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- Backhoe driver found guilty of killing fortune teller
- Penang CM declares two shophouses, fixed deposit and shares as assets
- Liow: Chinese NGOs hoping MCA will be represented in Cabinet
| Backhoe driver found guilty of killing fortune teller Posted: ALOR SETAR: A 55-year-old backhoe operator was sentenced to be hanged for murdering his estranged wife in Taman Saga here, last year. Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab also sentenced Wong Ban Chong to eight years' jail for causing grievous hurt to his wife's foster daughter at the same time and place. The High Court found that Wong, in his defence, had failed to raise any reasonable doubt to the charges made against him. Wong was charged with murdering fortune teller Ung Siew Lin, 47, and voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Chng Sheue Mei, 28. The crime was committed at a house in Taman Saga, Jalan Alor Mengkudu, at 12.17am on Feb 17, 2012. Both cases were jointly heard before Justice Mohd Zaki. The judge said that the accused, in his defence which was given under oath, had told the court that he only went to the house to meet his wife. He said that Wong had called Ung to come out and discuss their marital problems but Ung refused. He then proceeded to break into the house by forcing open the back window of the kitchen. Wong told the court that he was only defending himself with a parang because Chng had kicked him to the ground and both she and Ung were beating him up. Mohd Zaki said the court found that Wong had failed to prove that he was defending himself. This was based on the testimonies given by his three daughters, who were all in their 20s and present at the scene. He added that the daughters who were inside the house during the incident told the court that Wong had aggressively broken into the house via the kitchen window. The witnesses also said that they were scared and had run to the porch to save themselves. However, Wong continued to pursue them and then attacked their mother. Based on the overall evidence of the case, there was no doubt that the injuries that caused Ung's death had been caused by Wong, said Mohd Zaki. |
| Penang CM declares two shophouses, fixed deposit and shares as assets Posted: GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, state executive councillors and state Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen on Tuesday made public their assets. Copies of the declaration of assets of the 11 exco members, including Lim, and 19 assemblymen were distributed to reporters during a press conference in Komtar. Lim said the details of the assets included properties, investments and motor vehicles as of May 5 this year. According to the asset declarations Lim has two shophouses in Malacca, RM308,368 in fixed deposit and shares/unit trust in eight companies but the assemblyman with the most properties in Penang is probably Phee Boon Poh. Phee, who is state Exco member, has eight properties including joint properties and some of them are in Halminton, New Zealand. He jointly owns houses (inherited) and land in Hamilton, an apartment in Pantai Molek, Butterworth, a house in Taman Dalia, a shophouse in Bandar Mutiara (inherited), land in Teluk Air Tawar, penthouse in Bagan Ajam and bungalow land in Batu Kawan. Phee, who is Sungai Puyu assemblyman from DAP, also hold shares in 24 companies and unit trust shares in six companies. In comparison, Lim has a shophouse which is a joint property which was bought for RM435,000 and another shophouse which was bought for RM530,000. He settled the RM300,000 loan for the first shophouse and RM350,000 loan for the second shophouse last year. He does not own any vehicle. State exco member Lim Hock Seng of the DAP is listed as owning a house in Seberang Jaya, flat in Mutiara Perdana, flat in Vista Perdana, shop house in Jalan Raja Uda and factory in Permatang Pauh (both joint properties and two pieces of land in Teluk Air Tawar. Datuk Salleh Man, the state PAS commissioner and Permatang Pasir assemblyman, on the other hand, does not own any property or shares. He owns a motorcycle and Toyota Corolla Altis which he bought for RM5,000 and RM118,000 respectively. Datuk Abdul Malik Abul Kassim of PKR does not own any properties or shares. Abdul Malik, who is state Exco member and second term Batu Maung assemblyman, is listed as having a Proton Tiara, Honda CRV and Ford Ranger which he bought for RM36,000, RM143,000 and RM32,000 respectively. Lee Khai Loon of PKR, who is first term Machang Bubuk assemblyman, does not own any property. He has 10,254 units of Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 shares and fixed deposit of RM41,990. Sungai Pinang assemblyman Lim Siew Khim of the DAP, who was elected in the recent general election, only owns a flat and a Proton Wira car which she bought for RM50,00 and RM43,000 respectively. She took a RM45,000 loan and RM23,000 loan to buy the flat and car respectively. Sungai Bakap assemblyman Maktar Shapee of PKR owns an inherited land in Seberang Prai Selatan and a Proton Persona car which he bought for RM60,000. He does not have any other property, shares or unit trust shares. The declarations would be uploaded to the state's official website at http://www.penang.gov.my/ on Wednesday. |
| Liow: Chinese NGOs hoping MCA will be represented in Cabinet Posted: KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese non-governmental organisations are still hoping that MCA will overturn its decision of not holding any government post after losing badly in the 13th general election, said MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said the issue had been brought up by the NGOs at the 'Interaction on MCA Reformation and the Future of the Chinese Community' dialogue at Wisma MCA on Tuesday. Speaking after chairing the three-hour dialogue attended by representatives from 58 Chinese NGOs including trade, industry and education sectors, Liow said: "They had expressed their views and viewed that MCA could help the Chinese community to solve many issues affecting them and have a pivotal role in helping the government to formulate policies for the good of the country. As such, they feel that it is only right that the MCA must be represented in the Cabinet." They also discussed current issues affecting the Chinese such as education, business and security, he added. Liow, who is heading MCA's transformation committee, said despite facing strong rejection from the Chinese community, MCA would continue to engage and work closely with the community to win back their support. He said feedback from the dialogue as well as other meetings with the Chinese community will be used to formulate a clear transformation blueprint for the party. MCA has stood by its resolution in the 2011 and 2012 party general assemblies not to accept any government post if it performed worse than the 12th general election. MCA only won seven parliamentary and 11 state seats in the last general election which was twice as bad as it did in the 2008 general election. - Bernama |
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