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- Kin: Murder may have been a last-ditch bid
- Indisciplined athletes who have been taken to task
- Parliament: Price of fuel to determine TNB tariffs
| Kin: Murder may have been a last-ditch bid Posted: SIBU: The man who is suspected of killing almost his entire family probably did so to spare them from being harassed by debtors, said his close relatives and friends. Last Friday, the yet-to-be-named suspect, who was described as a loving husband and good father, killed his wife and two children at their home at Pulau Li Hua in what is widely speculated to be a last-ditch attempt to flee from debtors. "I believe he had planned to die with all family members because he felt there was no way out and he did not want the family to suffer after he was gone," a relative, who declined to be named, told The Star. It was reported that the 43-year-old suspect, who was a contractor, had planned the suicide-cum-murder with his wife, Ling Yung Ming, 40, several days before the incident. Police had recovered five handwritten letters in Chinese from the suspect's home on Sunday, but did not disclose their contents. Ling was found dead on the floor of the master bedroom with the youngest child, Victor Tiang Soon Heng, two, while the body of their daughter, Christine Tiang Soon Ai, 14, was on the bed. It was understood that the suspect had told police that before the murder, he had asked his wife and children to take sleeping pills. Victor was said to have taken one, but his eldest son Vincent, 17, refused. While his children and wife were sleeping, the suspect gassed them with cooking gas from two gas tanks recovered outside the bedroom. Vincent, however, escaped by jumping down from the car porch roof, climbing over the fence and running across the street to seek help from a neighbour. The post-mortem showed all three had suffocated and had injuries on their heads. Local sources said the suspect lost a lot of money trading shares while another source also said he was a big-time gambler. The victims were identified by the suspect's elder brother and one of Ling's brothers. Their funeral is scheduled for Thursday. |
| Indisciplined athletes who have been taken to task Posted: PETALING JAYA: Breach of discipline by Malaysian athletes is fairly uncommon considering that there have been several national associations that have taken such individuals to task for breaking the rules. Among the first cases to receive national attention was in 1995 when the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) banned six national players, who were competing in the Merdeka Tournament, for sneaking out of the national training camp at the Wisma FAM past midnight to go to a disco. The infamous "Disco Six" Azman Adnan, Shamsurin Abdul Rahman, L. Suresh, Zami Mohd Noor, Assrof Hanafiah and Rizal Sukiman were banned for a period of between six months and a year for their lack of professionalism. Next on the list was the sepak takraw trio of Firdaus Abdul Ghani, Aznan Raslan and Hanif Azman, who were sent home from the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, after failing a random dope test. They were slapped with a two-year ban by the Sepak Takraw Association of Malaysia. In February 2010, the footballers were back in the news for partying the night away at a nightspot in Kuala Lumpur during the Asia Group Three World Cup qualifiers. Kamarulzaman Hassan, Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz and Mohamed Khalid Jamlus, dubbed the "Hard Rock trio", were slapped with a two-month suspension and a RM5,000 fine by FAM's disciplinary committee. They were duly dropped from the national team because of the indiscipline. The nation did not have to wait long for tabloid fodder. Just seven months later it was the hockey players' turn as 10 national junior players broke curfew to go to a dancing hall in Poland. The 10, known as the "Disco Kids", were dished out a three-month ban by the Malaysia Hockey Federation disciplinary board for indiscipline. In May this year, it was also brought to light that local badminton shuttlers indulged in late nights and gambling at the recently-concluded Sudirman Cup. Related stories: Sukma scandal: Khairy upset by report of coach consuming alcohol with players |
| Parliament: Price of fuel to determine TNB tariffs Posted: KUALA LUMPUR: Consumers will pay more for electricity if there is an increase in fuel costs once Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) implements the Fuel Cost Past Through (FCPT) mechanism next year. However, Deputy Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said any increase under the mechanism, which would see tariffs being determined by fuel costs, would be minimal and could even be staggered over an extended period of time. The Energy Commission, he said, was also studying several proposals to minimise the effects of the mechanism on electricity tariff for households, including maintaining incentives for thrifty consumers. "No decision has been made with regards to the effect of the FCPT on electricity tariff. The Commission is studying the matter to look at several ways on how to minimise the effect on domestic tariff," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby here yesterday. Under the mechanism, additional fuel costs due to the increase in fuel prices will be reflected in a higher electricity tariff while similarly, any reduction or savings will be returned to consumers by lowering the tariff. The mechanism, which had been proposed from as far back as 2005, had already been adopted by utility companies in many countries such as Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Japan. The matter, added Mahdzir, would still have to go through several approval stages, including getting the Prime Minister's nod. "Several incentives will be maintained to benefit specific groups of consumers such as those who use less than 200kW of power a month or whose monthly bill does not exceed RM20," he said. Households which used less than 200kW of power a month would be charged 21.8sen per kW, an incentive in place since 1997, he pointed out, while those with monthly bills of RM20 or less would continue to enjoy free electricity. Earlier, Mahdzir told Liang Teck Meng (BN-Simpang Renggam) that the move to introduce the FCPT was aimed at determining the electricity tariff in a more efficient manner for consumers. "Under this mechanism, any change in the fuel costs will be channelled to the consumers based on the determination of the tariff set by the government," he said. Liang had wanted to know when the FCPT mechanism would be implemented by TNB to reflect the actual cost of fuel. |
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