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- Pahang-S’gor raw water transfer project 66% ready, state assembly told
- Cops bust African scam, nab 19 in several raids around KL
- Thai-Malaysia border pass now valid for one year
| Pahang-S’gor raw water transfer project 66% ready, state assembly told Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:24 AM PST KUANTAN: The raw water transfer project from Pahang to Selangor is now 66 percent ready, the Pahang State Assembly was told on Tuesday. State Housing, Public Utility and Transport Committee Chairman Datuk Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak said the progress of the project was closely monitored by the Pahang Mentri Besar's Office and believed it could be ready on schedule. He said the project involved construction of a tunnel to transfer the raw water, but that it could not function without the Langat 2 water treatment plant. The project in Pahang is financed by the federal government and a Japanese financial institution, while construction of the Langat 2 plant is fully funded by the federal government, he added. He said this in response to a question from Chang Hong Seong (BN-Teruntum) who wanted to know the status of the project. Responding to a question from Choong Siew Onn (DAP-Tras) on Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB), Mohd Soffi said KTMB had built a huge drain on both sides of the railway tracks to prevent accidents. KTMB also erects fence to prevent trespassers from encroaching into its railway tracks, he added. Mohd Soffi said safety awareness programmes were also carried out by KTMB in villages and schools located near railway tracks. - Bernama |
| Cops bust African scam, nab 19 in several raids around KL Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:24 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: An internet fraud syndicate, dubbed 'African Scam' was busted following the arrest of 19 suspects, including 17 African men in several raids around the city early this month. City Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief ACP Izany Abdul Ghany said the suspects, including a Thai woman and a local woman aged between 22 and 44, were nabbed around the city centre, Kepong, Pandan Perdana and Taman Maluri. "The African men were detained for using student passes of a private college. Their activities were exposed after they cheated a hotel employee of RM6,800," he told a press conference at Cheras police headquarters here, on Tuesday. He said a member of the syndicate was believed to have posed as a woman on a social networking site with the aim of fostering a love relation with the hotel staff before deceiving him. The syndicate's modus operandi was to convince the victim that an item sent to him from overseas was seized by the immigration authority and the victim had to pay RM6,800 to retrieve it. "The victim, however, did not receive the item after the payment was made, but instead was asked to make another payment of RM10,000 of which he declined. Realising that he was cheated, he lodge a police report," he said. During the raids, police also seized several items believed to be used in the scam, including 14 laptop computers, 27 mobile phones, seven company stamps, four savings account books, two cheque books and two disc drivers. Izany said that since early this year, 68 investigation papers had been opened on the 'African Scam' syndicate, and 110 people had been arrested so far, including 93 African nationals, 44 of whom were charged in court. - Bernama |
| Thai-Malaysia border pass now valid for one year Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:36 AM PST BANGKOK: The Thai government has agreed to extend the validity of the Thai-Malaysia border pass from six months to one year. Deputy government spokesman Pakdiharn Himathongkam said the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday also agreed to extend the period of stay for up to 30 days from seven days previously. The border pass covers five provinces in Thailand - Songkhla, Satul, Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani, and four states of Malaysia, namely Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Perak (Hulu Perak only). Previously, the radius of travel was limited to 25 km from each other's border. The border pass is normally issued to residents living near the border areas of both countries and they are allowed to cross each other's border without a passport. However, Pakdiharn could not say when the new ruling on the border pass would take effect as the agreement on Thai-Malaysia border crossing would be signed by both countries later. - Bernama |
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