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Sulu group members old, malnourished, Hisham tweets
Three men acquitted of murdering clerk in Kedah
Flash floods hit Puchong

Sulu group members old, malnourished, Hisham tweets

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 06:57 AM PST

Published: Monday February 18, 2013 MYT 10:29:00 PM
Updated: Monday February 18, 2013 MYT 10:57:45 PM

PETALING JAYA: Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Monday that most of the members of the Sulu group holed up in Kampung Tanduo are malnourished.

"Fact: Most of the intruders old or malnourished. Wear sarongs/slippers..a few.. hv arms," he tweeted at 9.04pm.

And that was the reason that police have shown much restraint, he tweeted.

He is now in Kota Kinabalu and is expected to go to Lahad Datu on Tuesday.

A group of armed intruders landed at Lahad Datu on Feb 12 and are now surrounded by Malaysian armed forces at Kampung Tanduo.

They insist on speaking to a prominent person.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has made it clear that he wants continued negotiations so that bloodshed is avoided.

Three men acquitted of murdering clerk in Kedah

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 05:52 AM PST

ALOR SETAR: The High Court here has acquitted three men over the murder of a clerk from Taman Teratai here two years ago.

Ong Keow Min, 34, Lai Kim Seng, 36, and Lim Inn Hwa, 25, all from here, were acquitted without their defence being called at the end of the prosecution case on Monday.

Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab found that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused. Ong, Lai and Lim were charged with murdering Low Choon Aik, 26, at a coffee shop in Lorong Ros, Jalan Kota Tanah here at about 9pm on May 11, 2011.

They were charged with committing the offence under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries the mandatory death penalty.

Mohd Zaki said the court found that there was no evidence to show that the three men were involved in the act.

One of the prosecution witnesses who testified that he saw the incident, had failed to identify the perpetrators and the victim. "There is no statement to link the men to the act," he said.

Defence counsels R.S.N. Rayer and Jamil Mohamed Shafie represented Ong, while Lai was represented by counsel Ai Cha Ran and Lim by Burhanudeen Abdul Wahid.

DPP Norshuhada Mohd Yatim prosecuted.

It was earlier reported that Low's body was found floating in a river with his feet bound and a rope around his neck at about 11am on May 14, 2011.

Flash floods hit Puchong

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 05:11 AM PST

PETALING JAYA: Two southbound sections of the LDP (Damansara-Puchong Highway) were hit by flash floods for about 30 minutes on Monday due to heavy rains and backflow from the Klang River.

According to operating concessionaire Litrak's head of communications Shah Rizal Bin Mohamed Fawzi, Km 21.36 and 23.50 on the southbound-side of the LDP was flooded around 5.22pm.

The flash flood, which was caused by backflow from monsoon drains feeding into the Klang river, reached 0.8m in height at parts of Km 21.36 and caused a number of cars to stall.

In addition, the basement floors of IOI Mall Puchong opposite the affected highway section were flooded as well.

The interior of the mall was hit as well, causing several businesses at the entrance to close down temporarily while cleaning operations were effected.

Shah Rizal explained that the two affected sections were flood-prone areas and in response to the floods, Litrak had termporarily opened the U-turn at Km 19.9 to divert traffic to the Kesas highway.

"As soon as the downpour began, we deployed our Emergency Response Teams (ERTs) to monitor the affected areas and help out with any emergency events," said Shah Rizal.

He added that the Video Messaging System (VMS) at the Kelana Jaya LRT station had also set to broadcast the flash floods alert to southbound road users.

Kredit: www.thestar.com.my

Isnin, 18 Februari 2013