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- PKR's Azmin gives statement to MCMC
- Selangor MB should have handed over list of suspicious voters to EC
- Explosions and fire raze factory producing furniture undercoat
| PKR's Azmin gives statement to MCMC Posted: 13 Mar 2013 08:18 AM PDT CYBERJAYA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) deputy president Azmin Ali (pix) on Wednesday turned up at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) office to give his statement about the recording of a video which showed identity cards (IC) being given to foreigners on Youtube. Azmin, who is also Gombak Member of Parliament, arrived at 2.30pm and spent about three hours. Talking to reporters later, Azmin said, 51 questions were posed to him about the video with the title "Program Tukar Ke Orang Melayu (Project IC By Mahathir)". "The video displayed the issuance of identity cards to foreign nationals, and my first comment about the video was a media statement which I issued on Jan 18, on the issuance of ICs in Sabah. "So, I was investigated to determine if I was involved in making or giving comments about the video," he said. Nevertheless, Azmin denied his involvement with the video. He said, full cooperation had been given to MCMC to help in the investigation and hoped it would be done professionally. - Bernama Related Stories: |
| Selangor MB should have handed over list of suspicious voters to EC Posted: 13 Mar 2013 07:28 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim should have handed over the information or the list of what he claimed as suspicious voters to the Election Commission (EC) to ensure that the next general election will run smoothly and in a transparent manner. EC secretary Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria said Abdul Khalid should not have made public the information as it could cause confusion among the people in Selangor. "The objective (to hand over the information and list of voters to the EC) is to enable the EC to run a check or field study and prepare an explanation for the Selangor Mentri Besar," he said in a statement here on Wednesday. The March 8-15 edition of SelangorKini newspaper, in its article titled 'Projek Pendemokrasian Bongkar Pengundi Lebih Ramai Daripada Penduduk' claimed that there exists certain state constituencies in Selangor, including Bestari Jaya Utara in Ijok parliamentary constituency, where the amount of voters surpasses the residents. "The article quoted Selangor Mentri Besar as saying that Bestari Jaya Utara has 1,788 residents , but the number of voters in the electoral roll refers to the number of voters in 18 localities in the state constituency. "Based on the electoral roll gazetted in December 2012, the number of voters for Bestari Jaya Utara stands at 3,558. "There is an increase of 1,317 voters from the Master Electoral Roll gazetted in 2006 as there is also an increase of nine new localities," Kamaruddin said. He said there was no truth in the article and that it was merely aimed at confusing the people to gain political mileage. He also called on members of the public to refer to the EC if they had any questions about election. The law provides the opportunity for the public, who have doubts and wanted to protest against the electoral roll, to do so when the EC put the quarterly roll updates on display, he added. - Bernama |
| Explosions and fire raze factory producing furniture undercoat Posted: 13 Mar 2013 05:34 AM PDT MALACCA: Several deafening explosions were heard as Fire Officers battled to douse an inferno that ravaged a factory producing undercoat for furniture at Bukit Rambai Industrial estate here. The fire also caused the factory operating at the site for the last 12 years to suffer almost 80 percent in damages. State Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Sohaimi Mohamed said that distress call was made at 3.51pm and its Tangga Batu station responded in just four minutes by dispatching engines to the scene. "However, the factory had it own safety features to contain any fire outbreak that made us to swiftly control the inferno in just an hour taking into consideration that the large built-up area of the factory," he told reporters after leading the operation. Sohaimi said 46 fire officers were involved in the operation where some 750liters of foam were used to squash the fire. He said the fire also had caused 5,000 liters of shellac coating in liquid resin form to emit a pungent stench. "No injuries were reported. We are in the midst of probing the cause of the fire and the estimated loss," he added. Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said they heard several loud explosions before the factory was engulfed in flames. The owner of the factory, Loh Seng, 62, said he received call from his worker at 4pm, informing him about the fire. "I was in Batu Pahat to attend a meeting and rushed back upon hearing the news only to see that my factory was destroyed. I estimate losses at almost RM2mil," he said. |
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