Saturday, May 10, 2008
Driver of bogus taxi admits to stabbing and robbing woman
Even taking a taxi is note safe nowadays...sigh...
Driver of bogus taxi admits to stabbing and robbing woman
BY STEVEN DANIEL (source)
KUALA LUMPUR: An unlikely chain of events led to the arrest of a suspect who was believed to have stabbed a woman four times and left her to bleed to death. The victim, Lee Hui Fun, was found unconscious in Jalan Maktab, Kajang, on Friday morning by policemen on patrol duty.
Coincidentally, a man driving a taxi, was involved in an accident with a motorcycle at 4pm along Jalan Ipoh.
The motorcyclist, who confronted the driver of the taxi, saw a bloodstained handbag on the rear passenger seat. The suspect then panicked and made a run for the Perkim Building car park.
However, he was caught and beaten up by several passers-by. It was then that the suspect, in his 30s, shouted “saya bunuh satu orang sahaja (I only killed one person)”.
The suspect apparently believed he had killed Lee, not knowing that she was fighting for her life in hospital.
The suspect was handed over to the police and during interrogation, admitted to have committed the offence in Batu 9/11, Kajang, hours earlier. He was later taken to the Kajang police station for further investigations.
Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Shakaruddin Che Mood yesterday confirmed that the suspect had been arrested. He said police were still investigating if there was a second suspect involved.
A source said there was a possibility that Lee was driven to a location where another person was waiting, before she was robbed. It was also believed that Lee put up a struggle before she was stabbed and left for dead.
The 33-year-old clerk from Taman Kencana, Pandan Indah, had boarded a taxi on Friday morning to go to a monorail station on Jalan Sultan Ismail. However, the taxi took another route, prompting Lee to call her husband Chow Chee Ming, 34, at 8.40am.
Chow, when met at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital yesterday, said she called a few times as he could not hear her clearly the first few times. “I managed to hear her clearly during her last call at 8.50am, saying the taxi driver was taking her somewhere else. “She also gave me the number plate of the taxi she was in,” Chow said. “Then, I heard her shouting in Chinese ‘he's got a knife, he's got a knife', before the line got cut off.”
Lee, who has two children, is reported to be in stable condition. The taxi's number plate was shown to be false when checked against the Road Transport Department's online system.
Read also here
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Cue for Damai Malaysia to show it's face ?
PM Badawi says "I'm also told that others - Malays and non-Malays - who respect the constitution, also feel slighted by what has happened. They may also complain to the relevant authorities,"
Writer's note : This may be a cue for Damai Malaysia and Reezal Merican to show his face again.
PM denies blocking Dr M-Najib meeting
Malaysiakini
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today denied claims that he recently thwarted a meeting between ex-premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad and deputy premier Najib Abdul Razak."Tak ada halang, tak ada (didn't block, didn't block)," was all that the premier said when he was asked to comment on the claims made by Mahathir yesterday.The former prime minister yesterday told reporters that he tried to set up a meeting with Najib immediately after the general election to discuss about current affairs."He (Najib) said he would first have to get the permission of the prime minister. Apparently he did not get permission. So until now, he has not seen me," said the former premier who is now Abdullah's harshest critic.
Mahathir has openly called for Abdullah to take responsibility for Barisan Nasional's heavy defeat in the March 8 general election and step down from both the premiership as well as from Umno presidency.
Until recently, Mahathir has been openly pitching for Najib to take over from Abdullah. However more recently, he has said that there were also other capable candidates to take over the top posts.
Abdullah also said that he has instructed Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Mansor to lodge a police report against DAP chairperson Karpal Singh over his allegedly seditious remarks against the Sultan of Perak. "The statements that he (Karpal) has made gives the impression that the sultan does not know the law," he said."As such, many (including Umno) are upset.""I'm also told that others - Malays and non-Malays - who respect the constitution, also feel slighted by what has happened. They may also complain to the relevant authorities," said Abdullah at the sidelines of the 5th Malaysia International Halal Showcase at Matrade.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Double Talk....Again
When the Agong rejected PM Badawi's choice as Terengganu Chief Minister, he was accused as acting unconstitutionally, and this were the choice of words from the PM and his supporters ;
“Most of the state assemblymen support Datuk Seri Idris. This fact remains unchanged. They are in agreement. Therefore, appointing anyone else is not right constitutionally" - PM Badawi
"The palace has to accept Barisan Nasional's decision as it is in accordance with our constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democratic system" - UMNO vice president Ali Rustam
source here
Later on, the Pakatan Rakyat now runs into problems with Perak Ruler, and DAP vice chairman repeats what PM Badawi said earlier, that the Ruler has acted unconstitutionally. Here is where the fun begins when the BN wolves smells blood and start attacking. Here below is their attack ;
"So the power or decision made by His Royal Highness the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, was in line with the decision made by the government. It cannot be disputed" DPM Najib (source)
"This strong anti-Sultan sentiment is the real trait of the DAP, and it can no longer hide its true self. The DPMP award received by Ngeh should be withdrawn because of his attitude in challenging the Sultan’s call" - Zahid Hamid, UMNO leader ( read more about him here ) (source)
The REAL issue now here is of course ;
1. Royalties are being used as pawns by UMNO led BN to hit at opposition parties.
2. Non-Malays ( such as Karpal ) are being used as bogeyman to create a climate of fear among
the rural malays, to indirectly strengthen UMNO influence over them. Utusan Malaysia's
headline yesterday screamed "KARPAL PERSOAL SULTAN".
3. Royalties are increasingly flexing their muscles.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Muslim 'pub' ???
Muslim 'pub' proposal
Interesting suggestion but who's going to tbe patrons ?? The fellas from the state jabatan agama (religious council)??
Source :NST
Kuantan Municipal Council president Datuk Azizan Ahmad has proposed that a Muslim pub be opened where patrons could enjoy soft drinks and fruit juices."I think we should have a Muslim pub as it will allow those who want clean entertainment to unwind at such an outlet," he said when closing a dialogue between the police, council and entertainment outlet operators yesterday.Azizan said it was not a new idea as such a pub was already operational in the United Kingdom.The first Muslim pub opened in Oldham, Greater Manchester, last month where visitors are served non-alcoholic drinks.
The pub, which caters mainly to men, has a restaurant and prayer and steam room. Customers only listen to traditional Islamic music. Azizan later said the council wanted to encourage entertainment outlet operators to improve their image as the industry has always been associated with vice and other negative elements."It's a good concept. I hope some entrepreneurs will be interested in opening a Muslim pub here." Azizan said the council would not approve new entertainment licences as there were already 135 entertainment outlets here including discotheques, night clubs, karaoke centres and "dangdut" pubs.He said the council also planned to relocate all entertainment outlets to a designated area to enable enforcement agencies to monitor the industry.Among areas under consideration included Jalan Datuk Wong Ah Jang, where most of the outlets were located.
Azizan had earlier presented anti-drug bunting to 80 entertainment outlet operators who attended the dialogue.The distribution of the bunting, with the "Happy But No Drugs" tagline, is part of a campaign to curb drug trafficking at entertainment outlets here.State Police Anti-Narcotics Department chief Superintendent Baljeet Singh reminded operators to inform the police if their premises were being frequented by drug traffickers or criminals."We will raid such premises and ask the relevant agencies to close them if the operators refuse to co-operate," he added.
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Monday, May 5, 2008
Zahid Hamidi
The post of "Minister in Prime Minister's Dept" is normally given to loud mouthed politicians who double up as gangsters for PM Badawi. During the previous term, the title was well carried by Nazri Aziz who made a number of gaffes. He's still there but now being given a run for his money by Zahid Hamidi, who's trying hard to show Badawi how bad he is (read here, here and here).
The name Zahid Hamidi will ring a lot of bells because this was the guy that had his posterior kicked by Dr.M during one of the UMNO general assembly.
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
Group Rejects Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is defined as the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country.
However, there is a new group in town called Majlis Muafakat Melayu Malaysia now demanding that this concept should be rejected altogether. In the same topic, they have the audacity to say that sikap perkauman should be rejected. Read more here
Let me tell you, PRACTICE what you preach you uneducated fools.
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Royals & Politicians Clash Again
Sigh..here we go again with another clash that highlights ;
i. The rulers seeking to show their power.
ii. Politician not getting their steps right
iii. Ambiguity of the division of power between royals and the executive.
Perak royal rejects Perak MB decision. Here.
Perak MB apologises. Here.
Loudmouth Nazri ( yes, he's still around ) steps in for a bit of self promotion and a bit of membodek (malay word for apple polishing). Here.
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