6.8 (degrees) north and longitude 117.1 (degrees) east, about 377 kilometres from Palawan, Philippines and 11km from Pitas, Sabah.
Tremors were also felt in Pitas. The department will continue to monitor the situation closely.
– Bernama
 

Source : Malaysia Chronicle

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Kate selamat lahirkan putera diraja Britain

Putera William dan isterinya meraikan kelahiran putera sulung mereka pada hari Isnin, yang menyediakan keluarga diraja dengan raja.
Orang ramai bersorak di hadapan pintu Istana Buckingham selepas pengumuman bahawa Duchess of Cambridge telah menghasilkan waris lelaki sihat seberat 8lbs 6oz (3.8 kilogram).
Bayi yang belum dinamakan merupakan pewaris takhta ketiga dan selepas anak Ratu Elizabeth II yang Prince Charles, dan kemudian anak sulungnya William. "Kami sangat gembira," kata William, anak Charles dan mendiang Puteri Diana dalam satu kenyataan ringkas.
Presiden Amerika Syarikat Barack Obama dan isterinya Michelle turut mengucapkan tahniah manakala Kanada, antara 15 negara yang bakal diwarisi merupakan negara yang pertama untuk meraikan kelahiran bayi diraja.
Kate Middleton, 31 dan William pergi sekitar subuh ke Hospital London St Mary, Paddington, di tengah-tengah London.
"Yang Teramat Mulia The Duchess of Cambridge telah selamat melahirkan seorang anak lelaki pada 16:24 (1524 GMT)," kata Istana Kensington dalam satu kenyataan hanya lebih empat jam selepas dia melahirkan.
"Bayi ini mempunyai berat 8lbs 6oz. The Duke of Cambridge hadir untuk kelahiran."
Ia adalah hospital yang sama bahawa mendiang Puteri Diana melahirkan William pada tahun 1982. Kate, William dan bayi baru mereka akan berada di hospital semalaman, menurut istana di situ.
Ratu dan Prince Charles berkata mereka amat gembira dengan berita kelahiran ini. London Eye dan Menara BT dinyalakan dengan warna merah putih dan biru untuk meraikan kelahiran bayi manakala meriam api berbunyi di seluruh ibu negara pada Selasa.
Muka hadapan surat khabar dengan kata : " Bayi lelaki"
Ketibaan bayi diraja dan generasi baru untuk monarki British telah hangat dijangkakan sejak pasangan itu berkahwin pada 2011 selepas percintaan dekad-panjang.
Istana itu berkata nama kanak-kanak itu akan didedahkan kemudian, tetapi dia akan dikenali sebagai Prince of Cambridge. Pakar mengatakan nama kegemaran adalah George dan James, nama tradisional untuk raja masa depan - walaupun mereka telah menjangkakan bayi perempuan akan dilahirkan.
William, juga 31, berada di sisi isterinya ketika kelahiran.
Prince Charles dan Camilla isteri keduanya berkata "gembira dengan kedatangan cucu pertama saya".
"Ia adalah masa yang sangat istimewa bagi William dan Catherine dan kami begitu teruja di atas kelahiran anak lelaki mereka," waris 64 tahun takhta itu berkata dalam satu kenyataan.
"Banyak orang telah memberitahu saya beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini, menjadi datuk adalah saat unik dalam kehidupan seseorang, jadi saya sangat bangga dan gembira menjadi datuk untuk kali pertama dan kami tidak sabar sabar untuk melihat bayi dalam masa terdekat."
Hakikat bahawa ia adalah seorang budak lelaki melegakan keperluan untuk tergesa-gesa melalui undang-undang penggantian baru di seluruh negara-negara 16 Komanwel, yang akan bermakna bahawa anak perempuan tidak lagi boleh mengambil alih mana-mana adik lelaki pada masa depan.
Perdana Menteri Britain, David Cameron berkata di luar pejabat Downing Street bahawa ia adalah "berita baik" untuk Britain.
"Ia adalah masa yang penting bagi negara kita. Sebuah negara bangga meraikan kedatangan bayi bagi pasangan diraja," kata Cameron.
The Obamas berkata mereka mahu William dan Kate " kebahagiaan dan rahmat akan datang setelah menjadi ibu bapa", sambil menambah: "Kanak-kanak memasuki dunia ini bersama janji dan peluang untuk kedua-dua negara kita."
Kehamilan ini telah diumumkan pada bulan Disember apabila Kate telah dimasukkan ke hospital.
- AFP

Sumber : Malaysia Chronicle

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Kuala Besut penentu masa depan Najib?

MENGULAS dalam tampalan yang lalu, pembahas “drlangitbiru penang” berkata: “Dato' tak berminat ke nak ulas PRK Kuala Besut?”

Berminat, tetapi oleh sebab saya tidak mengikutinya dari dekat saya hanya boleh mengulas berpandukan apa yang saya baca dalam media arus perdana (MAP) dan media alternatif.

Kalau ikut penilaian MAP, Barisan Nasional (Umno) akan mengekalkan DUN Kuala Besut dengan kemenangan besar – sama seperti yang mereka ramalkan untuk PRU 5 Mei lalu.

Tetapi kalau kita ikut sejarah pilihan raya kecil Terengganu, BN tidaklah boleh terlalu yakin. Pertama, BN pernah hilang kerusi kepada PAS dalam PRK di Terengganu dan yang kedua PAS mengukuhkan kedudukan di Terengganu dalam PRU lalu.

Tidak sampai setahun selepas PRU 2008, Ahli Parlimen BN Kuala Terengganu, Razali Ismail, meninggal dunia. Allahyarham menang PRU 2008 dengan kelebihan undi 628 saja.

BN meletakkan Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, orang kanan Perdana Menteri waktu itu (Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi). MAP menguar-uarkan kemenangan besar bagi BN. Dia kalah kepada calon Pas, Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut, dengan defisit undi sebanyak 2,631.

Tidak mustahil hal yang sama berlaku di Kuala Besut pada 24 Julai ini. Cuma kelebihan undi bekas ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) BN, Allahyarham Dr A. Rahman Mokhtar, adalah besar. Dia memperoleh 8,809 undi manakala calon PAS, Napisah Ismail, mendapat 6,375, memberikan majoriti 2,434.

Apa Yang Tersirat Di Sebalik Kenyataan Khairy

Apa yang menjadikan PRK Kuala Besut menggiurkan adalah kenyataan Ketua Pemuda Umno, Khairy Jamaluddin, bahawa keputusannya kritikal bagi BN dan Perdana Menteri.

Semua sudah tahu yang Mohd Najib menghadapi tekanan hebat sebagai PM dan Presiden Umno setelah gagal memperbaiki prestasi BN dalam PRU 5 Mei lalu. Malah pencapaian beliau lebih buruk daripada Abdullah pada tahun 2008.

Walaupun Umno menang lebih banyak kerusi Parlimen, tetapi Mohd Najib tidak berjuang atas landasan nasionalisme Melayu dan Islam sebaliknya atas nama 1Malaysia dan “Sokong Saya Undi BN” serta menjulang pengundi Cina dan India sebagai penyelamat BN.

Jadi kalau ada cabaran dalam pemilihan agung Umno akhir tahun ini, kedudukan Mohd Najib terancam. Selepas Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman Putera pada tahun 1969, Mohd Najib adalah PM dan Presiden Umno paling lemah dalam sejarah pasca PRU.

Berbalik kepada kenyataan Khairy yang dilaporkan secara meluas oleh media alternatif tetapi tidak oleh MAP, saya menganggapnya sebagai mengandungi makna yang mendalam.

Kita tentu masih ingat bahawa Khairy berada di sisi Abdullah apabila bapa mertuanya diasak meletakkan jawatan setelah gagal mempertahankan suara dua pertiga dalam PRU 2008 dan terpaksa berundur tidak lama setelah BN kalah dalam PRK Kuala Terengganu.

Kekalahan BN dalam PRK Kuala Terengganu mengukuhkan tuntutan penentang Abdullah agar beliau meletakkan jawatan. Abdullah meletakkan jawatan pada 3 April 2009.
Dr M Sokong Tiada Pertandingan

Cuma elemen yang menyegerakan pengunduran Abdullah pada tahun 2009 mungkin tidak wujud lagi sekarang atau, kalau ada pun, tidak sekuat dulu.

Antaranya:

1. Banyak blogger Umno yang mementang Abdullah dan menuntut pengundurannya telah berubah menjadi pro-Najib;

2. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang pada tahun 2009 menentang Abdullah habis-habisan dengan bantuan Muhyiddin Yassin kini berpendirian jawatan Presiden dan Timbalan Presiden tidak dipertandingkan;

3. Muhyiddin pula dikatakan "tidak berminat" mencabar Mohd Najib kerana “sudah penat” dan tidak mahu dilihat sebagai tidak setuju dengan semua PM;

4. Boleh jadi juga tindakan "menutup pintu" pertandingan itu terbit daripada kebimbangan akan muncul pencabar lain, misalnya Tengku Razaleigh. Walaupun Ku Li seangkatan dengan Dr Mahathir, beliau masih cergas dalam politik dan menjadi tempat banyak pihak meminta nasihat dan mengadu nasib;

5. Justeru itu, apa yang dua watak ini (Dr Mahathir dan Ku Li) kata di belakang tabir akan memberi kesan kepada kedudukan Mohd Najib. Cuma Dr Mahathir dan Ku Li mungkin tidak sekata untuk menyingkir Mohd Najib;

6. Banyak wakil rakyat Umno, khasnya dari Sawarak dan Sabah, diketahui telah “berunding” dengan Ku Li, cuma bekas Naib Presiden Umno itu mungkin tidak mempunyai sumber (manusia dan wang) untuk melawan jentera Mohd Najib yang kaya sumber; dan.

7. Harapan Umno berubah kepada yang lebih baik melalui pemilihan kepimpinan tahun ini adalah tipis. Umno mungkin berubah hanya jika atau apabila kalah dalam PRU.

Sinar Harian : (Sumber : Malaysia Chronicle)

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It's been 40 YEARS since Bruce Lee died...

HONG KONG - Hailed as cinema's first martial arts hero and a cinematic bridge between the cultures of East and West, Bruce Lee helped put Hong Kong on the movie world map.
So why are some in the city marking the 40th anniversary of his death in a toilet?
"In 1958, Bruce Lee was a student at St Francis Xavier's [College]," Wong Yiu-keung, chairman of the Bruce Lee Club, explains.
"One day, he was caught in a fight in a washroom by one of the fathers.
"But the priest also boxed back in his home country. So, he didn't punish him. Instead, he invited him to the boxing classes. Lee later participated in an interschool competition and won."
The incident was significant in Lee, who died from swelling of the brain aged just 32, deciding to tunnel his love of martial arts into something positive.
A short time afterwards he opened a martial arts school in the United States, where he was born.
Fans of Lee will visit his Hong Kong alma mater this weekend as one of several stops on an unofficial "Bruce Lee trail" in the former British colony, where the star spent his childhood.
Other points on the walk include Lee's statue on the Avenue of the Stars and the Bruce Lee Club house, both in the Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood of the southern Chinese city, which is without a permanent museum dedicated to the screen legend.
Fans will also take in a monastery in the New Territories which featured in perhaps his most famous movie, "Enter the Dragon".
Chaos
A five-year exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, featuring memorabilia from his life and films including his iconic yellow jumpsuit, was due to be opened Saturday by his daughter Shannon Lee.
"The way I know my father is not through media. The way I know my father is in number of different ways," Lee, who was four when her father died, said Friday.
"It's through the people who knew him well, his friends, my family. It's also through his own words, because he wrote voluminously.
"I have all of his library books, thousands of books and he would underline in them and write notes in the margins, so I know him from him."
Some of those notebooks, poetry, and family photos are among 600 items showcased at the museum until 2018.
A 20th century cultural icon who founded Jeet Kune Do, Lee's untimely death in Hong Kong in 1973 left fans around the world reeling.
"I remember the funeral in Hong Kong primarily, because it was just so chaotic. There were so many people," his daughter said.
"It was hot, humid, and it was just sort of like this whirlwind. And there was so much going on and so much sadness and as a little kid, I just sort of remember being dragged through that whole process and the feeling of the chaos all around me."
Lee's legacy lived on, inspiring a new generation of actors such as Jackie Chan and breaking down barriers for Asian actors in Hollywood.
"He won his fame from Kung Fu, which does not need language to deliver," Lee's biographer Roger Lo said.
"Just like dance and music. You can watch it whoever you are. It is like Charlie Chaplin whose silent movies were borderless.
"Lee was also a bridge between the cultures of East and West. He was educated both in Hong Kong and the United States.
"He appeared on American televisions and also Chinese movie theatres," he added.
Chaplin Chang, the author of a new biography "The Bruce Lee They Knew" published this month, says that Lee's real life personality, not just screen persona, are part of his enduring appeal.
"People may give him god-like status. But he is just a human."
Chang, in the Chinese-language version of his biography, attempts to portray the action hero from an unconventional perspective, showing that the screen icon could be difficult at times but was generally friendly towards his subordinates.
"He was not only (about) movies, nor was he only (about) martial arts. With his philosophy, his legacy lives on for generations. Therefore, he is admired by many even now," Chang said. – AFP

Source : Malaysia Chronicle

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Week in biz without the boring bits: 1st year triumph for Marissa Mayer

 

IT'S tough being a tech giant. Despite earning billion dollars in the second quarter, both Google and Microsoft have been slammed for making less than analysts expected.
Google was under fire for focusing on outlandish projects like internet balloons and driverless cars at the expense of their bread and butter search advertising, while Microsoft shares fell after an "embarrassing" $900 million write down on their Surface RT tablets.
"You're in the hardware business now, and pretty shortly after entering it you have a pretty big write down. That's embarrassing," said Nomura Securities analyst Rick Sherlund.
In contrast, earnings at Yahoo! climbed 46 per cent under the first year for CEO Marissa Mayer's although revenue was down seven per cent making the result mixed overall.
Cost of living was in the spotlight after McDonald's in the US provided friendly budget advice on how to live on the minimum wage. Turns out working 75 hours a week in two jobs with no allowance for food, clothing or heating is the secret. Wage advocates were not lovin' it.
On a positive note, Chris Reynolds became the world's first and only quadrillionaire, enjoying a 17 figure bank balance for a few hours before the PayPal error was discovered and he was asked to renew his credit card details.

Standing out from the crowd could be as simple as having a drink or joining the staff social club. Picture: Thinkstock.

Careerwise, we looked at what you should do to get noticed by powerful people. And if you are looking to spice up your work life, why not apply for a job as a "mediologist" or a "security princess?" We asked whether the trend towards quirky job titles is endearing or just plain ridiculous.
Another favourite this week was a story from Jeffrey Alphonse, who told us about a typical day working at Laloki Psychiatric Hospital in Papua New Guinea.
Back in Australia, business confidence fell amid fears of a slowdown in China; Melbourne workers braced for job cuts at Lonely Planet; while Woolworths revised their profit expectations up. Billabong shares also soared after chief Launa Inman said she would step down as part of a deal to refinance the company's debt.
The Aussie dollar stuck to its now familiar range of 91-92 US cents.
If you need a weekend project it might pay to dust off the old shoebox and sort our your receipts, especially if you're a tradie, hospitality worker or carpenter, who the taxman will crackdown on this year.
And it has little to do with business, but in case you missed it, there was also a streaker.

news.com.au (Source : Malaysia Chronicle)

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Don't play ROULETTE with our MPs - Guan Eng warns Najib

KUALA LUMPUR - Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng slammed Prime Minister Najib Razak's government for political double standards warning the federal government not to cross the line and go after lawmakers from the Opposition or risk the wrath of the people.
Guan Eng, the DAP secretary-general, took up the cudgels for his coalition mates slapped with summonses to present themselves to the Kuala Lumpur magistrate’s court on July 24, where they have been told they will be charged with contravening the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PAA).
Two Pakatan leaders served the summonses are MP for Pandan Rafizi Ramli and MP for Seremban Anthony Loke Siew Fook, and Guan Eng expects more to follow.
According to the summons, they are to be charged under Section 15(3) of the PAA for allegedly organizing the June 22 Black 505 rally at Padang Merbok to protest the widespread electoral fraud manifested during the May 5 general election.
If convicted, both Loke and Rafizi can be fined up to RM10,000. They also risk being disqualified as MPs if fined more than RM2,000.

Ploy to 'decimate' the Opposition bench
Some have accused Najib's Umno party of instigating the prosecutions in a bid to retain the political upper hand in the country. Najib has claimmed a victory of 133 seats in Malaysia's 222-seat Parliament, but the talent is clearly slanted on the Opposition side of the House, with Rafizi and Anthony regarded as being among two of the most promising young leaders.
"When you go to court, you look at the legal aspect., you know you are looking at the spirit and object of the law. You are also like playing a game of roulette," Guan Eng had told reporters.
"I also have been charged before. I went to prison trying to defend an under-aged girl who had been raped. I lost my MP status and of course, the judge who convicted me is Mohd Noor, the same judge now subject to a sedition probe. So if you talk about the courts, it could be based on technical considerations but placing our MPs into this sort of situation is actually continued persecution. But when you are charging under the Peaceful Assembly Act and there is no violence, nothing, why are they charging under the PAA?
"And the whole issue is about elections. Up till now has the EC answered? The MP for Pandan has talked about the companies (which were granted indelible ink, caps and T-shirt contracts) but they do not want to answer. For those who supplied indelible ink and why was the ink not indelible and they themselves admit there was some problem, so when you are demanding answers, you yourself refuse to give answers. So why are you prosecuting MPs who are carrying out their duties to demand answers from the EC when they have abdicated their duty and responsibility. You say it is indelible, but when it is used, it is not indelible and you yourself admit there is a problem.
"Yang buat salah tak kena, yang meminta penjelasan kena - the same thing that I encountered 10 years ago. So this is the answer that we want and now when we demand the answer, we are charged. So we are saying this is a form of political persecution. Is that a form of national reconciliation, this is not national reconciliation."


Source : Malaysia Chronicle

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Perodua kekal pengeluar kenderaan No. 1

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn. Bhd. (Perodua) mencatatkan jualan sebanyak 96,900 buah kenderaan bagi tempoh enam bulan pertama tahun ini, peningkatan empat peratus berbanding tempoh yang sama tahun lalu.
Pencapaian itu sekali gus mengekalkan kedudukan Perodua sebagai pengeluar kenderaan nasional nombor satu negara.
Peningkatan prestasi jualan pada separuh pertama itu telah dipacu oleh pengenalan versi S Series bagi semua model kenderaan Perodua, sejak Mac lalu.
Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Datuk Aminar Rashid Sallleh berkata, pihaknya yakin Perodua kini telah berjaya menguasai pasaran industri sebanyak 31 peratus.
Katanya, ukuran penguasaan pasaran itu dibuat berdasarkan jumlah jualan dalam industri (TIV) yang dijangka mencecah 312,800 buah kenderaan dalam tempoh enam bulan pertama tahun ini,
"Jualan Perodua bagi suku kedua tahun ini juga meningkat sebanyak 4.1 peratus kepada 50,200 buah, berbanding 48,200 buah kenderaan dalam tempoh yang sama tahun lalu.
"Bagaimanapun, jualan Perodua menyusut pada bulan Jun iaitu sebanyak 3.7 peratus kepada 15,800 buah berbanding 16,400 buah kenderaan dalam tempoh yang sama tahun lalu.
"Penyusutan itu berlaku berikutan terdapat spekulasi pengurangan harga kenderaan, selain persaingan pasaran yang meningkat," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada majlis pengumuman prestasi jualan bagi separuh pertama Perodua yang berakhir 30 Jun lalu.
Bercakap mengenai pengeluaran Perodua setakat ini, syarikat telah mengeluarkan kira-kira 102,000 buah kenderaan dalam tempoh enam bulan pertama tahun ini, kata Aminar Rashid.
Jelasnya, pihaknya berharap dapat mengeluarkan sebanyak 206,700 buah kenderaan sehingga akhir tahun ini.
Bagi perniagaan aksesori dan alat ganti, tambah Aminar Rashid, perolehan dalam kategori itu telah melonjak sebanyak 40.2 peratus kepada RM157.8 juta dalam tempoh separuh pertama tahun ini berbanding RM112.6 juta dalam tempoh yang sama tahun lalu.
"Kami percaya setelah gudang alat ganti dan aksesori Perodua siap Ogos ini, Perodua dijangka dapat meningkatkan keupayaan pengedaran dan perkhidmatan pelanggan.
Mengenai strategi Perodua pada tahun ini, kata Aminar Rashid, syarikat akan meneruskan strategi pemasarannya yang agresif dan memperluaskan populariti S-Series bagi mengekalkan momentum jualan.
"Sehingga akhir tahun ini, kami yakin untuk mencapai sasaran awal jualan iaitu 194,000 buah kenderaan," ujarnya.

- Utusan Online

 Sumber : malaysia chronicle

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HANGAT! Jusuf Kalla menyanggah dakwaan Berita Harian

 Malaysia Chronicle baru terima salinan surat daripada bekas Timbalan Presiden Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, kepada Berita Harian.
Surat ini menyanggah kandungan wawancara dengan beliau yang disiarkan oleh Berita Harian dimana Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim didakwa menggunakan dana asing untuk melancarkan gerakan anti-penyelewengan PRU13, Blackout505.
Surat ini menafikan yang beliau telah memberikan sebuah wawancara khas kepada wartawan Berita Harian, Al-Azharri Siddiq, seperti yang didakwa oleh akhbar aliran utama tersebut.
Salinan keseluruhan surat ini ditampilkan di bawah:

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Bonus Hari Raya 2013, Kerajaan belum Bincang Pemberian

Bonus Aidilfitri 2013 - PUTRAJAYA – Kerajaan masih belum berbincang mengenai pemberian bonus kepada 1.4 juta penjawat awam sempena Hari Raya Aidilfitri tahun ini, kata Ketua Setiausaha Negara (KSN) Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa.

Bagaimanapun, beliau berkata kerajaan sebelum ini telah mengumumkan Kenaikan Gaji Tahunan (KGT) sebanyak dua kali untuk tahun ini sahaja.

“Itu juga boleh dianggap bonus, namun terpulang kepada kerajaan tetapi selalunya pemberian bonus pada hujung tahun dan bergantung kepada output, sekarang terlalu awal untuk membincangkan perkara itu,” katanya kepada pemberita di sini hari ini.

Ali berkata untuk tahun ini sahaja kerajaan telah memperuntukkan sejumlah RM2 bilion bagi pemberian KGT selain penyelarasan gaji untuk skim-skim tertentu.

“Bagi bulan ini sahaja sebanyak enam skim akan ditambah baik dan 81 skim lagi pada November nanti,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas permintaan Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (Cuepacs) untuk pemberian bonus setengah bulan gaji sebelum Adilfitri yang dijangka disambut pada 8 Ogos ini.

Terdahulu, Ali merasmikan seminar bertajuk ‘Meningkatkan Kualiti Kawal Selia dan portal ‘Dasar Nasional Mengenai Pembangunan dan Pelaksanaan Kenyataan Impak Hubungan dan Kawal Selia’.

Seminar sehari itu dianjurkan oleh Perbadanan Produktiviti Malaysia (MPC). Minggu lepas, Cuepacs memohon kerajaan mempertimbangkan pemberian bonus dua setengah bulan kepada seluruh penjawat awam tahun ini.

Pada 9 Ogos tahun lepas, kerajaan membayar bonus setengah bulan gaji dengan bayaran minimum RM500 kepada penjawat awam dan bayaran khas sebanyak RM500 kepada pesara kerajaan bagi membantu mereka membuat persediaan menyambut Aidilfitri. – Bernama

sumber: Harian Metro Online

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Rafizi dedah pembekal dakwat kekal ‘rakan rapat’ SPR

Ahli Parlimen Pandan, Rafizi Ramli hari ini mendedahkan pembekal dakwat kekal di Dewan Rakyat dengan menyatakan individu itu "rakan rapat" pemimpin tertinggi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) dan mendakwa kontrak berkenaandiberikan secara rundingan terus.
"Kontrak dakwat kekal ini diraih oleh seorang pakar rundingan terus bernama Mohd Salleh Md Ali, nombor kad pengenalan 671112665021 (IC asal dari Singapura).
"Dikhabarkan pakar rundingan terus ini mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan pemimpin negara, malah juga dikatakan rapat dengan Pengerusi SPR dan Timbalannya," katanya di Dewan Rakyat.
Kontroversi dakwat kekal menjadi pertikaian dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) lalu selepas ia mudah ditanggalkan walaupun hanya dengan membasuhnya.
SPR yang didesak mendedahkan pembekal dakwat itu berkeras enggan berbuat demikian atas alasa "isu keselamatan".
Rafizi berkata, Mohd Salleh memiliki tiga syarikat yang mendapat banyak kontrak kerajaan secara rundingan terus, antaranya Integrated Challenger Malaysia Sdn Bhd yang didakwa membekal dakwat pada pilihan raya 5 Mei lalu.
"Ada tiga syarikat yang dikawal oleh niagawan bernama Mohd Salleh termasuklah satu syarikat bernama Integrated Challenger Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
"Daripada syarikat ini, ada dua lagi syarikat yang masuk menerusi rundingan terus yang dikawal oleh Md Salleh menggunakan nama kerani syarikatnya, Norsiah Yusof.
"Beliau adalah ahli pengarah dalam syarikat yang dikawal Mohd Salleh," katanya ketika perbahasan perbekalan tambahan Kementerian Kewangan di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.
Rafizi mencabar kerajaan untuk memberi penjelasan dan tidak hanya berdiam diri kerana perkara itu boleh mendorong kepada tanggapan buruk terhadap pengendali pilihan raya.
Beliau juga meminta menteri berkaitan mengesahkan pendedahannya mengenai pembekal dakwat kekal itu pada sesi penggulungan.
"Sebab itu dulu saya minta SPR dedahkan sebelum kita yang dedahkan. Ini kerana ia akan datangkan pelbagai persepsi tidak baik. Bukankah lebih baik beritahu awal-awal," katanya.
Semalam, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) mengemukakan saman ke atas Pengerusi SPR, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusuf dan timbalannya, Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar kerana membuat kenyataan palsu berhubung dakwat kekal serta kandungan nitrat perak dalam dakwat berkenaan.
Minggu lalu, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim bertegas SPR tidak bercadang untuk mendedahkan syarikat pembekal dakwat kekal.
- TMI

 

source : malaysian chronicle

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Are e-cigarettes a boon, a menace or both?

Are e-cigarettes truly safe?







Rapidly growing numbers of consumers are turning to electronic cigarettes to satisfy their nicotine addiction without inhaling the carcinogens and toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Buyers need to beware. Unlike nicotine gum and skin patches, electronic cigarettes have not been evaluated for safety or effectiveness.

Global sales of electronic cigarettes, although small compared with overall tobacco sales, have been rising quickly in both Europe and the United States. Several major tobacco companies have announced plans to introduce new or revamped e-cigarettes. And regulators for the European Union and Britain have released plans to regulate e-cigarettes more stringently, possibly starting in 2016.

Electronic cigarettes turn liquid nicotine into a vapor inhaled by the user. The liquid comes in dozens of flavors, mimicking everything from a standard cigarette to a piña colada or bubble gum. Smoking the devices is undeniably safer than inhaling tobacco smoke, a carcinogen, but there are some risks. Nicotine is extremely addictive, and very high doses can be dangerous. Toxic chemicals have been found in some devices, suggesting serious quality control problems at the factories.

Health officials also fear that flavored vapors coupled with advertising aimed at young people might induce them to start smoking and then move on to traditional cigarettes.

The Food and Drug Administration has two avenues for regulating e-cigarettes. If a manufacturer claims its device will help smokers quit smoking, the agency can demand proof that it is safe and effective for that purpose. However, if a manufacturer makes no such claim and leaves it to smokers to infer that the devices will help them kick the habit, courts have held that the F.D.A. must regulate under a different law that doesn’t require the same level of proof.

Even under that weaker standard, the agency has broad powers to protect public health. It could ban flavorings (like fruit or candy) that make products appeal to youngsters and even ban sales or marketing to buyers under 18. It could ensure that advertising is not deceptive and that factories follow good manufacturing practices.

The F.D.A. has been working since 2011 to draft new regulations to exert its authority over nontraditional tobacco products, potentially including electronic cigarettes. It needs to move as aggressively as possible to protect the public in this rapidly expanding market.

source from : malaysian chronicle

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PAPAR: Kira-kira 80 penumpang sebuah kereta api yang dalam perjalanan dari Tanjung Aru ke Papar terpaksa meneruskan perjalanan mereka dengan bas selepas satu roda kereta api itu terkeluar daripada landasan dalam kejadian hari ini.

Pegawai Operasi Keretapi Sabah, Awang Zainudin Awang Matusin berkata, kejadian jam 8 pagi di kawasan Kampung Kawang di sini itu bagaimanapun, tidak menyebabkan sebarang kecederaan kepada penumpang.

"Kejadian itu berlaku akibat masalah pada landasan, bukan kerana tidak diselenggara cuma di bahagian ini memang ada sedikit masalah dan pemandu sentiasa dinasihatkan berhati-hati dan mengurangkan kelajuan ketika melalui kawasan ini," katanya ketika ditemui di lokasi kejadian.

Katanya, Jabatan Keretapi Sabah sedang berusaha menangani masalah itu.

Sementara itu, pemandu kereta api, Amir Amit berkata, kereta api berkenaan bertolak dari Stesen Tanjung Aru pada 7.45 pagi dan apabila tiba di kawasan tersebut beliau memperlahankan kelajuan.

"Bahagian kanan depan keretapi terasa goyang sedikit, seperti tersasar dari trek landasan. Saya terus berhentikan kereta api dan keluar untuk tengok. Saya nampak satu tayar terkeluar daripada landasan," katanya.

Difahamkan kereta api itu kemudian dialih daripada landasan dan perkhidmatan keretapi Sabah tidak terjejas.

Kejadian itu adalah yang kedua tahun ini selepas insiden pada 19 Jun lalu yang meragut nyawa seorang pelancong Hong Kong selepas sebuah kereta sewa dirempuh kereta api di Jalan Petagas berhampiran Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kota Kinabalu. - BERNAMA Sumber daripada berita harian online : 13/07/2013

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Lelaki maut dipukul angkara ada hubungan sulit dengan isteri orang | Gara-gara disyaki menjalin hubungan sulit dengan isteri orang, seorang peniaga sayur maut selepas dirempuh dengan motosikal dan dibelasah suami wanita itu di Kampung Pasir Minal, Kemaman, baru-baru ini. Mangsa yang berusia 61 tahun meninggal dunia di Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ) di sini kira-kira pukul 11 malam kelmarin akibat kecederaan parah di kepala. Sebelum itu dalam kejadian Selasa lalu, mangsa yang cedera parah akibat dilanggar dan dipukul suspek berusia 43 tahun dikejarkan ke Hospital Kemaman untuk menerima rawatan. Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah negeri, Asisten Komisioner K. Manoharan berkata, berdasarkan laporan anak saudara mangsa berusia 22 tahun, pada pukul 5 pagi hari kejadian dia terdengar jeritan mangsa meminta tolong dari luar rumah ketika tidur di rumahnya yang terletak berdekatan.



Katanya, pengadu kemudian ternampak suspek yang juga jiran mereka sedang menunggang motosikal mengejar bapa saudaranya sebelum melanggar mangsa dan memukul kepalanya dengan topi keledar sehingga tidak sedarkan diri. "Selepas kejadian menimpa bapa saudaranya, pengadu membawa mangsa dengan kereta ke Hospital Kemaman sebelum dipindahkan ke HSNZ kerana kecederaan serius di kepala, bagaimanapun mangsa meninggal dunia kelmarin. "Siasatan polis turut menemukan sebuah motosikal yang bahagian depannya terdapat kesan terbakar serta topi keledar tidak jauh dari tempat kejadian," katanya dalam sidang akhbar di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) negeri.



Berikutan kejadian itu, katanya, suspek bertindak melarikan diri ke Kuala Lumpur dan hasil siasatan maklumat saksi, suspek bersama seorang rakannya diberkas di terminal bas Hentian Putra di ibu negara pukul 7 malam kelmarin. "Suspek kini ditahan reman selama tujuh hari mulai semalam hingga 5 Julai ini dan kes ini disiasat mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan yang jika sabit kesalahan boleh dikenakan hukuman mati," katanya. Manoharan berkata, hasil siasatan lanjut pihaknya mendapati motif kejadian disebabkan suspek, seorang penganggur dan berasal dari kampung yang sama mengesyaki mangsa menjalin hubungan sulit dengan isterinya. -utusan









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