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Today marked a year of eight year-old Nurin Jazlin was abducted near her home in Section One, Wangsa Maju, after visiting a night market with her sister. And about a month later her sexually ravaged body was found in a sports bag outside a shoplot in PJS 1, Petaling Jaya.

Nurin’s family, meanwhile, was subjected to more pain when a newspaper report stated that police were looking at the possibility that Nurin could have been taken away by loan sharks, implying that the family had dealings with Ah Long. But the biggest blow came when post-mortem pictures of Nurin started circulating on the Internet. That, for the family, was the last straw.

Tomorrow, Nurin’s parents, Jazimin Abdul Jalil and Norazian Bistaman, they will be filing a suit at the Kuala Lumpur High court against the police and the government. They will be seeking damages, a public apology and retraction of the newspaper article linking the family with loan sharks. They are seeking an apology and damages for lack of security which led to the circulation of Nurin’s post-mortem photographs.

Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Bakri Zinin said police cannot stop Jazimin Abdul Jalil, the father of murdered Nurin Jazlin from suing the force.

“If he sues the police, then we will study it. Sometimes, we too can make mistakes,” he said when asked to comment on newspaper reports that Jazimin will file a civil suit against the police and government in the Kuala Lumpur High Court Thursday.

SO… En Jazimin, go on sue the Police.

 

 

Two Perak state executive councillors are among six people arrested by the Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) for alleged graft, involving a proposed housing project in Seri Iskandar worth RM 180mil. The two Exco members are Changkat Jering assemblyman Kapt (Rtd) Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, 57, and Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, 52.

Confirming the arrests, state Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) director Samsiah Abu Bakar said Osman and four others were picked up at a hotel in Ipoh on Tuesday at 5.40pm while Jamaluddin was detained later when he went to the ACA office here.

Osman and the other four others – a PKR member, who stood and lost in the last general elections, a businessman, a Perak Development Corporation technician and a Perak Tengah district councillor – have been ordered to be remanded for three days to facilitate ACA officers in their investigations.

“We recovered RM100,000 in cash from the men but before that they have apparently been receiving (money) many times,” Samsiah told reporters at her office here Tuesday.

“They are also suspected to be involved in asking for sexual favours,” she said, although she later confirmed that neither Osman or Jamaluddin had solicited sexual favours.

The RM100,000, she added, was supposedly found inside a bag in the Osman’s possession.Samsiah estimated that the group had received altogether over RM120,000 from a contractor of the project in Seri Iskandar, Perak Tengah. Samsiah said the ACA was first alerted about the solicitation of payments by “a member of the public” last week.

Source : The Star Online

 

“Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!”

Apabila kita bercakap berkenaan Kemerdekaan, golongan berumur sering menyalahkan golongan muda yang katanya tidak tahu menilai erti susah atau jerih pekik golongan veteran yang banyak berjasa bagi membolehkan kita mencapai kemerdekaan pada 31 Ogos 1957. Golongan muda pula memberikan hujah yang golongan tua/berumur tidak memberikan kebebasan sepenuhnya atau tidak sedia untuk menerima suatu yang baru bagi menyahut era baru yang serba pantas dan mencabar ini.

Kurangnya kompromi antara mereka ini mengakibatkan jurang semakin jauh dan kemerdekaan yang kita kecapi selama ini hanyalah dengan  tiadanya Union Jack berkibar di sini, penjajah telah pulang ke negara asal mereka (secara fizikal) dan kita dapat mentadbirkan negara kita sendiri. TETAPI, Jika di lihat daripada sudut lain, kemerdekaan itukah yang kita cari selama ini.

Apakah kemerdekaan telah wujud dalam pemikiran kita?, bersihkan permainan politik di Malaysia kita ini?, merdekakah media massa kita samada media cetak atau media elektronik, adakah pembangunan yang wujud ini tanpa unsur nepotisme atau kronism, kadar rasuah yang tinggi, inflasi yang menggerunkan, harga barangan yang menindas golongan bawahan dan bermacam-macam lagi isu.

Sedarkah kita yang  isu-isu politik lebih utama daripada isu-isu lain (kawan saya hanya melihat berita dalam TV hanya bermula jam 8.20 kerana berita politik atau yang telah dipolitikkan bermula jam 8 malam sehingga 8.20 malam). Berita seperti FDI, bantuan kemasyarakatan dan pembangunan untuk rakyat hanyalah sebagai di pinggiran dan mengisi slot 1/5 daripada kandungan berita (atau tak ada langsung).

Sebenarnya KPI(key performance indicator) untuk sesebuah kerajaan boleh diukur dengan senang dengan hanya melihat bahan media massa kita.. Contohnya: Adakah kerajaan telah banyak membantu rakyat sehingga TV3 dapat menerbitkan rancangan BERSAMAMU yang memaparkan banyak kisah-kisah duka rakyat Malaysia yang kehidupan mereka amat susah. Pernahkah kita terfikir yang ada penduduk di Sabah (kalau tak silap )  yang makan siput babi kerana kemiskinan mereka. MasyaAllah, ke manakah pihak Jabatan Kemasyarakatan, Pihak Zakat, NGOs sehingga berita yang kita anggap mustahil boleh timbul di Malaysia.

ADAKAH SEMUA YANG TERTULIS DI ATAS membolehkan kita menganggap KITA SUDAH MERDEKA?. Tepuk dada dan tanyalah hati masing-masing.

MERDEKA!… KEMERDEKAAN SEJATI…. TOTAL KEMERDEKAAN melalui “MERDEKA DARI PENINDASAN DAN KEZALIMAN”

Itulah slogan yang PKR laungkan dan itulah semangat yang akan PKR pegang sepertimana Penasihatnya, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bersama-sama pimpinan parti telah melancarkan tema kempen di Permatang Pauh: “Merdeka dari Penindasan dan Kezaliman”. Tema ini dipilih bagi kita sama-sama merenung sejenak makna kemerdekaan agar ianya benar-benar memerdekakan rakyat dan negara ini dari minda terpasung dan ketidakmatangan yang ditempa sendiri.

OLEH ITU, ayuh rakyat PERMATANG PAUH,… keluarlah pada 26 Ogos ini, leraikan erti kemerdekaan yang kusut di atas kertas undi masing-masih. Pilihlah yang terbaik. PILIHLAH PAKATAN RAKYAT. 

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After our Squash Princess,  Datuk Nicol Ann David, Penang will award a Datukship to badminton singles player Lee Chong Wei, 26, who won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics recently. This is quite ‘BIG’ achievement for LCW since he’s yet to become gold medallist or capture other most prestigous medal in Badminton like Olympic, World Championship, Thomas Cup winner or All England Championship.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas would confer the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN), which carries the title Datuk, on Lee on Aug 30. He said Chong Wei had done not only Penang but also Malaysia proud with his achievement.

p/s: I wonder the support behind his success or other player as they also deserved something . ie MIsbun, Rexy or Yap Kim Hock

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FINALLY, England coach Fabio Capello has named John Terry as the national team’s new permanent captain. Terry had been vying with central defensive partner Rio Ferdinand for the role, with Capello opting to keep faith with the Chelsea defender.

During Steve McClaren’s ill-fated stint in charge of England, Terry was captain after replacing David Beckham in the job following the 2006 World Cup. Since succeeding McClaren as coach, though, Capello has been rotating the armband during his four friendlies at the helm.

Steven Gerrard had been skipper in Capello’s opening match against Switzerland before Ferdinand led the team out against France.Terry was given his chance to impress against the United States at the end of last season before Beckham took on the role against Trinidad & Tobago.

However, Terry and Ferdinand had always been regarded as front-runners for the position, with the Manchester United defender reportedly the favourite.Ferdinand, though, will be Terry’s vice-captain after Capello confirmed his decision ahead of Wednesday’s friendly against Czech Republic at Wembley.

 

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