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- Black 505: Final Pakatan rally before 13th Parliament opens, one minor scuffle but no arrests made
- Malaysian student killed when 4WD plunges into ravine in Jordan, four others injured
- Haze: Muar API reading reaches a high of 453
| Black 505: Final Pakatan rally before 13th Parliament opens, one minor scuffle but no arrests made Posted: 22 Jun 2013 08:41 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Protesters gathered at Padang Merbuk for Pakatan Rakyat's final Black 505 rally ahead of the first session of the 13th Parliament term, despite police warnings that it was illegal. The crowd, which gathered as early as 9.30am at Padang Merbok, started to grow in numbers only after noon as various groups marched to the field from six gathering points in the city. Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor had earlier paid a visit to Padang Merbuk before the start of the rally and asked participants to gather at the Merdeka Stadium instead, but the rally proceeded there as originally planned. Opposition leaders seen at the rally were DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali, PAS central committee member Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad and PKR supreme council member Datuk Johari Abdul, among others. Lim and Bersih 2.0 steering committee co-chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreevenasan were among the key speakers at the rally before PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wrapped it up. Most of the crowd dispersed by about 6pm but some of the participants, who had set up tents in the field before the rally, vowed to camp there until the opening of the Dewan Rakyat. Kuala Lumpur police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohmad Salleh said the rally was largely incident-free, except for a scuffle involving two City Hall enforcement workers who tried to take down the tents. The police allowed the participants to gather without any hindrance, despite earlier warnings of it being illegal. No arrests were made at the rally. The rally was held to call for the immediate resignation of all Election Commission (EC) commissioners, re-elections to be held at least 30 parliamentary seats and to stop the EC from conducting redelineation exercise or review electoral laws pending appointment of a new commissioners. Related Stories: |
| Malaysian student killed when 4WD plunges into ravine in Jordan, four others injured Posted: 22 Jun 2013 08:00 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian student was killed while four others were injured in Jordan when a four-wheel drive vehicle they were in plunged into a ravine between Petra and Aqabah, about 320km from the capital Amman at around 5pm (Jordanian time) on Friday. The deceased was identified as Sumaiyah Romli, a first-year astronomy and physics student at the University College London in Britain. The four injured students are Muhammad Nazirul Mubin Nasruddin, a third-year economics and Islamic banking student at Yarmouk University in Jordan; Nur Ili Dayana Mazlan, a fourth-year student at the London School of Economics; Mohamad Shukri Alias, a third-year Islamic studies student at Yarmouk University and Humairak Ibrahim, a third-year economics and Islamic banking student at Yarmouk University. Sumaiyah, the deceased, and Muhammad Nazirul are Public Service Department (JPA) scholars while Nur Ili Dayana is a Bank Negara Malaysia scholar. The injured students were brought to the Queen Rania Abdullah hospital in Petra for treatment. The Malaysian Education Department and the JPA are in the process of arranging the return of the Sumaiyah's remains to Malaysia. |
| Haze: Muar API reading reaches a high of 453 Posted: 22 Jun 2013 07:02 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The Air Pollutant Index (API) in Muar reached hazardous level with a reading of 453 at 4pm Saturday, with air quality deteriorating from the 373 reading recorded earlier at 11am. Muar Natural Disaster (Air Pollution and Haze) Committee chairman Abdul Rahman Mohamed Dewam said the air quality in the district had continued deteriorating as the reading increased from 276 at 7am to 312 (8am), 338 (9am) and 360 (10am). According to the Department of Environment's (DOE) website, unhealthy air quality was also recorded in 10 areas across the country, including Kota Tinggi with an API reading of 189, Larkin Lama (167), Pasir Gudang (187), Bandaraya Melaka (188) and Bukit Rambai (170). Thirty-nine other areas registered moderate API readings, while two areas had good air quality. A reading of between 0-50 is categorised as good, 51 to 100 (moderate), 101-200 (unhealthy), 201 to 300 (very unhealthy), and 300 and above hazardous. The DOE website did not provide an API reading for Muar on as at 5pm Saturday. In SHAH ALAM, Selangor DOE director Siti Zaleha Ibrahim said the air quality in many areas in the state worsened on Saturday but the situation was expected to improve in a few days. "Continuous monitoring will be carried out until the API reading recorded a healthy air quality, especially in Port Klang which is nearest to Sumatra. The DOE will take action against any parties violating the regulations on open burning," she said. Two areas in Selangor which recorded unhealthy air quality were Port Klang (145) and Banting (107). - Bernama |
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