The Star Online: Nation
The Star Online: Nation |
- 64 foreigners detained during Immigration raids in Malacca
- Man killed during drinking session with four friends
- Sydney to be the first to receive fresh chilled durians from Malaysia
| 64 foreigners detained during Immigration raids in Malacca Posted: MALACCA: A total of 64 foreign citizens, including seven Vietnamese women, were detained during raids conducted by the Immigration Department at nine locations in Melaka Tengah. State Immigration director Kamalludin Ismail said that the Vietnamese women, aged between 25 and 30, were detained at a car workshop which had been renovated into an entertainment centre in Malim here at 9pm on Sunday. He said that the women were believed to be working as guest relations officers and were entertaining their guests when the raid, which ended at 6am yesterday, was conducted at the premises. The workshop was believed to have been operating as an entertainment centre since three months ago, he told a media conference here. Meanwhile, a Cambodian couple had attempted to flee by leaving behind their four-year-old daughter in order to avoid arrest, when Immigration officers raided a house in Taman Bukit Rambai at midnight. "The woman has overstayed in the country and her husband has been detained for harbouring her," he added. He said that two Indonesian women, both in their 30s and pregnant, were also detained during the raid. They did not have valid travel documents. Kamalludin said that all the foreigners were then sent to the Immigration Detention Depot in Machap Umboo for further action. — Bernama |
| Man killed during drinking session with four friends Posted: KUALA SELANGOR: A 33-year-old man died of severe head injuries and deep stab wounds to his abdomen after a drinking session with four friends turned ugly. S. Thangharajan was having drinks with the men in front of a house in Taman Sri Indah, Bestari Jaya, near here, at about 1.30am yesterday when the incident happened. It was believed that the men had a misunderstanding with the victim, resulting in the group attacking him with golf clubs. One of them then stabbed the victim with a sharp object. The suspects fled the scene after that. Kuala Selangor police chief Supt Mohd Taib Ahmad said that the victim was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Sungai Buloh Hospital. "The police, however, arrested all four suspects within hours of the incident," he said, adding that police were still investigating the motive of the murder. |
| Sydney to be the first to receive fresh chilled durians from Malaysia Posted: SEPANG: Sydney will be the first foreign market to receive Malaysian durians in fresh chilled form through a new packaging technology. Developed by the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi), the modified atmosphere packaging is able to seal in the freshness of the durian flesh for up to three weeks. Previously, Malaysian durians were exported either in frozen form or as whole fruits. "The new packaging technology is more hygienic and is able to contain the freshness of the fruits' taste, aroma, colour and texture. "Frozen durians, which can be kept for up to six months or even a year, does not taste as good because the tissues and enzymes of the fruits are dead. "They are not the same as fresh chilled durians," Mardi senior principal research officer Latifah Mohd Noor said at the launch of the MASKargo cold chain product here yesterday. The launch was held in conjunction with Mardi's trial durian shipment to the Australian city, which involves some two tonnes of the fruit being exported to Sydney in phases. The first batch of durian flesh weighing some 650kg was transported yesterday and will be sold in four supermarkets. MASKargo chief executive officer Mohd Yunus Idris said the durians were expected to reach Sydney's supermarkets as fresh as when the fruits were first picked from the orchard. Mohd Yunus also announced the company's partnership with Envirotainer in transporting the temperature-sensitive shipments. Latifah said the trial shipments were aimed at testing consumer demand for the fruit and to allow Mardi to evaluate the effectiveness of its new packaging technology. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Star Online : Nation Feed To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 ulasan:
Catat Ulasan