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- Malaysian woman missing after being deported from Singapore
- Customs tracking hundreds of Langkawi-registered cars with falsified papers
- Lahad Datu: No need to bring to ICJ to determine Sabah’s sovereignty, says expert
| Malaysian woman missing after being deported from Singapore Posted: 22 Mar 2013 08:54 AM PDT BIDOR: A Malaysian woman who worked in Singapore has been missing ever since she was deported a month ago. Machine operator Chang Foong Yee, 42, did not contact her family after being released from Singapore's Changi Prison on Feb 4 this year, according to her mother, Liew Mee Moi. "I learnt from her landlord that she was detained in Singapore since July last year because her work permit had expired. "I only visited her in prison once, a few weeks before Chinese New Year. "She told me not to worry as she would return to Malaysia soon but until this day, I have not received a single phone call from her," Liew said, adding that Chang's phone could not be reached. The 72-year-old housewife was speaking to reporters at her house in Kampung Baru Tanah Mas here on Friday and said she had yet to lodge a police report. "I just hope she could give us a call and tell us where she is," she added. Chenderiang assemblyman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon, who learnt about Chang's case in early March, said he had written a letter to the prison. "The authorities have confirmed that she was deported to Malaysia, so we want to bring this case to the public's attention, to help locate her. "I will also advise the family to lodge a police report on the matter," he said. |
| Customs tracking hundreds of Langkawi-registered cars with falsified papers Posted: 22 Mar 2013 08:54 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: Up to 368 Langkawi-registered vehicles are running in the rest of Malaysia under suspected forged customs declaration forms, the Customs Department said Friday. "We have detected 368 vehicles originally registered in Langkawi and subsequently registered in Principal Customs Areas using suspected falsified custom declaration forms without payment of customs duties and taxes," a statement from the agency said. Areas outside of Langkawi and Labuan, it said, were known as Principal Customs Areas (PCAs). It added that it had seized 76 vehicles "for further investigation" and were tracking the remainder. The department did not offer an explanation over the suspected falsified forms. On Thursday, MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief Datuk Seri Michael Chong met with used car dealers who had their cars towed away by Customs over unpaid duties. The dealers claimed that duties for these cars had been paid, and were approved by various government agencies. Previously, Chong said he had met with Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai over the matter, adding that an investgation was underway. Meanwhile, Customs said owners of Langkawi-registered cars could go to the deparment's Putrajaya headquarters to check if their declaration forms were valid. Citing item 21A of the Customs Duties (Exemption) Order 1988, its said vehicles from Langkawi and Labuan were allowed to be taken to the PCAs for not more than 30 days in a single trip and not more than 90 days per year. Owners wanting to do otherwise needed to pay customs duties through a declaration form to cancel the two islands' vehicle registration status. "(Those) exceeding the permitted period without payment of custom duties are deemed to be uncustomed goods under the Customs Act 1967 and are subject to seizure," it said. The agency advised buyers to be "extra cautious" of vehicles registered in these places or of "highly discounted" models. It added that another 409 Langkawi-registered vehicles exceeded their allowed stay in the PCAs, and that they would be tracked and seized. Related Stories: |
| Lahad Datu: No need to bring to ICJ to determine Sabah’s sovereignty, says expert Posted: 22 Mar 2013 08:25 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: There is no need for Malaysia to bring the issue of Sabah's rights to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as historical and non-historical facts clearly show that it is a sovereign state of Malaysia, said historian Prof Emeritus Dr Ranjit Singh of Universiti Utara Malaysia. He argued that apart from historical facts, the Sulu Sultanate and the Philippines had in fact lost their sovereignty rights of Sabah to Malaysia based on the principle of effectivity. Despite being ruled by the Sulu sultanate, Sabah, which used to be known as North Borneo had been put under the administration of the British North Borneo Company in 1878 and later the British Empire, before being granted independence to form the Federation of Malaysia with Sarawak and Malaya. "If you don't do anything to it, don't administer it, don't pass any law (in that area), you lost that title," he said at a discourse titled "The Lahad Datu Imbroglio: The Sabah Claim and Beyond" at Universiti Malaya, here, on Friday. Citing the Pulau Batu Puteh case, Ranjit Singh, who also led the Malaysian team pertaining to the sovereignty of Pulau Sipadan and Pulau Ligitan at ICJ in 2002, said Malaysia lost its rights over the island to Singapore because, despite being the title holder, it (Malaysia) had never administered or was present physically on the island. It was reported by a Filipino daily "Philippine Star" a few days ago that the Philippine government had not given up Sabah and had engaged a team of lawyers to study its claims on Sabah. The issue of Sabah's sovereignty re-emerged after an incursion by a group of Filipino terrorists claiming to be the army of the now-defunct Sulu sultanate, in Lahad Datu and Semporna, which had led to a bloody clash between the Malaysian armed forces and the militants. Ranjit Singh, who specialises on Sabah and Sarawak history, also said that the issue was non-negotiable as the will of the Sabahans must be respected whom through the Cobbold Commission of 1962 had chosen to form Malaysia with Sarawak and Malaya. Ranjit Singh also urged Malaysia to stop any future annual cess payment to the sultanate and bring to a close the issue by coming up with a strong policy to protect the sovereignty of Sabah. "The moment we negotiate, we compromise our sovereignty again," he said. - Bernama |
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