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Sodomy II: Group holds banners supporting Saiful
Drug mule recounts Peru ordeal
Transit homes for landslide-hit victims

Sodomy II: Group holds banners supporting Saiful

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:30 PM PDT

Published: Thursday August 25, 2011 MYT 9:30:00 AM

KUALA LUMPUR: About 40 men gathered at the entrance of the Jalan Duta court complex on Wednesday, holding banners in support of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, the plaintiff in the sodomy trial of Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The group, mostly wearing yellow t-shirts gathered from 8.30am carrying banners stating " Justice for Saiful" and " Selamat Hari Raya peliwat 2.0".

They also shouted slogans against Anwar Ibrahim.

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Drug mule recounts Peru ordeal

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:54 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Rosna Shariff, who was jailed for two-and-a-half years in Peru for being a drug mule, says she is looking forward to being reunited with her three children.

Recounting her ordeal, Rosnah, 43, said that four years ago, an Indonesian friend told her that a Nigerian man needed someone to deliver documents.

She was offered US$60 (RM180) for the job.

"I was desperate as I was divorced and had to take care of my children.

"My contract job as a cleaner was ending then," she said.

Rosna was flown to Spain and stayed there for five days before going to Peru.

"Two men came to my hotel and handed me a bag. I did not think anything was amiss," she said at a press conference with Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil yesterday.

However, at the airport, police detained her and found 5.7kg of drugs in her bag.

"I fainted. I was really scared because in Malaysia I knew the penalty was death."

After she was released from prison, Rosna could not afford to come back and made a living sewing purses.

Putera 1Malaysia Club and a Malay daily sponsored her return to Malaysia on Tuesday.

Rosna hopes to support herself by sewing purses and bags, a skill she learnt in prison.

Transit homes for landslide-hit victims

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:51 PM PDT

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: The orang asli villagers affected by the landslide at Kampung Sungai Ruil here earlier this month will be shifted out to transit homes near an army camp in nearby Brinchang.

The Department for the Development of the Orang Asli (Jakoa), with the help of the Defence Minis-try, is clearing and levelling the 1.8ha of private land there to build 137 units of terrace houses to temporarily house the affected villagers.

They will be staying at the transit homes for up to two years, pending studies by the relevant technical agencies on the safety of the village.

"We expect the houses to be ready by the first week of October.

"All the villagers will be relocated there," the Jakoa director-general Datuk Sani Mistam said after a buka puasa function with the villagers on Tuesday.

The Aug 7 landslide buried five houses, resulting in the death of seven villagers, including three members of a family.

Two seriously injured victims are still receiving treatment at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh.

Initial reports said "excessive rainfall" caused the tragedy.

The villagers are currently hous-ed at the Dewan Jubli Perak in Tanah Rata and have been barred from en- tering Kampung Sungai Ruil, which had since become a ghost town at night.

Sani said the village needed to be vacated as it was deemed unsafe.

"Depending on the technical report, we will decide whether to strengthen the slope to stabilise the land," he said.

Responding to the order to move out, village chief Kader Ahsan, 42, said the villagers agreed to comply with the order, although "it is not what we want".

"As our safety is at stake, we will follow the authorities' instructions," he said.

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Rabu, 24 Ogos 2011