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            <title>Polis kartel drill</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5133672</link>
            <description>Drill sudah keluar.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;123 go.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://pictr.com/image/7tmmLI' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2021/04/18/7tmmLI.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://pictr.com/image/7tmgBq' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2021/04/18/7tmgBq.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://pictr.com/image/7tmNDO' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2021/04/18/7tmNDO.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://pictr.com/image/7tmrQr' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2021/04/18/7tmrQr.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://pictr.com/image/7tmZJ6' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2021/04/18/7tmZJ6.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of them look familar? &lt;!--emo&amp;:w--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='whistling.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:w--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='whistling.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 08:22:23 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Bekas tentera dipenjara 2 tahun, ceroboh hutan</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5017537</link>
            <description>Anak anak vavi di susukan,  anak sendiri dijailkan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TAIPING: Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, hari ini, menjatuhkan hukuman penjara dua tahun dan denda RM50,000 terhadap seorang bekas tentera kerana didapati bersalah menceroboh hutan simpan kekal tanpa kebenaran dua tahun lalu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mahkamah turut memerintahkan tertuduh, A Raman Hashim, 51, dipenjara selama dua tahun lagi jika gagal membayar denda ditetapkan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hakim Mohd Sabri Ismail membuat keputusan itu selepas berpuas hati dengan keterangan pihak pendakwaan dan pembelaan dalam kes berkenaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Raman didakwa bersama beberapa yang lain melakukan penerokaan tanpa kebenaran di Hutan Simpan Kekal Pondok Tanjung dekat Gunong Semanggol, Kerian, antara 8 Jun hingga 21 September 2014.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dia didakwa pada 3 Mac tahun lalu mengikut Seksyen 32(1) Enakmen Akta Perhutanan Negara 1984 yang diguna pakai kerajaan negeri mengikut Enakmen Perhutanan Negeri 1985 dan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 32(2) akta sama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sabit kesalahan, tertuduh boleh dijatuhi hukuman denda maksimum RM50,000 atau dipenjara maksimum lima tahun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pendakwaan dijalankan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Fadhli Ab Wahab, manakala tertuduh diwakili peguam, Mustafa Ghazali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.bharian.com.my/taxonomy/term/11/2016/12/220884/bekas-tentera-dipenjara-2-tahun-denda-rm50000-ceroboh-hutan' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.bharian.com.my/taxonomy/term/11...0-ceroboh-hutan&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:21:36 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Bijan mask is better than Zorro</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5017404</link>
            <description>TLDR&lt;br /&gt;Bijan expwnsive mask is to protect him, no to protect public. KEK&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inb4&lt;br /&gt;SLOWPUKI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;convicted kleptocrat Najib Razak has attended court and other events wearing possibly the most expensive and exclusive form of mask available to match his couture suits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advertisements show that the masks in question boast an almost total protection for the wearer, against “present and even future pandemics“.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The extra crucial feature of this style of mask is the ‘one-way valve’ that carefully filters the air breathed in. Instructions make clear that despite the hefty price tag they should be disposed after a single use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all, Najib was not convicted for stealing a mere few hundred ringgit (if he had he would have gone straight to jail). He is used to the best things in life, including the best health protection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, the maker of this exclusive ‘Swiss’ Xeralife brand, which is in fact manufactured locally in Malaysia and sells for around RM60 a pack of three, has now confirmed to Sarawak Report that the purpose of the product is squarely focused on the protection of the wearer rather than those around him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Najib’s Mask Like an “Open Air Exhaust”&lt;br /&gt;Indeed there has been considerable concern in recent weeks over the flaunting of these one way valve masks by well-heeled wearers across the globe, compared to the more humble paper products available to the majority of people at the chemist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In short, according to medical experts “These masks are designed for situations in which the wearers need to protect themselves but aren’t at risk of transmitting infection to others” for example when a doctor is treating a lone infectious patient or factory workers need to avoid dust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, as legions of doctors have now explained, in a situation like the present pandemic, where we all wear masks to protect each other, the one-way valve acts as the ultimate selfish accessory that protects the wearer, but nobody else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was how experts explained the product to Healthline as more and more global authorities have started to call for people to stop wearing them over the past few weeks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Any mask with a one-way valve is only going to protect the person wearing it. It won’t protect anyone around that person from potential exposure to virus particles they exhale,” Dr. Ali Raja, executive vice chair of the department of emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School told Healthline. “It may give the people surrounding them a false sense of security.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“In the spirit of ‘your mask protects me and my mask protects you,’ a mask with a valve virtually makes that impossible,” said Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS, a microbiologist and contributor at the COVID Tracking Project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“If you don’t have anything filtering what’s going out, it’s kind of like your mouth is an open air exhaust. And that’s the danger,” she told Healthline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So as far as Najib is concerned his top dollar mask has been protecting him from all the crowds of supposedly adoring supporters who have circled him at court or indeed now on the campaign trail, but done nothing to protect them in return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If he turns out to have picked up the virus during all these public events, no one around him will have the expected basic protection when he breaths out, speaks… or worse coughs in their direction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the contrary, the valve acts to funnel and turbo-charge the virus right at them&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not as if such products (generally described as an N95 mask variety) have not been widely reported on and officially warned against. In the US the leading agency in the field has strongly condemned their use:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says “Masks with exhalation valves or vents should NOT be worn to help prevent the person wearing the mask from spreading COVID-19 to others.” [health news hub]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Likewise in India:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajiv Garg, Director General of Health Services in India wrote to all health authorities saying “the use of valved respirator N95 mask is detrimental to the measures adopted for preventing the spread of coronavirus” [Times of India]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Airlines have also started banning their use on flights:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Any mask with an exhaust valve is not approved as an acceptable face mask for customers travelling on any Delta operated flight,” the airline announced last week, with United Airlines and JetBlue sharing similar announcements. On Wednesday, Alaska Airlines also updated its mask policy, listing “face coverings with direct exhaust valves” under its “unacceptable face coverings” section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.sarawakreport.org/2020/08/i-am-alright-jack-najib-razak/' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.sarawakreport.org/2020/08/i-am-...ck-najib-razak/&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:25:29 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Come watch this , those flout MOC</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4930809</link>
            <description>babi betul, degil  &lt;!--emo&amp;:angry:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:angry:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:angry:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[fbv]3569755433066168/[/fbv]</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:03:19 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>KKM has to review SOP</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4927551</link>
            <description>TDLR&lt;br /&gt;She said she got sympthom (flu and mild fever)&lt;br /&gt;Went to Putrajaya Hospital. Hospital firmly(or rudely)  rejected her without checking even not checking her temperature.&lt;br /&gt;Staff &amp;amp; MO ask since she didnt go oversea and not contact to Tabligh / covic patient, no need to check , please go private clinic&lt;br /&gt;She said she met lot of people, MO didnt care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so how about poor people- can they afford? It going to be walking bomb, in no matter time we will be like Italy, what happened to her is quite similar to tabligh participants initialy, rejected by hospital. Please review your SOP dont be bodoh SOP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[fbv]143718303672240[/fbv]</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2020 06:25:03 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Rapist to be Hanged - India</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4926587</link>
            <description>Justice served&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TDLR&lt;br /&gt;2012 gang-rape / murder inside bus/ using metal cucuk &lt;br /&gt;3 x appeals rejected&lt;br /&gt;To be hanged tomorow &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Delhi bus gang-rapists to hang on Friday: lawyer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a New Delhi student will be executed on Friday, the victim&amp;#39;s lawyer said after a court dismissed a final last-minute petition to delay the hangings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The brutal attack on Jyoti Singh aboard a city bus sparked nationwide demonstrations and shone a spotlight on the alarming rates of sexual violence in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A trial court in Delhi, which had already postponed the hangings three times, on Thursday dismissed another plea to delay the executions scheduled for 5:30 am (0000 GMT) Friday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;The court rejected their petition and said they have exhausted all their legal rights. The hangings will take place on Friday at the scheduled time,&amp;quot; Singh&amp;#39;s lawyer Seema Kushwaha told reporters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singh&amp;#39;s mother Asha Devi welcomed the ruling and said her &amp;quot;daughter&amp;#39;s soul will finally rest in peace&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The convicts had filed numerous petitions seeking delays to the executions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One challenged the rejection of his mercy plea by the president, the last remedy available to death-row convicts in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Supreme Court said it found no reason to interfere with the president&amp;#39;s decision and rejected his petition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday&amp;#39;s ruling came amid widespread support for the executions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The media has also been full of grisly details about the hangings, including that the nooses will be smeared with banana and clarified butter to soften them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singh, 23, was returning home from the cinema in the evening with a friend when they boarded a bus, thinking it would take them home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The five men and one juvenile knocked the friend unconscious and dragged Singh to the back of the bus and raped and tortured her with a metal rod.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The physiotherapy student and the friend were then dumped on the road. Singh died 13 days later in a Singapore hospital from massive internal injuries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The suspected ringleader was found dead in his prison cell in a suspected suicide, while the 17-year-old juvenile spent three years in a detention centre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Almost 400 people are on death row in India, but no one has been executed since 2015.</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:23:15 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>You berani mock Emperor Xi?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4923486</link>
            <description>Dont ever mock comrade ohman also&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chinese businessman missing after criticizing Xi&amp;#39;s handling of coronavirus&lt;br /&gt;Ren Zhiqiang, a member of China&amp;#39;s ruling Communist Party, has not been heard from since March 12, friends say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An influential former Chinese property executive who called President Xi Jinping a &amp;quot;clown&amp;quot; over a speech he made last month about the government&amp;#39;s efforts to battle the coronavirus has gone missing, three of his friends told Reuters.&lt;br /&gt;Ren Zhiqiang, a member of China&amp;#39;s ruling Communist Party and a former top executive of state-controlled property developer Huayuan Real Estate Group, has not been contactable since March 12, they said.&lt;br /&gt;Read More Related Articles&lt;br /&gt;UN human rights experts slam Iran’s crackdown on BBC Persian journalists&lt;br /&gt;Bernie’s campaign may be nearing its end, but Israel still on his agenda&lt;br /&gt; Many of our friends are looking for him,&amp;quot; his close friend and businesswoman Wang Ying said in a statement to Reuters, describing them as being &amp;quot;extremely anxious.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Ren Zhiqiang is a public figure and his disappearance is widely known. The institutions responsible for this need to give a reasonable and legal explanation for this as soon as possible,&amp;quot; she said.&lt;br /&gt;Calls made by Reuters to Ren&amp;#39;s mobile phone went unanswered.&lt;br /&gt;The Beijing police did not immediately respond to requests by phone and fax for comment on Sunday. China&amp;#39;s State Council Information Office did not immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.&lt;br /&gt;An essay Ren shared with people he knew in recent weeks took aim at a speech Xi made on Feb. 23, which state media reported was teleconferenced to 170,000 party officials nationwide. Copies of his essay were later posted online by others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the essay, which does not mention Xi by name, Ren said after studying the speech he &amp;quot;saw not an emperor standing there exhibiting his &amp;#39;new clothes,&amp;#39; but a clown stripped naked who insisted on continuing being emperor,&amp;quot; according to a version posted by China Digital Times, a U.S.-based website.&lt;br /&gt;He also said it revealed a &amp;quot;crisis of governance&amp;quot; within the party, and that a lack of free press and speech had prevented the outbreak from being tackled sooner, causing the situation to worsen.&lt;br /&gt;Ren&amp;#39;s disappearance comes as censorship over how local media and online users discuss the epidemic has tightened in recent weeks.&lt;br /&gt;The coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, has infected more than 80,000 people in the country, killing 3,199.&lt;br /&gt;Ren, who gained the nickname &amp;quot;Cannon Ren&amp;quot; for previous critiques posted on social media, was put on probation from the party for a year in 2016 as part of a punishment for publicly criticizing government policy.&lt;br /&gt;That year, the government ordered platforms such as the Twitter-like Weibo to shut down Ren&amp;#39;s social media accounts, which at the time had more than 30 million online followers, saying he had been &amp;quot;spreading illegal information.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Beijing has framed the battle against coronavirus as a &amp;quot;People&amp;#39;s War&amp;quot; led by Xi.&lt;br /&gt;While the draconian measures to fight the virus, including the lockdown of the city of Wuhan, have proven effective at containing it even as the disease spreads rapidly in other countries, China has faced criticism for suppressing information in the outbreak&amp;#39;s early days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.jpost.com/International/Chinese-businessman-missing-after-criticizing-Xis-handling-of-coronavirus-621006' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.jpost.com/International/Chinese...onavirus-621006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;TDLR&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chinese businessman missing after criticizing Xi&amp;#39;s handling of coronavirus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Relative search high and low since 12 March until now  can not found. Millionaire MIA</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 20:32:30 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Thai baht brought back to earth after a winning ye</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4897529</link>
            <description>&lt;br /&gt;BANGKOK: The Thai baht has gone from being Asia’s top-performing currency in 2019 to dead last in January.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finishing in the middle of the pack may be the best that can be expected this year as the central bank and a host of other forces line up against it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The currency’s 9% surge in the 12 months through December was more than double that of its closest rival, the Philippine peso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was also a threat to the nation’s economic competitiveness that rang alarm bells in Bangkok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bank of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob put the market on notice in a recent interview that this year will be different.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He plans to rein in the baht by easing curbs on foreign-currency deposits, letting exporters keep more of their proceeds overseas and allowing insurance companies to increase investment abroad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The central bank isn’t the only thing that’s set to curb the currency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Declining exports, low agricultural prices and a drop in international visitors loom as risks to growth over the next 12 to 18 months, according to Kobsak Pootrakool, secretary of the Council of Economic Ministers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The outbreak of a new coronavirus in China may compound problems for the key tourism industry. Chinese travelers are the biggest foreign spenders in Thailand, accounting for about 30% of tourist receipts last year, according to government data through November.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A voting irregularity in parliament has delayed approval of the annual budget. This may harm economic growth if government expenditure is held back too long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, deep political divisions could deter fund inflows from overseas, and widely reported plans for British supermarket chain Tesco Plc to sell its Thai operations have also whacked the currency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back in Range&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After briefly spiking to around 29.54 per dollar earlier this month, the baht has returned to its 30.00-31.00 range.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg project it to reach 30.2 by the end of the year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We expect the baht to soften in the coming months -- it is over-valued based on our models, ” said Chang Wei Liang, a macro strategist at DBS Bank Ltd. in Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The government has also flagged concerns over the strong baht, putting a brake on gains.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even improving economies and the easing of trade tensions between the U.S. and China are weighing on the currency, which benefited as a haven last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current Account&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December balance of payments figures due this week are a bright spot. They are forecast to show another large current account surplus -- a trend that is likely to continue in 2020, providing some support for the baht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the headwinds remain. Hopes of wearing Asia’s currency crown again will have to wait for another year. - Bloomberg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:11:30 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>if you think ketum is bad</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4897426</link>
            <description>If you think ketum is bad, please dont assume discriminately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been using ketum since last year. Drank it a glass in the morning and another at night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Result&lt;br /&gt;1. No more back ache&lt;br /&gt;2. Lower blood pressure&lt;br /&gt;3. More energetic&lt;br /&gt;4. No more stress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as long you dont overdose, or mix with other potent mix. So far ayam dont have side effect, last blood test is better than before and kidney reading also good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is the finding of USM (old news but relevant)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('47a3d5ed89dbfbeee72c62ad3f718070')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;47a3d5ed89dbfbeee72c62ad3f718070&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;GEORGE TOWN: Researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) are studying the possibility of using the &amp;#39;Mitragyna Speciosa&amp;#39; plant, better known as ketum, as a painkiller or to treat drug addiction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Led by Prof Dr Sharif Mahsuri Mansor, they are also looking into developing a new medication against systemic bacteria infection, which is common among HIV-infected drug users.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sharif said research carried out on ketum since the 1960s until now have identified 57 compounds from various species of the Mitragyna. Of the total, 37 were of the unique alkaloid types for the ketum and main alkaloid types for the ketum leaf, mitraginina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said studies into the mitraginina showed that it differed from morphine but further studies would need to be conducted to look into the aspect of addiction and safety in the long run.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;It is found that ketum is not an opiate. As such, clinical studies are needed to confirm the use of the ketum as a new form of painkiller as well as to treat drug addiction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;However, our studies since 2007 unearted a new form of anti-bacteria medication (CDR2) which we filed in 2016 to treat systemic bacteria infection such as aspergillosis. The application is awaiting the green light from MyIPO,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sharif was speaking to the New Straits Times after a public lecture titled ‘Ketum (Mitragyna Speciosa): History of Usage and Latest Findings’, here today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sharif said the demand for ketum has seen a rise in Europe and the United States of late as a means of preventing self-inflicted injuries, tackling opiate withdrawal syndrome and as recreational drugs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This situation, he pointed out, was worrying since the scientific study on ketum is limited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;There have been several fatal cases involving the use of ketum, but such incidences showed their had used ketum with other substances such as drugs, benzodiazepines, alcohol and other medications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;There is also a group of ketum users who purposely abuse the usage of the plant as highlighted in the media, and this gives rise to a negative perception on the use of ketum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Maybe in the future, USM will collaborate with other research agencies such as the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) to look for the best ketum breed in the country for our research,&amp;quot; he added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Malaysia, ketum or known as daun biak or biak biak, has traditionally been used to treat cough, diarrhoea, skin infection, pain relief and opium withdrawal syndrome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2003, ketum was placed under the Poisons Act 1952 in the country. Thailand, Myanmar and Australia placed it under their respective Narcotics Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/12/314516/does-ketum-have-any-health-benefits' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/12/...health-benefits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it is an offence to harvest and sell the plant. Ketum is regulated under Section 30(3) of the Poisons Act 1952, due to the presence of a substance called mitragynine in the plant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But not an offense to consume and plant it for medication purposes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Mitragyna_speciosa111.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:18:13 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Thailand most unequal country in 2018</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4871002</link>
            <description>Thailand has overtaken Russia and India as the most unequal country in the latest survey by a Swiss bank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banyong Pongpanich, chairman of Phatra Securities, posted on Facebook on Wednesday the findings of the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook 2018 conducted on 40 countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He expressed concern about the trend. Two years ago, Thailand ranked third in the report, after Russia and India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“In 2016, the 1% richest Thais (500,000 people) owned 58.0% of the country’s wealth. In 2018, they controlled 66.9%, overtaking their peers in Russia whose wealth share fell from 78% to 57.1%,” he wrote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The richest in Turkey also did well this year even though the economy was bad. “The wealthiest people there control 54.1%, outstripping second-ranked India, which fell to the fourth from 58.4% to 51.5% this year,” he wrote.&lt;br /&gt;Apart from these four, there are no other countries in the world where the richest 1% controlled more than half of their countries’ wealth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most equal countries are Belgium, where the top 1% had 20.1%, followed by Australia (22.4%).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the other end of the scale, the 10% poorest Thais had 0% wealth. Mr Banyong noted if debts are taken into consideration, their net worth might be negative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, 50% of the poorest Thais (25 million people) had 1.7% of the country’s wealth while 70% (35 million) controlled 5%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Banyong pointed out the Gini index also confirms Thailand’s rankings. It stood at a whopping 90.2, where 100 means one person has it all and 0 means everyone has the same share.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To solve the problem, he suggested neoliberalism and welfare to push both growth and wealth distribution&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1588786/report-thailand-most-unequal-country-in-2018' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/158878...country-in-2018&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:34:43 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Taekwondo chief clarifies flag controversy</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4870839</link>
            <description>Bodo bangang what a stupid excuse, selangor crecent and star what colour? should make this mada fakar rot in jail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;KUALA LUMPUR: Following the Malaysian flag fiasco during the opening ceremony of a Malaysian Basketball Association (Maba) competition, the poster of an international taekwondo competition has made the news for the wrong reasons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Facebook posting of the CK Classic International Open Taekwondo Championship, which depicted a five-star Jalur Gemilang had drawn criticism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tournament, organised by CK Club, and sanctioned by Selangor Taekwondo Association, is to be held at Malawati Stadium in Selangor from Aug 14 to 16 next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Organising chairman C.K. Karan, who is the president of both CK Club and Selangor Taekwondo, clarified today that it was a logo of Selangor and Malaysia colours and the national flag.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“What we have displayed on the poster is not a flag but a logo created to embody both Malaysia and Selangor, being the host country and the state for the said event,” said C.K. Karan yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The five-pointed star (part of the Selangor flag) was to show the event is being organised by Selangor, and to show that the participants are from five continents. It was an artist’s impression.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Our main objective to stage this event is for local athletes to compete and gain exposure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We would like to move forward and will change the star.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karan said he had sent a letter of explanation to the relevant authorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier, Maba came under fire for a flag fiasco during the opening ceremony of their National Under-15 Championship in Kuala Lumpur where a national flag with a five-pointed star was displayed on a giant screen at the stadium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The flag also showed 10 red and white stripes instead of 14 stripes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maba have apologised for their blunder and terminated the services of the contractor engaged to run the live stream of the event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, who is also Maba’s patron, has also urged the authorities to act against the company involved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://assets.nst.com.my/images/articles/1574860229169blob_%281%29_1574860889.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Flag_of_Selangor.svg/460px-Flag_of_Selangor.svg.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:48:52 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>iptv player</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4824180</link>
            <description>what is the best currently and fast, found Kodi is very heavy</description>
            <author>wataula</author>
            <category>IPTV Talk</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2019 22:11:50 +0800</pubDate>
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