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Veteran singer Ahmad Jais in ICU but in stable condition
Guan Eng: DAP top leadership will quit if hudud law included in Pakatan policy
71 students down with food poisoning after eating sambal sotong

Veteran singer Ahmad Jais in ICU but in stable condition

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:38 AM PDT

SHAH ALAM: Veteran singer Datuk Mohd Jais Ahmad, better known as Ahmad Jais, 75, who was admitted to Darul Ehsan Medical Centre (DEMC) here Saturday, was transferred to the hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) early Sunday due to breathing difficulty.

The singer's fourth child, Maimun, 31, however, said her father's condition was stable at the moment.

"My father is asthmatic and when he has a cough, he tends to have breathing difficulty. He has been put on a ventilator to ease his breathing," she said when met here.

Maimun said her father had complained of fatigue after performing in Batu Pahat, Johor, on Sept 8. When his condition became serious on Thursday night, he was admitted to the KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital in Section 20, here.

He was transferred to DEMC early Saturday as he has a medical record there.

Maimun hoped relatives, and her father's friends and fans would pray for his recovery. - Bernama

Guan Eng: DAP top leadership will quit if hudud law included in Pakatan policy

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:01 AM PDT

Published: Sunday September 25, 2011 MYT 6:57:00 PM
Updated: Sunday September 25, 2011 MYT 7:01:06 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP's top leadership will resign en masse if hudud law or the formation of an Islamic state are ever incorporated in Pakatan Rakyat's common policy framework or "Buku Jingga".

"If there is any mention that we want to implement hudud law in our common policy framework and Buku Jingga, the party's entire central committee will resign," party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng told reporters after officiating DAP's Federal Territories convention here Sunday.

He said the pact between DAP, PAS and PKR had been agreed upon in "black and white" and was aimed at collaboration on common issues such as justice, the fight against corruption and upholding ruman rights.

"Hudud law was never included in Pakatan's common policy framework and if it is not included, it should not be part of the agenda," he said.

DAP and PAS are at loggerheads over the implementation of hudud law and formation of an Islamic state, after PAS spiritual adviser Datuk Seri Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat recently called for their implementation in Kelantan.

PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim shocked his Pakatan allies when he openly supported PAS' plan to implement hudud law in Kelantan.

However, DAP national chairman Karpal Singh said his party had never accepted hudud or the idea of setting up an Islamic state and neither had Pakatan made an official stand supporting it.

71 students down with food poisoning after eating sambal sotong

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:16 AM PDT

ALOR SETAR: Seventy-one students from a school at Jalan Stadium here suffered food poisoning after consuming sambal sotong (chilli-based squids) at their hostel canteen Friday.

They were rushed to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital on Saturday after suffering from stomach ache, nausea, dizziness, vomitting and diarrhoea.

The students, aged between 15 and 17, had consumed the food during dinner.

Hospital Emergency Department head Dr Fatahul Laham Mohamed said the students were sent there in two buses at about 9.15pm.

He said the 40 boys and 31 girls were given outpatient treatment and they returned to their hostel the same night.

State Health Department deputy director Dr Hayati Mohd Radzi said food samples from the canteen had been taken for testing.

"Our initial investigations showed that all the students had consumed sambal sotong.

"We have ordered the canteen to be temporarily closed for cleaning," she said.

Dr Hayati said the canteen would only be allowed to be re-opened after the department was satisfied it met hygiene standards.

Kredit: www.thestar.com.my

Ahad, 25 September 2011