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Police to boost security surveillance along Thai border
Woman falls to her death from sixth floor of shopping complex in KL
MRT Corp announces lanes closures in Cheras, Bukit Bintang from Friday

Police to boost security surveillance along Thai border

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 07:20 AM PST

Published: Thursday February 14, 2013 MYT 11:18:00 PM
Updated: Thursday February 14, 2013 MYT 11:20:46 PM

KOTA BARU: Kelantan police will boost security surveillance along the Malaysia-Thai border to check the entry of terrorists from the southern Thailand-based National Revolutionary Front (BRN).

State police chief Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said police would work with the Malaysian Armed Forces, Anti-Smuggling Unit and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency under Ops Wawasan for this purpose.

"We will also cooperate with Thai security forces to detect the militants who are trying to escape to this country," he told a press conference here Thursday.

Thai newspapers reported Friday that 17 rebels were killed in a firefight with Thai security forces after they were trapped by the soldiers while launching an ambush on a navy camp in Narathiwat Wednesday.

Narathiwat navy commander Kol Somkiat Ponprayoon said some 50 fully-armed rebels in army uniforms and bullet-proof jackets from BRN raided the small camp in which were 50 officers and personnel, around 1am.

No Thai soldier was killed in the incident, according to the reports.

Unrest in three regions in southern Thailand has taken place almost daily since the rebellion broke out in 2004, killing more than 5,000. - Bernama

Woman falls to her death from sixth floor of shopping complex in KL

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 06:16 AM PST

Published: Thursday February 14, 2013 MYT 10:16:00 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Visitors to a shopping complex in the city centre were shocked when a woman fell to her death from the sixth floor of the complex Thursday.

During the 11am incident, Choo Czek Yeng, 36, died at the scene of severe head injuries.

Dang Wangi police chief ACP Zainuddin Ahmad said police were informed of the incident at 11.25am and have classified the case as sudden death.

"The body of the victim was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for a post mortem," he said.

A witness who did not want to be named said that at about 10am, he saw the woman leaning on to the panel railing of the six floor. - Bernama

MRT Corp announces lanes closures in Cheras, Bukit Bintang from Friday

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 05:31 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR: Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp) has announced temporary lane closures involving several places in Cheras and Bukit Bintang beginning Friday.

MRT Corp, in a statement Thursday, said in Cheras, the left-most lane on the slip road from MRR2 to Jalan Cheras (Kuala Lumpur bound) near Tesco Taman Midah will be closed temporarily at night for seven days beginning Friday.

"The lane closures are to facilitate utilities relocation works along the five-metre stretch of the road and the lane closure will be effective from 9pm to 5am," it said.

The left-most lane of Jalan Cheras (Kajang bound) near Taman Segar in front of the Esso and Caltex petrol stations beginning Feb 18, would be closed for 65 days to facilitate utilities relocation works along the 200m stretch of the road. The lane closure would be done in stages effective 9pm to 5am.

The left-most lane on Jalan Cheras to Taman Len Sen ramp would be closed for 15 days beginning Feb 18, to facilitate tree relocation activities along the 250m stretch of the road and the lane closure would be effective from 10pm to 5am.

The two left traffic lanes of a 150m stretch of the Lebuhraya Hubungan Timur Barat underpass (Kajang bound) would be closed for 10 nights from Feb 8 to Feb 28, to facilitate tree relocation activities and the closure would be effective from 10pm to 5am.

Meanwhile, in Bukit Bintang, MRT Corp said the extension of the temporary right lane would be closed involving parts of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Bukit Bintang, beginning Friday until Feb 28.

"The lane closures which had been implemented since Jan 25, involving one lane at a time, are being implemented in stages between 12am and 6am," it said.

The lane closures are to facilitate utility works in the area and it is an essential process in the construction of the Mass Rapid Transit's (MRT) underground Bukit Bintang station.

As part of MRT Corp's standard operating procedure, safety barriers, traffic cones and traffic flagmen will be placed at the work site to ensure road users are pre-warned of ongoing work.

MRT Corp also apologised for any inconvenience caused to the public during the construction period. - Bernama

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Khamis, 14 Februari 2013