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6.6-magnitude quake hits Hokkaido

lauyah — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 05:08:04 +0800

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TOKYO: A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early on Thursday (Sep 6), the United States Geological Survey said, although no tsunami warning was issued.

The relatively shallow quake struck 62 kilometres southeast of the regional capital Sapporo.

An aftershock measuring 5.3 rocked the area moments later.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said there may be a slight sea level change in coastal areas as a result of the quake but added that no damage was expected.

National broadcaster NHK also said there were no initial reports of damage, although some households suffered blackouts.

TV footage showed some people coming out of their houses following the quake which struck at around 3:00am local time.

Japan sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where many of the world's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.

In June, a deadly tremor rocked the Osaka region, killing five people and injuring over 350.

On Mar 11, 2011, a devastating 9.0-magnitude quake struck under the Pacific Ocean, and the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and claimed thousands of lives.

Japan is still recovering from the worst typhoon to hit the country in 25 years, which struck the western part of the country on Tuesday, claiming at least 11 lives and causing major damage to the region's main airport.

So many disaster in Japan this year. RIP

[BREAKING NEWS!] Turkey coup

lauyah — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 04:13:24 +0800

Keypoint:
- Coup attempt by Turkish military against Erdogan
- PM Yildirim: Nothing will harm Turkish democracy
- All flights in and out of Turkey suspended
- Low flying jets and gunfire heard in Turkish capital
- Both of Istanbul's bridges across the Bosphorus closed

Latest 2:
Turkey's top general 'held hostage'
Reports on Turkish state news agency that the country's top general 'held hostage' at military HQ.

Latest 1:
Turkish military claims to have overthrown Erdogan and taken control of country
In a statement, the Turkish military says the rule of law must remain the priority.

"The power in the country has been seized in its entirety," said the military statement read on NTV television, without giving further details. The military's website was not immediately accessible.

Turkish security officers detain police officers on the side of the road

"Attempt by part of muilitary'
Yildirim says "it would be wrong to call it a coup" but that there has been an attempt by "part of the military".

He describes it as an "illegal attempt" to seize power.

The Bosphorus and Fatih bridges were closed by the gendarmerie - a branch of the Turkish military dedicated to internal security - for traffic travelling from Asia to Europe, NTV television said. Traffic was still moving in the other direction.

Meanwhile, Turkish military aircraft were heard flying low over Ankara, AFP correspondents in the capital also reported. There was no immediate explanation for the cause of the incidents.

Tanks at Istanbul Ataturk airport

'The army are taking over everything'
Gabriel Turner, 23, a management consultant from north London, is on holiday in Istanbul and described how there had been heavy police and security presence throughout the day before the military coup got underway after sunset.

He told The Telegraph:

"Earlier today there were police everywhere. I thought that was normal but the two Turkish girls I was with told me it wasn't normal. We were walking around the centre of Istanbul, at the Grand Bazaar there were police at every entrance and exit with lots of guns.

"A police helicopter was flying very low at sunset, it was about 8pm. It looked like it was searching for something. Later on, at about 10.30 I was in Karakoy, a bar area in the city centre and everyone started looking at their phones. A man who owns the bar told us that the army are taking over everything.

"Then we walked down towards the a quieter area by the sea. While we were walking, my friend said the army had closed brides across the Bosphorus. We could see army helicopters in the sky.

"We went inside a cafe and everyone was on their phones looking worried, texting. Lots of people were running to catch a ferry - because the bridges were shutting and people wanted to get home. Then policemen came out of the ferries on their walkie talkies, looking very alert."

Live Update (Telegraph)

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Brutal assaults scaring Auckland's Asian students

lauyah — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:57:20 +0800

Brutal assaults scaring Auckland's Asian students

A spate of violent attacks on Asian students in Auckland has raised concerns that offenders see the victims as easy targets.

Six young people were left bloodied, battered and terrified after the assaults.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has requested a briefing, and concerns have also been raised with Police Minister Judith Collins.

The attacks - all in public places and mainly carried out during daylight hours - came as Thai authorities warned citizens of the dangers of such incidents in New Zealand.

Auckland City Police's Inspector Joe Tipene, who oversees Maori, Pacific and ethnic services, said the attacks were worrying and arrests were made in two of the cases.

No further arrests have been made today in relation to the attacks but police said this evening they were following very positive lines of enquiry in both the Oakley Creek incident and the Albert Park incidents.

"We have executed search warrants today in relation to the Oakley Creek incident and enquiries are continuing," a police spokeswoman said.

There was no more CCTV footage of the Albert park incident.

The spokeswoman confirmed police were looking for six offenders, four women and two men, their ages described as being between 14 and 20.

Police were not aware of any further incidents of this nature recently.

Lots of positive feedback and support of the students had been sent via Facebook and people were continuing to share the images posted yesterday, the spokeswoman said.

Police were offering ongoing support to students who may be concerned about their safety.

"We are continuing to liaise with the student community via existing channels and have offered to host another forum if required."

In the first attack, last Tuesday, two female Chinese University of Auckland students were attacked and robbed by a group of up to six teen boys and girls as they walked through Albert Park about 8.30pm.

They were punched and kicked, and the group pulled their hair before wrestling them to the ground and stealing one handbag and a phone.

One of the women fainted and was left with a deep cut below her eye. Both were bruised and very shaken. Phone, bank and bus records showed their stolen items had been used throughout Auckland.

Just before midnight on Wednesday, two Japanese women were attacked in Queen St, near Myers Park. They were allegedly dragged on to the road by their attackers who again punched them to the ground before kicking them and stealing their possessions.

Four young teens, aged 14 and 15 years old, were arrested following the attack and are due to appear in Youth Court this week.

A man who came to the victims' aid, Theo Gills, said one of the women had a head injury and was badly shaken.

Hours later, at 9.30am on Thursday, a male Chinese student walking to Unitec in Mt Albert was set upon by two men who beat him so severely photos show his face and upper body smeared in blood.

They kicked him and stomped on his head, breaking his glasses, and stole his laptop, before escaping in a car. On Monday night, an international student walking along Khyber Pass Rd near the corner of Broadway, Newmarket, was pushed to the ground by four youths aged between 12 and 14 years old who were later arrested.

Whau Local Board deputy chairwoman Susan Zhu said the incidents have caused widespread fear among the Chinese community, who felt vulnerable and helpless in the wake of the attacks.

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North Korea launches long-range rocket

lauyah — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 09:10:13 +0800

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea has launched a long-range "missile," a South Korean defense ministry official told CNN Sunday.

The announcement comes just days after the reclusive country's initial launch plans came to light, which drew condemnation from South Korea and Japan.

A senior U.S. defense official said he can "confirm that we have detected a missile launch from North Korea. Based upon its trajectory as we are tracking it, it does not pose a threat to the U.S. or our allies. We will have more updates soon."

Though North Korea said it planned to put a satellite into orbit, the launch is viewed by others as a front for a ballistic missile test.

U.S. officials have said the same type of rocket used to launch the satellite could deliver a nuclear warhead.

"Forcing the launch is a clear violation against the [United Nations Security Council] resolution and a serious provocation against the security to our country," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday.

Officials for the International Maritime Organization and the International Telecommunications Union each told CNN that North Korea informed their respective organizations that it intends to launch a satellite.

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Azizulhasni is the world No. 1 again

lauyah — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:12:02 +0800

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Azizulhasni is the world No. 1 again

KUALA LUMPUR: Azizulhasni Awang will head to next month’s Track World Championships in London as the world’s No. 1 ranked men’s keirin cyclist.

The 28-year-old Azizul reached the zenith of cycling in the latest UCI world rankings in keirin with a 508-point total. This is not accounting the points accumulated at the recent Asian Championships, where he finished third.

The Melbourne-based cyclist, who was third previously, is only four points ahead of reigning world champion Francois Pervis of France. Kiwi Edward Dawkins, the silver medallist at last year’s World Championships, is third on 494 points.

This is the second time Azizulhasni grabbed the world No. 1 spot, after 2010.

“It’s a big honour for myself and for the country to be ranked world No. 1 in an Olympic year,” said Azizul.

“It’s the recognition of the hard work I put in training and competitions ... the process in getting there,” said the Terengganu-born cyclist.

Azizul now hopes to maintain his top spot until the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August.

“I won the bronze medal in the World Championships in Paris last year. It will be a big boost to my Olympic gold hopes if I can get on the podium in London again,” said Azizul, who is already assured of an Olympic berth in keirin as Asia’s top-ranked cyclist.

Despite having to miss five weeks of training due to flu and a muscle tear, Azizul managed to claim two bronzes in the sprint and keirin at the Asian Championships in Japan last week.

National head coach John Beasley hopes Azizul will be in a better physical condition for the London World Championships.

“This (No. 1 ranking) is good news for Malaysia. Azizul had to overcome sickness and injury before the Asian Championships. I really didn’t expect him to come away with a medal, let alone two.

“I’m sure he will be in tip-top condition for London,” said the Australian coach.
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Not sure how many Msian have heard of him tho.

Wishes him all the best!

Cop loses gun and authority card

lauyah — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:47:32 +0800

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Cop loses gun and authority card while shopping

Posted on 25 January 2016 - 08:24pm
Last updated on 25 January 2016 - 08:43pm

KUALA LUMPUR: A federal police director's driver cum bodyguard lost his service pistol, authority card and other belongings to a thief shortly after leaving his boss's official car unattended at Jinjang Utara on Saturday.

The policeman had stepped out of the Toyota Camry at about 12.50am to buy some items at a convenience store nearby, leaving a sling bag containing the firearm, about two dozen rounds of ammunition and other valuables in the car.

Barely five minutes after he returned to the vehicle, he found his car door unlocked and his sling bag missing.

He notified his colleagues who arrived at the scene to investigate.

It is learnt that a witness told police that he spotted a man pulling over on a motorcycle next to the unmarked police car before opening a door and grabbing the sling bag.

The motorcyclist who wore a full-face helmet fled the scene.

Police are also checking if the driver was negligent in leaving the car unlocked.

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Maslan everywhere.

While Indonesia fights Islamic State

lauyah — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:04:21 +0800

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‘The Economist’: While Indonesia fights Islamic State, Malaysia politicises Islam

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 ― Indonesian social movements are attempting to counter jihadist influence, but the Malaysian government has completely politicised Islam until there is little space for more peaceful interpretations, The Economist said.

In an analysis of the Jakarta bombings published yesterday, the London-based weekly publication noted that supporting or joining the Islamic State (IS) is not illegal in Indonesia, though the Indonesian government is considering preventive detention laws to curb terrorism.

“The country’s two biggest Muslim social movements — Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama — have been trying to counter jihadist propaganda.

“In Malaysia, however, the government itself has thoroughly politicised Islam, leaving little room for dissent from its harshest rules. A study last year found more than 70 per cent of Malaysia’s ethnic-Malay, Muslim, majority support hudud laws such as stoning for adultery. Another found that 11 per cent of Malays viewed IS favourably,” said The Economist in an article titled “After Jakarta.”

Religious authorities in Malaysia have been promoting an increasingly conservative interpretation of Islam, while the ruling Umno has welcomed a relationship with PAS that seeks to enforce hudud in Kelantan. Umno has also repeatedly demonised the DAP as being anti-Islam.

A survey by local pollster Merdeka Center released in 2014 found that 71 per cent of Malays polled supported the Islamic penal code that imposes punishments like amputation for theft.

A Pew Research Centre study last year on the attitude of Muslims towards IS showed that 11 per cent of Malaysians supported the Muslim militant group that has claimed responsibility over the January 14 bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia, that killed four civilians and four terrorists.

The Economist reported that authorities believe an Indonesian named Bahrun Naim, who leads a South-east Asian unit fighting with IS in Syria and Iraq, had planned the Jakarta attack from Syria.

Sidney Jones, who runs the Institute for Policy Analysis and Conflict in Jakarta, reportedly said Bahrun had used encrypted messages on social media in a bid to inspire attacks in Malaysia.

The police recently arrested a 28-year-old man at an LRT station here, who was suspected of travelling from Terengganu to stage a suicide attack at a karaoke outlet or a pub in Kuala Lumpur.

Two Malaysian suicide bombers blew themselves up separately in Iraq and Syria earlier this month, killing more than 30 people.

The Economist noted that counter-terrorism strategies that worked before may not be as effective against transnational bodies like IS that it said inspired online self-radicalisation and lone-wolf attacks.

Source: MMail

Jadikan lar IS sebagai contoh, seruan najis.

AES to make comeback by March

lauyah — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 16:35:04 +0800

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Putrajaya is set to reinstate the Automated Enforcement System (AES) and road offenders’ demerit point system (Kejara) simultaneously latest by March, says Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai as quoted by Malay daily Berita Harian.

This was to reduce the rate of road accidents, he said, adding that the matter would be brought up to the Cabinet before it was implemented.

“We cannot afford to flip-flop on safety issues.

“The government has to take a serious initiative to re-implement AES," said Liow, the transport minister.

In December, Putrajaya said AES would be extended to the whole country to reduce road accidents.

Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi also said the system would be extended to hotspots identified in a study done by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research.

“We are still in discussion with the relevant parties to improve the terms of the AES agreement which takes into account the views and feedback from various quarters before it can be extended nationwide,” he said.

AES is installed around 14 locations in Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya with 10 static cameras and four mobile cameras.

It was introduced to curb vehicles from exceeding the speed limit and beating traffic lights, and to reduce road accidents. – January 19, 2016.

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songlap.. jgn tak songlap.

Japanese man held

lauyah — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:49:26 +0800

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Japanese man held for taking upskirt video

PETALING JAYA: A Japanese man was held by the public after he allegedly captured an upskirt video of a female shopper with his mobile phone camera at the One Utama shopping mall late on Saturday.

Witnesses told police that the foreigner was spotted approaching a woman who is in her 20's at Japanese variety-store Daiso before using his cellphone to pull off the act.

However, friends of the woman raised the alarm on seeing what the man was doing before confronting him.

It is learnt that the suspect had allegedly used a bag to conceal his mobile phone before taking the footage.

A security guard and several members of the public apprehended the suspect who is in his 30's before handing him over to the police.

Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Mohd Zani Che Din who confirmed the case said the suspect is in police custody and is being probed for outraging the modesty of a person under laws of the Penal Code.

In August last year, a 31-year-old man was held after he tried to take an upskirt video of a 21-year-old student while using an escalator at the Mid-Valley Megamall.

The woman's boyfriend who was next to her and saw the man placing his cellphone in between the woman's legs caught the man and handed him over to the police with the help of other shoppers.
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Sorry no drillz.

Dubai World Superseries

lauyah — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 21:49:13 +0800

Height is no excuse.

Enterprise vs Sdn Bhd

lauyah — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 16:44:35 +0800

I had an registered enterprise company. Wondering if I need to change it to Sdn Bhd. My aim is to pay the least tax as possible.

Here the situation. I basically do design and mobile app stuff. So far is on freelance basis, and go under the radar. My total income fro that was under 25k for this 2 years.

However, I'm might get a project worth 1.5mil. It will takes 18 months to complete. And I need be sub contract some part of the work to other individual/company as well.

I have not pay any tax under Enterprise company, so I am not sure how it works. So here my question is:

- My initial start up is 50k, to buy software, hardware and lots of mobile devices (phone and tablet). Is this deductible from the tax?
- Payment to freelancer and other party for the sub contract work. Its deductible too rite? But some of the work will be sub to freelancer out of this country, will that be a problem?
- what other stuff that is deductible?

And all that taken into account, is there any need for me to upgrade to Sdn Bhd?

Need programmer for Unity3D

lauyah — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 02:19:57 +0800

Looking for professional/expert programmer that knows how to work within Unity3D boundaries.
Main task is handling/creating for networking, server and also IAP for an MMO project.

There are many asset in the unity asset store, you can utilize that and make it work together. The asset bought will be paid for on our side.

It will be contract base with the usual NDA and TnC.
Please PM me if you are interested.

Deaf college student drowns trying to save mates

lauyah — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 23:16:13 +0800

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MALACCA: A selfless act of a deaf college student in trying to save his drowning friends cost him his life.

Calvin Ee Lik Yong, 20, drowned after he dove into the sea at Pantai Puteri here trying to help college mates Muhammad Zarif Hamzah and Abd Halim Suhaimi, also 20, who were waving for help in the water.

Ee, of Bukit Katil Industrial Training (ILP), had gone on a camping trip at the beach with seven others at about 9.30am.

A college mate, Muhamad Hanafi Johar, 21 said Zarif and Halim decided to go for a swim and soon got into trouble and were for help.

“I and Ee rushed into the water. I went towards Muhammad Zarif while Ee tried to save Abd Halim,” Hanafi said. Ee soon got into trouble himself and drowned. His body was recovered about three hours later.

Zarif and Halim were rescued by other swimmers there.

Another student Ng Yau Kheng said he tried to stop Ee from going into the water as he knew Ee was not a good swimmer.

"But he was determined to save his friends and for us he died as a hero,” Ng said.

Tangga Batu Fire and Rescue Department chief Roslan Jalil said they received a distress call at 10.07am.

Source The Star

RIP.

Malaysian police most accommodating in the world

lauyah — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:28:27 +0800

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 — Malaysian police are the most accommodating in the world, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said, despite their decision to prohibit the upcoming Bersih 4 rally here.

“No police in any other country would make compromises the way Malaysian police do. In other countries, demonstrators would follow the rules set out by the police,” he told reporters after the awarding of service medals to police officers who served during the emergency at Dewan Perdana Felda.

The newly appointed deputy home minister said the decision to prohibit the rally by electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 was reasonable as Merdeka celebration preparations would take place at Dataran Merdeka and Padang Merbok on August 29 and 30, the locations and dates chosen by the organisers for the demonstration.

“It would involve large expenditures for the police who would have to supervise the demonstrations which will take place amidst large groups of people participating in dress rehearsals and preparations for Merdeka,” he said.

“Which also means there could be damages to property involved for the celebrations. So I believe it is reasonable for the police to reject the demonstrations if it were held on those dates,” the Umno deputy minister added.

City police chief Datuk Tajuddin Md Isa confirmed yesterday that the police have barred the Bersih 4 overnight rally as it did not fulfil the prerequisites for notice of the rally and also because the organisers did not get permission from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).

KL Mayor Datuk Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz said Tuesday that Bersih 4 attendees will not be allowed to use the historic Dataran Merdeka, although they will be permitted to assemble on sidewalks in the vicinity.

Bersih 2.0 chair Maria Chin Abdullah has said, however, that the rally would go on as planned.

She also pointed out that before the date for the rally was set, DBKL had informed the electoral watchdog that Dataran Merdeka was available.

MMail

Laugh die me!!

Najib seeking help

lauyah — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:22:59 +0800

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Najib now seeks help from retirees

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has urged retirees to assist the government to rebuff allegations spread through the social media.

Najib said they were the right ones, since they are aware of the government's policies as many of them may have served since Malaysia gained independence and would have witnessed the development and transformation that took place in the country throughout the years.

"I seek their help to disseminate the good deeds of the government… because they (retirees) understand the government's policies… there have been a lot of baseless accusations in the social media that need to be corrected.

"Please help me to correct the perception," Najib said at the Malaysian Government Retirees Association (PPKM) dinner in Kuala Lumpur last night.

Their support needed for transformation

Najib who attended the dinner with his wife Rosmah Mansor, said as the prime minister, he needed the commitment and support of the 46,000 PPKM members to achieve the transformation aspired by the nation.

"The fate of the retirees is very closely related to the status of the government," he said, adding that the peace and stability enjoyed by a nation will also benefit retirees.

"I can assure that if the country progress well, I will not forget the welfare of the retirees… we cannot ignore civil servants who have retired… we cannot sideline them or forget their contributions and sacrifice." (why not use the money part of the donation?)

Najib said though retirees were no longer in government service, they could still contribute to the nation with their strong mind and spirit.

He said though the government had approved an allocation of RM5 million (compare to 2.6b?) to the Yayasan Pesara Kerajaan Malaysia, the amount would be increased from time to time to ensure the welfare of retirees.

- Bernama

Mak cik, pak cik.. tolong lar Najib ni.

Najib is disappointed

lauyah — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 02:05:35 +0800

Najib: Young men, be fair to me!

(Mkini) Najib disappointed youths trust propaganda

Youths today are too easily influenced by propaganda, lamented Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
"I dare say we are not a perfect government. In fact, if I don't champion the new norms that youths want, I can fail as a leader. (you did)
"(But) I am disappointed that youths appear to trust propaganda and negative labels, which may have been injected by the enemies of Islam," he said.
Speaking at an international wassatiyah seminar in Bangi today, Najib said these included comments that Malaysia is a failed state or a rogue nation.
"Malaysia is not a failed state," he stressed
The prime minister said all he wants from the youths is for them to be fair when evaluating or rejecting him.
"It is not true that as a leader, I have shut off avenues for criticism and rejection. I heed the people's voice. (MACC and PAC under investigation?)
"I listen and respect the voice of the youths," he said.
Najib called for all criticism to be made respectfully, so that peace does not become a casualty of short-term political goals.

AhJib Kencing lagi?

lauyah — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:09:33 +0800

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Najib puji IS pada 2014, bagaimana Arab Saudi boleh beri wang kepada Najib pada 2013 kerana lawan IS?

SEREMBAN, 17 OGOS: Spin terbaru UMNO tentang wang RM2.6 bilion yang dimasukkan ke dalam akaun peribadi Datuk Seri Najib Razak kononnya datang dari Arab Saudi sebagai tanda terima kasih kepada Malaysia kerana melawan Islamic State (IS) adalah satu kenyataan yang paling tidak munasabah dan melampau.

Ketua Parlimen DAP, Lim Kit Siang, berkata media massa telah melaporkan Ketua UMNO Bahagian Kuantan Wan Adnan Wan Mamat sebagai berkata demikian.

Katanya, kenyataan itu tidak masuk akal kerana kerajaan Malaysia bersuara melawan IS hanya selepas pertengahan tahun 2014 sedangkan wang RM2.6 bilion itu dimasukkan ke dalam akaun Najib pada Mac 2013.

Menurutnya, pada Jun 2014, Najib telah memuji IS, malah meminta ahli-ahli UMNO meniru perjuangan IS (sedangkan IS adalah musuh kepada Arab Saudi).

Dalam ucapan Najib di majlis makan malam UMNO Bahagian Cheras pada 24 Jun, 2014, Presiden UMNO itu dipetik sebagai berkata:

“…apabila seseorang berani sehingga mati, mereka dapat mengalahkan pasukan yang lebih besar. Sebagai bukti – sama ada kita bersetuju atau tidak adalah perkara lain – kumpulan ISIL (atau ISIS) dengan kekuatan hanya 1,300 orang, boleh mengalahkan 30,000 tentera Iraq, sehingga empat, lima jeneral dengan pangkat tiga, empat bintang bertempiaran lari menyelamatkan diri, melompat keluar dari tingkap pada waktu malam. Mengapa? Kerana mereka takut kepada orang-orang yang berani”.

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US$650m from Najib's account sent abroad

lauyah — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 13:34:26 +0800

'US$650m from Najib's account sent abroad'

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Sarawak Report has claimed that US$650 million out of the US$681 million deposited into the personal account of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was transferred abroad after the 13th general election.

The portal said that the money was transferred back to Tanore Finance Corporation at Falcon Bank in Singapore, the same company that had made the initial deposit into Najib's personal accounts, according to an emailed statement from Sarawak Report.

It said the transfer happened on the same day Najib's AmBank account was closed on August 30, 2013.

It added that Tanore Finance Corporation was subsequently closed down in April 2014, based on the company's documents in the British Virgin Islands.

It is unclear where the money at Falcon Bank is now after Tanore Finance Corporation was closed down.

However, Sarawak Report claimed that the accounts frozen by Singapore authorities in the 1MDB investigation is also related to Falcon Bank.

"Insiders have confirmed that the Malaysian prime minister flew over in mid-July for a four-day trip in Singapore, during which he attempted but failed to get these frozen bank accounts re-opened," said Sarawak Report.

'Money intended for Umno'

The revelation has raised more questions as Najib and his allies have insisted the massive deposits were a "political donation" intended for Umno.

"This astonishing information answers the former deputy prime minister’s question - posed yesterday - over what had happened to the balance of the money claimed to have been ‘donated’ to Najib personally, on behalf of UMNO, by an anonymous person from the Middle East – purportedly for the election.

"However, it also raises serious further questions for the prime minister as to what right he had to transfer what were supposedly party funds out of the country and why this money appears to have been mixed up with yet more unexplained hundreds of millions of dollars in Najib Razak’s same personal account number 211202200XXXX?" said the portal.

Sarawak Report said Najib had distributed some of this funds as political handouts to BN MPs but it also raised the issue for the Umno grassroots.

"This confirms that the money was indeed being used, but raises the question as to how the prime minister ended up with almost as much money after the election in this account as the sum injected into it beforehand from Tanore Finance Corporation?" it said.

Previously, Sarawak Report and The Wall Street Journal had reported that on top of the US$681 million, Najib's personal account also received deposits of RM42 million from state-owned SRC International.

The whistleblower portal claimed that there were two other deposits, one through Abu Dhabi and another through Dubai.

It added that these brought the total sum held in the prime minister's account to over a billion US dollars.

Source: Mkini

BWF World Championship.

lauyah — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 19:37:08 +0800

If Lin Dan out, then Ladok ada chance. Watch Lin Dan trailing here:
http://livestream.com/bwfbadminton/2015worldchampscourt2 - Court 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFsJgF3N4ek - Court 1

ps: have to change country to watch.

Compilation of smart Minister comments

lauyah — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:33:12 +0800

Wawasan 2020 in less than 5 years but we still have answers like this in the past 12 months.

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1. Kangkung dulu naik sekarang dah turun. Kenapa tak puji kerajaan? -Najib Razak, UMNO President and Prime Minister of Malaysia.

2. Malaysia antara negara terbersih rasuah. -Shahidan Kassim, UMNO Supreme Council Member.

3. Questioning road name changes prove Malay rights challenged. -Khairy Jamaluddin, UMNO Youth Chief and Sports Minister.

3. Harga minyak tak naik, cuma kerajaan potong subsidi. -Najib Razak, UMNO President and Prime Minister of Malaysia.

4. If houses are expensive, then dont buy from the developer, or else dont complain. -Tengku Adnan, UMNO Secretary and Federal Territories Minister.

5. Women are like property. Their prices increase with makeup, and drops without makeup. -Tengku Adnan, UMNO Secretary and Federal Territories Minister.

6. GST will not increase the price of goods. -Ahmad Maslan, Deputy Finance Minister.

7. Dont eat chicken when price of chicken goes up. -Hasan Malek, UMNO Supreme Council Member and Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Minister.

8. Cost of living too high? Grow your own vegetables. -Ismail Sabri, UMNO Supreme Council Member and Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry.

9. Send your kids abroad if you're not happy about the education system. -Idris Jusoh, UMNO Supreme Council Member and Second Education Minister.

10. Our Education system is one of the best in the world. -Muhyiddin Yassin, UMNO Deputy President and Education Minister.

11. Dont like the election laws, then stay in the jungle. -Noh Omar, Selangor UMNO Liason Chief.

12. No big deal if elements of corruption in purchase of weapons. -Hishamuddin Hussein, UMNO Vice President and Defence Minister.

13. Dont like GST? Go live on the moon. -Nawawi Ahmad, UMNO MP for Langkawi.

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