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- It’s a time for hot sales, too
- Three killed in trawler blast
- Indonesian ring selling fake MyKad for RM300
| It’s a time for hot sales, too Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:10 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Umno-themed kain sampin and shirts are among some of the creative wares for sale at the party's general assembly this week. A total of 239 traders have set up shop for the five-day event at the Putra World Trade Centre here. Textile shop manager Ahmad Nazmi Ismail claimed that his Umno and Barisan Nasional-inspired shirts were "one of a kind." "The shirts will make a nice souvenir for delegates," he said. The 39-year-old said the shirts were priced at RM65 each while the kain sampin with the Umno logo motif would be sold at RM125 each. "The shirts are for both men and women," said Ahmad Nazmi, whose company is based in Terengganu. Pewter artist-cum-designer Salu-din Zakaria, 45, said he expected RM70,000 in sales this week from his decorative pieces, which were made of pewter flakes. His decorative pieces included the 1Malaysia and Umno logos, Jawi words and customised portraits. "I make all the pieces by hand and the largest can take up to two weeks to be completed," said the man from Kuantan. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:10 PM PST KOTA KINABALU: Three people were killed and four others injured after an explosion ripped through a fishing trawler and destroyed two other boats in Sabah's northern district of Kudat. It is believed that the blast occurred after a faulty cooking gas cylinder exploded near the boat's diesel-loaded fuel tank, sparking off the bigger explosion and setting the boat ablaze. The flames quickly spread to two fishing boats berthed next to the trawler at the Angkasa Baru jetty in Kudat town, which is about 215km from here, at about 9.40pm on Sunday. The remains of the three dead two women and a man whose identities have yet to be ascertained were found floating near the trawlers yesterday. The four injured, including a woman, managed to save themselves by jumping into the sea. One of them was seriously injured but reported to be in stable condition. Kudat police chief Deputy Supt Dawi Ossen said investigations were ongoing. "Beat policemen were patrolling near the area when they heard a loud explosion. "They rushed over and saw the flames engulfing the trawlers," he said. DSP Dawi said no foul play was involved in the incident, adding that firefighters managed to douse the flames and prevent the blaze from spreading to other nearby vessels. He said the injured, aged between 21 and 50, suffered burns and fractures while the dead were all believed to be foreigners. Meanwhile, the bodies of a woman and her son have been recovered after a homemade raft they were on capsized at a river in Kampung Lihak-Lihak in Semporna three days ago. Hajarah Kadin, 44, and Mohamad Nawi Norhati, 14, were on board the engine-powered raft which was carrying a lorry and a car when it tipped over in the strong current. Semporna police chief Deputy Supt Mohd Azim Khan Abdullah said the raft was a normal mode of transportation for villagers to cross the 50m-wide river. Hajarah and her son were sitting in the lorry with the woman's brother Rusmi while four others were in the car when the accident happened. The rest managed to swim to safety after the raft overturned. Hajarah and her son could not get out of the lorry in time. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Indonesian ring selling fake MyKad for RM300 Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:02 PM PST INDONESIANS can get a fake MyKad for a mere RM300, Harian Metro reported. A syndicate said to be headed by an Indonesian man working as a labourer in Kuala Lumpur is believed to be behind the MyKad racket. The syndicate was exposed following the arrest of a 20-year-old youth from Riau at a traffic police road block in Jalan Raja near Dataran Merdeka on Sunday. Special unit enforcement chief Asst Supt Azmi Wahid said the suspect had attempted to escape but was caught by the policemen. "He first claimed to be a Malaysian. "However, further investigations showed that he was holding a fake MyKad. "He said an Indonesian man working as a labourer was behind the racket selling the fake cards at RM300 a piece to compatriots who had either lost their passports or had entered the country illegally," he said. > Kosmo reported that a 21-year-old factory worker was killed when a lorry rammed into him in Krubong, Malacca, at about 4.45pm on Sunday. Jackson Basiri, who was riding a motorcycle, was on his way to a futsal court in Cheng. Melaka Tengah OCPD Asst Comm Salehhudin Abdul Rahman said the victim fell off his motorbike and was run over by the lorry's rear tyres. Jackson died on the spot due to severe injuries to his body. His body has been sent to Malacca Hospital for post-mortem. Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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