Ayob Khan dahului terima darjah, pingat polis daripada Agong

Ayob Khan dahului terima darjah, pingat polis daripada Agong

Bernama

Oktober 31, 2023
Yang di-Pertuan Agong berkenan mengurniakan Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Pertama Panglima Gagah Pasukan Polis (PGPP) kepada Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay hari ini. - Foto Bernama

Ayob Khan dahului terima darjah, pingat polis daripada Agong

Yang di-Pertuan Agong berkenan mengurniakan Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Pertama Panglima Gagah Pasukan Polis (PGPP) kepada Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay hari ini. - Foto Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah hari ini berkenan mengurniakan darjah Panglima Gagah Pasukan Polis (PGPP) kepada Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay.

Ayob Khan, mendahului 309 penerima pingat termasuk dua pegawai kanan polis negara asing, pada Istiadat Pengurniaan Darjah Kepahlawanan Pasukan Polis dan Pingat Keberanian (DKPP) Tahun 2023 sesi pertama, yang berlangsung di Balairung Seri Istana Negara itu.

Selain itu turut menerima PGPP ialah empat pegawai kanan polis antaranya Pengarah Jabatan Integriti dan Pematuhan Standard Bukit Aman Datuk Seri Azri Ahmad, Pengarah Jabatan Pengurusan Bukit Aman Datuk Seri Azmi Abu Kassim dan Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan dan Penguatkuasaan Trafik Bukit Aman Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri.







Seri Paduka turut berkenan mengurniakan PGPP Kehormat kepada Pesuruhjaya Polis Brunei Datuk Paduka Seri Mohammad Irwan Hambali dan Ketua Polis Thailand Torsak Sukvimol.

Pada istiadat itu, Al-Sultan Abdullah berkenan mengurniakan darjah Panglima Setia Pasukan Polis (PSPP) kepada 58 penerima, Pahlawan Pasukan Polis (PPP) kepada 88 penerima, Kesatria Pasukan Polis (KPP) kepada 17 penerima, Bentara Pasukan Polis (BPP) kepada 138 penerima dan seorang penerima Pingat Keberanian Polis (PKP).

Penganugerahan DKPP, diberikan kepada pegawai dan anggota lain-lain pangkat yang berkelayakan di atas jasa dan pengorbanan yang dicurahkan di dalam perkhidmatan Polis Diraja Malaysia.

Hadir sama ke istiadat itu, Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail dan Ketua Polis Negara Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.

Sesi kedua istiadat itu dijadual berlangsung di Istana Negara, Khamis ini.

-- BERNAMA

Azmir Saifuddin dilantik sebagai CEO Finas

Azmir Saifuddin dilantik sebagai CEO Finas

Bernama

Oktober 31, 2023
Finas dalam kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan pelantikan itu adalah bagi tempoh dua tahun hingga 31 Okt 2025.

Azmir Saifuddin dilantik sebagai CEO Finas

Finas dalam kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan pelantikan itu adalah bagi tempoh dua tahun hingga 31 Okt 2025. - Gambar fail

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Azmir Saifuddin Mutalib dilantik sebagai Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Finas) berkuat kuasa esok.

Finas dalam kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan pelantikan itu adalah bagi tempoh dua tahun hingga 31 Okt 2025.

Azmir Saifuddin yang berkelulusan Ijazah Pengkomputeran daripada Universiti Sheffield Hallam, United Kingdom memulakan kerjayanya di Bahagian Kreatif Multimedia Perbadanan Ekonomi Digital Malaysia (MDEC) serta pernah berkhidmat sebagai Pengarah Urusan di Base FX.







"Berdasarkan kepakaran dan pengalaman yang luas dalam industri kreatif, Finas yakin Azmir Saifuddin mampu menggalas serta melaksanakan tanggungjawab untuk memacu industri filem Malaysia ke tahap yang lebih tinggi," menurut kenyataan itu.

-- BERNAMA

Pemangku Raja Pahang kurnia darjah kebesaran, pingat Pahang kepada 198 penerima

Pemangku Raja Pahang kurnia darjah kebesaran, pingat Pahang kepada 198 penerima

Bernama

Oktober 31, 2023
Pemangku Raja Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah berkenan mengurniakan Darjah Kebesaran Setia Ahmad Shah Pahang (SAP) kepada Tengku Suleiman Tengku Datuk Abd Rahman (tiga, kanan). - Foto Bernama

Pemangku Raja Pahang kurnia darjah kebesaran, pingat Pahang kepada 198 penerima

Pemangku Raja Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah berkenan mengurniakan Darjah Kebesaran Setia Ahmad Shah Pahang (SAP) kepada Tengku Suleiman Tengku Datuk Abd Rahman (tiga, kanan). - Foto Bernama

TEMERLOH: Pemangku Raja Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah hari ini berkenan menyempurnakan penyampaian Darjah Kebesaran dan Pingat Negeri Pahang kepada 198 penerima.

Istiadat sempena Memuliakan Ulang Tahun Hari Keputeraan Ke-64 Sultan Pahang berlangsung di Dewan Tun Razak di sini, turut menyaksikan keberangkatan Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilisha Ameera, Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilyana dan Tengku Arif Temenggong Tengku Fahd Mua'adzam Al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah.

Turut hadir, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail yang mengetuai barisan pentadbiran negeri Pahang.







Pada istiadat itu, seramai 14 penerima dikurniakan darjah kebesaran Setia Ahmad Shah Pahang (SAP), 34 individu menerima darjah kebesaran Setia Mahkota Pahang (SMP), 35 individu menerima darjah kebesaran Ahli Ahmad Shah Pahang (AAP) dan 38 dikurniakan darjah kebesaran Ahli Mahkota Pahang (AMP).

Sebanyak 27 individu pula dikurniakan Pingat Khidmat Cemerlang (PKC), 32 penerima Pingat Kelakuan Terpuji (PKT) manakala 18 dianugerahkan Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (PJK).

Sementara itu, Pengurus Kelab Polo Diraja Pahang (RPPC) Amran Selamat,46, yang menerima AMP menjunjung kasih atas pengurniaan tersebut dan menyifatkannya sebagai kenangan manis buat beliau dan 39 lagi keluarga RPPC yang masing-masing menerima AMP, PKC dan PJK.

"Lain sedikit perasaan bila terima pingat hari ini, walaupun sebelum ini pernah menerima pingat pada kejohanan yang disertai.

"Mungkin kerana ia lebih dekat di hati kerana darjah kebesaran pertama diterima dari Pahang sejak 28 tahun terlibat dengan polo," katanya yang dimaklumkan mengenai penganugerahan itu pada minggu lalu.

Sementara itu, bekas Timbalan Ketua Polis Daerah Kuantan Supt (B) Abdul Aziz Ahmad yang dikurniakan AAP melahirkan rasa syukur dan menjunjung kasih atas penghargaan itu yang dianggap sangat besar jika dibandingkan dengan tempoh lapan tahun berkhidmat di Pahang sejak 2009.

Anak jati Kuala Lipis itu juga menyifatkan darjah kebesaran itu sebagai 'penghargaan bersama' buat isterinya yang banyak berkorban menguruskan keluarga di Selangor sepanjang beliau di Kuantan.

"Banyak kenangan manis sepanjang saya di Kuantan dan berpeluang menyaksikan sendiri keperibadian kesultanan Pahang yang dekat dengan rakyat. Tak sangka, walaupun tidak lagi berkhidmat, saya dapat kenangan lebih manis hari ini," katanya.

-- BERNAMA

Soccer - Messi wins record eighth Ballon d'Or for best player in the world

Soccer - Messi wins record eighth Ballon d'Or for best player in the world

Reuters

Oktober 31, 2023
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi with the men's Ballon d'Or, Chatelet Theatre, Paris, France, October 30, 2023. - REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Soccer - Messi wins record eighth Ballon d'Or for best player in the world

Inter Miami's Lionel Messi with the men's Ballon d'Or, Chatelet Theatre, Paris, France, October 30, 2023. - REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

PARIS: Argentina captain Lionel Messi won a record eighth Ballon d'Or for the best player in the world on Monday, beating Norway's UEFA player of the year and treble winner Erling Haaland of Manchester City to the prestigious prize.

Inter Miami's Messi, who last won the award in 2021, played a pivotal role in guiding Argentina to their first World Cup title in 36 years when they beat defending champions France in the final last year.

The 36-year-old is now three Ballons d'Or clear of rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the last of his five trophies in 2017. Messi has now finished among the top three a record 14 times in total, finishing runner-up on five occasions.

"I couldn’t imagine having the career that I’ve had. Everything that I’ve achieved. The fortune I’ve had playing for the best team in the world, the best team in history. It’s nice to win these individual trophies. To win the Copa America and then the World Cup, to get it done is amazing," Messi said.

"All of them (Ballon d'Or awards) are special for different reasons," he added.

"I'm happy to get that recognition that I'm getting thanks to what we have achieved with the national team," Messi told Reuters.

"This (World Cup) title we had been aiming for for so many years makes it even more special."

Asked if he would carry on until the 2026 World Cup, Messi said: "I don't think about it. I'll enjoy (my career) day by day. There will first be the Copa America in the United States (in 2024). (The World Cup), I don't think about it."

Earlier, Messi's World Cup-winning team mate Emiliano Martinez won the Lev Yashin award for the world's best goalkeeper.

Spain's Women's World Cup winner and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati won the women's Ballon d'Or.

"It's an individual trophy but it can't exist without a team," she told reporters.

Messi, who won his first Ballon d'Or in 2009 and claimed four in a row until 2012, finished second to Haaland at the UEFA awards in August.

Haaland, 23, was one of the firm favourites for his first Ballon d'Or after scoring 52 goals in 53 matches in all competitions last season as City won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.

But Argentina's magical run at the World Cup in Qatar, where Messi earned the Golden Ball for best overall player and Silver Boot (seven goals and three assists), helped him pip the Norwegian striker to the award.

The World Cup was the only major trophy missing from Messi's resume as Argentina made amends for losing the 2014 final to Germany while in March he became only the third player in history to score 100 international goals.

Messi also won the Ligue 1 title with Paris St Germain before moving to Inter Miami, where he helped the Major League Soccer side win the Leagues Cup -- their first major trophy.

Real Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham won the Kopa Trophy for the best Under-21 player, while club team mate Vinicius Jr. was awarded the Socrates Award for his humanitarian work off the pitch

RTG: Hoki, badminton beregu campuran, digugurkan

RTG: Hoki, badminton beregu campuran, digugurkan

Bernama

Oktober 31, 2023
Penyelaras program RTG Datuk Stuart Ramalingam berkata keputusan tersebut terpaksa dilakukan, disebabkan prestasi buruk atlet. - Gambar fail/Bernama

RTG: Hoki, badminton beregu campuran, digugurkan

Penyelaras program RTG Datuk Stuart Ramalingam berkata keputusan tersebut terpaksa dilakukan, disebabkan prestasi buruk atlet. - Gambar fail/Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Program Road to Gold (RTG) hari ini mengumumkan pengguguran atlet daripada program itu, termasuk pasukan hoki lelaki kebangsaan yang gagal mencapai sasaran pingat emas yang mereka sendiri tetapkan di Sukan Asia Hangzhou 2022.

Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa RTG ketiga yang berlangsung hari ini turut memutuskan untuk menggugurkan atlet badminton, pasangan beregu campuran persendirian Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing dan Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Jemie Lai, selepas penilaian semula terhadap prestasi mereka.

Kedua-dua pasangan itu kini terkeluar daripada ranking kelayakan ke Paris dengan Soon Huat-Shevon berkedudukan ke-16 dunia, manakala Kian Meng-Pei Jing, ke-24.







Penyelaras program RTG Datuk Stuart Ramalingam berkata keputusan tersebut terpaksa dilakukan, disebabkan prestasi buruk pemain badminton tersebut, tetapi berharap tindakan itu akan memotivasikan mereka untuk pada kelayakan dan pertandingan yang mereka sertai untuk layak ke Paris.

"Penyenaraian pasukan hoki negara dibuat selepas mereka menduduki ranking kesembilan dunia, namun kini ranking mereka telah jatuh ke-12 dan gagal untuk memenangi pingat emas Sukan Asia, yang menawarkan kelayakan terus ke Paris.

"Jawatankuasa RTG bersetuju untuk menyenaraikan semula pasukan hoki negara, jika prestasi mereka melepasi jangkaan dan layak ke Sukan Olimpik pada kejohanan kelayakan selepas ini, iaitu sama ada di Muscat, Oman (15-21 Jan) atau di Valencia, Sepanyol (13-21 Jan), tahun depan," katanya pada sidang media di sini hari ini.

Sementara itu, kemasukan ke program itu kali ini hanya melibatkan atlet angkat berat Mohamad Aniq Kasdan, yang kini berkedudukan ke-10 Ranking Kelayakan Olimpik.

"Aniq baru berusia 21 tahun, kami melihat beliau berpotensi besar untuk memperbaiki angkatan peribadinya pada 291 kilogram," katanya.

Jawatankuasa itu memutuskan untuk tidak menyenaraikan atlet terjun lelaki Bertrand Rhodict Lises dan penembak Johnathan Wong, yang telah melayakkan diri ke Sukan Olimpik Paris ke dalam RTG, namun akan membantu mereka menerusi Skim Insentif Sukan Olimpik (SISO), selain meneruskan sokongan menerusi Program Podium sedia ada.

Bertrand juga menerima elaun tambahan atas kejayaan beliau memenangi pingat gangsa Sukan Asia dalam acara 10 meter platform bersama Enrique Maccartney Harold dan Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) akan merangka program khas untuk penerjun berusia 18 tahun itu.

"Pelayar Nur Shazrin Latif, yang layak ke Paris selepas meraih emas acara ILCA 6 Sukan Asia, juga akan menerima kenaikan elaun untuk pingat emasnya dan juga menerima insentif tambahan untuk kelayakannya ke Sukan Olimpik menerusi SISO.

"Beliau akan terus disokong sepenuhnya oleh Program Podium dengan menerima penginapan, makanan, perlindungan kos pertandingan, peralatan, pemakanan serta perkhidmatan perubatan dan sains sukan," katanya.

Stuart berkata seorang lagi pemenang pingat emas Hangzhou Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil dalam sukan equesterian, tidak dimasukkan ke dalam RTG kerana atlet tersebut tidak berhasrat untuk bertanding pada kelayakan ke Sukan Olimpik.

Sementara itu, selepas sukan skuasy diluluskan untuk dipertandingkan buat pertama kalinya pada Sukan Olimpik Los Angeles 2028, Jawatankuasa RTG telah memberikan tanggungjawab kepada legenda dan ahli jawatankuasa itu Datuk Nicol David, menerajui pelan strategik sukan tersebut bagi memasuki program RTG pada masa hadapan.

RTG merupakan satu progam atlet elit yang dilancarkan pada Mac, dalam usaha memenangi pingat emas Sukan Olimpik negara yang pertama di Paris dan Los Angeles.

Senarai terkini atlet RTG:

Aaron Chia (Badminton)

Soh Wooi Yik (Badminton)

Pearly Tan (Badminton)

M. Thinaah (Badminton)

Chen Tang Jie (Badminton)

Toh Ee Wei (Badminton)

Ng Tze Yong (Badminton)

Lee Zii Jia (Badminton)

Ong Yew Sin (Badminton)

Teo Ee Yi (Badminton)

Datuk Azizulhasni Awang (Berbasikal)

Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Berbasikal)

Datuk Pandelela Rinong (Terjun)

Nur Dhabitah Sabri (Terjun)

Mohamad Aniq Kasdan (Angkat Berat)

-- BERNAMA

Every Tuesday Enjoy The Freshest Fish & Seafood at Fisherman's Table @ Thyme ParkRoyal Collection KL

 

The folks at ParkRoyal Collection have come up with three more themed  buffet dinners for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to follow their highly successful Seafood Nights (On Friday and Saturday). 

In our opinion Thyme @ParkRoyale Collection offers the best Seafood in Kuala Lumpur on weekends. 

Now every Tuesday nights they have come up with Fisherman's Table @ Thyme.  

As you enter the restaurant you will be greeted by the majestic sight of  Giant Tiger Grouper, Silver Pompano , Barramundi, and Seafood all laid out as if in a five star fish market. 

The concept allows you to handpick your preferred fish, seafood and have the chef's prepare it how you want.

All you have to do is choose what you want and let them know the style of cooking you desire, be it Malay, Chinese, Indian or Western style. 

Choose your favourite fish and enjoy it prepared Malay style  ala asam pedas, or  Chinese style with  light soy sauce and ginger, or Indian Tandoori-style or Western style. 

We chose our fish to be cooked Tandoori style,  while our prawns was cooked Chinese style and our squid Western Style (Calamari). 

You can try all the styles!

We gave the food a perfect 10, even though it was their first night during our review.

To accompany the above they have an extensive buffet with live stations showcasing some of the best Indian , Chinese, Western, Japanese, Malaysian food and desserts. 

Thyme is a great place to celebrate birthday's or anniversaries.  We are sure you won't regret it.

Fisherman's Table at Thyme

Dinner buffet | MYR178 nett* | Every Tuesday | 6.30pm to 10.30pm

*Exclusive discounts are available for UOB, Maybank, HSBC, Standard Chartered, and CIMB cardholders (15% for Standard cardholders, 20% for Premium cardholders).

Hundreds of thousands protest in solidarity with Palestine

Concerts must have 'kill switch' to stop indecent acts, Dewan Rakyat told

Astro 2023 Deepavali Music Video

 

TMJ mendedahkan Sultan Johor murka terhadap Presiden UMNO ....

 

Promosi nasi kandar babi umpama hina industri - PRESMA

 Promosi nasi kandar babi umpama hina industri - PRESMA

ASTRO AWANI

Oktober 30, 2023

Setakat ini, video yang dimuat naik ini menerima lebih 200,000 tontonan dan lebih 5,000 tanda suka. - Facebook/Sepang Viral

Promosi nasi kandar babi umpama hina industri - PRESMA

Setakat ini, video yang dimuat naik ini menerima lebih 200,000 tontonan dan lebih 5,000 tanda suka. - Facebook/Sepang Viral

KUALA LUMPUR: Tindakan mempromosikan nasi kandar dengan hidangan babi merupakan satu bentuk penghinaan kepada industri nasi kandar di Malaysia.

Persatuan Pengusaha Restoran Muslim Malaysia (PRESMA) melahirkan rasa kesal dengan tindakan itu kerana umum mengetahui nasi kandar di Malaysia dipelopori pengusaha restoran Muslim sejak puluhan tahun lalu.

Presidennya, Datuk Jawahar Ali Taib Khan berkata, video itu juga boleh menimbulkan kekeliruan orang ramai terutama pelanggan dan penggemar nasi kandar.

"PRESMA beranggapan ia akan menimbulkan kekeliruan kepada pelanggan serta penggemar nasi kandar di negara ini sekali gus memberikan gambaran negatif kepada menu kesukaan ramai ini.

"PRESMA ingin menegaskan, hidangan nasi kandar di semua premis milik ahli PRESMA di seluruh negara dijamin halal dan bebas daripada bahan dilarang di dalam Islam," katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

Dalam masa sama, PRESMA menasihatkan kepada semua pencipta kandungan supaya lebih sensitif dengan hasil kreatif yang dihasilkan.

"Kepada mana-mana pencipta kandungan perlu lebih sensitif dan perlu mengambil kira soal makanan yang selama ini dikaitkan dengan orang Islam," katanya.

Video yang dimuat naik itu sudah mencecah lebih 200,000 tontonan dan lebih 5,000 tanda suka.

Chicken subsidy to discontinue from Nov 1 - Mohamad

Chicken subsidy to discontinue from Nov 1 - Mohamad

Bernama

Oktober 30, 2023
Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the rationale for ending subsidies in bulk for chicken is to reduce leakages of subsidies, which are also enjoyed by foreigners and high-income groups. - Astro AWANI/SHAHIR OMAR

Chicken subsidy to discontinue from Nov 1 - Mohamad

Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the rationale for ending subsidies in bulk for chicken is to reduce leakages of subsidies, which are also enjoyed by foreigners and high-income groups. - Astro AWANI/SHAHIR OMAR

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has agreed that subsidies and price controls on chicken will be discontinued from Wednesday (Nov 1), said Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.

He said, however, subsidies for grade A, B and C eggs would continue according to the existing mechanism.

"The termination of subsidies for chicken is in line with the approach of retargeting subsidies in phases implemented by the government," he told a press conference here today.

He said the government has allocated a total of RM3.8 billion in subsidies to cover the costs of chicken and eggs until February this year.

"The rationale for ending subsidies in bulk for chicken is to reduce leakages of subsidies, which are also enjoyed by foreigners and high-income groups," he said.

Also present at the press conference were Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Chan Foong Hin, Treasury secretary-general Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican and Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Sayuthi Bakar.

Mohamad explained that the termination of chicken subsidies also took into account the current supply and price trends, with farm prices and production costs beginning to stabilise, leading to the current market prices being below the ceiling price.

In this regard, he said the government would ensure the sale price of chicken, once floated, remains at a reasonable rate.

"The government is expanding access to chicken supplies through continuous Agro MADANI and Rahmah Sales programmes nationwide to provide options and assurance to the people to obtain chicken at reasonable prices and below the current ceiling price.

"Through an engagement session with industry players on Oct 22, 2023, the government secured commitments from the industry to ensure that farmgate prices of chicken will not increase significantly and burden consumers," he said.

Mohamad said the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry would implement monitoring and enforcement through the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 to ensure there are no excessive profit-taking activities and price manipulation by irresponsible parties at the retail level.

He said the government would continue to collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure the supply and prices of chicken at the farms remain stable and not burden the people and there are no profiteering activities along the supply chain.

"The government will continue to focus on strengthening the poultry farming industry through incentives to small- and medium-sized breeders and micro-credit schemes as working capital assistance for community breeders as well as the transformation programme of open chicken coops to closed chicken coops.

"These measures will provide an improvement in terms of supply access directly from community breeders to wholesalers in the market," he said.

Meanwhile, Johan said that by ending chicken subsidies, the government could save about RM100 million a month.

When tabling the Budget 2024 on Oct 13, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced that the temporary price controls for eggs and chicken will be lifted, as current trends indicate that the supply of both food items is now stable.

He said the move is to enable the local market to function freely in ensuring a sufficient supply of chicken and eggs.

Anwar also said that the floating of chicken and egg prices ensures that only eligible citizens, not foreigners or super-rich groups, benefit from the subsidies provided.

-- BERNAMA

Two dead, 16 hurt in shooting among Florida Halloween revelers; one man arrested

Two dead, 16 hurt in shooting among Florida Halloween revelers; one man arrested

Reuters

Oktober 30, 2023
The altercation unfolded as hundreds of people filled the streets as night spots closed after an evening of Halloween-themed celebrations. - Pic for iilustrative purposes only

Two dead, 16 hurt in shooting among Florida Halloween revelers; one man arrested

The altercation unfolded as hundreds of people filled the streets as night spots closed after an evening of Halloween-themed celebrations. - Pic for iilustrative purposes only

Police in Tampa, Florida, have arrested a man suspected of killing two people in gun violence that sparked chaos on Sunday around a clutch of bars and clubs as people celebrated Halloween, authorities said.

Sixteen people were injured, all but one by gunshot, police said.

Tyrell Stephen Phillips, 22, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of a 14-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man following a pre-dawn clash between two groups in the historic Tampa neighborhood of Ybor City, police said.

The altercation unfolded as hundreds of people filled the streets as night spots closed after an evening of Halloween-themed celebrations, then scrambled for cover at the sound of gunfire.

Videos on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, showed pandemonium as people ran through the dark while at least a dozen shots rang out. In some of the footage, police officers were seen hurrying to help people in costumes bleeding on sidewalks.

Two people were killed and 16 were taken to hospital with injuries, 15 of them with gunshot wounds, police said in a statement.

Many of the injured, who ranged in age from 18 to 27, were treated and released, but five remained in hospital, police said.

Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said witness tips to investigators played key role in helping police identify and arrest the suspected gunman. It was not clear if any other suspects were being sought.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Singapore last night for a two-day working visit

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Singapore last night for a two-day working visit in conjunction with the 10th Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat that begins today.

 The aircraft with the prime minister on board landed at the VIP Complex of Changi International Airport at 10pm, and he was received by Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Singapore’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Menon.

After 11 years of being a sex slave to her own father, a pregnant teenager came forward to report to the police

October 29, 2023 

11 years of being a sex slave of her own father, a pregnant teenager came forward to report to the police

The results of the interrogation found that the teenager who is still in school has been a victim of her father since she was 6 years old until now.

MUAR: A teenage girl who lives in a village here claims to have been her father's sex slave since she was six years old and is now found pregnant as a result of the illicit relationship.

Muar District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said, the 17-year-old victim came to the police station herself to make the report on Saturday.

"The victim made a complaint that she was raped by her father . The victim, who is a local woman, found herself pregnant as a result of a urine screening test.

"Following that, his father, a 41-year-old local citizen, was arrested by the police," he said when contacted.

He said, the results of the interrogation found that the teenager, who is still in school, has been a victim of her father since she was 6 years old until now.

He added that the suspect was remanded for seven days from Sunday until November 4 to assist the investigation. 

NSK apologizes over frog meat displayed in seafood counter

 

NSK issues apology over frog meat displayed in seafood counter

By NST - October 29, 2023 

NSK Trade City Sdn Bhd (NSK) has issued a public apology following an incident where one of its supermarkets in Selayang allegedly displayed frog meat in the seafood counter. -PIC CREDIT: X / FOODPORNMALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR: NSK Trade City Sdn Bhd (NSK) has issued a public apology following an incident where one of its supermarkets in Selayang allegedly displayed frog meat in the seafood counter.

In a statement released yesterday, NSK expressed its awareness of the severity of the issue and confirmed that immediate action has been taken to prevent a recurrence of the incident.

"We apologise for the incident that occurred on Oct 24. We understand the seriousness of this matter, and have promptly taken measures to address it. Warnings have also been issued to the involved employees.

"NSK deeply apologises once again and will ensure that such a mistake does not recur in the future," the statement reads.

Previously, a supermarket in Selayang went viral on social media after frog meat was discovered displayed alongside seafood, causing concern among online users.

In a tweet on X (formerly known as Twitter), @MalaysianFoods said the supermarket sold frog meat openly.

"The incident occurred where non-halal food was mixed with halal food and sold in piles at NSK Selayang, so be careful when buying at this supermarket.

"Be careful, do not make the mistake of buying a chicken or quail that looks like a frog," it said.

Tiada arahan halang individu tertentu beri kuliah di Pulau Pinang - Exco

Tiada arahan halang individu tertentu beri kuliah di Pulau Pinang - Exco

Sinar Harian

Oktober 29, 2023
Mohd Kazim berkata beliau telah menerima arahan tidak dibenarkan lagi memberi kuliah di Pulau Pinang selepas 33 tahun berceramah di negeri itu.

Tiada arahan halang individu tertentu beri kuliah di Pulau Pinang - Exco

Mohd Kazim berkata beliau telah menerima arahan tidak dibenarkan lagi memberi kuliah di Pulau Pinang selepas 33 tahun berceramah di negeri itu. - Gambar fail

GEORGE TOWN: Pejabat Timbalan Ketua Menteri I Pulau Pinang tidak pernah mengeluarkan arahan untuk menghalang individu tertentu menyampaikan kuliah agama di negeri ini.

Exco Agama Islam, Datuk Mohamad Abdul Hamid berkata, setiap larangan yang dikeluarkan adalah berdasarkan garis panduan dan pekeliling yang dikeluarkan oleh Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Pulau Pinang (JHEAIPP).

"Hanya pihak masjid dan Pejabat Tadbir Agama Daerah yang mengetahui larangan kepada penceramah atau individu yang berkaitan dengan arahan pekeliling tersebut," katanya ketika dihubungi media di sini, pada Ahad.







Menerusi pekeliling yang dikeluarkan JHEAIPP pada 23 Oktober lalu memaklumkan penstrukturan semula kuliah dan penganjuran aktiviti ilmu di masjid serta surau negeri ini.

Pengarah JHEAIPP, Datuk Zulkifli Rashid berkata, semua penceramah atau pengkuliah yang hendak menyampaikan pengajaran di semua masjid dan surau di Pulau Pinang mestilah memiliki tauliah yang dikeluarkan oleh pihak berkuasa agama negeri itu

Dalam masa sama, penceramah dan pengkuliah yang dijemput itu tidak mempunyai kontroversi terutama berkaitan akhlak, masalah khilafiah, politik kepartian dan seumpamanya.

Beliau berkata, usaha itu dilakukan JHEAIPP bagi memastikan aktiviti majlis ilmu di negeri ini bebas daripada sebarang unsur yang boleh mendatangkan kekeliruan dan perpecahan dalam kalangan masyarakat serta membendung sebarang unsur negatif yang dibawa dari luar serta tidak sesuai dengan masyarakat di negeri ini.

"Selain itu, ia juga bagi memastikan semua masjid dan surau sentiasa fokus kepada budaya ilmu sebenar yang mengutamakan kualiti dan impak positif kepada jemaah dan masyarakat Islam," katanya.

Terdahulu tular video pendakwah bebas, Datuk Mohd Kazim Elias yang mengesahkan beliau telah menerima arahan tidak dibenarkan lagi memberi kuliah di Pulau Pinang selepas 33 tahun berceramah di negeri itu selama ini.

Ucapan beliau itu dipercayai dirakam jemaah di Masjid Al-Ittifaq Sungai Nibong Kecil malam tadi dan rakaman video berdurasi 3.08 saat itu turut tular di media sosial sejak pagi ini. - Sinar Harian

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Israel To Fight Elon Musk Move to provide connectivity in Gaza for aid organizations

Musk says Starlink to provide connectivity in Gaza for aid organizations

Reuters

Oktober 29, 2023
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS

Musk says Starlink to provide connectivity in Gaza for aid organizations

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS

JERUSALEM: Elon Musk said on Saturday that SpaceX's Starlink will support communication links in Gaza with "internationally recognized aid organizations", prompting Israel's communication minister to say Israel would fight the move.

Musk said in a post on social media platform X that it was not clear who has authority for ground links in Gaza, but we do know that "no terminal has requested a connection in that area".

A telephone and internet blackout isolated people in the Gaza Strip from the world and from each other on Saturday, with calls to loved ones, ambulances or colleagues elsewhere all but impossible as Israel widened its air and ground assault.

International humanitarian organizations said the blackout, which began late on Friday, was worsening an already desperate situation by impeding life-saving operations and preventing contact with their staff on the ground.

SpaceX did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment on how it would ensure any Starlink connection was used by aid organizations and not by the Palestinian group Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip.

Responding to Musk's post on X, Israel's communication minister Shlomo Karhi said Israel "will use all means at its disposal to fight this."

"HAMAS will use it for terrorist activities," Karhi wrote. "Perhaps Musk would be willing to condition it with the release of our abducted babies, sons, daughters, elderly people. All of them! By then, my office will cut any ties with starlink."

Following Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Starlink satellites were reported to have been critical to maintaining internet connectivity in some areas despite attempted Russian jamming.

Since then, Musk has said he declined to extend coverage over Russian-occupied Crimea, refusing to allow his satellites to be used for Ukrainian attacks on Russian forces there.

Shouts of “Daulat Tuanku” greeted The Sultan of Johor as he returned home after his election as Malaysia’s 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong

 JUBILATION IN JOHOR AS SULTAN IBRAHIM RETURNS AFTER BEING NAMED THE NEXT AGONG

Spontaneous shouts of “Daulat Tuanku” went up as HM The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar returned home today (28 Oct) after his election as Malaysia’s 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong by the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara on Friday (27th October). 

Thousands of people from all walks of life lined several sections of the route from Senai Airport to welcome home the King-designate. 

They included Johor politicians, State Civil Servants, students, Southern Volunteers and ordinary Johoreans. 

They let off loud shouts of “Daulat Tuanku” and unfurled banners emblazoned with the words “Menjunjung Tahniah Tuanku (Congratulations Tuanku) as the royal motorcade made its way out of the Royal Hangar at Senai Airport.   

HM Sultan Ibrahim, who was personally driving the limousine, wound down his window to wave to the masses to acknowledge their warm greetings. 

The atmosphere was one of jubilation and great joy on the impending ascension of His Majesty as the new incoming Agong.

From the airport, His Majesty drove to Istana Bukit Serene where HM The Permaisuri of Johor, Raja Zarith Sofiah Binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah gave him a tight embrace and congratulated him. 

Earlier on arrival at the Royal Hangar, His Majesty was warmly welcomed by HRH Major General Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, The Crown Prince of Johor, and his younger Princes.

At a special meeting of the Conference of Rulers held at Istana Negara on Friday (27th October), HM Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, 65, was unanimously elected to become the 17th King of Malaysia.

He will succeed Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, the Sultan of Pahang, whose five-year term will officially end on 30th January 2024.

It has been 39 years since Almarhum Sultan Iskandar was proclaimed as Malaysia’s 8th King in 1984.

Malaysia sambut baik, sokong resolusi UNGA terhadap gencatan senjata di Gaza

Malaysia sambut baik, sokong resolusi UNGA terhadap gencatan senjata di Gaza

Bernama

Oktober 28, 2023
Menurut Wisma Putra, perkembangan itu menunjukkan sokongan yang lebih afirmatif daripada masyarakat antarabangsa untuk membuat kemajuan substantif dan jelas dalam menangani krisis kemanusiaan

Malaysia sambut baik, sokong resolusi UNGA terhadap gencatan senjata di Gaza

Menurut Wisma Putra, perkembangan itu menunjukkan sokongan yang lebih afirmatif daripada masyarakat antarabangsa untuk membuat kemajuan substantif dan jelas dalam menangani krisis kemanusiaan. - Gambar hiasan/BERNAMA

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia menyambut baik dan menyokong penerimaan resolusi Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) yang menyeru kepada gencatan senjata segera dan berkekalan antara tentera Israel dan Hamas di Gaza.

Perhimpunan Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNGA) pada Jumaat menerima resolusi bertajuk "Protection of Civilians and Upholding Legal and Humanitarian Obligations" dengan 120 undi menyokong, 14 membantah manakala 45 berkecuali.

"Malaysia menyokong dan menjadi penaja bersama resolusi itu, selaras dengan pendirian negara yang tidak berbelah bagi untuk terus menyokong segala usaha antarabangsa dalam mencari penyelesaian adil, berkekalan, komprehensif dan damai terhadap situasi di Palestin.







"Oleh itu, keputusan berkenaan membawa mesej yang jelas dan tegas oleh masyarakat antarabangsa yang menuntut tindakan imperatif terhadap krisis kemanusiaan di Gaza," menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Kementerian Luar (Wisma Putra).

Menurut Wisma Putra, perkembangan itu menunjukkan sokongan yang lebih afirmatif daripada masyarakat antarabangsa untuk membuat kemajuan substantif dan jelas dalam menangani krisis kemanusiaan.

"Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNSC) harus menghormati dan bertindak selaras dengan kehendak Perhimpunan Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu," menurut kenyataan itu.

Sebanyak empat resolusi UNSC mengenai Palestin gagal diluluskan sejak krisis bermula pada 7 Okt.

Kenyataan itu turut menyatakan bahawa Malaysia akan mengambil bahagian secara aktif dalam mesyuarat pleno ESS ke-10 yang dijadual disambung semula pada 31 Okt.

Malaysia mengulangi gesaan terhadap gencatan senjata segera, akses kemanusiaan tanpa halangan, dan menolak sebarang cubaan mengusir rakyat Palestin secara paksa dari tanah air mereka.

"Malaysia berpegang teguh kepada pendirian prinsipnya bahawa rakyat Palestin berhak menubuhkan negara merdeka yang berdaulat berdasarkan sempadan sebelum 1967, dengan Baitulmaqdis Timur sebagai ibu negara," menurut kenyataan itu.

Malaysia bersama-sama Brunei, Bangladesh, Kemboja, Indonesia, Laos, Maldives, Timor Leste dan Vietnam menyokong permintaan Liga Arab dan Pertubuhan Kerjasama Islam (OIC) untuk menyambung semula ESS ke-10 UNGA di New York pada 26 Okt.

-- BERNAMA

Lewiston massacre suspect found dead, apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wound

Lewiston massacre suspect found dead, apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wound

Reuters

Oktober 28, 2023
Suspect Robert Card is seen in this handout image released October 25, 2023. Lewiston Maine Police Department via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS

Lewiston massacre suspect found dead, apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wound

Suspect Robert Card is seen in this handout image released October 25, 2023. Lewiston Maine Police Department via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS

LEWISTON, Maine: The man suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, ending a 48-hour manhunt that followed the most lethal episode of gun violence in the state's history.

The body of Robert R. Card, 40, was discovered in the woods near the neighboring town of Lisbon Falls, near where police found his abandoned vehicle shortly after the shooting spree on Wednesday night.

"He is dead," Maine Governor Janet Mills told a news conference, thanking the hundreds of officers from various agencies involved in the search.

"Like many people, I am breathing a sign of relief tonight, knowing that Robert Card is no longer a threat to anyone ... Now is the time to heal," Mills said.

Card died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Mike Sauschuck, Maine's Department of Public Safety commissioner.

Officials said the U.S. Army reservist opened fire in a bowling alley and then a bar minutes later on Wednesday night.

The shootings and prolonged manhunt convulsed the normally bustling but serene community of Lewiston, a former textile hub and the second-most populous city in Maine.

The town lies on the banks of the Androscoggin River about 35 miles (56 km) north of the state's largest city, Portland, and nearly as far southwest of Maine's capital, Augusta.

Card, an Army Reserve sergeant from the nearby town of Bowdoin, has been described by authorities as a trained firearms instructor who served as a petroleum supply specialist when on duty at the military reserve base in Saco, Maine.

Law enforcement officials also said he had a history of mental illness and was committed to a psychiatric facility for two weeks during the summer of 2023, after which he was released.

Within hours of Wednesday night's bloodshed, police circulated surveillance camera photos from one of the crime scenes of a bearded man wearing a brown, hooded sweatshirt and jeans and carrying what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle.

Meanwhile, hundreds of officers from an array of agencies ranging from local police and sheriff's deputies to the FBI and U.S. Coast Guard joined the search. Canadian authorities, including its border officers, were on alert.

The initial trail of clues led to Lisbon, about 7 miles (11 km) to the southeast of Lewiston, where Maine State Police found a white SUV they believed Card used to make his getaway and parked at a boat launch on the river. Public records showed he owned at least one vessel made by Sea-Doo, a company known for its jet ski-style personal watercraft.

As part of their search for Card, police trawled the waters of the Androscoggin River with divers and sonar on Friday, and sent teams of officers door-to-door in neighborhood canvasses seeking additional clues and possible eyewitnesses.

Earlier on Friday, Maine State Police lifted an order that had kept tens of thousands of people in their homes while the manhunt continued.

'Friends' star Matthew Perry reported dead at 54

'Friends' star Matthew Perry reported dead at 54

Reuters

Oktober 29, 2023
Cast member Matthew Perry attends the premiere of the film "17 Again" in Los Angeles April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo

'Friends' star Matthew Perry reported dead at 54

Cast member Matthew Perry attends the premiere of the film "17 Again" in Los Angeles April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo

LOS ANGELES: Actor Matthew Perry, who gained fame in the 1990s as the wise-cracking Chandler Bing in the hit U.S. television comedy "Friends," was found dead at age 54 on Saturday at a Los Angeles-area home, several news outlets reported.

The Los Angeles Times and TMZ.com, both citing unnamed law enforcement sources, reported that Perry was found dead in a hot tub or jacuzzi.

NBC News, citing an unnamed representative for the actor and a law enforcement source, reported the actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Reuters could not immediately confirm the reports independently.

Perry was best known for his longtime role as Bing in the hugely successful "Friends," which ran for 10 seasons on the NBC network from 1994 to 2004, co-starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow.

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Polis rampas dadah bernilai RM33.73 juta, tahan tujuh lelaki termasuk seorang warga emas

Polis rampas dadah bernilai RM33.73 juta, tahan tujuh lelaki termasuk seorang warga emas

Bernama

Oktober 27, 2023
Semua suspek itu ditahan dalam tiga serbuan di sekitar Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur dalam operasi pada 12.30 tengah hari hingga 2.15 petang.

Polis rampas dadah bernilai RM33.73 juta, tahan tujuh lelaki termasuk seorang warga emas

Semua suspek itu ditahan dalam tiga serbuan di sekitar Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur dalam operasi pada 12.30 tengah hari hingga 2.15 petang.

KAJANG: Polis menahan tujuh lelaki termasuk seorang warga Sri Lanka disyaki menyeludup dan mengedar dadah yang dianggar bernilai RM33.73 juta, Rabu lepas.

Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Narkotik (JSJN) Bukit Aman Datuk Seri Mohd Kamarudin Md Din berkata semua suspek yang berumur 21 hingga 52 tahun itu ditahan dalam tiga serbuan di sekitar Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur dalam operasi pada 12.30 tengah hari hingga 2.15 petang.

Beliau berkata pada mulanya polis mengesan sebuah kontena berisi syabu seberat 411.172 kilogram (kg) dan kokain seberat 100.813 kg di sebuah gudang di Taman Cheras Prima, di sini, yang dibawa masuk dari Pakistan melalui Pelabuhan Klang, pada 10.30 malam Selasa lepas.


"Pada keesokannya dadah itu telah dipunggah keluar dari kontena, dan ketika itu serbuan dilakukan," katanya dalam sidang media di Ibu pejabat Polis Daerah Kajang di sini hari ini.

Mohd Kamarudin berkata ada antara dadah itu disorokkan di dalam kampit bawang, dan siasatan mendapati sindiket itu telah bergiat aktif sejak awal tahun ini.

"Lima daripada tujuh suspek memiliki rekod jenayah lampau, termasuk berkaitan dadah," katanya sambil menambah kesemua suspek direman tujuh hari bermula semalam dan kes disiasat di bawah Seksyen 39B Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952.

Beliau berkata dadah yang dirampas itu boleh digunakan oleh 2.6 juta penagih dadah dan polis juga menyita pelbagai aset antaranya enam kenderaan, barang kemas serta wang tunai, semuanya dianggarkan bernilai RM384,964.

-- BERNAMA

Warga asing kemalangan rempuh pagar Istana Besar Johor

 Warga asing kemalangan rempuh pagar Istana Besar Johor

Kenyataan Media

Kereta warga asing itu kemudian melanggar sebuah teksi dan Perodua Aruz, sebelum merempuh pagar istana di bahu jalan.- Astro AWANI

Oktober 27, 2023 22:44 MYT

Warga asing kemalangan rempuh pagar Istana Besar Johor

Kereta warga asing itu kemudian melanggar sebuah teksi dan Perodua Aruz, sebelum merempuh pagar istana di bahu jalan.- Astro AWANI

JOHOR BAHRU: Seorang lelaki ditahan selepas disyaki memandu di bawah pengaruh dadah dan melanggar dua kereta sebelum merempuh Istana Besar di Kilometer 2.3 Jalan Skudai, Pantai Lido pada Jumaat.

Ketua Polis Daerah Johor Bahru Selatan, Asisten Komisioner Raub Selamat dalam satu kenyataan memaklumkan kejadian berlaku jam 5.28 pagi membabitkan kereta jenis Audi dipandu seorang lelaki warga asing.

Menurut beliau, pemandu berusia lingkungan 20-an dari pusat bandar menghala Skudai bersama dua penumpang dipercayai gagal mengawal kenderaan di kawasan selekoh sebelum terbabas ke laluan bertentangan.

Kereta warga asing itu kemudian melanggar sebuah teksi dan Perodua Aruz, sebelum merempuh pagar istana di bahu jalan.

Raub berkata, pemandu kereta cedera ringan, manakala pemandu dua lagi kenderaan yang dilanggarnya tidak cedera, dengan pagar istana mengalami kerosakan.

Sementara itu, hasil ujian air kencing mendapati pemandunya positif methamphetamine manakala kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 44(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan Raya 1987.

#SingaporeProblem

Pemandu mabuk orang singapore langgar 1 biji motor dan Pagar ISTANA SULTAN JOHOR. kejadian pagi tadi jln Pusat bandar mengahala Danga Bay Johor. Kes dalam siasatan Polis.

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— nan manjoi8715 (@nanmanjoi8715) October 27, 2023

Hornbill Skyways signs MoU with MAG to take over MASWings

Hornbill Skyways signs MoU with MAG to take over MASWings

Named

October 28, 2023
Abang Johari (centre) witnessed the Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Sarawak Government, Hornbill Skyways Sdn Bhd and Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad. - BERNAMA photo

Hornbill Skyways signs MoU with MAG to take over MASWings

Abang Johari (centre) witnessed the Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Sarawak Government, Hornbill Skyways Sdn Bhd and Malaysia Aviation Group Berhad. - BERNAMA photo

KUCHING: Sarawak-owned company Hornbill Skyways Sdn Bhd and Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate the acquisition of shares in MASWings Sdn Bhd for the management of rural air services.

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the MoU will pave the way for more detailed discussions between the two parties to ensure the state gets a majority stake in MASWings.

"Right now, detailed discussions (will be held) between the Sarawak state government, the federal government and Khazanah Nasional Bhd, in particular. We want a majority stake and MAG may want a stake but the majority must be owned by Sarawak.

"In terms of the timeline, I will give them three months (to complete the acquisition process). If possible, we want to be fully operational and start flying next year," he said when met by reporters after the MoU signing ceremony here on Friday.

Hornbill Skyways which has operated aviation leasing services in Sarawak since 1977 has been mandated to take over the ownership of MASWings and operate rural aviation services in Sarawak and Sabah.

Abang Johari said the state government aims to make Kuching the main hub of the airline in addition to expanding the airline's route to regional destinations that involve about six to seven hours of travel such as Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and India.

However, MASWings will not be profit-oriented because the goal of its expansion is to serve the people, he added.

"That's our condition in the acquisition of MASWings. The model is different from other airlines, because we don't need to use a lot of aircraft, as long as they keep moving and flying, otherwise depreciation costs will happen," he added.

-- BERNAMA 

A car driven by an individual believed to be a foreigner collided with an ambulance in Putrajaya today.

 Witnesses to the ambulance accident in Putrajaya were asked to come forward to help the investigation

A video went viral on the TikTok application showing an ambulance overturned after being hit by a car in Putrajaya at midnight on Thursday.

October 28, 2023 07:30 MYTH

Witnesses to the ambulance accident in Putrajaya were asked to come forward to help the investigation

A video went viral on the TikTok application showing an ambulance overturned after being hit by a car in Putrajaya at midnight on Thursday.

PUTRAJAYA: An ambulance carrying a patient was involved in a road accident after colliding with a car at the traffic light intersection of Jalan Lebuh Bestari - Persiaran Perdana, near here on Thursday.

Putrajaya District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Asmadi Abdul Aziz said, in the 11.45pm incident, an Audi TT FSI Auto type car from Persiaran Perdana was heading to the Putra Mosque.

He said, the car went through the intersection of four Lebuh Bestari traffic lights towards Persiaran Perdana.

He said, while the car continued its journey, the traffic light at that time was green.

He said, an ambulance arrived from the right junction with sirens and emergency horns.

"The car which was in the middle lane is believed to have lost control and did not have time to brake and hit the ambulance on the left side.

"As a result of the accident, the ambulance overturned on the road, while those who suffered injuries were sent to Putrajaya Hospital for treatment," he said in a statement on Friday.

Asmadi said, at the time of the incident, the ambulance was on its way from Precinct 18 to pick up patients and head to Putrajaya Hospital.

He said the vehicle involved in the accident was taken to the Putrajaya District Police Headquarters (IPD).

According to him, his party is making a request for closed circuit camera (CCTV) recording at the scene of the incident for investigation purposes.

He added that the police asked people who have information and were at the scene to come forward to help with the investigation.

He said the accident was investigated under Section 43 (1) of the Road Transport Act (APJ) 1987

Viral video shows high-speed crash between car and ambulance [Watch]

By New Straits Times 

KUALA LUMPUR: A car driven by an individual believed to be a foreigner collided with an ambulance in Putrajaya today.

A viral video, posted on X by @nanmanjoi8715, showed the car apparently travelling at high speed near Dataran Putrajaya before crashing into the ambulance, which had a patient inside.

The impact caused the ambulance to overturn onto its right side, and the black car with a red stripe sustained significant damage to the front.

The video, garnered over 100,000 views, also revealed ambulance staff injured in the accident.

Passersby at the scene were seen assisting the victims, and a police patrol car arrived to oversee the situation.

The New Straits Times has contacted the police for more information about the incident.

Dua pegawai perubatan hospital Putajaya cedera manakala pemandu dan pesakit dalam ambulans selamat dlm kejadian awal pagi tadi.

Pemandu Audi, pelajar PHD sebuah IPT di Cyberjaya dari Iraq usia 28 dan penumpang tidak cedera.

Cukai Jalan Audi tamat tempoh.

— nan manjoi8715 (@nanmanjoi8715) October 27, 2023

Johor Sultan elected as 17th Agong, Perak Sultan as Deputy Agong

 Johor Sultan elected as 17th Agong, Perak Sultan as Deputy Agong

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah with Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar seen after the 263rd (Special) Meeting of the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara. - BERNAMA PIC

KUALA LUMPUR: Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, has been elected as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, being elected as the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong, effective from Jan 31, 2024, the Keeper of the Rulers' Seal has announced.

The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Keeper of the Royal Seal Syed Danial Syed Ahmad on Friday (Oct 27) after the country’s nine sultans met at the Conference of Rulers to vote on who among them would be the next head of state, also known as Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA), for the next five years. 

“I hereby inform that the Conference of Rulers, during its 263rd (Special) Meeting, held at the National Palace on Friday, October 27, 2023, has agreed to declare that His Royal Highness Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan of Johor Darul Ta'zim, has been chosen as His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVII for a period of five years commencing from Jan 31, 2024," the statement said. 

It added that Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, will be appointed deputy king, also for five years from the Jan 31, 2024. 

The term for the current king, Pahang ruler Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, ends on Jan 30, 2024. 

Sultan Ibrahim’s coronation ceremony is expected to be held at a later date. 

The decision to select Sultan Ibrahim as the next king follows the established order of Malaysia’s unique rotational system in which the country’s nine royal households take it in turns to hold the position. The system was agreed to in 1957 when Malaya secured independence from British rule. 

Sultan Ibrahim’s late father Sultan Iskandar Sultan Ismail was the last Johor ruler to be Yang di-Pertuan Agong between 1984-1989

Mesyuarat Khas Majlis Raja-Raja hari ini memilih Agong ke-17

Mesyuarat Khas Majlis Raja-Raja hari ini memilih Agong ke-17

Bernama

Oktober 27, 2023
Mesyuarat khas itu dijadual bermula pada 10 pagi di Istana Negara. - Foto fail/Astro AWANI

Mesyuarat Khas Majlis Raja-Raja hari ini memilih Agong ke-17

Mesyuarat khas itu dijadual bermula pada 10 pagi di Istana Negara. - Foto fail/Astro AWANI

KUALA LUMPUR: Mesyuarat Khas Majlis Raja-Raja akan berlangsung hari ini bagi memilih Yang di-Pertuan Agong ke-17.

Mesyuarat khas itu yang dijadual bermula pada 10 pagi di Istana Negara akan menyaksikan pengundian oleh sembilan Raja-Raja Melayu bagi memilih Yang di-Pertuan Agong dan Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong yang baharu.

Persidangan khas itu diadakan susulan tempoh lima tahun penggal pemerintahan Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah sebagai Yang di-Pertuan Agong ke-16, bakal tamat pada 30 Jan tahun depan.







Al-Sultan Abdullah melafaz sumpah dan menandatangani surat sumpah jawatan sebagai Yang di-Pertuan Agong ke-16 pada 31 Jan 2019 setelah dipilih pada Mesyuarat Khas Majlis Raja-Raja pada 24 Jan tahun sama.

Menurut Seksyen 2, Bahagian I, Jadual Ketiga Perlembagaan Persekutuan, Majlis Raja-Raja hendaklah menawarkan jawatan Yang di-Pertuan Agong kepada Raja yang layak dipilih, yang negerinya ialah yang pertama dalam senarai pemilihan.

Jika Raja yang berjaya tidak menerima tawaran, maka proses pengundian semula akan dijalankan, iaitu dengan mencalonkan nama Raja yang kedua dalam senarai kekananan yang layak dipilih untuk diundi.

Susunan penggiliran pertama bermula pada 1957 (bagi pelantikan Yang di-Pertuan Agong) sehingga 1994, dilakukan atas persetujuan Raja negeri-negeri mengikut kekananan dari segi tempoh pemerintahan yang dimulakan dengan Negeri Sembilan, diikuti Selangor, Perlis, Terengganu, Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Johor dan Perak.

Malaysia adalah sebuah daripada 43 negara di dunia yang mengamalkan sistem pemerintahan Raja Berperlembagaan dan satu-satunya negara yang mengamalkan sistem penggiliran dalam kalangan sembilan Raja Melayu.

-- BERNAMA

China ex-Premier Li Keqiang, sidelined by Xi Jinping, dies at 68

China ex-Premier Li Keqiang, sidelined by Xi Jinping, dies at 68

Reuters

Oktober 27, 2023
China's Premier Li Keqiang waves as he arrives for a news conference after the closing ceremony of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

China ex-Premier Li Keqiang, sidelined by Xi Jinping, dies at 68

China's Premier Li Keqiang waves as he arrives for a news conference after the closing ceremony of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

BEIJING: China's former Premier Li Keqiang died of a heart attack on Friday, just 10 months after retiring from a decade in office during which his reformist star had dimmed. He was 68.

Once viewed as a top Communist Party leadership contender, Li was sidelined in recent years by President Xi Jinping, who tightened his grip on power and steered the world's second-largest economy in a more statist direction.

The elite economist supported of a more open market economy, advocating for supply-side reforms in an approach dubbed "Likonomics" - which was never fully implemented.

Ultimately, he had to bend to Xi's preference for more state control and his former power base waned in influence as Xi installed his own acolytes to powerful positions.

"Comrade Li Keqiang, while resting in Shanghai in recent days, experienced a sudden heart attack on Oct. 26 and after all-out efforts to revive him failed, died in Shanghai at ten minutes past midnight on Oct. 27," state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Chinese social media experienced an outpouring of grief and shock, with some government websites turning black-and-white in an official sign of mourning. The Weibo microblogging platform turned its "like" button into a "mourn" icon in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower.

Li was premier and head of China's cabinet under Xi for a decade until stepping down from all political positions in March.

Laying a wreath in August 2022 at a statue of Deng Xiaoping - the leader who brought transformational reform to China's economy - Li vowed: "Reform and opening up will not stop. The Yangtze and Yellow River will not reverse course."

Video clips of the speech, which went viral but were later censored from Chinese social media, were widely viewed as a coded criticism of Xi's policies.

Li sparked debate on poverty and income inequality in 2020, saying 600 million people in China earned less than the equivalent of $140 per month.

END OF AN ERA

Some Chinese intellectuals and members of the liberal elite expressed shock and dismay on a semi-private WeChat channel at the passing of a beacon of China's liberal economic reform, with some saying it signalled the end of an era.

"Li will probably be remembered as an advocate for the freer market and for the have-nots," said Wen-Ti Sung, a political scientist at Australian National University. "But most of all, he will be remembered for what could have been."

Alfred Wu, associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, said, "All these types of people no longer exist anymore in Chinese politics."

Li was less influential than his immediate predecessors as premier, Zhu Rongji and Wen Jiabao, Wu said. "He was sidelined but what more could he have done? It was very hard for him, with the constraints he faced under Xi."

Adam Ni, an independent China political analyst, described Li as "a premier who stood powerless as China took a sharp turn away from reform and opening".

Some social media users mentioned a song called "Sorry it wasn't you", a veiled reference to Xi. The song went viral around the death of former President Jiang Zemin in November last year before being censored.

"Xi will likely respect party tradition and lead public mourning for Li, as he has no reason to anger Li's colleagues and supporters in the party, whose waning political influence is further weakened by his death," said Neil Thomas, fellow for Chinese politics at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis.

Li was born in Anhui province in eastern China, a poor farming area where his father was an official and where he was sent to toil in the fields during the Cultural Revolution.

While studying law at the prestigious Peking University, Li befriended ardent pro-democracy advocates, some of whom would become outright challengers to party control.

The confident English speaker was immersed in the intellectual and political ferment of the decade of reform under Deng. That period ended in the 1989 pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests that the military crushed.

After graduation, he joined the Communist Party's Youth League, then a reformist-tinged ladder to higher office.

He rose in the Youth League while completing a master’s degree in law and then an economics doctorate under Professor Li Yining, a well-known advocate of market reforms.

His political experience as a provincial leader in Henan, a poor and restless rural belt of central China, was marred by accusation of cracking down after an AIDS scandal. He also served as party chief of Liaoning, a rustbelt province striving to attract investment and reinvent itself as a modern industrial heartland.

Li’s patron was Hu Jintao, a former president from a political faction loosely based around the Youth League. After Xi took over as party chief in 2012, he took steps to break up the Youth League faction.

Li is survived by his wife Cheng Hong, an English professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business, and their daughter.

Remaja langgar wanita hingga maut akan didakwa, siasatan turut bongkar 'kes rogol'

Remaja langgar wanita hingga maut akan didakwa, siasatan turut bongkar 'kes rogol'

ASTRO AWANi

Oktober 26, 2023
Fisol mendedahkan, siasatan terhadap remaja itu turut membongkar hubungan seks dilakukan dua lelaki dengannya, sebelum ini. - FB Polis Kedah

Remaja langgar wanita hingga maut akan didakwa, siasatan turut bongkar 'kes rogol'

Fisol mendedahkan, siasatan terhadap remaja itu turut membongkar hubungan seks dilakukan dua lelaki dengannya, sebelum ini. - FB Polis Kedah

ALOR SETAR: Polis Kedah telah membuka kertas siasatan terhadap remaja perempuan berusia 14 tahun yang memandu kereta tanpa lesen sehingga mengakibatkan kemalangan maut melibatkan seorang peniaga di Jalan Kuala Kedah, Ahad lalu.

Ketua Polis Kedah, Datuk Fisol Salleh berkata, siasatan dilakukan di bawah Seksyen 41(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987 dan kini hanya menunggu keputusan timbalan pendakwa raya untuk pertuduhan di mahkamah.

Dalam kejadian kira-kira pukul 7.05 malam Ahad lalu, seorang wanita, Nur Shafiqah Abdullah, 32, maut setelah motosikal dinaiki bersama kakaknya, Nooraliza, 43, dirempuh kereta jenis Proton Satria dipercayai dipandu remaja terbabit.







Difahamkan kereta milik rakan ibu remaja berkenaan hilang kawalan lalu terbabas melanggar pembahagi jalan, sebelum masuk ke laluan bertentangan dan merempuh motosikal dinaiki mangsa.

Mengulas lanjut Fisol berkata, ujian urin dijalankan terhadap remaja tersebut mendapati dia negatif dadah.

Katanya, ketika ini remaja tersebut berada di bawah jagaan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM).

Dalam pada itu, Fisol mendedahkan, siasatan terhadap remaja itu turut membongkar hubungan seks dilakukan dua lelaki dengannya, sebelum ini.

"Polis menjalankan siasatan berasingan bagi kes berkenaan mengikut Seksyen 376 (1) Kanun Kesiksaan kerana merogol berikutan status remaja itu yang masih bawah umur.

"Pihak polis telah menahan seorang suspek malam tadi dan sedang memburu seorang lagi lelaki yang dipercayai mempunyai kaitan dengan kes rogol tersebut," katanya pada sidang media di sini, hari ini.

Sementara itu, Fisol berkata, hingga kini pihaknya menerima lebih 140 laporan kes rogol melibatkan remaja bawah umur di Kedah, pada tahun ini.

"Peningkatan yang sangat drastik di negeri Kedah, hingga sekarang kita sudah ada 140 lebih kes rogol bawah umur yang mana dalam penyiasatan kita mendapati ia berlaku kerana suka sama suka... tetapi oleh kerana di bawah umur ia menjadi kesalahan jenayah," katanya.

Over 100,000 commercial crime reports received this year involving RM1.7 bil losses - Bukit Aman

 Over 100,000 commercial crime reports received this year involving RM1.7 bil losses - Bukit Aman

Bernama

Oktober 26, 2023

For the Oct 16-22 review week, a total of 891 investigation papers were opened involving various categories of commercial crime said Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigations Department (JSJK) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf - BERNAMA

Over 100,000 commercial crime reports received this year involving RM1.7 bil losses - Bukit Aman

For the Oct 16-22 review week, a total of 891 investigation papers were opened involving various categories of commercial crime said Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigations Department (JSJK) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf - BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 125,169 police reports were received so far this year involving various commercial crimes with a total loss of RM1.7 billion.

From these reports, 33,269 investigation papers were opened, Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigations Department (JSJK) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said.

“For the Oct 16-22 review week, a total of 891 investigation papers were opened involving various categories of commercial crime.

“Of these, syndicated commercial crimes totaled 620 cases, or 69.6 per cent,” he told a special press conference here today.

Ramli said cases of online purchase fraud recorded the highest number for the review week, with 257 cases involving a loss of RM3.8 million, while investment fraud cases were also on the high side, with 156 cases involving a loss of RM21 million.

He said technological advancements have resulted in various new modus operandi involving fraud that pose threats to the public.

“In an effort to reduce fraud-related cases, the public is encouraged to be vigilant with the information and commercial crime updates regularly provided by the police through various communication channels,” he said.

-- BERNAMA