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- Cops: Revenge behind the poisoning of sun bear and stallion
- IOI Mall flash floods due to underground drain malfunction
- Selangor concurs state election be held with parliamentary election
| Cops: Revenge behind the poisoning of sun bear and stallion Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:38 AM PST MALACCA: Police believe that revenge is behind the deaths of a female Malayan Sun Bear and an Arabian stallion at the Malacca Zoo and Night Safari here. "For now, I can only say that it was an act of revenge. "It is premature to divulge the details as the probe is still ongoing," said state deputy CID chief Supt P.R. Gunarajan. The two animals were found dead by poison by zoo keepers on Sunday. Post-mortems showed the bear had eaten a poisoned banana while the horse had the poison sprinkled on the grass it subsequently ate. The chimpanzees and the orang utans, however, avoided the poisoned bananas, oranges and sugar cane. The 17-year-old stallion, named Basket, was not part of the zoo exhibits but was housed there by its owner. Supt Gunarajan said tests revealed that the poison powder was a mix of pesticide and a toxin. Related Stories: |
| IOI Mall flash floods due to underground drain malfunction Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:09 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: A malfunction at one of the three underground water channels along the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP) has been identified as the cause of the flash floods around IOI Mall, Puchong near here on Monday Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) president Datuk Asmawi Kasbi said the failure of one of the channels to function properly caused it to be unable to accommodate the rising quantity of water following a heavy downpour at 12.45pm on Monday. "According to a Meteorological Department report, 68 millimeters of rain was recorded, resulting in a rapid rise in water level when the water channel malfunctioned," he told reporters here on Tuesday. He also said another contributing factor was the low-lying position of IOI Mall compared to Bandar Puteri Puchong located on the opposite side. Asmawi said MPSJ had requested Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB), the contractor of the Light Rail Transit track in the area, to enlarge the existing drain to prevent the incident from recurring. "The existing drain will be completed in one and a half months time," he said. Meanwhile, LITRAK communications manager, Shah Rizal Mohamed Fawzi when contacted by Bernama said LITRAK, Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) and LDP would conduct a detailed study on the cause of the incident. "We will obtain the findings of the study in two weeks," he said. In the incident at about 6pm, about 140 vehicles were reported trapped in a car park near IOI Mall and traffic was brought to a standstill at several main roads in the area following the flash floods. - Bernama Related Stories: |
| Selangor concurs state election be held with parliamentary election Posted: 19 Feb 2013 03:43 AM PST SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government agrees that the state election be held together with parliamentary election and leaves it to the Election Commission to fix the date. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said there was consensus among all state assembly members from the Opposition pact. "We agree that the date of the general election be decided by the Election Commission and we have no objection that the state election be held simultaneously with the parliamentary election," he said after officiating at an event, here, on Tuesday. Prior to this, Khalid had said that the date for the dissolution of the Selangor State Assembly would be announced after Chap Goh Meh following a meeting with Opposition state assemblymen. On the water issue, Abdul Khalid said he did not receive any complaint from investors in Selangor on treated water supply, noting that the number of foreign investors in the state last year was still high. Bernama Related Stories: |
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