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Tony denies leaving AirAsia soon
Hardcore drug addict sisters held in police operation
Liow: No danger on food products from Japan

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:04 AM PST

Published: Thursday December 8, 2011 MYT 8:08:00 PM
Updated: Thursday December 8, 2011 MYT 11:04:39 PM

PETALING JAYA: AirAsia chief executive officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, has denied he will resign as the head of the budget airline.

He tweeted on Thursday evening on the micro-blogging site to dismiss an earlier news report that he was going soon.

"All I said is next 10 years we must prepare for new leadership and my time is coming up soon.

"First a CEO for Malaysia and I focus on group functions as group CEO. Good leadership is to prepare for succession. Not going anytime soon though."

Bernama had earlier reported that Fernandes hinted that he might leave soon at the airline's 10th anniversary celebrations.

The report also quoted him as saying that he has yet to identify his successor but hinted that it would be an internal change.

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Hardcore drug addict sisters held in police operation

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:22 AM PST

KAJANG: Three sisters hooked on drugs since their school days were among six people picked up during a sting operation in several parts of Kajang here.

The suspects, aged 22, 26 and 30, were detained together with another drug addict friend, aged 47, at a house in Hulu Langat at about 2.30am Wednesday.

Police also seized about 40gm of heroin from the suspects, believed to be for their own consumption.

OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab said all the four suspects were high on drugs when police barged in.

"In a follow-up operation in Kampung Dusun Dua, we arrested a 39-year-old drug pusher and seized 647gm of heroin.

"The suspect then led us to another drug pusher, also aged 39, at a restaurant in Bukit Dukung.

"We found various drugs weighing about 30gm there. We later raided his house in Putra Kajang and found another 277gm of heroin and RM39,500," he said.

He said initial investigations showed the drug pushers had been supplying various addicts around Kajang for several years.

"All the suspects are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction," he said.

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Liow: No danger on food products from Japan

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:51 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians need not worry about radioactive contamination in food products from Japan, Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said.

Liow was responding to media reports that manufacturer Meiji Holdings Co had recalled 400,000 tins of Meiji Step baby formula from Japanese markets after it was found to be contaminated by radioactive material.

Meiji is based in Saitama prefecture, Japan. Its factory is located about 200km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where damaged reactors experienced a meltdown following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

According to reports, the contaminated milk powder contained 22-31 becquerel (bq) of the radioactive materials Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 per kg.

"The Health Ministry wants to make clear that the (Meiji Step) baby formula has not been imported into Malaysia," Liow said.

According to Liow, this was based on information he had received from the Food Safety Information System of Malaysia (FoSim).

He added that all food imported from areas in Japan that were at risk from radioactive contamination, including Saitama prefecture, underwent Pemeriksaan Tahap 5 (Tahan, Uji & Lepas) as part of FoSim's procedure.

"Through this examination process," Liow said, "samples from the food consignments are analysed for radioactive contamination. The consignment is cleared only if the sample complies with safety standards."

He added that if members of the public still had doubts about the safety of any food product, they could make a report to the Health Ministry at their nearest district health office (PKD) or state health department (JKN).

Alternatively, they could do so online at the ministry's website.

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Khamis, 8 Disember 2011