Inilah dia muka mak yang tak guna tu....

KAJANG: Kejam dan tidak berperikemanusiaan apabila seorang lelaki Afrika didakwa sanggup mendera, merogol dan meliwat anak kekasihnya yang baru berusia tiga tahun sehingga kanak-kanak itu menemui ajal.

Malah, kekasih wanita terbabit yang juga seorang janda berusia 24 tahun tergamak bersekongkol dengan warga asing itu apabila sanggup berbohong dengan mereka cerita kononnya anaknya mati akibat didera pembantu rumah.

Kisah Aaliyah (Budak 3 Tahun Yang Di Dera)

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Assalamualaikum wbt,

Terlebih dulu aku menyusun jari sepuluh memohon ampun dan maaf kerana tidak dapat membalas semua komen2 yg telah diberi. Aku tak mampu buat masa ini, jiwaku meledak, gempar bagai dilanda sejuta musibah!

Alangkah hinanya diriku ini, oh Tuhan.... masihkah ada kemaafan utkku yg begitu kejam ini?... Aku terpaksa memulakan bencana jiwaku ini sedari mula biarpun panjangnya berjela2, aku tak mengharapkan simpati sesiapa, aku rasa tak ada satu huruf lagi dalam dunia ini yg dpt menyejukkan duka dan laraku....biarkan aku terhukum di atas sikapku sendiri ya Allah...aku redha...aku sanggup terima apa yg
selayaknya aku terima...

Tiga tahun dahulu....

Fikiranku berkecamuk bila anak sulungku bertanya : mama nak anak angkat tak?
Hatiku secepat itu berburuk sangka, apa hal anak bujangku bertanya ttg anak angkat? anak siapa pula? aku secara serius duduk berdepan dan bertanya khusus2 dgn anak bujangku, dlm hati aku mmg tak sanggup seandainya ada berita buruk yg berlaku dlm kehidupan kami...Tuhan. ...Kau lindungilah. ..Anakku mintak aku bertenang, tarik nafas dalam2 dan beristighfar. .

'Mama kenal A tak? Anak Datuk Dr xxx, CEO xxx tu..'

'Naper dgn dia?

'Dia dah terlanjur dgn girlfriend dia, so skrg dah pregnant, dia nak buang baby tu, tp abang kata jgn tambah dosa yg ada, tu yg abg tanya kalau mama sanggup jaga...' anakku bagai mengharap ikhsan dariku dgn wajah yg begitu polos.

'Naper plak mama? Suruhlah si A tu bertanggungjawab, biar mama slow talk ngan mak dia.' aku cuba memberi pandangan, lagipun siA tu masih punya mak bapak lagi dan bukan org sebarangan pula, masa kan...

'Tak guna ma...mak dia tak nak dan tak akan terima, budak pompuan tu dari anak yg tak tentu latar belakangnya. ..'

'Anak siapa dia?'

'Entahlah ma...kalau mama jumpa dia nanti mama tanyalah sendiri, abg pun celaru tengok dia..'

....cerita itu bagai terhenti setakat itu saja. Aku spt biasa dgn kesibukanku yg tersendiri dan akhirnya terus terlupa ttg budak perempuan itu. Anakku pun tak pernah bercerita lagi...hinggalah pada beberapa hari selepas Hari Raya...

'Mama ingat lagi tak pasal si E (A punya girlfriend)? '

'Naper dia?'

'Dia dah bersalin, anak pompuan, mak nak jumpa tak?'

'kat mana?'

'kat apartment A, kat CJ...nanti abg mintak izin nak jumpa, pasal bukan senang nak masuk situ ma...'

'Dia dah nikah lom?

'Lom..A janji nak nikah tak lama lagi...'

Aku geleng2 kepala...mcm mana tak nikah dah tinggal serumah? Mak dia taktau ker? Si A ni rupanya punya spy yg akan memberitahu tiapkali Mak D ni nak dtg ke apartment mewahnya itu... Salah dan tak betul semuanya ni bang, abg pun subahat sama taw. Anakku kata kalau tak tinggal di situ, mana lagi E akan tinggal? Aku masih tak boleh teirma alasan2 itu tapi di perumahan elit spt tu bukan mudah utk pegawai pencegah maksiat menerobos jaga2 import tu...aku mmg kesal tp apa yg mampu aku lakukan, hanya ikan bilis....jaga2 itu akan hubungi dulu tuan rumah dan sudah pasti segala2nya sukar utk dibuktikn...

Pada hari menghantar anakku pulang ke kolej, aku dan BT serta Dikpi dan sibongsu dibawa melawat E dan anaknya yg baru beberapa hari dilahirkan. E bagai takut2 pertama kali melihatku namun aku melihatnya dari sudut yg baik. Bagiku kalaulah E tu dari kalangan yg baik latar belakangnya, dpt didikan yg sempurna, mmg secara logicnya aku ada perasaan marah terhadapnya, tp berdasarkan serba sikit kisahnya yg aku tahu dr anakku, siapalah aku utk menjatuhkan hukuman. Sebenarnya kalau sesuatu itu nak berlaku, ia ttp akan berlaku tak kira pada siapa dan apa latar belakangnya.

Ya, mungkin telah jelas akan kesilapan individu itu sendiri tapi jgn kita lupa bahawa apa pun yg berlaku samada buruk atau baik segala2nya telah tercatat di Loh mahfudz dan sesungguhnya Allah itu menyukai hamba2Nya yg mahu bertaubat kerana Allah Maha Penerima Taubat, subhanallah.

Jadi siapakah kita utk menghina, mencela atau sesedapnya mengkategorikan seseorang yg sama asal kejadiannya dgn kita sedangkan kita tak pernah dpt membaca untung nasib kit sendiri di masa depan? Duit yg di dlm gengggaman kita pada hari ini, belum tentu milik kita di hari esok. Nasi yg terhidang di depan mata belum tentu akan masuk ke perut kita kalau kita mahu berfikir ttg ada yg masih kelaparan di luar sana!
Kembali kpd kisah E, pertama kali bertemunya mmg hatiku tersentuh. Aku tersentuh sebab dlm keadaan dirinya yg begitu,dia masih punya naluri keibuan bila anak kecil itu disusui sendiri.

Dan demi Allah, pada pertama kali aku mengangkat bayi itu, dia membuka matanya dan tersenyum lebar paling manis sekali hingga BT pun rasa terpikat sama, mmg hati kami terusik dgn gelagat si kecil tak berdosa itu, bukan sekali itu dia tersenyum bahkan Allah jua yg menjadi saksi bagaimana seorg bayi yg baru beberapa hari dilahirkan
'mengagah' aku! Kami seolah berbalas2 sahut menyahut, mmg terhibur aku dan BT, Dikpi dan si bongsu sama! Rasa bagai ada satu keajaiban!

Ikutkan hati nak saja aku bawa baby tu pulang kerana aku pun tak punya anak perempuan, Sibongsu kelihatannya begitu menyayanginya sekali tp ternyata E lebih sayangkan baby itu wlp masa depannya bersama A tak ketentuan lagi. E bersendirian waktu aku ke sana...

Bila habis pantang, E mengunjungiku dgn baby, ntah ya ntah tak, E mengakui tak pernah merasa suasana hari raya dan menikmati makanan hari raya seumur hidupnya lantaran hidupnya yg tidak menentu, ibarat anak gelandangan. Kononnya kedua ibu bapanya berpisah sejak dia masih baby lagi dan dia tak pernah sekalipun
melihat wajah ibunya melainkan pada sekeping gambar. ayahnya pula tak payahlah aku cerita kan di sini.

Berdasarkan ceritanya itulah aku masak semula makanan hari raya. Aku buatkan ketupat daun palas, ketupat nasi daun kelapa, rendang dan lauk pauknya juga nasi beriyani, aku mahu E nikmati semua makanan itu sepuas2nya sementara baby yg sgt mesra dgnku itu aku jaga. Ternyata E bagi tergamam melihat hidangan yg ku sediakan, katanya ; macam dalam syurga...

Di pendekkan cerita, E inginkan aku menjadi ibu angkatnya,E teringin memanggil seseorang dgn panggilan mama, aku terima saja dgn hati yg terbuka! aku sebenarnya tidak keberatan sama sekali tapi....taktau kenapa jauh jauuuuh di sudut hatiku bagai tak dpt merasakan atau menikmati hubungan itu biar puas ku pujuk2 hatiku sendiri. Aku kira ini bagai tak pernah terjadi dlm diriku, sebelum ini boleh dikatakan semua teman2 anakku memanggil aku mama termasuk beberapa dramatis dan pelakon yg senang kerumahku, aku dpt rasakan kemanisan itu tp kenapa tidak dgn E? Ah, mungkin perlu mengambil sedikit masa!

Di pendekkan cerita juga, kiranya rumahku menjadi rumah kedua utk baby E, aku dan anak2 terutamanya BT suka melayan baby yg kami panggil sebagai Aa. Manjanya Aa, hanya akan lena bila dlm pelukan BT! barulah kami pindahkan ketilam atau buaian. Istimewanya Aa ni, dia seorang anak yg baik, pemalu, pandai membawa diri, anak2ku melihat Aa bagai memandang ikan2 di dlm aquarium, tak berkelip2, mereka mmg menunggu masa saja bila Aa nak susu kerana masing2 berebut nak buatkan susu dan nak suapkan kemulut Aa yg ternyata manja dgn kesemua anak2ku...aku mmg beri kesempatan mereka bergilir2, aku ajarkan cara membancuh susu yg betul agar mereka dpt menikmati seronoknya menjaga adik.

Masa terus dtg dan pergi, kdg Aa dihantar kpdku dgn keadaan yg basah lencun tanpa diapers, bibir kering tanpa susu, aku tak pernah berkira dlm hal ini bahkan boleh dikatakan E perlu bgtau saja apa kekurangannya, aku akan cuba mencukupinya terutama hal2 kebajikan Aa. Dlm masa yg sama aku cuba membantu takat yg
mampu utk memprcepatkan pernikahan mereka namun ternyata A bukanlah jantan yg bertanggungjawab, janji demi janji ditabur, namun semuanya hanya mainan belaka, akhirnya hubungan mereka terputus! Banyak lagi kisah E dan babynya yg mengesankan jiwaku yg tersimpan dilubuk hatiku ini...

Kali terakhir aku bertemu dgn E pada hari raya tahun lepas, sebelum tu masa bulan puasa aku hubungi E utk bertemu dgnnya dan Aa kerana aku akan bawanya shopping pakaian raya, sebelum itu aku ada belikan Aa pakaian tp utk raya aku inginkan sesuatu yg baru utknya, agar dia gembira, aku dan BT dah cop mana2 shopping komplex yg punya byk gown cantik2 utk anak pompuan secomel Aa, kasut yg cantik2 sbb Aa dah pandai jalan terkedek2, dan juga pakaian siap utk E! Sungguh, Alhamdulillah aku diberi keizinan Allah dgn sedikit kelebihan rezeki utkku kongsikan bersama2.

Pagi itu, sebelum pintu kedai dibuka, aku, BT, anak kelima dan yg bongsu dah terpacak didepan One Utama menanti E, hampir sejam menunggu aku hubungi E, dah mcm2 alasan plak yg diberi, aku boleh bersabar dgn sanggup menjemputnya di rumahnya,(waktu tu dia tinggal di Damansara, itu yg aku nak shopping di one utama) tp berkali2 aku hubungi utk bertanyakan alamat dan arah jalan, talian terus terputus, cuba lagi
dapat2 putus, apa yg aku rasakn E bagai tak menghargai kasih sayangku selama ini, akhirnya...wlp di pagi Ramadhan aku benar2 marah sebaik dpt brcakap dgnnya! Aku katakan bahawa kami saja2 meluangkan masa demi dirinya dan Aa, tp sekali ini dia perlakukan aku begini, aku mintak maaf terpaksa batalkan janji dan harap dia tidak menyesal.

Aku menangis bila terkenangkan Aa dan gown2 yg telahku idamkan utknya!
Sebenarnya aku berhasrat utk membawanya pulang dan meraikan aidilfitri bersama, segala keperluan utknya dan Aa akan aku sediakan. Aku mahu membahagiakan Aa di malam raya, di pagi raya dan di sepanjang hayatnya...tp sikap E ternyata mengecewakanku.

Begitupun, akhirnya hatiku tidak kesampaian, tanpa mereka, kami belikan juga pakaian raya mereka dgn mengagak2 saiznya. Semuanya dpt jugak ku serahkan bila E mahu kembali kpdku, waktu itu aku lihat E bagai terdesak, celaru tp aku tak dpt jumpa Aa, katanya Aa dijaga oleh bapanya yg sudah berkhwin lain. Sejak itu E kembali berhubung dgnku semula dan dia akan dtg kerumahku utk mengambil makanan.

Kerinduanku terhadap Aa tak dpt dinafikan lagi, aku rindukan Aa! aku harapkan segera berjumpa dgnnya. Suatu ketika ( hujung tahun lepas) E menyatakan utk tinggal bersamaku selama 10hari - 2 minggu bersama Aa sekali. Aku tak tahu ya Tuhan, ntah kenapa waktu itu aku lihat E bukan spt yg ku kenal sebelumnya dan aku menolak keinginannya! Aku tiba2 merasakn kehadirannya akan membuat ahli keluargaku tidak selesa, maklum saja semua anak2ku lelaki dan cara E berpakaian mmg agak....aku menolaknya dgn cara baik ( anehnya sebelum ini aku tidak pulak berperasaan sebegitu) dan malam itu aku menanamkan lagi serba sedikit pengetahuan agama kpdnya spt waktu2 sebelumnya juga, E mmg ingin merubah cara hidupnya sptmana yg ku nasihatkan dan peringatkan. Itu saja yg mampu ku lakukan.

Aku tak boleh memaksanya utk mendirikan solat tanpa dia faham apa itu solat dan mengapa kita wajib bersolat. Aku cuba mendidiknya sedikit demi sedikit.. Kali pertama dia menyaksikan kami solat berjemaah, mmg hairan di hatinya dan bila anak2ku berebut bersalam2an, E menjerit : Hey! ingat ini hari raya ker nak bersalam2!! Aku jelaskan kpd E bahawa bersalam2an itu bukan semestinya pada hari raya saja! Kiranya mcm2 jugaklah yg aku cuba terapkan kefahaman utk anak yg malang itu...kesian E. Dia tak pernah merasa nikmatnya hidup berkeluarga dgn kasih sayang sebenar seorang ayah dan ibu.

Kali terakhir sebelum E terpisah dariku ( tnpa sempatku jumpa Aa), E menyatakan yg dia telah mendapat kerja yg lebih baik dan minta aku belikan utknya al Quran, telekung dan sejadah. Aku penuhi keinginannya dgn harapan semoga dia benar2 berubah. Aku hantarnya pulang hingga ke stesen LRT, itulah kali terakhir aku
bertemu dgn E..

Semalam aku menatap berita diinternet dan terpandangkan wajah seorg kanak2 perempuan yg mati didera, dirogol dan diliwat. Hatiku bagai terjatuh ke dalam rahimku sendiri tp sebaik membaca kejadian itu di kajang, aku ketepikan perasaan resahku. Hari ini sewaktu aku sedang sibuk2 menyiapkan tempahan minum ptg, sanwich telur dan sardin, aku mendapat panggilan telefon, suara R ( pengasuh yg mengasuh Aa bergilir2 dgnku sebelum ini).

' Kak, akak baca suatkabar tak semalam? gambar muka depan!'

Soalan itu walau belum jelas, aku bagai dah tersandwichkan separuh dari nyawaku sendiri! bagai benar belaka telahanku! tapi aku takut nak menerimanya. ...

'a..ada! naper R?'

"kaaaak!!!! itu Aaliyah!!!!! ' suara tangisan memesah dihujung talian.

Aku bagai dirasuk dan telah hilang aqal, meraung semahu2nya, aku meraung2 sambil memanggil nama Aaliyah...Aaliyah yg aku rindukan, Aaliyah yg pernah ku mandikan ,ku bersihkan kencing beraknya, ku suapkan susu dan nasinya, ku dodoikan dan ku bermain2 sorok2 disebalik langsir hingga dia ketawa hilang suara.

Aaliyah yg tersenyum bila ku pakaikan baju dan topi barunya, Aaliyah yg tak pernah hilang dari hidupku selagi hayatku masih bernyawa!!

Hingga saat ini airmataku masih tak henti2 mengalir, duka dan kesalku ini ku catitkan dlm lebat hujan di luar dan di dalam jiwaku ini...malangnya nasibmu sayang, kalau lah...kalau lah..ah, aku tak akan memaafkan diriku ini utk selama2nya. Ya, keenggananku menerimamu menyumbang terhadap segala penyiksaan yg kau lalui hingga membawa kpd ajalmu. Kenapa aku sebegini kejam tak punya perikemanusiaan ya Allah....

Sebenarnya tiga minggu yg lalu R ada hubungi ku memberitahu yg E ada memintanya utk menjagakan Aaliyah tp sehingga lah sekarang tidak juga dihantar...R beritahuku yg E menyatakan dirinya sudah berubah, sudah menutup aurat, aku hanya memanjatkan kesyukuran kpd Illahi, sehinggalah ku terima berita pahit ini tadi....

Aku cuba hubungi no E yg diberi oleh R, sebelum ini pun sejak Ramadhan yg lalu panggilanku tidak pernah dijawab oleh E, aku hanya mendoakannya dari jauh semoga dia diberi perlindungan Allah dan mendapat hidayahNya. E juga tidak pernah menghubungiku wlp pada hari raya namun aku tidak pula bersangka buruk
terhadapnya. ..mungkin dia sudah temui jln hidup yg baru yg lebih baik...

Panggilan ku td dijawab oleh polis wanita, dia minta aku hubungi semula jam 3.30 ptg, namun ternyata selepas itu panggilanku tidak bersambung lagi....sebelum ini R dpt bercakap dgn E, dan Aa katanya telah selamat disemadikan, aku akan cuba menjejaki dimana tempat persemadian itu...R memberitahuku mungkin E sdg teruk menjalani soal siasat di dlm...aku benar2 tak berdaya lagi utk wanita malang yg bernama E ini....
Anak2ku menangis bila mendpt tahu gambar yg disaksikan semalam adalah Aaliyah, tp mereka memujukku dan diri mereka sendiri dgn menyatakan :

TAK MENGAPA MAMA...AALIYAH SEKARANG SEDANG TERSENYUM DI DALAM SYURGA...

Aku mengesat2 airmata yg tak mahu henti2 mengalir. ya, mudah2an ya sayang, bersemadilah Aaliyah dgn tenang dan aman, tinggalkan segala deritamu di dunia fana ini. Kami sayangkan Aaliyah. Suatu hari nanti kami pun akan turut jejak Aaliyah, moga Aaliyah sudi memaafkan kami.....























BERSEMADILAH AALIYAH KU DGN AMAN DAN TENANG...
Aku tak marah kalau kalian menyimpan rasa marah sama terhadapku, ya....aku mmg bersalah wlp apa yg terjadi adalah telah ditentukan olehNya.

Children Laborer in Bangladesh

Jainal works in silver cooking pot factory. He is 11 years old. He has been working in this factory for three years. His work starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. For his work he gets 700 taka (10 USD) for a month. His parents are so poor that they can not afford to send him to school. According to the factory owner the parents do not care for their children; they send their kids to work for money and allegedly don't feel sorry for these small kids.

















A young laborer making metal components at a factory.

















Thirteen-year-old Islam works in a silver cooking pot factory. He has been working at the factory for the last two years, in hazardous conditions, where it is common practice for the factory owners to take on children as unpaid apprentices, only providing them with two meals a day.
















Eight-year-old Razu works in a rickshaw factory. He earns about 500 taka (7 USD) amonth, working 10 hours a day. When the production often stops due to lack of electricity, he has time to play.
















Children at a brick factory in Fatullah. For each 1,000 bricks they carry, they earn the equivalent of 0.9 USD.
















A young girl working in a brick crushing factory in Dhaka .

















Ten-year-old Shaifur working in a door lock factory in Old Dhaka . Unlike his colleague, Shaifur works without a mask.

















7-year-old Jasmine collects rubbish from a steaming rubbish heap on a cold winter morning. She earns money to support her family by scavenging for item son the Kajla rubbish dump. It is one of three landfill sites in a city of 12 million people. Around 5,000 tons of garbage are dumped here each day and more than 1,000 people work among the rubbish, sorting through the waste and collecting items to sell to retailers for recycling.

















Children are compelled to work for long working hours with inadequate or no rest period. Moreover, they are paid with minimum wages and enjoy no job security. Many people prefer to employ young boys to maximize services for those minimum wages.


















13-year-old Liyakot Ali works in a silver cooking pot factory in Old Dhaka . The children work 10 hour days in hazardous conditions, for a weekly wageof 200 taka (3 USD).

Oil prices dropped below $70 a barrel

Opec on Thursday brought forward to next week an emergency meeting to consider a cut in production after oil prices dropped to less than $70 a barrel for the first time in more than a year on worries about a global recession.

The move coincided with fresh calls from those countries within the oil producing cartel that are heavily dependent on oil revenues for their budgets – most notably Iran, the organisation’s perennial hawk – to cut output. Ecuador and Qatar also supported slashing production.

Even Saudi Arabia, the cartel’s most powerful member, which initially opposed the 500,000 barrel a day cut announced last month and is close to the US, appears to be in agreement that the group needs to reduce its production.

The kingdom, which boosted its output by far more than any other Opec member when prices were high and supply was struggling to keep up with demand, has already cut some shipments, according to ship tracking data.

Opec had said that it would need to pump about 31.3m barrels a day in the first quarter of next year to balance the market, well below its current output of 32.2m b/d, suggesting that the cartel sees a need to cut output by almost 1m b/d.

Ben Dell, of Sanford C. Bernstein a New York research firm, said Opec would need to make an additional cut of 1m barrels a day in order to avoid a glut in the market in 2009.

“Such a large cut in production is only likely to come from Saudi Arabia as the other Opec members are levered to higher oil prices in order to maintain their spending programmes,” said Mr Dell in a report.

The meeting will be the biggest test in more than a decade of Opec’s resolve and power to form a cohesive unit to stop tumbling oil prices.

The group will have to act decisively in its round of cuts because otherwise it runs the risk of pushing down prices even further as traders write it off as toothless.

Opec’s decision to meet next Friday came after investors sold commodities en masse amid worries that the credit crunch had mutated into a global toxic economic crisis that would damp demand for raw materials.

In its monthly report, the cartel said that even if governments were successful in unfreezing credit markets in the near future, “the fallout on the real economy from the financial market headwinds is expected to be ­considerable”.

Oil prices in New York on Thursday fell to a 14-month low of $68.57 a barrel after the US department of energy reported a large drop in the country’s oil consumption. It said total US oil demand averaged in the past four weeks at 18.6m barrels a day, 8.9 per cent below the same period a year ago.

In late afternoon trading, West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the US benchmark, was $3.37 down to $71.30 a barrel, while Brent, the European reference, was $4.21 down to $66.59 a barrel.

Misery Behind The Splendour Architectural Dubai

As we know, Dubai has attracted worldwide attention through innovative real estate projects and sports events. This increased attention, coinciding with its emergence as a world business hub, has also highlighted human rights issues concerning its largely foreign
workforce.













As you know, we always wonder at the grandeur of Dubai's buildings: the tallest buildings in the world, the longest bridges, and the weirdest architecture imaginable. But we never saw the other side, the misery behind the splendour, the 300,000 illegal almost-slaves who live crammed into labor camps, working—and often dying or getting injured—for a few dollars a day. Fortunately, the Guardian's correspondant Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reminds us about it







































































All of these men are part of a huge scam that is helping the construction boom in the Gulf. Like hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, they each paid more than £1,000 to employment agents in India and Pakistan. They were promised double the wages they are actually getting, plus plane tickets to visit their families once a year, but none of the men in the room had actually read their contract. Only two of them knew how to read.

Once they arrive in the United Arab Emirates, migrant workers are treated little better than cattle, with no access to healthcare and many other basic rights. The company that sponsors them holds on to their passports - and often a month or two of their wages to make sure that they keep working. And for this some will earn just 400 dirhams (£62) a month.

Mother and child 'pukau' gang strikes....Beware

Holy Islamic key sets sale record

The key was sold for a record sum
A 12th Century key to Islam's holiest shrine has sold at auction in London for £9.2m ($18.1m).
The key to the Kaaba - the ancient cube-shaped shrine in Mecca - went to an anonymous bidder at Sotheby's.

The auction house said the price set a record for the sale of an Islamic work of art.
Made of iron and measuring 37cm (15in) in length, the key is engraved with the words "This was made for the Holy House of God".

The key was the centrepiece of Sotheby's Islamic art sale, which realised more than £21.5m ($40m) in total.

'Important symbol'
Head of Sotheby's Islamic art department Edward Gibbs said: "Remarkably, the sale realised more than the Islamic department's annual total for 2007, demonstrating beyond doubt the burgeoning and international demand for Islamic art."

The key is the only known example to be in private hands. All of the other 58 Kaaba keys are in museums.

Sotheby's said the key was "arguably one of the most important symbols of Islam".
The auction house said the keys were dedicated to caliphs, starting with the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad.

"As a physical object, the key to the holiest building of an entire religion, it demonstrates the authority of the caliph and is the ultimate emblem of power," said Sotheby's.

Dr. Osman tegaskan tiada tanda liwat pada Saiful

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Sept: Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid, doktor dari Hospital Pusrawi menegaskan, tidak ada sebarang tanda Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan diliwat ketika diperiksa beliau pada 28 Jun lalu.

Beliau berkata demikian dalam sidang akhbar yang diadakan di pejabat Majlis Peguam bersama dua peguamnya hari ini untuk mengesahkan laporan perubatan yang disebarkan sebelum ini.

Kenyataan Dr Osman hari ini memecah kebuntuan apabila beliau tidak membuat sebarang penjelasan selepas laporan perubatan yang beliau tulis tersebar luas sebelum ini.

"Saya tidak terlibat dengan politik. Saya cuma mahukan kebenaran," kata beliau yang ditemani peguam M Peruvalen dan Yusri Kamarudin.

Osman berkata, dia menghilangkan diri selama ini selepas tertekan dengan siasatan yang dibuat polis terhadapnya ekoran laporan perubatan yang dibuat terhadap Saiful.

Namun beliau berkata akan bekerja semula secepat mungkin.

Osman mengesahkan laporan perubatan yang disebarkan merata-rata itu sebagai laporan yang dibuat dan ditandatangani oleh beliau.

Osman juga berkata, dia memanggil sidang akhbar hari ini untuk membersihkan namanya.

Dia juga mengesahkan akuan bersumpah yang disebarkan sebelum ini adalah dari beliau sendiri.

Wish All of You A Very Happy Ramadan Mubarak

Welcome to a celebration of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Observed by more than one billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time for spiritual purification achieved through fasting, self-sacrifice and prayers.














Celebrated during the ninth month of Islamic calendar, the fast is observed each day from sunrise to sunset. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five Pillars of Islam. The Islamic belief that requires that Muslims perform five central duties in order to strengthen their faith. All Muslims aim to realize these five pillars in their lifetime.

Ramadan concludes with a 3-day festival known as "Eid" or "Eid ul-Fitr," which literally means "the feast of the breaking/to break the fast." The holiday marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and is a culmination of the month-long struggle towards a higher spiritual state.

May This Ramadan be as bright as ever.
May this Ramadan bring joy, health and wealth to you.

May the festival of lights brighten up you
and your near and dear ones lives.

May this Ramadan bring in u the most
brightest and choicest happiness and
love you have ever Wished for.

May this Ramadan bring you the
utmost in peace and prosperity.

May lights triumph over darkness.

May peace transcend the earth.

May the spirit of light illuminate the world.

May the light that we celebrate at Ramadan
show us the way and lead us together on the
path of peace and social harmony

Wish All of You A Very Happy Ramadan Mubarak

Majoriti 15,671 Anwar kembali MP Permatang Pauh

PERMATANG PAUH: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang berkempen menggunakan tema Merdekakan Rakyat dan moto "Ke Putrajaya Bermula di Permatang Pauh" - kembali muncul sebagai Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh - selepas 'berehat' selama 10 tahun dengan majoriti 15,671 undi.

Bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu mengatasi majoriti lebih 13,000 undi yang dicatatkan oleh isterinya Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail dalam pilihan raya umum 8 Mac lalu.

Aksi Lucah di Permatang Pauh

7 tahun dalam ISA, Shahrial sedih menatap wajah anak yang sudah tidak bernyawa lagi...

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Julai (Hrkh) - Ketibaan tahanan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) Shahrial Sirin, untuk menatap jenazah anak sulungnya, Aina Mardiah, 17, yang di tempatkan di rumah jirannya, Mohd Nawawi di Kampung Sungai Serai, Hulu Langat, Selangor disambut dengan penuh hiba dan genangan air mata kaum keluarga dan hadirin.Shahrial yang tiba kira-kira jam 9.40 malam dibawa dengan sebuah van dengan nombor pendaftaran WQV 4491 diiringi lebih kurang sepuluh anggota polis. Setibanya di pekarangan rumah tersebut beliau terus didakap anak keduanya, Ehsan Shahrial, 16 dan beberapa sahabat handai.

Dengan genangan air mata beliau terus mendukung anak bongsunya, Arfah Sharial, 9 yang kebetulan turut menyambutnya di situ untuk memasuki dalam rumah menatap janazah anaknya.

Beliau duduk di sisi isterinya, Siti Fatma Masirun, 38, dan terus menatap wajah anaknya yang terbaring kaku di situ.

Beliau mengucup dahi anaknya itu sepuas-puasnya seolah-olah enggan menerima perpisahan akibat 7 tahun keluarga ini dipisahkan oleh tempoh kem tahanan secara zalim.

Kemudian beliau memanggil keempat-empat anaknya, Ehsan, 16, Abdullah Masul, 14, Izzatul Zahrah, 12 dan Arfah, 9 duduk bersamanya untuk menyedekah doa buat arwah anaknya.

Hening malam ketika itu yang dipenunh dengan bacaan surah Yaasin terhenti seketika.

Air mata pilu hadirin termasuk sanak saudara tidak dapat ditahan lagi. Malah rakan-rakan sekolah arwah yang menunggu sebelum Maghrib lagi turut tidak dapat menahan kesedihan.

Sementara itu, pihak polis yang mengawalnya hanya membenarkan Shahrial berada di sisi anaknya hanya satu jam.

Shahrial yang dibawa dari Kem Tahanan Kamunting, Taiping pada jam lima petang semalam tidak dapat menatap melihat anaknya sewaktu beliau sedang kritikal di Hospital Kajang semalam.

Ini kerana, anaknya menghembus nafas terakhir pada jam kira-kira 6.10 petang semalam. Anaknya dihantar ke hospital pada petang Rabu, 2 Jun apabila pengsan akibat terjatuh di rumahnya.

Selepas jatuh beliau terus koma dan di beri bantuan dengan mesin jangka hayat kerana mengalami darah beku dalam kepala.

Pada malam tersebut juga, keluarganya meminta kebenaran pihak berkuasa untuk membenarkan Shahrial menziarahnya.

Dengan itu sejak pukul lima petang kaum keluarga menunggu kedatangan Shahrial kerana mereka difahamkan Shahrial akan sampai di hospital antara pukul lima hingga enam petang.

Bagaimanapun penantian mereka ternyata hampa kerana anaknya meninggal sebelum Shahrial tiba.

Dalam pada itu, jenazah arwah di bawa ke rumah jirannya selepas Magrib.

Jenazah arwah diletakkan di rumah jirannya kerana rumahnya yang terletak bersebelahan terlalu uzur.

Pada hari ini pula, beliau dibenarkan melawat anaknya semasa di majlis pengkembumiannya di tanah perkuburan Islam kampung tersebut.

Di majlis tersebut juga beliau difahamkan hanya satu jam juga.

Dalam pada itu, Pengerusi Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI), Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh dan beberapa aktivis GMI turut berada di situ.

Turut sama berada di situ ialah Yang Dipertua PAS Cheras, Zulkifli Ahmad dan Ketua Pengarang Harakah, Ahmad Lutfi Othman serta isteri beliau.

Orang ramai pada malam tadi tidak putus-putus melawat arwah bahkan beberapa guru orang sekolahnya turut menziarahnya.

Siapa sebenarnya liwat ni.........

Najib pernah meniduri dan 'main bo*t*t' Altantuya

Pengakuan bersumpah Balasubramaniam, bekas pegawai penyiasat Abdul Razak Baginda. Dalam point yang ke 25, Bala menyatakan bahawa Najib pernah meniduri dan “main bo*t*t” Altantuya.

“25. During this discussion and in an attempt to persuade me to continue my employment with him, Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that:
1) He had been introduced to Aminah by Najib Razak at a diamond exhibition in Singapore.
2) Najib Razak informed Abdul Razak Baginda that he had a sexual relationship with Aminah and that she was susceptible to anal intercourse.”

Berikut adalah kenyataan penuh Bala:

The following is the full 16-page statutory declaration sign by Abdul Razak Baginda’s private investigor P Balasubramaniam on July 1.

I, Balasubramaniam a/l Perumal … do solemly and sincerely declare as follows:
1. I have been a police officer with the Royal Malaysian Police Force, having joined as a constable in 1981 attached to the police field force. I was then promoted to the rank of lance corporal and finally resigned from the police force in 1998 when I was with the Special Branch.

2. I have been working as a freelance private investigator since I left the police force.

3. Sometime in June or July 2006, I was employed by Abdul Razak Baginda for a period of 10 days to look after him at his office at the Bangunan Getah Asli, Jalan Ampang between the hours of 8am to 5pm each working day as apparently he was experiencing disturbances from a third party.

4. I resigned from this job after 2½ days as I was not receiving any proper instructions.

5. I was however re-employed by Abdul Razak Baginda on the Oct 5, 2006 as he had apparently received a harassing phone call from a Chinese man calling himself ASP Tan who had threatened him to pay his debts. I later found out this gentleman was in fact a private investigator called Ang who was employed by a Mongolian woman called Altantuya Shaaribuu.

6. Abdul Razak Baginda was concerned that a person by the name of Altantuya Shaaribuu, a Mongolian woman, was behind this threat and that she would be arriving in Malaysia very soon to try and contact him.

7. Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that he was concerned by this as he had been advised that Altantuya Shaaribuu had been given some powers by a Mongolian ‘bomoh’ and that he could never look her in the face because of this.

8. When I enquired as to who this Mongolian woman was, Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that she was a friend of his who had been introduced to him by a VIP and who asked him to look after her financially.

9. I advised him to lodge a police report concerning the threatening phone call he had received from the Chinese man known as ASP Tan but he refused to do so as he informed me there were some high-profile people involved.

10. Abdul Razak Baginda further told me that Altantuya Shaaribuu was a great liar and good in convincing people. She was supposed to have been very demanding financially and that he had even financed a property for her in Mongolia.

11. Abdul Razak Baginda then let me listen to some voice messages on his handphone asking him to pay what was due otherwise he would be harmed and his daughter harassed.

12. I was therefore supposed to protect his daughter Rowena as well.

13. On Oct 9, 2006 I received a phone call from Abdul Razak Baginda at about 9.30am informing me that Altantuya was in his office and he wanted me there immediately. As I was in the midst of a surveillance, I sent my assistant Suras to Abdul Razak Baginda’s office and I followed a little later. Suras managed to control the situation and had persuaded Altantuya and her two friends to leave the premises. However Altantuya left a note written on some Hotel Malaya notepaper, in English, asking Abdul Razak Baginda to call her on her handphone (number given) and wrote down her room number as well.

14. Altantuya had introduced herself to Suras as ‘Aminah’ and had informed Suras she was there to see her boyfriend Abdul Razak Baginda.

15. These three Mongolian girls however returned to Abdul Razak Baginda’s office at the Bangunan Getah Asli, Jalan Ampang again, the next day at about 12 noon. They did not enter the building but again informed Suras that they wanted to meet Aminah’s boyfriend, Abdul Razak Baginda.

16. On Oct 11, 2006, Aminah returned to Abdul Razak Baginda’s office on her own and gave me a note to pass to him, which I did. Abdul Razak Baginda showed me the note which basically asked him to call her urgently.

17. I suggested to Abdul Razak Baginda that perhaps it may be wise to arrange for Aminah to be arrested if she harassed him further, but he declined as he felt she would have to return to Mongolia as soon as her cash ran out.

18. In the meantime, I had arranged for Suras to perform surveillance on Hotel Malaya to monitor the movements of these three Mongolian girls, but they recognised him. Apparently they become friends with Suras after that and he ended up spending a few nights in their hotel room.

19. When Abdul Razak Baginda discovered Suras was becoming close to Aminah he asked me to pull him out from Hotel Malaya.

20. On the Oct 14, 2006, Aminah turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house in Damansara Heights when I was not there. Abdul Razak Baginda called me on my handphone to inform me of this so I rushed back to his house. As I arrived, I noticed Aminah outside the front gates shouting “Razak, bastard, come out from the house”. I tried to calm her down but couldn’t, so I called the police who arrived in two patrol cars. I explained the situation to the police, who took her away to the Brickfields police station.

21. I followed the patrol cars to Brickfields police station in a taxi. I called Abdul Razak Baginda and his lawyer Dirren to lodge a police report but they refused.

22. When I was at the Brickfields police station, Aminah’s own private investigator, one Mr Ang arrived and we had a discussion. I was told to deliver a demand to Abdul Razak Baginda for US$500,000 and three tickets to Mongolia, apparently as commission owed to Aminah from a deal in Paris.

23. As Aminah had calmed down at this stage, a policewoman at the Brickfields police station advised me to leave and settle the matter amicably.

24. I duly informed Abdul Razak Baginda of the demands Aminah had made and told him I was disappointed that no one wanted to back me up in lodging a police report. We had a long discussion about the situation when I expressed a desire to pull out of this assignment.

25. During this discussion and in an attempt to persuade me to continue my employment with him, Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that:
1) He had been introduced to Aminah by Najib Razak at a diamond exhibition in Singapore.
2) Najib Razak informed Abdul Razak Baginda that he had a sexual relationship with Aminah and that she was susceptible to anal intercourse.
3) Najib Razak wanted Abdul Razak Baginda to look after Aminah as he did not want her to harass him since he was now the deputy prime minister.
4) Najib Razak, Abdul Razak Baginda and Aminah had all been together at a dinner in Paris.
5) Aminah wanted money from him as she felt she was entitled to a US$500,000 commission on a submarine deal she assisted with in Paris.

26. On Oct 19, 2006, I arrived at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house in Damansara Heights to begin my night duty. I had parked my car outside as usual. I saw a yellow Proton Perdana taxi pass by with three ladies inside, one of whom was Aminah. The taxi did a U-turn and stopped in front of the house where these ladies rolled down the window and wished me ‘Happy Deepavali’. The taxi then left.

27. About 20 minutes later the taxi returned with only Aminah in it. She got out of the taxi and walked towards me and started talking to me. I sent an SMS to Abdul Razak Baginda informing him “Aminah was here”. I received an SMS from Razak instructing me “to delay her until my man comes”.

28. Whist I was talking to Aminah, she informed me of the following:
1) That she met Abdul Razak Baginda in Singapore with Najib Razak.
2) That she had also met Abdul Razak Baginda and Najib Razak at a dinner in Paris.
3) That she was promised a sum of US$500,000.00 as commission for assisting in a submarine deal in Paris.
4) That Abdul Razak Baginda had bought her a house in Mongolia but her brother had refinanced it and she needed money to redeem it.
5) That her mother was ill and she needed money to pay for her treatment.
6) That Abdul Razak Baginda had married her in Korea as her mother is Korean whilst her father was a Mongolian/Chinese mix.

7) That if I wouldn’t allow her to see Abdul Razak Baginda, would I be able to arrange for her to see Najib Razak.

29. After talking to Aminah for about 15 minutes, a red Proton Aeroback arrived with a woman and two men. I now know the woman to be lance corporal Rohaniza and the men, Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azahar. They were all in plainclothes. Azilah walked towards me while the other two stayed in the car.

30. Azilah asked me whether the woman was Aminah and I said “Yes”. He then walked off and made a few calls on his handphone. After 10 minutes another vehicle, a blue Proton Saga, driven by a Malay man, passed by slowly. The drivers window had been wound down and the driver was looking at us.

31. Azilah then informed me they would be taking Aminah away. I informed Aminah they were arresting her. The other two persons then got out of the red Proton and exchanged seats so that lance corporal Rohaniza and Aminah were in the back while the two men were in the front. They drove off and that is the last I ever saw of Aminah.

32. Abdul Razak Baginda was not at home when all this occurred.

33. After Oct 19, 2006, I continued to work for Abdul Razak Baginda at his house in Damansara Heights from 7pm to 8am the next morning, as he had been receiving threatening text messages from a woman called ‘Amy’ who was apparently ‘Aminah’s’ cousin in Mongolia.

34. On the night of Oct 20, 2006, both of Aminah’s girlfriends turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house enquiring where Aminah was. I informed them she had been arrested the night before.

35. A couple of nights later, these two Mongolian girls, Mr Ang and another Mongolian girl called ‘Amy’ turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house looking for Aminah as they appeared to be convinced she was being held in the house.

36. A commotion began so I called the police who arrived shortly thereafter in a patrol car. Another patrol car arrived a short while later in which was the investigating officer from the Dang Wangi police station who was in charge of the missing persons report lodged by one of the Mongolians girls, I believe was Amy.

37. I called Abdul Razak Baginda who was at home to inform him of the events taking place at his front gate. He then called DSP Musa Safri and called me back informing me that Musa Safri would be calling handphone and I was to pass the phone to the inspector from Dang Wangi police station.

38. I then received a call on my handphone from Musa Safri and duly handed the phone to the Dang Wangi inspector. The conversation lasted 3-4 minutes after which he told the girls to disperse and to go to see him the next day.

39. On or about Oct 24, 2006, Abdul Razak Baginda instructed me to accompany him to the Brickfields police station as he had been advised to lodge a police report about the harassment he was receiving from these Mongolian girls.

40. Before this, Amy had sent me an SMS informing me she was going to Thailand to lodge a report with the Mongolian consulate there regarding Aminah’s disappearance. Apparently she had sent the same SMS to Abdul Razak Baginda. This is why he told me he had been advised to lodge a police report.

41. Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that DPS Musa Safri had introduced him to one DSP Idris, the head of the criminal division, Brickfields police station, and that Idris had referred him to ASP Tonny.

42. When Abdul Razak Baginda had lodged his police report at Brickfields police station, in front of ASP Tonny, he was asked to make a statement but he refused as he said he was leaving for overseas. He did however promise to prepare a statement and hand ASP Tonny a thumbdrive. I know that this was not done as ASP Tonny told me.

43. However ASP Tonny asked me the next day to provide my statement instead and so I did.

44. I stopped working for Abdul Razak Baginda on Oct 26, 2006 as this was the day he left for Hong Kong on his own.

45. In mid-November 2006, I received a phone call from ASP Tonny from the IPK Jalan Hang Tuah asking me to see him regarding Aminah’s case. When I arrived there I was immediately arrested under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation.

46. I was then placed in the lock up and remanded for five days. On the third day, I was released on police bail.

47. At the end of November 2006, the D9 department of the IPK sent a detective to my house to escort me to the IPK Jalan Hang Tuah. When I arrived, I was told I was being arrested under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. I was put in the lock up and remanded for seven days.

48. I was transported to Bukit Aman where I was interrogated and questioned about an SMS I had received from Abdul Razak Baginda on Oct 19, 2006 which read “delay her until my man arrives”. They had apparently retrieved this message from Abdul Razak Baginda’s handphone.

49. They then proceeded to record my statement from 8.30 am to 6pm everyday for seven consecutive days. I told them all I knew including everything Abdul Razak Baginda and Aminah had told me about their relationships with Najib Razak but when I came to sign my statement, these details had been left out.

50. I have given evidence in the trial of Azilah, Sirul and Abdul Razak Baginda at the Shah Alam High Court. The prosecutor did not ask me any questions in respect of Aminah’s relationship with Najib Razak or of the phone call I received from DSP Musa Safri, whom I believe was the ADC for Najib Razak and/or his wife.

51. On the day Abdul Razak Baginda was arrested, I was with him at his lawyers office at 6.30am. Abdul Razak Baginda informed us that he had sent Najib Razak an SMS the evening before as he refused to believe he was to be arrested, but had not received a response.

52. Shortly thereafter, at about 7.30am, Abdul Razak Baginda received an SMS from Najib Razak and showed, this message to both myself and his lawyer. This message read as follows: “ I am seeing IGP at 11am today … matter will be solved … be cool”.

53. I have been made to understand that Abdul Razak Baginda was arrested the same morning at his office in the Bangunan Getah Asli, Jalan Ampang.

54. The purpose of this Statutory declaration is to:

1) State my disappointment at the standard of investigations conducted by the authorities into the circumstances surrounding the murder of Altantuya Shaaribuu.
2) Bring to the notice of the relevant authorities the strong possibility that there are individuals other than the three accused who must have played a role in the murder of Altantuya Shaaribuu.

3) Persuade the relevant authorities to reopen their investigations into this case immediately so that any fresh evidence may be presented to the court prior to submissions at the end of the prosecutions case.
4) Emphasise the fact that having been a member of the Royal Malaysian Police Force for 17 years, I am absolutely certain no police officer would shoot someone in the head and blow up their body without receiving specific instructions from their superiors first.
5) Express my concern that should the defence not be called in the said murder trial, the accused, Azilah and Sirul will not have to swear on oath and testify as to the instructions they received and from whom they were given.

55. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declaration Act 1960.
Balasubramaniam a/l Perumal
July 1, 2008

Again reminder things happening around

PROBLEM DRIVING AT NIGHT : BE SAFE
CCTV camera records Mat Rempit attack

VIOLENT crime in progress: These pictures tell how 14 Mat Rempit ganged up to beat and rob five women during an early morning fuel stop in Bangsar.
A CCTV surveillance camera captured the attack on the three sisters and two of their cousins at the Shell petrol station in Jalan Bangsar.


Traumatised, they have vowed never to go to a petrol station again after dark.

Twelve young thugs, on six motorcycles, were said to be 'hovering around the station' while a pair on another motorcycle filled up as the women drove in about 3.30am on Saturday.

They were on their way home after a function in Puchong. Sisters Uma Munusamy, 33, Chittra, 32, and Latha, 31, were to drop off cousins Ragas Letchumanan, 28, and Komala, 20, at their Bangsar home when they decided to stop for fuel.

They drove up to a pump at the station. Latha went to the window counter to pay, while Chittra, who was driving, got out to fill up. That was when the Mat Rempit, who had been noisy and boisterous, moved in, as if acting on cue.

One thug attacked Latha, splashing a can of 'Red Bull' energy drink on her face. The sweet-sour liquid stung her eyes, temporarily blinding her as the thug pushed her down, hit her with the drink can and snatched her gold chain and handphone.

Another three dashed to the car to attack the others.

'We were in fear. We thought that we had been splashed with acid, as the liquid they threw on our faces really stung,' said Uma, recalling the attack.

The women screamed for help, but none arrived. The petrol station workers were safe and sound, inside the premises, where the doors had been locked at midnight.
'The workers just stood there, watching,' said Latha.
At the car, the Mat Rempit ordered the girls to hand over their valuables
and handphones. One of them just couldn't wait. He yanked Uma's gold
bracelet off one wrist and at the same time snatched the handphone she
held in the other hand.
Despite fearing for their lives, the girls put up a fight, trying to prevent the robbers from getting away with their belongings. The scuffles only led to injuries, but fortunately, minor ones.
Ragas was hit on the head several times, while Chittra sustained
injuries on her neck and right arm, besides suffering an injury to the
lower lip. She was then beaten up with a soda can.
'The whole incident really traumatised us but what was worse was the
fact the workers did not even bother to help,' said Uma.
This is one nightmare they do not ever want to experience again. And,
for them at least, no more filling up fuel at night, or stopping anywhere
either during the wee hours. Their total loss: RM3,000 in cash and
valuables.
The five made a report at the Brickfields police station soon after
recovering from the shock of the attack. Police said they are investigating, and have yet to identify the culprits.
The women also expressed their frustration over the Mat Rempit
menace.
'So much has been said, so much anger and frustration has been
expressed over these motorcycle thugs... but yet they seem to be having
a free run,' said Chittra.
Their only hope is that justice will be done, that the CCTV images captured by the surveillance camera will lead to arrests and conviction.

Think twice before venturing out at night. Even with CCTV and people watching, nobody will help you all. Take care of your own self.

Israel 'has 150 nuclear weapons'

Ex-US President Jimmy Carter has said Israel has at least 150 atomic weapons in its arsenal.

The Israelis have never confirmed they have nuclear weapons, but this has been widely assumed since a scientist leaked details in the 1980s.

Mr Carter made his comments on Israel's weapons at a press conference at the annual literary Hay Festival in Wales.

He also described Israeli treatment of Palestinians as "one of the greatest human rights crimes on earth".

Mr Carter gave the figure for the Israeli nuclear arsenal in response to a question on US policy on a possible nuclear-armed Iran, arguing that any country newly armed with atomic weapons faced overwhelming odds.

"The US has more than 12,000 nuclear weapons; the Soviet Union (sic) has about the same; Great Britain and France have several hundred, and Israel has 150 or more," he said.

"We have a phalanx of enormous capabilities, not only of weaponry but also of rockets to deliver every one of those missiles on a pinpoint accuracy target."

Most experts estimate that Israel has between 100 and 200 nuclear warheads, largely based on information leaked to the Sunday Times newspaper in the 1980s by Mordechai Vanunu, a former worker at the country's Dimona nuclear reactor.

The US, a key ally of Israel, has in general followed the country's policy of "nuclear ambiguity", neither confirming or denying the existence of its assumed arsenal.

However, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert included Israel among a list of nuclear states in comments in December 2006, a week after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates used a similar form of words during a Senate hearing.

Former Israeli military intelligence chief Aharon Zeevi-Farkash told Reuters news agency he considered Mr Carter's comments "irresponsible" .

"The problem is that there are those who can use these statements when it comes to discussing the international effort to prevent Iran getting nuclear weapons," he said.

'Imprisonment'

During the press briefing, Mr Carter expressed his support for Israel as a country, but criticised its domestic and foreign policy.

"One of the greatest human rights crimes on earth is the starvation and imprisonment of 1.6m Palestinians, " he said.

The former US president cited statistics which he said showed the nutritional intake of some Palestinian children was below that of children in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as saying the European position on Israel could be best described as "supine".

Mr Carter, awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, brokered the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty, the first between Israel and an Arab state.

In April he controversially held talks in the Syrian capital Damascus with Khaled Meshaal, leader of the militant Palestinian movement Hamas

Siapa Saiful Bukhari yg sebenarnya????

Memang seekor MUSANG! Telahan awal yang dibuat oleh saya dan rakan-rakan lain tidak salah dan sama sekali BENAR. Kehadirannya di tengah-tengah bahang kempen pilihanraya umum ke-12 Mac lalu, memang memusykilkan saya dan teman-teman, yang mengenali siapa dia Saiful Bukhari. Posting seorang teman blogger dan juga sekampus, Najwan mengenai musang ini memang menepati ramalan. Musang ini akan membawa kemusnahan. Tetapi dalam kes ini, musang ini tidak hanya menggali kubur mangsanya tetapi kuburnya sekali.

Dia mendakwa diliwat oleh seorang pemimpin kanan parti pembangkang. Yang saya pasti, profil pemimpin ini pasti diketahui umum. tetapi bagaimana dengan profil si pendakwa tersebut? Saya pernah berjanji kepada diri untuk tidak mengaitkan diri dengan sebarang perbalahan anak muda yang menjadi lumrah dunia politik. tetapi hari ini, saya akan dedahkan “era kegemilangan” yang pernah dicipta Saiful Bukhari suatu masa dahulu.

Saiful Bukhari mungkin tidak perlu diperkenalkan lagi kepada pelajar-pelajar Uniten. Memulakan rentak seorang pemimpin sewaktu dipilih sebagai Ketua Pengarah Program Bakti Siswa Kemerdekaan 2006 ternyata memang menjulang nama beliau. Walaubagaimanapun tidak ramai yang tahu hakikat sebenar. Tentang ketelusan, kejujuran, dan sikap tanggungjawabnya sebelum, semasa dan selepas tamat program. Hampir dua tahun berlalu, tetapi saya masih jelas dengan semua cerita.

Tidak cukup dengan portfolio Ketua Pengarah Program yang hanya dianjurkan setahun sekali, Saiful kemudiannya merancang untuk tampak lebih berkaliber, lebih berkuasa. Dia kemudiannya bertanding di dalam pemilihan Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar sesi 2006/2007. Dengan bilangan undi yang tidak boleh dibanggakan, beliau berjaya. Beliau dikatakan mempengaruhi beberapa ahli perwakilan lain untuk mengundi beliau sebagai Presiden (baca:PRESIDEN). Namun demikian, rezekinya sudah ditentukan untuk hanya menjadi Timbalan Presiden. Dia akhirnya terbang ke Filipina untuk menghadiri sebuah seminar anjuran Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi. Pelik tetapi benar. Seharusnya yang terbang adalah Presiden bukan Timbalan Presiden. Mungkinkah Saiful menggunakan aksesnya sebagai Pemuda UMNO atau agen orang kenamaan untuk melayakkan diri untuk mewakili seluruh institusi pengajian swasta? Dan episod kegemilangannya bermula setelah dia kembali ke tanah air.

Seperti seekor musang yang tidak pernah bersyukur dengan rezekinya, begitulah juga Saiful Bukhari. Portfolio sebagai Timbalan Presiden nyata tidak memberi kepuasan kepadanya untuk menjadi orang yang paling berkuasa. Entah di mana silapnya, Saiful tidak mempedulikan sama sekali tugas dan tanggungjawabnya sebagai wakil suara mahasiswa UNITEN. Jangankan tugas sebagai pemimpin, malah tugas sebagai mahasiswa juga diabaikan. Tetapi dalam pada masa yang sama, saya dimaklumkan oleh teman dari IPTA lain bahawa mereka kerap bertemu dengan Saiful, menghadiri beberapa perjumpaan pemimpin Institusi Pengajian Tinggi. Saya terkejut pada mulanya. Bagaimana anda boleh menghadiri perjumpaan yang membincangkan tentang nasib dan masa depan mahasiswa seluruh Malaysia sedangkan anda mengabaikan tugas utama anda, iaitu menjaga kebajikan mahasiswa Universiti Tenaga Nasional? Bertambah kekok apabila mendengar Saiful Bukhari ini memperkenalkan dirinya sebagai Presiden @ Yang diPertua (YDP) Universiti Tenaga Nasional. Bukankah ini tanda-tanda awal dia sememangnya gila kuasa?

Saiful Bukhari ini juga dilihat sebagai seorang yang gila publisiti. Dia hanya akan “bertanggungjawab” sekiranya program tersebut mendapat liputan media, akhbar dan orang kenamaan. Oleh sebab itu, beliau hanya memilih untuk menjadi Penasihat program. Untung kerana tidak perlu bekerja keras memikirkan flow program, penyediaan kertas kerja dan pelaksanaan program. Yang dia tahu cumalah - pasti dia akan ditemuramah dan namanya pasti terpampang di dada akhbar. Dan hari ini saya kira, cita-citanya untuk menjadi seorang “star” sudah tercapai. Kemusykilan saya semakin berganda apabila ditengah-tengah kempen PRU 12 yang lalu, dia berjaya menempelkan diri di setiap roadshow ceramah DSAI. Bagaimana tidak musykil, sedangkan beberapa hari sebelum itu, dia menghulurkan pelawaan kepada saya di laman Friendster, untuk bersama-samanya mengundi Barisan Nasional! Mungkin dia tidak tahu bahawa prinsip dan pendirian saya tidak serapuh dia. Alasannya hanyalah sekadar membantu seorang teman menguruskan hal-hal berkaitan di Pejabat DSAI langsung tidak masuk akal. Peralihan parti politik Saiful Bukhari ketika itu hanya mengundang bahana. Siapa tidak kenal Saiful Bukhari? Pendusta yang bermuka-muka.

Dia tampil menjawab dengan menyatakan bahawa dia bakal melanjutkan pelajaran di sebuah akademi penerbangan. Satu persoalan, atas pembiayaan siapa? Mungkinkah kerana ingin menyelamatkan sang ketua, maruah sendiri sanggup dilapah. itulah harga kesetiaan yang perlu dibayar Saiful Bukhari. Menyelitkan diri di kawasan musuh dan akhirnya leher sendiri yang ditetak. Saya amat bersimpati jika inilah yang dicari-cari oleh manusia bernama Saiful Bukhari selama ini.

Kebimbangan kami nyata berasas. Saiful Bukhari telah mengeluarkan taringnya di saat-saat DSAI mula meletakkan kepercayaan ke atas dirinya. Saya mengakui kepintaran bermain yang dimiliki Saiful Bukhari, tetapi saya juga ingin ingatkan, sepandai-pandai tupai melompat akhirnya pasti akan tersungkur ke tanah. Buat Saiful Bukhari (jika anda membaca kenyataan saya ini), well done. Takziah juga buat keluarganya, adik perempuannya, dan alfatihah buat allahyarhamah bondanya.

Nota: Saya bertanggungjawab di atas setiap kenyataan dan ulasan saya mengenai Saiful Bukhari. Daripada dituduh pengecut dan tidak mampu membenarkan kebenaran dizahirkan, saya mengambil risiko ini. Saya tidak mungkin dapat membuktikan bahawa DSAI tidak melakukan perbuatan tersebut, tetapi sekurang-kurangnya kenyataan saya dan ulasan-ulasan pelajar Uniten lain dapat memberi gambaran awal mengenai siapa Saiful Bukhari ini. Saya tidak terkejut dia mampu bertindak sampai ke tahap ini. Saya tidak terkejut dengan kisah dia menikam kawan sendiri dari belakang demi mencapai kemahuannya. Malah saya tidak terkejut jika Saiful tampil dengan kenyataan bahawa dia dipergunakan untuk menutup keaiban ketuanya satu hari nanti.

petikan dari http://ainisazreen.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/saiful-bukhari/

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Can a family man with Salary RM3,000 survive in Malaysia

Let's do some simple calculations here.

In Malaysia, the average family income is RM3,000 /month (where father works, mother doesn't).

I understand there are many families whose monthly income does not reach RM3,000, but, to make things simple, let's take RM3,000 as the figure. Ok lah, right?

Okay, let's start rolling with a family which has Papa, Mama, 1 daughter and 1 son. Ngam-ngam ....

Calculation starts...

1. Electricity and water bill: RM100 (No air-con, No home theatre, No water heater ... ok?)

2. Phone bill ( Telekom): RM100
3. Meals for a happy family: RM775 (3 meals on RM25/day, RM25 for 4 persons...?)

4. Papa makan / teh-tarik during working hrs: RM155 (RM5/day, RM5 ... can eat what?)
5. Car repayment: RM400 (A proton saga aeroback, 7 yrs repayment)
6. Petrol (living in city, traffic-jam) : RM500 (go to work, bring son to school, only can afford one car running)
7. Insurance: RM450 (kids, wife and myself)
8. House repayment: RM750 (low cost housing repayment for 30 yrs, retired still have to work to pay!)
9. Tuition: RM80 (got that cheap meh? i don't think so)
10.Older children pocket money @ school: RM20 (RM1/day, eat bread?)
11.School fees: RM30 (enough ah?)
12.School books and etc: RM100 (always got extra to pay in school)
13. Younger children milk powder: RM50 (cannot have the DHA, BHA, PHA one, expensive)
14.Miscellaneous: RM100 (shampoo, rice, sauce, toilet paper)
15.Oh wait!!! I have to stop here, so...
No Astro,
no movie @ cinema,
no DVD,
no CD,
no online,
cannot KFC,
cannot McDonald,
cannot go Park walk during weekend (petrol expensive),
no chit chat on phone with grandparents, and etc...

Let's use a calculator to total up... WALAO EH! Shit! RM3,610 already...
EPF belum potong, income tax lagi........ oledi RM3,610 ....
How to survive lah tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sekalian ???
Our Deputy Prime Minister asked us to change lifestyle?
How to change? Don't eat? Don't work? Don't send children to school and study?
Besides that, I believe in Malaysia population, there are millions of rakyat Malaysia which still don't earn RM3,000/month! !

What is this? Inilah Malaysia Boleh... Sorry ... it should be
Malaysians Boleh , because we're still alive and kicking!!
Our politicians must be mad!!!!

Please comment boleh or tak boleh. No wonder so many Ah Loong around lah....