13 November, 2009 11:22 AM
Raja Petra Lepas Sekali Lagi
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov (Bernama) -- Kegagalan polis mengesan penulis blog Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin sekali lagi mendorong mahkamah melepaskan tanpa mebebaskannya daripada satu tuduhan memfitnah.
Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen Mohamad Sekeri Mamat pada Jumaat telah melepas tanpa membebaskan Raja Petra daripada tuduhan memfitnah isteri Perdana Menteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor dan dua yang lain kerana penyerahan waran tangkap terhadapnya tidak disempurnakan.
Keputusan itu juga dibuat disebabkan notis tunjuk sebab kepada penjamin iaitu isteri Raja Petra, Marina Lee, juga tidak dapat dilakukan.
Berdasarkan rekod lepas, waran tangkap terhadap Raja Petra dikeluarkan pada 26 Mei lalu dan kesnya telah disebut sebanyak dua kali. Hari ini merupakan sebutan kali terakhir.
Raja Petra, 59, dituduh memfitnah Rosmah, semasa Najib menjadi Timbalan Perdana Menteri serta pegawai pengiring Rosmah ketika itu, Lt Kol Norhayati Hassan dan suaminya, Lt Kol Abdul Aziz Buyong, dalam satu akuan bersumpah yang dibuat di Kompleks Mahkamah Jalan Duta di sini pada 10.25 pagi 18 Jun tahun lepas.
Raja Petra, yang turut diwakili peguam Amarjeet Singh, boleh dipenjara sehingga dua tahun atau didenda jika sabit kesalahan.
Pendakwaan diwakili Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Mohd Hafiz Mohd Yusoff.
Pada 11 Nov lalu, atas kegagalan pihak polis juga, Raja Petra dilepaskan tanpa dibebaskan oleh Mahkamah Sesyen Petaling Jaya berhubung tuduhan menerbitkan kata-kata hasutan di laman web.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Air Zam-zam Kehadiran Yang Tidak Boleh Dilepaskan
13 November, 2009 10:48 AM
Air Zam-zam Kehadiran Yang Tidak Boleh Dilepaskan
MEKAH, 13 Nov ((Bernama) -- Jemaah haji yang mengunjungi Masjidil Haram untuk mengerjakan umrah, solat berjemaah atau ibadah lain tidak perlu bimbang sekiranya merasa haus.
Ini kerana di setiap sudut Masjidil Haram air zam-zam mudah diperoleh, lengkap dengan gelas pakai buang...hanya picit punat bekas takungan air atau pili lalu airpun terpancut keluar dan segala-galanya percuma. Di tempat tawaf, tempat sa'i, di halaman masjid air yang berkhasiat ini sentiasa tersedia.
Ketika pulang dari Masjidil Haram, banyak jemaah terlebih dahulu mengisi botol airnya dengan air zam-zam lalu dijinjing untuk di bawa ke tempat penginapan masing-masing.
Memang menjimatkan kerana mereka tidak perlu membazir membeli air mineral yang harganya di tanah suci ialah 2SR bagi botol kecil dan 4SR bagi botol besar.
Jemaah dari segenap penjuru dunia yang dianggar dua juta orang juga akan diberi lima liter air zam-zam ketika pulang ke tanah air masing-masing.
Pengarah pengagihan air zam-zam di Masjidil Haram Aifan Al Juaid baru-baru ini berkata penggunaan harian air zam-zam secara purata ialah 100 meter padu pada hari biasa dan jumlah itu berganda kepada 200 meter padu pada Jumaat, manakala pada bulan Ramadan dan musim Haji, ia meningkat kepada lebih 1,000 meter padu.
Al Juaid berkata jemaah boleh meminum air zam-zam di 90 tempat air itu ditempatkan dengan 1,100 paip di dalam masjid dan di 43 kawasan dengan 100 paip di perkarangan masjid.
-- BERNAMA
Air Zam-zam Kehadiran Yang Tidak Boleh Dilepaskan
MEKAH, 13 Nov ((Bernama) -- Jemaah haji yang mengunjungi Masjidil Haram untuk mengerjakan umrah, solat berjemaah atau ibadah lain tidak perlu bimbang sekiranya merasa haus.
Ini kerana di setiap sudut Masjidil Haram air zam-zam mudah diperoleh, lengkap dengan gelas pakai buang...hanya picit punat bekas takungan air atau pili lalu airpun terpancut keluar dan segala-galanya percuma. Di tempat tawaf, tempat sa'i, di halaman masjid air yang berkhasiat ini sentiasa tersedia.
Ketika pulang dari Masjidil Haram, banyak jemaah terlebih dahulu mengisi botol airnya dengan air zam-zam lalu dijinjing untuk di bawa ke tempat penginapan masing-masing.
Memang menjimatkan kerana mereka tidak perlu membazir membeli air mineral yang harganya di tanah suci ialah 2SR bagi botol kecil dan 4SR bagi botol besar.
Jemaah dari segenap penjuru dunia yang dianggar dua juta orang juga akan diberi lima liter air zam-zam ketika pulang ke tanah air masing-masing.
Pengarah pengagihan air zam-zam di Masjidil Haram Aifan Al Juaid baru-baru ini berkata penggunaan harian air zam-zam secara purata ialah 100 meter padu pada hari biasa dan jumlah itu berganda kepada 200 meter padu pada Jumaat, manakala pada bulan Ramadan dan musim Haji, ia meningkat kepada lebih 1,000 meter padu.
Al Juaid berkata jemaah boleh meminum air zam-zam di 90 tempat air itu ditempatkan dengan 1,100 paip di dalam masjid dan di 43 kawasan dengan 100 paip di perkarangan masjid.
-- BERNAMA
Double Track -" King" Problems
Nazri confirms MACC to probe double-tracking project
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will investigate the double-tracking rail project that has resulted in more than RM1 billion in losses, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz (picture) announced today.
The MACC investigations come after the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) announced last week it wanted to probe the RM6 billion double-tracking project when the Auditor-General's Report said poor project management led to the losses.
“MACC will investigate PAC‘s minutes. PAC is the parliament’s committee so certainly ... As I have said, MACC has informed me that they will investigate based on the allegations made by the PAC so there will be no dispute so don’t worry,” the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department told reporters in Parliament.
Nazri said that the MACC had assured him that they would pursue the PAC’s recommendations.
“The fact that it was tabled in the Parliament and there is no debate about it because the PAC is a extension of the Parliament and their decision is our decision,” he added.
Umno MPs also urged the MACC to probe Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat’s role in the project during the budget debate in Parliament on Monday.
According to the PAC report, former Transport Minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy admitted that the double-tracking project was “three times the size” of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.
“No, it is not the biggest (project under the Ministry of Transport). Double-tracking project is much bigger. It is 12 almost 13 billion? It is three times the size of this project (PKFZ).
“We are talking only the northern, the southern part is almost four billion,” Chan said in his testimony recently to the PAC.
According to this year’s national audit report, the government may have to bear part of the RM1.14 billion loss in the 179km double-tracking rail contract between Rawang and Ipoh as the project was poorly managed.
The Rawang to Ipoh (southern) double-tracking and electrification project was completed in 2008 while the Ipoh to Padang Besar portion was proposed in 2002 as a continuation of the existing tracks.
In 2003, former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced that the government had decided to postpone the project which drew heavy criticism from his predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
However, the project was revived when then Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced that the Cabinet Committee on Public Transport had decided to revive the shelved northern section double-tracking project in 2007.
The project was awarded to Gamuda Berhad and MMC Corporation Berhad.
The major stakeholders of Gamuda and MMC are Raja Datuk Seri Eleena Sultan Azlan Shah and Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary respectively.
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will investigate the double-tracking rail project that has resulted in more than RM1 billion in losses, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz (picture) announced today.
The MACC investigations come after the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) announced last week it wanted to probe the RM6 billion double-tracking project when the Auditor-General's Report said poor project management led to the losses.
“MACC will investigate PAC‘s minutes. PAC is the parliament’s committee so certainly ... As I have said, MACC has informed me that they will investigate based on the allegations made by the PAC so there will be no dispute so don’t worry,” the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department told reporters in Parliament.
Nazri said that the MACC had assured him that they would pursue the PAC’s recommendations.
“The fact that it was tabled in the Parliament and there is no debate about it because the PAC is a extension of the Parliament and their decision is our decision,” he added.
Umno MPs also urged the MACC to probe Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat’s role in the project during the budget debate in Parliament on Monday.
According to the PAC report, former Transport Minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy admitted that the double-tracking project was “three times the size” of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.
“No, it is not the biggest (project under the Ministry of Transport). Double-tracking project is much bigger. It is 12 almost 13 billion? It is three times the size of this project (PKFZ).
“We are talking only the northern, the southern part is almost four billion,” Chan said in his testimony recently to the PAC.
According to this year’s national audit report, the government may have to bear part of the RM1.14 billion loss in the 179km double-tracking rail contract between Rawang and Ipoh as the project was poorly managed.
The Rawang to Ipoh (southern) double-tracking and electrification project was completed in 2008 while the Ipoh to Padang Besar portion was proposed in 2002 as a continuation of the existing tracks.
In 2003, former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced that the government had decided to postpone the project which drew heavy criticism from his predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
However, the project was revived when then Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced that the Cabinet Committee on Public Transport had decided to revive the shelved northern section double-tracking project in 2007.
The project was awarded to Gamuda Berhad and MMC Corporation Berhad.
The major stakeholders of Gamuda and MMC are Raja Datuk Seri Eleena Sultan Azlan Shah and Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary respectively.
Chocolate Milk May Reduce Inflammation
Nutrition: Chocolate Milk May Reduce Inflammation
By RONI CARYN RABIN - New York Times
Published: November 9, 2009
Move over, red wine. Make room for chocolate milk. A new study suggests that regular consumption of skim milk with flavonoid-rich cocoa may reduce inflammation, potentially slowing or preventing development of atherosclerosis. Researchers noted, however, that the effect was not as pronounced as that seen with red wine.
Effect of cocoa powder on the modulation of inflammatory biomarkers in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition) Scientists in Barcelona, Spain, recruited 47 volunteers ages 55 and older who were at risk for heart disease. Half were given 20-gram sachets of soluble cocoa powder to drink with skim milk twice a day, while the rest drank plain skim milk. After one month, the groups were switched.
Blood tests found that after participants drank chocolate milk twice a day for four weeks, they had significantly lower levels of several inflammatory biomarkers, though some markers of cellular inflammation remained unchanged.
Participants also had significantly higher levels of good HDL cholesterol after completing the chocolate milk regimen, according to the study, which appears in the November issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and is already online.
“Since atherosclerosis is a low-grade inflammatory disease of the arteries, regular cocoa intake seems to prevent or reduce” it, said Dr. Ramón Estruch of the University of Barcelona, the paper’s senior author, adding that more studies were needed.
By RONI CARYN RABIN - New York Times
Published: November 9, 2009
Move over, red wine. Make room for chocolate milk. A new study suggests that regular consumption of skim milk with flavonoid-rich cocoa may reduce inflammation, potentially slowing or preventing development of atherosclerosis. Researchers noted, however, that the effect was not as pronounced as that seen with red wine.
Effect of cocoa powder on the modulation of inflammatory biomarkers in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition) Scientists in Barcelona, Spain, recruited 47 volunteers ages 55 and older who were at risk for heart disease. Half were given 20-gram sachets of soluble cocoa powder to drink with skim milk twice a day, while the rest drank plain skim milk. After one month, the groups were switched.
Blood tests found that after participants drank chocolate milk twice a day for four weeks, they had significantly lower levels of several inflammatory biomarkers, though some markers of cellular inflammation remained unchanged.
Participants also had significantly higher levels of good HDL cholesterol after completing the chocolate milk regimen, according to the study, which appears in the November issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and is already online.
“Since atherosclerosis is a low-grade inflammatory disease of the arteries, regular cocoa intake seems to prevent or reduce” it, said Dr. Ramón Estruch of the University of Barcelona, the paper’s senior author, adding that more studies were needed.
Madu diberi, jangan tuba kau balaskan
Friday November 13, 2009
We welcome you but don't flout law, PM tells Indonesians
By MAZWIN NIK ANIS
PUTRAJAYA: Indonesian workers here will be treated fairly and their rights protected, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
But they do not have licence to flout the laws of this country, he added.
Najib said the presence of Indonesian workers was appreciated and hoped citizens of the republic working here would do so legally.
“If they are legal workers, then it is easier to render assistance and protect their rights. They will be treated fairly and justly.
“However, we hope they will not do anything wrong while working here. If there are any transgressions of the law, they will be dealt with accordingly, just like locals,” he told reporters at a joint press conference with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday.
“During my meeting with the President, I explained the matter to him and he understands our position,” said Najib.
Najib stressed that Malaysians who flouted the law and abused their workers, including foreign hired hands would also have to face legal consequences and it had been proven that those who treated their workers wrongly were taken to task.
Incidences of abuse, particularly those involving maids had irked Indonesia, resulting in the government barring its people from working here as domestic helpers.
In the most recent incident on Oct 20, maid Muntik Hani, 36, from Surabaya was rescued by police from her employer’s home toilet where she was locked for two days.
She was treated for injuries at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang but later succumbed to her injuries.
Her employer sugarcane juice seller A. Murugan, 35, has since been charged with her murder.
There are currently some 280,000 foreign maids in Malaysia of which Indonesians make up more than 90%; 15,000 are from the Philippines and between 1,000 and 2,000 each from Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Susilo, who was on a two-day visit which ended yesterday, said Indonesia was constanly working with its counterparts, including Malaysia, to ensure that its people working in foreign lands were treated well and given their rights.
He also expressed satisfaction over what Malaysia was doing to ensure the rights and welfare of Indonesian workers although there was still room for improvement.
“On behalf of Indonesia, I thank Malaysia for accepting my people to work here. They contribute to this country’s economic development and we hope to work closely together to improve the existing system and mechanism that looks after my people’s welfare and interest here.
“I appreciate the explanation given by Prime Minister Najib and whoever violates the law must be dealt with with a high level of transparency to avoid misunderstanding.
“I also expect Indonesians who live here to respect Malaysian laws just as we expect foreigners to respect the laws that we have in Indonesia,” he said.
We welcome you but don't flout law, PM tells Indonesians
By MAZWIN NIK ANIS
PUTRAJAYA: Indonesian workers here will be treated fairly and their rights protected, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
But they do not have licence to flout the laws of this country, he added.
Najib said the presence of Indonesian workers was appreciated and hoped citizens of the republic working here would do so legally.
“If they are legal workers, then it is easier to render assistance and protect their rights. They will be treated fairly and justly.
“However, we hope they will not do anything wrong while working here. If there are any transgressions of the law, they will be dealt with accordingly, just like locals,” he told reporters at a joint press conference with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday.
“During my meeting with the President, I explained the matter to him and he understands our position,” said Najib.
Najib stressed that Malaysians who flouted the law and abused their workers, including foreign hired hands would also have to face legal consequences and it had been proven that those who treated their workers wrongly were taken to task.
Incidences of abuse, particularly those involving maids had irked Indonesia, resulting in the government barring its people from working here as domestic helpers.
In the most recent incident on Oct 20, maid Muntik Hani, 36, from Surabaya was rescued by police from her employer’s home toilet where she was locked for two days.
She was treated for injuries at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang but later succumbed to her injuries.
Her employer sugarcane juice seller A. Murugan, 35, has since been charged with her murder.
There are currently some 280,000 foreign maids in Malaysia of which Indonesians make up more than 90%; 15,000 are from the Philippines and between 1,000 and 2,000 each from Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Susilo, who was on a two-day visit which ended yesterday, said Indonesia was constanly working with its counterparts, including Malaysia, to ensure that its people working in foreign lands were treated well and given their rights.
He also expressed satisfaction over what Malaysia was doing to ensure the rights and welfare of Indonesian workers although there was still room for improvement.
“On behalf of Indonesia, I thank Malaysia for accepting my people to work here. They contribute to this country’s economic development and we hope to work closely together to improve the existing system and mechanism that looks after my people’s welfare and interest here.
“I appreciate the explanation given by Prime Minister Najib and whoever violates the law must be dealt with with a high level of transparency to avoid misunderstanding.
“I also expect Indonesians who live here to respect Malaysian laws just as we expect foreigners to respect the laws that we have in Indonesia,” he said.
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