Outstation Teenage Waitress Raped By Bogus Cop

Two waitress aged 15 and 23 from a coffee shop at BDC were tramautised after one was raped and another molested by bogus police yesterday at 6 pm. 

The two from Lundu who stayed in a room above the shophouses in BDC was preparing to go to work when two men, one young and the other an older man in his 40s crashed into the room.

Identifying themselves as policemen, they told the terrified girls that they were police and suspected them to be illegals.

The older man then dragged the 15-year-old  to a motorcycle and forced her on it.

He then brought the girl to an uncompleted construction site at Ong Thian Swee and raped her.

The older girl was molested and the younger man masturbate in front of her. After he left, the girl alerted her boss who send her to make a police report.

When she arrived back to her room, she saw the younger girl dishevelled and crying. The girl told her she had been raped. She was then send to the hospital and a police report lodged.

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Man Found Buried In Shallow Grave

A divorcee was believed to have been shot, his head decapitated and buried in a shallow grave in a rubber plantation near Kpg Panggai, Balai Ringin.

Ningkan anak Nantu, 45 remains were found by relatives who went to his hut on the eve of Christmas.

A post mortem conducted this morning confirmed that the deceased died of three bullet wound in his stomach.

According to a relative, Ningkan stayed in the rubber plantation after he was banished by the longhouse folks due to his thieving ways.

He eran a living selling bananas and come out to the town once or twice a month.

Since December, relatives did not see him and they went to his hut wanting to ask him to join them for Christmas celebration.

That afternoon, six relatives walked to the hut which was half an hour away from the longhouse. When they arrived, they saw the charred remains of the hut and could not find Ningkan.

Then one of them saw his knee cap jutting out from the ground. They were shocked to find his skeletal remains. His head was found a distance away.

Police who were called to the area collected the remains for a post mortem.

Serian OCPD, DSP Mohd Jamali Umi confirmed that the case is classified as murder. He said the police are investigating.

The remains were brought back by next of kin after the post mortem this afternoon.

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Gagasan 1Malaysia Perlukan Komitmen

Ahli Dewan Negara Senator Pau Chiong Ung menyifatkan objektif dan matlamat Gagasan 1Malaysia yang diwarwarkan  oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tidak akan tercapai sekiranya aspek tersebut tidak dipraktik atau diamalkan secara total  oleh keseluruhan masyarakat di negara ini.

Malah, jelas beliau, institusi kekeluargaan dan keharmonian masyarakat majmuk juga akan turut tergugat sekaligus memberikan kesan negatif sekiranya hubungan antara kaum tidak dipupuk dan disemai dari awal terutama di kalangan belia atau generasi muda.

Selain itu, tambahnya, sikap saling bertolak ansur juga perlu disemai dan diterapkan dalam diri dan jiwa setiap anggota masyarakat supaya nilai dan semangat kecintaan terhadap negara akan sentiasa bercambah dan berkembang.

Jelas Pau lagi, keutuhan perpaduan serta nilai murni hidup bermasyarakat rakyat negara ini juga akan tergugat sekiranya rakyat terutama generasi muda tidak memiliki semangat patriotik dan kecintaan terhadap negara sambil menyuarakan rasa kesal beliau terhadap tindakan sesetengah pihak yang cuba memburuk- buruk imej negara.

Dalam pada itu, beliau turut menekankan pentingnya menyemai semangat patriotik di dalam diri dan jiwa setiap generasi muda memandangkan mereka merupakan pewaris kepimpinan negara di masa depan disamping merupakan bilangan yang terbesar di negara ini.

Oleh itu, Pau berharap golongan terlibat tidak terpengaruh atau dengan sebarang bentuk anasir yang  tidak sihat dan propaganda yang tidak bertanggungjawab yang cuba menanam kebencian terhadap kerajaan yang dikhuatiri akan memberi kesan buruk kepada negara.

Pau berkata demikian semasa berucap merasmikan makan malam Jalinan Mesra bersama Komuniti 1Malaysia AU3 Setiawangsa Kuala Lumpur anjuran Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia Daerah Bintulu yang diadakan di Hotel Kemena Plaza di sini.

Terdahulu, Pengarah Jabatan Penerangan Sarawak, Resat Salleh berkata sebagai usaha untuk membantu mengukuhkan lagi perpaduan di kalangan masyarakat pelbagai kaum di negeri ini serta membantu kerajaan merancang dasar- dasarnya dengan lebih baik, Jabatan Penerangan Sarawak akan menganjurkan lebih banyak lagi program berbentuk perpaduan dan kemasyarakatan di masa hadapan.

Antara pendekatan yang akan dilakukan adalah menggerakkan semangat perpaduan yang erat dalam kalangan masyarakat di peringkat akar umbi khususnya golongan belia supaya mereka memiliki perasaan perpaduan lantaran mereka merupakan generasi penyambung atau pewaris kepimpinan negara.

Untuk merealisasikan hasrat tersebut, Resat berkata golongan tersebut perlu diberi galakan motivasi supaya rancangan yang dirancang dan dilaksanakan oleh kerajaan tidak dilihat hanya sebagai slogan kosong umpamanya transformasi yang dirancang kerajaan.

Penubuhan Komuniti 1Malaysia, contohnya, berperanan penting sebagai penggerak transformasi rakyat dimana rakyat akan dapat berdamping dengan apa jua rancangan kerajaan tanpa menimbulkan sebarang masalah atau isu sambil menjelaskan kejayaan konsep Gagasan 1Malaysia di Sarawak dan Sabah adalah disebabkan toleransi kaum yang menjadi amalan dan pegangan rakyatnya walaupun berbeza agama maupun kaum.

Ini, katanya, dapat dilihat semasa menganjurkan perayaan secara bersama dimana semua kaum saling kunjung mengunjungi, ziarah menziarahi untuk meraikan sesuatu peraayan termasuk melawat rakan yang berada di hospital.

Senario tersebut turut mendapat pujian pengarah Jabatan Penerangan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Aziman Hassan yang turut menyertai rombongan Komuniti 1Malaysia AU3 Setiawangsa Kuala Lumpur ke bandar Bintulu.

Malah, katanya, usaha untuk memecahbelahkan perpaduan antara kaum di negeri ini tidak begitu ketara kelihatan berbanding dengan di Semenanjung dimana isu perpaduan amat berat dan jelas.

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Program Menyemai Bakti IKMAS

Peranan belia dan generasi muda pada masa kini sangat penting dalam menampilkan kesatuan, perpaduan dan keutuhan agama dan bangsa.

Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Saribas, Mohammad Razi Sitam berkata, adalah sangat penting agar golongan ini dididik dengan sebaiknya agar mereka tidak terpesong dengan pemahaman yang ekstrim sehingga membawa kepada perpecahan kaum.

"Untuk mendidik golongan ini, kita (umat Islam) perlu mengambil iktibar daripada peristiwa lampau dan kembali mengambil Rasulullah sebagai contoh ikutan dalam kehidupan agar benar-benar menjadi umat dan mukmin yang hebat.

"Maka, penganjuran program seperti hari ini di kalangan pelajar Institut Kemahiran Islam Malaysia Sarawak (IKMAS) amatlah dialu-alukan dan disokong dalam usaha mempertingkatkan kefahaman terhadap ajaran Islam di samping memberikan contoh terbaik dalam kalangan pelajar seterusnya penduduk desa atau kampung terlibat tentang amalan agama," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian semasa Majlis Perasmian Penangguhan Program Menyemai Bakti IKMAS Ke-10 bertempat di Lobi Pejabat Residen Betong di sini hari ini.

Majlis dengan kerjasama Pejabat Residen Bahagian Betong dan Jabatan Agama Islam Sarawak (JAIS) Betong itu turut dihadiri oleh Pengarah JAKIM Cawangan Sarawak, Abdul Hamid Mohammed Salleh, Pegawai Agama Islam Bahagian Betong, Aswad Osen, Ketua-ketua kaum, ibu bapa angkat dan pelajar IKMAS.

Tambah Razi, umat Islam perlu sentiasa menyiapkan diri dengan pelbagai kemahiran dan pengetahuan kerana sikap sambil lewa, membuang masa dan takut bersaing adalah nilai negatif yang boleh menjejaskan usaha membentuk jati diri mukmin sejati.

"Ilmu dan kemahiran penting untuk maju. Jadi, carilah ilmu dan kemahiran itu dan janganlah duduk bermenung menunggu hari mendatang kerana semuanya tidak akan datang bergolek tanpa usaha," jelasnya.

Menurutnya lagi, kita di negara ini juga cukup bertuah kerana walaupun terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum dan pegangan agama tetapi dapat hidup dengan harmoni dan tolenrasi.

"Inilah kelebihan Malaysia berbanding negara lain di seluruh dunia. Masyarakat pelbagai kaum di negara ini saling hormat-menghormati perbezaan budaya dan agama kaum masing-masing. Inilah yang kita mahu dan berharap agar ianya dikukuhkan dan dikekalkan untuk kebaikan kita bersama," ujarnya.

Terdahulu, Pengarah JAKIM Cawangan Sarawak, Abdul Hamid Mohammed Salleh mengucapkan terima kasih di atas kerjasama yang diberikan oleh penduduk 11 kampung yang terlibat iaitu Beladin, Dit, Buda, Gerigat, Empelam, Kupang, Tuie, Pepat, Mangut, Tambak dan Paloh dalam menjayakan program tersebut.

Menurutnya, program berslogankan 'Persefahaman asas perpaduan' itu adalah kursus wajib di bawah Kursus Amali Dakwah kepada pelajar Diploma Pengajian Islam dan Dakwah, IKMAS sebagai syarat untuk bergraduat.

"Jadi, kami daripada pihak penganjur sangat berharap agar dengan adanya program seperti ini kepada pelajar, dapatlah mendidik mereka untuk lebih memahami masyarakat seterusnya mengekalkan perpaduan dan mengelak mereka daripada tetrjebak dengan masalah moral dan gejala sosial," katanya.

Dalam majlis itu, seramai 79 pelajar IKMAS telah berjaya menamatkan kursus tersebut dengan jayanya dan di akhiri dengan perpisahan pelajar dengan keluarga angkat mereka.

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Chong Blamed Barrage For Kuching Flood

Its here... Chong showing the report

The Barrage is part of the reasons why Kuching is flooded, said State Assemblyman for Sentosa, Chong Chieng Jen.

Chong in a press conference today said the State government is telling half truth about the barrage.

He said when the barrage was constructed in 1997, there was a flood mitigation plan which is part of the whole package in a report done by Rendel, Palmer and Triton, a British company.

Chong said the government took their chance and did not construct the Flood Mitigation plan so in 2003 and 2004, after three days of rain, Kuching city was flooded all over.

“In the first place, two tributaries of Sarawak rivers channel the flood water away but due to the construction of the causeway, the two outlets were blocked. Playing with nature is never wise and that was when the flood came,” he said.

He added that initially, they were not interested to know why the State government was in such a hurry to build the barrage and causeway and later found that the top leader’s family owned a huge parcel of land in Isthmus. He said at the end of the day, it was still for the family’s sake.

Chong said due to the frequent flood, the State government is forced to start a flood mitigation project in Salak and Paroh. "We will wait and see if the flood mitigation project works or not," he added.

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Woman Died Two Weeks After Fire

Sad Christmas... The deceased family

Happier Time... The deceased file photo

It was a sorrowful christmas for a family who was to see a wedding but ended up with a funeral.


Family members were baffled as to why Eda ak Berai  douse herself with keroene before lighting a match on December 14.

She, said a family member but was to marry this June but due to financial constrain, she and her boyfriend aged 34 postponed the marriage until December 25th.

A relative said on December 14, Eda was in her room at a shophouse in Tatau where she stayed with her family members when they heard screams of pain at about 10 pm. They rushed into the room to find her boyfriend trying to put out the fire.

Eda was send to BIntulu hospital but transferred to Sarawak General hospital three days later with 70% burn on her body.

She passed away last night at 11.30 pm. Her remains were brought back for burial.

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Maids Paid RM100 and Abused

A 66-year-old woman was pulled in by police today at noon accompanied by her son on the suspicion of abusing her teenage maids.

The mother and son stayed at a double terrace house at Airport Road and the old lady was accused of causing injury to her maid - all over her body and face.

A local girl, Chai aged 17 from Bako had helped out at the house to take care of the old lady since December last year.

She claimed that she was frequently hit on her head with the back of a knife and the old lady’s walking stick. She alleged that the old lady accused her of being slow. 

She was also scratched and pinched and there marks all over her face and hands.

The maid was given a meal a day and paid RM100 a month. She was also asked to sleep on the floor without a mattress and worked from 4 am to 10 pm.

The girl’s father, Chai was almost in tears when he heard of her daughter’s plight. He said he is poor and working to support four other children aged 16, 12, 11 and 9. 

He said his daughter is filial and got the job through a Welfare association. The father said even though her daughter was ill treated, she did not complain but gave all the RM100 to him to help him out.

Police are investigating and allowed the suspect to go back due to her health.

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Youth Run Away After Molesting Niece

A mother was fumed that her husband's younger brother had molested her 7-year-old daughter by poking his finger into her private parts.

The mother from Kpg Sejingkat said she was not at home but left her daughter alone with the 19-year-old uncle. When she went back at 6 pm yesterday, she saw her daughter was near tears.

After coaxing her to tell her what was bothering her, her daughter said her uncle forced her into a toilet and poke her. She said he even used his male organ to rub all over her. She claimed that it was not the first time her uncle did it to her but several times but this was the worst .

The girl was then send to the Sarawak General hospital for check up. A police report had been lodged and the uncle had fled from the house.

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Traffic Jam Slow Down Repair Works

The PPES Work had restored part of the the cut off roads at Kpg Semukoi KM 78 Serian/Sri Aman by 10.30 am today.

By noon, half of the road was passable and the workers are still working on a temporary diversion for heavy vehicles  before dusk.

A spokesman for PPES Work who was supervising work at the site said the Water pipes at the roadside was disconnected before they would fill the alternative road with rocks for heavy machinery vehicles.

At noon only light vehicles and motorcycles were able to go through.

The road diversion was hampered with traffic jams on the road as lorries ferrying material like rocks were unable to get near to the erosion site.

An engineer at the site said the erosion was caused by huge quantity of water flowing under the road after the heavy downpour causing the embankment to be washed away.

On Wednesday at 6 pm, certain parts of the road started to crack and vehicle owners passing by were forced to stop as sharp edge punctured their vehicle tyres.

An excavator operator at Kpg Semukoi, Grippin ak Lumpok said he was staying nearby and heard sounds of tyres brusting. He helped a lorry driver to change the tyre and saw the road crack up.

Police who were informed arrived at 7.30 pm and were on standby to stop vehicles from passing through. At midnight yesterday, vehicle owners were diverted to an alternate route at Jalan Mentung Marau KM 36 Serian/Sri Aman which was through an oil palm plantation. The route is further by 8 kilometer.

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Jalan Serian-Sri Aman Cut Off

The heavy downpour the last few days had caused a landslide along KM 78, Jalan Serian Sri Aman cutting off road users from travelling to and fro.

Head of Police Serian district, DSP Jamali Haji Umi said the land slide was reported at 7 pm yesterday. He said thankfully there was no casualty or injuries reported.

He said besides police, Serian fire and rescue department were also at the area of Kpg Semukoia.

Rescue team effort to clear the road was hampered by the pouring rain as it continues to wash soil from higher ground.

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Rh. Hendry, Setulan, Kuala Tatau Pohon Tadika Kemas

Penghuni  rumah panjang- Rh. Hendry di Setulan Jalan Pesisir Pantai -  Kuala Tatau memohon supaya pihak KEMAS Sarawak khususnya KEMAS Bintulu dapat membuka Tabika KEMAS di rumah panjang  mereka memandangkan di SK Setulan belum ada Pra-sekolah.

Permintaan tersebut disuarakan sendiri oleh Tr. Hendry semasa menerima kunjungan rombongan KEMAS Bintulu diketuai oleh Pegawai Pembangunan Masyarakat Kawasan Jepak,  Masna Masir dan kakitangan KEMAS Bintulu untuk upacara penyerahan hamper kepada 20 keluarga berpendapatan rendah, orang kurang upaya(OKU), ibu tunggal dan anak yatim dalam kawasan Jepak  yang berdaftar dalam sistem e- kasih dan My-Kasih  menerusi program GSPS Jabatan Kemajuan Masyarakat(KEMAS) Bintulu.

Senario tersebut, jelasnya,  amat membimbangkan penduduk terutama di kalangan ibubapa yang mempunyai anak berusia tiga hingga enam tahun ekoran khuatir anak- anak mereka tidak mendapat pendidikan awal kanak- kanak sebelum melangkahkan kaki ke sekolah rendah.

Beliau turut  melahirkan rasa bertuah kerana mereka tidak terlalu tersisih dari arus pembangunan , walau bagaimana pun beliau amat berterima kasih kerana beberapa kali rumah mereka telah di kunjungi oleh pihak KEMAS Bintulu dan juga agensi2 lain dan juga NGO dalam beberapa tahun ini.

Tr. Hendry  turut  menyeru masyarakat rumah panjang berkenaan supaya jangan terlalu mengharap apa2 bantuan daripada orang lain sebaliknya berusaha untuk menyara hidup keluarga sendiri supaya kita tidak dipandang rendah oleh masyarakat lain.

Sementara itu, menurut Masna program GSPS  sedikit sebanyak dapat membantu meringankan bebanan keluarga isi rumah yang miskin yang punyai tanggungan yg ramai, ibu tunggal yang sebatang kara, anak - anak yatim dan warga emas yang tinggal sendirian dapat menikmati kehidupan seperti golongan yang  berkemampuan .

Namun program KEMAS, katanya,  tidak terhad kepada sesebuah kawasan ianya merangkumi kawasan lain juga cuma ianya memerlukan masa dan agihan peruntukan oleh pihak atasan barulah perlaksanaan program dapat dibuat mengikut kesesuaian tempat untuk diagihkan.

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Penduduk : Benteng Roboh, BDA :Luar Bidang Kuasa

Bimbang dengan keselamatan keluarga dan kemungkinan kediaman mereka dihempap dinding simen dan pokok kayu ara yang hampir tumbang, seorang penghuni di Lorong A12 RPR Sibiew di sini meminta tindakan segera serta keprihatinan pihak berkaitan untuk segera menangani masalah tersebut.

Menurut Mohd. Rahini Rafiee, masalah tersebut pernah beliau suarakan kepada pihak berkaitan terutamanya Lembaga Kemajuan Bintulu, namun sehingga kini tiada tindakan yang diambil sebaliknya, jawapan yang diterima agak mengecewakan di mana pihak terlibat mengatakan perkara tersebut di luar bidang kuasa mereka.

Keadaan tersebut, katanya, amat membimbangkan terutama pada waktu malam memandangkan dinding simen tersebut boleh tumbang bila- bila masa sahaja lebih- lebih lagi melihat kepada keadaan cuaca hujan pada masa ini walaupun ia(dinding) bersandar pada pokok kayu ara yang tumbuh di celah- celah dinding tersebut.

Beliau yang telah empat tahun tinggal di kawasan perumahan tersebut hanya menyedari keadaan tersebut sejak beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini ekoran tidak pernah menjenguk bahagian laman belakang kediamannya.

Sebaliknya, hanya menyedari masalah tersebut semasa mengunjungi kediaman rakannya yang kebetulan tinggal bersebelahan dengannya sambil melahirkan kebimbangan kemungkinan keadaan akan menjadi bertambah serius sekiranya hujan lebat dan tanah runtuh.

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PAS Miri Persoal Lembaga Amanah Kebajikan Melayu Miri

oleh Jofri Jaraiee

 Lembaga Amanah Kebajikan Melayu Miri (LAKMM) adalah sebuah syarikat dalam urusan Persatuan. Syarikat itu beroperasi di Malaysia. Alamat berdaftar ialah No 504, Tingkat 2, Jln Pelita Utama, Pelita Commercial Centre, 98000 Miri, Sarawak.

Satu persoalan yang sering menjadi tanda tanya bagi masyarakat Melayu di Miri ialah apakah bangunan yang masih dalam proses pembinaan yang bersebelahan dengan Masjid Al  Taqwa Miri akan jadi milik LAKMM (Lembaga Amanah Kebajikan Melayu Miri) atau pun sebaliknya.

Tapak tanah tersebut menurut penduduk di Miri adalah tapak kepunyaan LAKMM tetapi persoalannya sekarang adakah bangunan baru yang dibina dalam tapak tersebut akan disewa kepada syarikat lain untuk menjalankan  perniagaan atau tapak tanah tersebut sudah dijual kepada sebuah syarikat tertentu?

Isu ini seringkali dibangkit oleh segelintir masyarakat Melayu Miri yang mempersoalkan apa sebenarnya peranan LAKMM dalam usaha untuk membantu masyarakat Melayu yang kebanyakan masih jauh ketinggalan dalam bidang perniagaan dan ekonomi.

Kalau LAKMM benar-benar ingin membantu masyarakat Melayu di Miri untuk maju mereka boleh memberi bantuan kewangan atau apa saja cara untuk memajukan perniagaan kecil orang Melayu. Ini sudah tentu memberi peluang kepada orang Melayu untuk berniaga dan mengubah cara hidup mereka supaya tidak terus bergantung dengan bantuan kerajaan. Mereka boleh berdikari dan bersaing setaraf dengan masyarakat lain terutama masyarakat Cina di Bandaraya Miri.

Mereka boleh belajar dari masyarakat Cina bagaimana cara mereka boleh maju dalam perniagaan bukan ‘Ali Baba’ projek yang diperuntukkan kepada mereka. Kalau masyarakat Cina boleh maju dalam perniagaan dan tidak bergantung dengan kerajaan, masyarakat Melayu juga perlu belajar bagaimana cara menjalankan perniagaan yang baik supaya tidak terlalu bergantung dengan kerajaan untuk maju dan bersaing di peringkat antarabangsa, barulah masyarakat Melayu dapat hidup berdikari tanpa memerlukan subsidi dari kerajaan.

Kita juga tidak bersetuju jika tanah-tanah LAKMM yang ada nilai komersial dalam Bandar dijual kepada syarikat tertentu demi untuk mengaut keuntungan yang cepat tanpa memberi sebarang menafaat kepada masyarakat Melayu yang masih jauh lagi ketinggalan dalam bidang perniagaan. Kalau tanah-tanah yang ada tersebut dibangunkan dan diguna sebaik mungkin sudah pasti masyarakat Melayu juga boleh maju dan bersaing dengan masyarakat lain dalam bidang perniagaan.

Kita sarankan kepada LAKMM agar membuat sesuatu yang boleh memberi menafaat dan berguna untuk masyarakat Melayu terutama sekali di Miri agar mereka yang berminat untuk berniaga dapat bantuan kewangan disamping diberi insiatif cara-cara untuk meningkat ekonomi masyarakat Melayu supaya dapat bersaing dengan bangsa lain.

Kalau perkara ini dapat dilaksanakan dan dirancang serta diurus dengan baik, kita yakin masyarakat Melayu akan maju dan setanding dengan bangsa lain dan tidak lagi bergantung dengan bantuan kerajaan.

Ramai peniaga kecil Melayu terutama sekali pejaja-pejaja kecil sekarang merungut sebab susah sangat untuk mendapat tapak baru yang sesuai untuk berniaga dengan harga sewa yang murah. Memandangkan harga rumah kedai dan tempat berniaga serta sewa sekarang semuanya naik dan mahal maka ini akan menyebabkan para perniaga kecil Melayu akan terus ketinggalan dalam perniagaan.

Tempat peniagaan dalam bandaraya Miri sekarang sangat mahal dan sudah tentu sukar bagi peniaga kecil Melayu/Bumiputera bersaing dengan syarikat peniagaan yang besar kecuali mereka mempunyai pertalian dengan pihak yang berkuasa.

Kita cadangkan kepada LAKMM agar dapat membina bangunan komersial seperti Pasar Khadijah di Kelantan dimana peniaga-peniaga kecil Melayu/Bumiputera dapat menjual hasil-hasil mereka disitu dengan sewa yang berpatutan atau LAKMM boleh bina sebuah dewan serba guna untuk disewa kepada organisasi atau mana-mana pertubuhan tanpa mengira fahaman politik untuk menjana kewangan atau pendapatan LAKMM.

Apabila perkara ini dapat dirancang dan diurus dengan baik maka sudah pasti LAKMM akan mendapat sanjungan dan penghargaan daripada masyarakat Melayu khasnya kerana berjaya membangunkan masyarakat Melayu dari terus ketinggalan dari arus pembangunan dan juga dalam bidang perniagaan.

Keutamaan hendaklah diberi kepada mereka yang mempunyai kepakaran dalam bidang pengurusan perniagaan dan ekonomi untuk mengurus LAKMM agar segala asset yang ada pada LAKMM dapat digunakan sebaik mungkin.  Pengurusan LAKMM seharusnya bebas dari pengaruh politik kepartian agar mereka boleh mengurus dengan baik tanpa gangguan dari ahli politik.

Apa yang penting adalah mereka yang diamanah menjaga kebajikan Melayu Miri mestilah mereka yang jujur,amanah dan mempunyai kepakaran dalam bidang ekonomi agar LAKMM dapat bersaing dengan persatuan lain dalam bidang perniagaan. Sekiranya LAKMM sudah maju dan berjaya dalam pengurusannya ini akan memberi banyak menafaat kepada orang Melayu dan juga Bumiputera lain yang memerlukan bantuan dan kebajikan.

Apa yang dikehendaki oleh masyarakat Melayu Miri adalah LAKMM dapat melaksanakan tanggungjawab dengan amanah dan dapat memberi kebajikan kepada semua orang Melayu sesuai dengan nama LAKMM tanpa mengira bangsa, agama dan fahaman politik.

Akhir sekali kita berharap pihak LAKMM dapat menerima pandangan atau teguran yang membina ini dengan hati terbuka dan kita juga harap agar pihak pengurusan dalam LAKMM telus dan jangan biarkan diri mereka terpinggir dari arus globalisasi yang kian mencabar ini.

Insya-Allah masyarakat bumiputera Islam lain juga akan mendapat menafaat hasil usaha yang dilakukan oleh LAKMM. Apabila LAKMM sudah maju dan boleh berdaya saing dengan persatuan lain, ini sudah tentu akan mengharumkan nama LAKMM ke seluruh Negara kerana berjaya dan mampu memberi sumbangan dan memberi kebajikan untuk semua golongan masyarakat tanpa mengira bangsa, agama dan fahaman politik.

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Man Arrested For Raping Son's Wife

A married teenager who was shopping at a supermarket at Padungan was not only robbed but raped in the open field at Song Kheng Hai on Tuesday night at 9 pm  by an unidentified man.

The girl aged 18 from Satok was walking towards the market when a man stopped her in the track and told her to follow him. When she refused, the man told her that he would beat her up.

Terrified for her life, the woman did not shout for help after being warned and dragged to the nearby field. She was forced to perform oral sex on the man before he raped her. 

After raping, the suspect asked for her cash in her pocket. The girl gave RM100 which was all she had. The man then fled leaving the woman semi naked on the field.

Crying she picked her torn clothes and walked to the Padungan police station to lodge a police report. Asking the police to catch the man, she said she would remember how hateful he look.

In another case, a man was arrested after his son lodged a police report that his father raped his wife.

The suspect aged 65 had been hiding from police after the rape between 20^th to 25^th December. The victim was so tramautised that she was refused to tell anyone of the rape after her husband found out.

She also refused to lodge a police report but was persuaded by her husband. After lodging a police report on Tuesday, police arrested the suspect that evening hiding in a friend’s house. He was detained for further questioning.

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Tiang halang Lorong Basikal Miri

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 Kos pembinaan bagi laluan penunggang basikal dari Taman Selera Tanjong Lobang ke Miri City Fan ialah RM1.2 juta dan 4,715 meter panjang. Demikian menurut jawaban lisan dari Menteri  Kerajaan Tempatan dan Pembangunan Komuniti semasa sidang DUN Sarawak baru-baru ini.

Projek tersebut  siap pada bulan Oktober 2011 yang lalu. Masalah utama yang terdapat pada laluan penunggang basikal tersebut adalah terdapatnya tiang letrik ditengah-tengah laluan tersebut.

Sehingga kini belum ada tanda-tanda tiang tersebut dialih ke tempat lain untuk memudahkan para penunggang basikal melalui jalan tersebut dengan selesa dan selamat.

Kita minta pihak yang berkenaan mengalih tiang-tiang yang terdapat ditengah jalan laluan tersebut dengan segera untuk mengelak sebarang kecederaan akibat terlanggar tiang terutama pada waktu malam. Sepatutnya tiang tersebut dialih awal sebelum pembinaan laluan untuk mengelak kos tambahan semata-mata untuk mengalih tiang tersebut apabila sudah siap seperti sekarang.

Jumlah kos yang agak tinggi dan laluan yang dibina tidak dirancang dengan baik dimana terdapat banyak halangan pada laluan tersebut sudah tentu tidak begitu selamat digunakan sepenuhnya oleh penunggang basikal sebab mereka terpaksa berhati-hati melalui lorong dan laluan yang penuh dengan halangan seperti tiang letrik dan besi penghalang ditengah laluan tersebut.

Jika laluan basikal dibina dan dirancang dengan baik, kami yakin bandaraya Miri akan menjadi bandaraya 'hijau'  yang indah dan selamat untuk penunggang basikal.Sudah tentu orang ramai akan menggunakan basikal ketika berjalan di sepanjang bandar Miri untuk menikmati keindahan bandar tanpa rasa takut.

 

Kita mendesak pihak yang berwajib dapat menilai semula laluan basikal yang ada pada hari ini agar ianya betul-betul selamat digunakan dan tidak membazir wang rakyat semata-mata untuk memenuhi kepentingan pihak tertentu.

Kita mahu jadikan bandaraya Miri sebagai contoh yang terbaik dan selamat untuk semua pengguna dan kita sentiasa memberi sokongan kepada pihak berkuasa yang menjalankan tugas mereka dengan amanah dan jujur tanpa mengira bangsa, agama dan fahaman politik.

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King Tide + Torrential Rain = Flood

Several parts of the low lying towns were hit by flood causing at least 60 members of families from Batu Kawa and 70 members from Sadong Jaya to evacuate to higher ground.

Samarahan OCPD DSP Abdul Rahman Ahmad said about 70 people from Sadong Jaya had moved to a sport complex late last night as water seep into their houses. He said the flood situation appeared to be better this morning but the situation is not over yet.

He said authorities are put on alert to give a helping hand to help the flood victims.

The King Tide was to be on for three days starting yesterday. Rain has been pouring since 1 am on Christmas day and during a morning of sunny weather today, the rain continues.

At the Samarahan jetty, Makmur bin Udi said since last night the road to the jetty had been flooded and it was the first time in eight years he had seen such flooding on the main road.

Makmur owes a stall at the jetty and at the moment, all stalls were closed.

In kpg Empila, Bolhasan bin Iaiee said at 11.30 pm last night, water seeped into his house as it was raining heavily. He said his family had been prepared to move things higher up and at 5 pm, the water was as high as 1 foot in his house.

In Lundu OCPD DSP Wong Chee Keong said the situation is under control. He said yesterday at about 4 to 5 pm, the water was at its highest and even the petrol station was about 1 foot of water.

He said in some kampongs like Pasir Tengah, water was as high as 3 to 4 feet but no one has evacuated. The situation, he said is much better today but police were all on alert to help the flood victims.

In Sebuyau, a shopowner said he was shocked to find water seeping into his shop at 4 pm yesterday. He tried to move his car out of the shop but water was flowing in too fast and by 5 pm, half of his car was under water. The flood had subsided this morning, he said.

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Teenager Killed On Christmas, Leaving Behind Wife and Son

A young father aged 18  was killed on the road after sending his wife and 6 month old son to his in-law’s house on Christmas night.

 

Julius Caesar ak Gabiah from Kpg Simpok was killed on the spot when he crashed head on with another motorcycle along Puncak Borneo Road.

 

His wife had wanted to spend the night with her parents after they had celebrated their own Christmas at home.

His distraught parents said they never think of losing a son on Christmas day.

The remains were brought to the Sarawak general hospital morgue for a post mortem.

The other motorcyclist also sustained injuries and is warded in the hospital in stable condition.

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Five Detained Over Baby For Sale

A man and four accomplices were arrested for trying to sell his girlfriend’s new baby girl last Thursday after the baby’s mother alerted the police.

The woman from KL aged 31 delivered a baby on December 19^th and her Johor boyfriend brought her out of the Sarawak General hospital the next day and put her at a house at Tabuan Keranji.

The victim said a woman from Sibu not known to her came to take care of her confinement. The woman said she was going to a kitchen when she saw a letter in the dustbin with her name. Out of curiosity, she read it and was shocked to find that her boyfriend was trying to sell her baby at RM7,000.

The victim told police that there was never any discussion or intention on her part to sell off her daughter.

On the same evening, police arrested three men, one of whom was the victim’s boyfriend and two women. The other four were local.

Kuching OCPD ACP Mun Kock Keong confirmed the case and said the five were detained for further investigation.

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Woman Lodge Report Over Sex Video

A woman find out the hard way that it was never ever a good idea to video tape her sexual encounter with her boyfriend no matter how much she was in love with him.

The girl aged 21 from Matang Jaya met a man from Kpg Semariang Baru aged 35 in September. After a passionate romantic three months of love, the girl decided to call it quits as she found the man not to be suitable for her.

However, her boyfriend refused to let go the relationship and threaten her that if she broke off with him, he will upload their sexual episode on the internet for the world to see.

The boyfriend also threatened to tell her mother of what she did. Worried, the girl lodged a police report seeking for police’s help. Police are investigating.

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Dato’ Acryl Sani bin Abdullah Sani Is New Sarawak CP

A new police commissioner took over today and vowed to improve the system of the police force to maintain peace and harmony in the state.

Dato’ Acryl Sani bin Abdullah Sani said he wanted the police force to get closer to the people in an effort to fight crimes here. He believed that through closer rapport with the people, the police would be able to do their job better.

Acryl was formerly the Deputy director of JSJ Siastan Perundangan, Bukit Aman.

Meanwhile, outgoing CP Datuk Mortadza bin Nazarene thanked the police for their good performance during his short stint in the state which is five months and three days.

Mortadza said index crime had gone down 5.99 % and street crime 23.7%. He is promoted to be Director of Management, Bukit Aman. Mortadza also give away commendation certificate to officers who had succeed in lowering crimes.

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DO Investigated By MACC?

A District Officer who is in his 50s was arrested and investigated by the Malaysia Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) for corruption on December 13 this month.

Dudong State Assemblyman, Yap Hoi Leong said he had confirmed the arrest with the Sibu MACC this morning.

Yap said corruption is a matter of public interest and he had received a lot of phone calls over the issue so he made the trip to the MACC to find the truth.

Reporters who had managed to contact the DO in question recently was told by him that the talk is just mere gossip.

It was believed that the DO had received RM500 marked ringgits from a whistle blower. Yap said the case is still being investigated by the MACC.

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The Year That Was 2011, Mulu View

by Mulu View

In the aura of Christmas tidings this column wishes to start by saying Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year.  

The season greeting of peace and harmony among mankind is more relevant in today’s world of so many conflicts happening here and there and natural calamities becoming almost daily occurrences in every continent of the globe. For example, we have witnessed massive floods happening in countries like Chile and Venezuela in South America and southern states like Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama and others in USA.

In Asia, the worst flood happened in Pakistan, which submerged about a third of the country. It has cause massive damages to countries like Bangladesh, Burma, Vietnam and Thailand. The flood prone countries like China, Bangladesh and the Philippines, each has been experiencing more floods than they used to be and causing untold hardship and miseries to the affected people. 

The civil wars in Somalia in the Horn of Africa are going on unabated. Almost all countries even Nigeria and Kenya, which used to experience stability in Africa, have racial riots and clashes that tend to degrade to civil wars, every time after the presidential or National elections. Thanks to the interventions by peace forces of UN or African Union that they do not get worse.  

The sectarian violence is still going on unabated in Iraq, with the history of forming a loose national government 18 months after the general elections. The political crisis precipitates road and street bombings, which have become part of the daily life of the people.

 The Arab Spring, now featuring violent suppression by the Police and Army on the daily street demonstrations in various towns and cities in Syria, has already taken its tolls on suppressive leaders in Yemen, Libya and Egypt.  It is moving to Bahrain.

The global woe is being compounded by the economic crisis, which is still rearing its ugly head with the tail and bodies still lying flat in America and Europe. Obviously, its full weight falls on Greece, which is experiencing the worst debt crisis to such an extent that it is threatening other countries in Europe like Italy, France, Spain and Britain. 

But the irony is, the people in all the affected countries still demand, in the name of democracy, for the governments, most of them weak, should do more and more things for them to maintain their lifestyles. For example in England, members of the public sector unions, comprising civil servants and teachers, laid off for a day to demand for better remunerations and terms and conditions of services. In Greece, the  daily street demonstrations, which have already brought the country near to bankruptcy, are still going on to demand for more things to  be done in order to maintain the comfort of life.  

With all  those woes  far and near, we should consider ourselves blessed to be living in Malaysia or in Sarawak, which still experiences peace, goodwill and harmony among ourselves. We can take great pride that Sarawak has been able to achieve the present level of development with sustained steadiness. Our resilience and strength, political stability and social cohesiveness are something to be grateful for. We should be proud of our achievements and that we have withstood uncertainties that are challenging us from time to time. 

However, we should not let our guards down as the journey ahead is still full of challenges. We must resolve to act with a greater sense of dedication in our efforts to achieve the National agenda of becoming a developed nation by the year 2020. We must stay united and should not be distracted by political bickering and arguments over petty issues that do not benefit anybody. 

We must all hold dear that our comfort and hardship together have made Sarawak to become what it is today a progressive and prosperous State. Therefore, it is very difficult to succumb to the contention of the opposition that Sarawak is the fourth poorest state in the country. It is biased and partisan in deference towards Selangor, Penang, Kedah and Kelantan.  Even though Selangor may be more prosperous because of close proximity to Kuala Lumpur, PKR after merely three years in power cannot claim credit to the success. Nor can DAP claims credit to the success of Pulau Pinang for the same reason.  

Understandably, more and more young people than the older ones, who could be considered as pioneers of development, are coming up to shoulder the task of developing Sarawak towards the year 2020 and beyond.  It is incumbent upon them to remain steadfast in the struggle to build on the success that has been achieved by the generations before them. They are expected to do whatever they can in the process of development towards achieving the desired objective.

Events in Europe clearly exemplify the adage that it takes a long time to build a house that can be destroyed in a short time; it is more difficult to contribute by action rather than just to criticize.

Chief Minister, Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud, in his Christmas message, says Sarawak will go on a massive transformation at all levels in terms of physical, environmental, society, personal and communal mind set from now onward. The onus is on the people to create the environment for the transformation to succeed.  In this regard, it is incumbent upon them to work closely together to mobilize children for skills and technical training as a perquisite to get good paying jobs at home.  

He says education and training will increasingly become an important new industry to impart new skills and knowledge that are required by more industries onwards the year 2020 and beyond.   By then Sarawak will not only be catering to the skills and expertise needed by SCORE but to the rest of the world particularly fellow developing countries. 

He believes more and more people should be able to benefit from development, not through handouts but through discipline, hard works and diligence.   They will be able to grab the opportunities, being created through the process of development, once they develop their own capability and capacity to do so. 

Pehin Sri Abdul Taib says SCORE is a very challenging development program that demands from the people, young people in particular nothing less than full dedication towards improving their level of education, competency and skills.  Generally, Sarawak will need a lot of people with technical, managerial and vocational skills to support the big drive to become the richest State in the country by the year 2030.   By then a person will be able to earn at least five times more income than what he is earning today.  

Therefore, it is crucial for them to take necessary steps to develop their skills for technical jobs that will be created in great numbers with more industries to be set up from now onward.  In this respect, parents must change their mindset in deference for academic qualification as people with technical skills can also earn good salaries in modern economy.  

He says the State government will embark on awareness program on the value and marketability of technical education, which is still being held in low esteem by school-leavers and parents.  The machinery of the local government, now being reorganized, will be mobilized for the purpose.   

 Generally, conscientious efforts must be made to mobilize local communities to increase their participation in the development of SCORE. For example, young people must invest their time and energy on skills and technical training in order to release themselves from labor intensive traditional activities of the community. 

The world is growing rapidly.  Sarawak can anticipate fierce battles for resources, which it has been richly endowed with. However, the people should not sit and wait for things to happen. Instead, necessary efforts must be made to take full advantage of opportunities that are being created by SCORE to make things happen for ourselves, families and the society at large towards the year 2020 and beyond.

Pehin Sri Abdul Taib anticipates that global inflation could exert more pressure locally. This is particularly so due to the continued high fuel prices and recent price hikes for food in the global markets, which will have impact on prices of basic necessities; some of the prices have already gone up.  The State Government is supportive of efforts of the Federal Government to cushion the impacts of inflation on the people.

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