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- Radiopharmaceutical company's premises sealed due to radiation
- Volunteers needed at dialysis centres, says Dr Siti Hasmah
- Khir Toyo trial: Property valued at RM5.55mil, court told (Updated)
| Radiopharmaceutical company's premises sealed due to radiation Posted: 14 Jun 2011 06:54 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: A radiopharmaceutical company in Selangor has been ordered to stop operations and its premises have been sealed by the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) for further investigation, after radioactive materials were detected on four of its workers. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili said the radioactive contamination was detected by AELB through a Radiation Portal Monitor (RPM) system at 11.30am on June 2, after the four workers went to the AELB office. "The radiation reading on one of the workers exceeded more than 400 times the normal reading (the normal reading is 0.5 micro Sievert/hour)," he said in press statement here Tuesday. He said the four workers had gone through the decontamination process, with three of them at the National Radiological Emergency Centre at the AELB head office in Dengkil. The other worker, who was directly involved with the radiopharmaceutical leakage, was decontaminated at the Malaysian Nuclear Agency, he added. Ongkili said an AELB team also monitored the company premises the same day and found the contamination there at more than 100 times the normal reading. "The contaminated area has been cordoned off to ensure the radiation does not spread or any radioactive particles leave the place," he added. The company was also ordered to review its work procedure and to submit remedial action to prevent the incident from happening again. - Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Volunteers needed at dialysis centres, says Dr Siti Hasmah Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:30 AM PDT SUNGAI PETANI: Malaysia is facing a shortage of volunteers to help at dialysis centres in the country, said Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali. The wife of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said dialysis centres were in dire need of the support of the people, especially those who were willing to do volunteer work, to meet the shortage of trained personnel. Medical experts should help change the thinking of the people and create an awareness of social responsibility, and help ease the burden of kidney patients, she told reporters after opening a dialysis centre here Tuesday. Earlier, in her speech, Dr Siti Hasmah said 4,000 new kidney patients were recorded every year, and about 400 dialysis centres were required to meet their needs. - Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Khir Toyo trial: Property valued at RM5.55mil, court told (Updated) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:49 AM PDT SHAH ALAM: The properties in Section 7 here bought by former Selangor Mentri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo for RM3.5mil four years ago has a market value of RM5.55mil, the High Court here heard Tuesday. Henry Butcher Malaysia Sdn Bhd senior property valuer Long Tian Chek, 54, testified that he valued the property as at May 14,2007. "I was instructed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on July 31, 2009, to evaluate two plots of land as at 2007," he said during an examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar. He added that the land, owned by Dr Mohd Khir and his wife Zahrah Kechik, came with a two-storey detached house, a pool, gazebo and carporch. Long said the market value for the land was RM2.35mil and the building was worth RM3.2mil, making the entire property stand at a handsome RM5.55mil. He was the eigth prosecution witness taking the stand in the trial of Dr Mohd Khir, 45, who is accused of knowingly obtaining for himself and his wife, two plots of land and a house located in Lots 8 and 10, Jalan Suasa 7/1L here, from Ditamas Sdn Bhd through its director Shamsuddin Hayroni, for RM3.5mil, which was much lower than the original price. Ditamas had bought the lots on Dec 23, 2004, for RM6.5mil. The Sungai Panjang assemblyman allegedly committed the offence at the Mentri Besar's official residence in Jalan Permata 7/1, Section 7 here, on May 29,2007. Long said the property valuation was based on the existing evaluation report, site visits, comparables and surroundings. Meanwhile, Selangor Valuation and Property Services Department assistant valuation officer Noor Faiza Zainuddin, 48, said she had valued the properties for RM4.8mil. She also said the vacant land plot on Lot 10 was valued at RM918,000 while the other plot with the bungalow was valued at RM3.9mil. Noor Faiza said she was involved in the valuation when the department received an order from the Inland Revenue Board in July 2007 to evaluate the properties for the purpose of stamp duty, when Shamsuddin wanted to sell the properties at a price RM1.3mil below the price she evaluated. Noor Faiza added that during a site visit on Aug 3, 2007, Shamsuddin told her that he was forced to sell below the valuation price due to "problems". "When I went there, I saw that the bungalow was going through a renovation. "It was standard practice in my office to ask why a property was being sold at a lower price. "Shamsuddin told me he was going through some problems and had to let go of the properties," said Noor Faiza, adding that the properties were then ownedby Ditamas. She, however, did not query further about the problems mentioned by Shamsuddin. Hearing continues Wednesday. Related Stories: |
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