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- Unemployed man gets 27 yrs jail for raping Vietnamese girl and robbery
- Najib: Malaysia, Indonesia targeting two-way trade to reach US$30bil by 2015
- Malaysia, Indonesia to renegotiate maid agency fees
| Unemployed man gets 27 yrs jail for raping Vietnamese girl and robbery Posted: 18 Dec 2012 06:32 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: An Unemployed man who raped a Vietnamese girl at a massage parlour, forced its caretaker to watch the act and then rob the centre, was jailed 27 years and ordered to be whipped nine times Tuesday. Mohamad Fadzlie M. Rosdi, 20, whose rape victim told the police that he had ball bearing in his private parts, cried when he was approached by his father, kissed his mother's hand and hugged his brother after the verdict was handed down. Former contractor, Mohd Khairell Idzham Hashim, 21, who slashed the caretaker's left ear (the victim required 120 stitches for his injuries) and a cosmetics salesman's hand, received 30 years' jail and 10 strokes of the rotan. The statement of facts revealed that Mohamad Fadzlie raped the 18-year-old girl on a sofa and forced the caretaker and another Vietnamese woman to watch it at Seasons House Theraphy Centre in Setapak at 1am on Nov 25. |
| Najib: Malaysia, Indonesia targeting two-way trade to reach US$30bil by 2015 Posted: 18 Dec 2012 06:22 AM PST PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Indonesia are targeting bilateral trade between the two countries to reach US$30bil by 2015, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Tuesday. He said although the target is seen to be ambitious, the two countries believed the target was attainable, given the rapid pace of development taking place in the two neighbouring nations. "This is an ambitious target, reflecting the seriousness of the two governments to forge economic collaborations," he told a joint media conference with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Earlier, Najib held a bilateral meeting with Susilo to mark the Ninth Malaysia-Indonesia Annual Consultation. Between January and October, two-way trade between the two nations rose by US$1bill to US$15.9bil from US$14.9bil in the same period in 2011, said Najib, who is also Finance Minister. - Bernama |
| Malaysia, Indonesia to renegotiate maid agency fees Posted: 18 Dec 2012 06:20 AM PST PUTRAJAYA: Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to allow the joint task force (JTF) to renegotiate a more "reasonable" cost structure for agency fees to bring Indonesian maids here, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Tuesday. He said Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had agreed to Malaysia's request during their annual consultation meeting, hosted this year by Malaysia. "We had discussed matters related to manpower, referring to the Lombok agreement that we have signed which is the framework agreement that has already been followed," he said in a joint-statement with Susilo after the consultation meeting. "But there are some complications in terms of the agency fees, which are rather high, so Bapa President has agreed that the agency fee should be set at a more reasonable rate to allow the Lombok Agreement to be implemented in full," he added The influx of new Indonesian maids into Malaysia has been negligible despite the lifting of a three-year moratorium since Dec 1, 2011 following the Lombok Agreement due to complaints by agents that the fees stipulated under the agreement were too low to make a profit. Under the agreement, prospective employers need to pay a RM4,511 agent fee, which includes RM2,711 to be paid to the agency and a RM1,800 advance payment which employers can recover in instalments from the maid's salary over six months. |
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