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- Woman: Boy molested me
- Floods close 31 Terengganu schools (Update)
- Four killed, four injured in two road mishaps
| Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:19 AM PST MALACCA: A 28-year-old woman has claimed that she was molested by a 13-year-old boy inside the female toilet of a petrol kiosk at Jalan Munshi Abdullah. Lareece Low Mei Yuet posted on her Facebook page that she was in the toilet at 4.25pm on Monday when the boy barged in and held her as she was coming out. "I was leaving the toilet when he stormed in and held me, covering my mouth. "He kissed my cheeks and touched my chest as I struggled to fight him off,'' Low claimed. Low said that she managed to shout and bit the boy's fingers between struggles, while fighting hard to open the door. "I heard sounds of people outside the toilet and I fought harder to open the door. "I managed to slot my hand between the gaps to prevent it from closing.'' Low said that several people outside the toilet heard the commotion and came to her aide. The boy was caught and held at the kiosk until police arrived. During that time, they questioned the boy and found that he was merely 13. State CID chief Asst Comm Raja Sharom Raja Abdullah said that a report had been lodged by Low. He said the boy had been remanded for four days pending further investigation. The case is being investigated under Section 354 of the Penal Code for outrage of modesty, he added. |
| Floods close 31 Terengganu schools (Update) Posted: 01 Jan 2013 04:14 AM PST KUALA TERENGGANU: Thirty-one schools in Terengganu are closed due to the second wave of floods which hit the state Monday, affecting 12,000 school children on the first school day of 2013. Twenty-three of them are primary schools and the remaining eight are secondary schools, said State Education, Higher Education, Science, Technology and Human Resource Committee chairman Datuk Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman. Thirteen of the schools were located in the Hulu Terengganu district, 12 in the Besut district and three each in the Kemaman and Setiu districts, he said. Some of the schools are flooded, some are cut off by floods, some are being used as relief centres and some are being cleaned. Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Lubuk Periok, SK Tengku Ampuan Intan, Sekolah Menengah Agama (SMA) Mahmudiah and Sekolah Menengah Imtiaz Kuala Berang, all in Hulu Terengganu, and SK Pasir Akar, SK Tok Raja, SK Bukit Jerok, SK Alor Keladi, SK Kampung Nangka, SK Tok Dor and SK Keruak, all in Besut, remained flooded, said Ahmad Razif. He spoke to reporters after calling on new Standard One pupils at SK Tok Jembal here which opened Tuesday for the new school year. Also present was Terengganu deputy director of education Hashim Mohd Zin. Ahmad Razif said SK Anak Ikan in Setiu and SK Seri Payong and SK Tenang in Besut were being used as flood relief centres. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Bukit Mentok in Kemaman was being cleaned after having been used as a flood relief centre, he said. He named the schools cut off by floodwaters as SK Kuar, SK Felda Tersat, SK Bukit Taduk, SK Matang, SK Tengkawang, SMK Menerong, SMK Matang and SMK Jenerih, all in Hulu Terengganu; SK Padang Kubu and SK RKT Seberang Tayor in Kemaman; SK Pak Ba and SK Sungai Las in Setiu; and SMK Bukit Payong and SMK Putera in Besut. "As of now, we are not certain when these schools will reopen. "We hope the second wave of floods will recede soon. The schools will have to hold replacement classes on a Saturday," he said. Ahmad Razif said parents could contact the respective schools or the district education offices to find out when the schools would reopen. Meanwhile, Hashim said 19,878 pupils had registered to attend Standard One from Tuesday at 350 schools in the state. In ALOR SETAR, Kedah director of education Mansor Lat said 28,900 pupils started school in Standard One at 542 primary schools in the state, down by 2,480 pupils compared to last year. He also said that 35,354 students entered Form One in 182 secondary schools, up by 4,105 students compared to last year. "Some 12,290 pupils registered for pre-school and the state education department added 23 classes to the 550 existing ones," he told reporters during a visit to Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultanah Asma. Mansor said the new Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sungai Pasir Kechil in Sungai Petani opened Tuesday and admitted some of the students from a nearby overcrowded school. He also said that the new primary schools, Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Mutiara in Kulim and SK Bukit Kiara in Sungai Petani, would open on Jan 13. - Bernama Related Stories: |
| Four killed, four injured in two road mishaps Posted: 01 Jan 2013 03:38 AM PST PEKAN: Four men were killed and four others were injured in two separate accidents, near here and in Kuantan early Tuesday morning. In the first incident, two men were killed while three others were hurt when a four wheel drive (4WD) vehicle overturned at KM31, Jalan Pekan-Nenasi, at 6.45am. The victims, driver Chua Yeok Hwa, 30, of Jalan Sekolah, Bagan Sungai Burung, Selangor and front passenger, Khoo Yong Son, 57, of Seri Damai, Taman Megaria 2, Kuantan died at the scene from head injuries. Pekan police chief Supt Yahaya Othman said the three other unidentified passengers in the 4WD were also injured and receiving treatment at the Pekan Hospital. Yahya said, the vehicle was believed to have been heading towards Pekan from Nenasi and tailed by a van, when the driver of the 4WD lost control, skidded onto the oncoming lane and overturned. "Chua and Khoo were thrown out of the vehicle onto the road. At the same time, the van skidded to the left and spun round towards Nenasi," he added. Meanwhile, a fisherman and his friend were killed when the car they were traveling in skidded at a bend and hit a lamp post at Jalan Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan, at 3.45am Tuesday morning. Kuantan deputy police chief Supt Abdul Aziz Ahmad said Shahrizal Abu Bakar, 33, died on the way to the hospital while Wan Adnan Wan Mustafa, 23, died at the scene. The driver of the car, in his 20s, was seriously hurt and had been sent to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital for treatment, he added. - Bernama |
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