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- Heavy rains see three landslides in Puchong
- Police 75% sure body found is that of William Yau
- Movie delayed over fear of unrest
| Heavy rains see three landslides in Puchong Posted: 25 Jan 2013 07:10 AM PST PETALING JAYA: Three minor landslides were reported in Puchong following heavy downpours Friday evening. Serdang OCPD Supt Razak Elias reported that a three-metre retaining wall in Puncak Jalil 8 cracked during the downpour and spilled mud over a nearby car, bringing traffic to a standstill. "The Serdang fire department is on site and the relevant authorities have been notified. There were no injuries or serious damages. "Early investigations suggests that the wall cracked due to the rain and water inside it," he said. Razak added that another landslide had occurred in a residential area in Taman Tenaga and in a field behind SMK Puchong 2. The heavy downpours caused flash floods in many parts of the the Klang Valley, especially Puchong and Shah Alam. Shah Alam OCPD Asst Comm Zahedi Ayob said that traffic had to be diverted from Batu Tiga which was inundated with floods following the rain. "After a request from MPSJ, the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia has opened flood gates to circumvent the floods. "Waters have receded to two feet and roads are now passable for heavy vehicles. Cars and motorcycles on the other hand are advised to avoid the area," said Zahedi. Meanwhile, a PLUS Traffic Monitoring Centre official said no flash floods were recorded along major highways and that traffic has begun to flow smoothly. He said however that traffic was still slow moving from Subang heading to Kota Damansara, Damansara towards Dataran Prima and from Nilai headed towards Seremban. |
| Police 75% sure body found is that of William Yau Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:58 AM PST SUBANG JAYA: The police are 75% sure that the boy found in Port Klang is William Yau, said Subang Jaya OCPD Assistant Commissioner Yahaya Ramli. ACP Yahaya said the parents were present during the post mortem and identified the shorts and underpants on the body found as William's. He said the parents also identified scars on the back of the head and forehead as consistent with scars William had. "Post mortem results could not reveal the cause of death as the body was too badly decomposed. "We have established that the boy has been dead for about a week based on the level of decomposition," he told reporters at the Subang Jaya police headquarters Friday. ACP Yahaya said there is no sign of external injury except for a few bite marks. "We believe the body was bitten by animals when it was floating in the river," he said. "We cannot be 100% sure until DNA results come in. We expect the DNA results to be in by Monday," he said. "We have a theory that the body floated about 30km down the Klang river from Bukit Lanchong before it got stuck on a boat near the Kampung Sungai Sireh jetty. "We will be sending a team there to investigate further," he said. He added that the police will call upon William's older brother for further statements. "We find his statements have been consistent," he said. ACP Yahaya said the police did not rule out foul play, but added that William's parents are not suspects. Related Stories: |
| Movie delayed over fear of unrest Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:56 AM PST The Tamil Nadu government has decided to delay the release of popular actor and producer Kamal Hassan's film Vishwaroopam for two weeks. The Rs.95 crore film was slated for release on Jan 25 at 500 screens in Tamil Nadu alone. The state government's move comes after Muslim organisations expressed fear that the film could disrupt communal harmony, Malaysia Nanban reported. Kamal Hassan has denied allegations that the movie is against Muslims. The run up to Vishwaroopam's launch has also been problematic. Kamal Hassan had to cancel his dream premier launch of the movie on Direct to Home (DTH) after opposition by cinema owners that the move would affect their revenue. He then decided to launch the film on DTH a week after its release. > Makkal Osai reported that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa wants the Federal government to name the Domestic Terminal II of the Chennai Airport after the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founder and former Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran. In a letter to the Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, she said it would be fitting that the terminal be named after MGR, an actor who was one of the most popular Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu. Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item. |
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