KPDN rampas barangan tiruan bernilai RM250,000 di Jalan Petaling

Bernama

Julai 21, 2023 14:47 MYT
Ariffin (tiga, kiri) berkata dua lelaki dan seorang wanita tempatan yang merupakan pemilik premis turut ditahan dalam serbuan hasil risikan selama dua minggu itu. - Gambar/ Bernama

KPDN rampas barangan tiruan bernilai RM250,000 di Jalan Petaling

Ariffin (tiga, kiri) berkata dua lelaki dan seorang wanita tempatan yang merupakan pemilik premis turut ditahan dalam serbuan hasil risikan selama dua minggu itu. - Gambar/ Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Sebanyak 2,505 unit barangan tiruan bernilai RM250,000 dirampas di sembilan premis melibatkan enam stor dan tiga gerai di Jalan Petaling di sini dalam operasi Ops PUTRA 3.0 pada Selasa lepas.

Pengarah Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup (KPDN) Kuala Lumpur Ariffin Samsudin berkata dua lelaki dan seorang wanita tempatan yang merupakan pemilik premis turut ditahan dalam serbuan hasil risikan selama dua minggu itu.

Beliau berkata kesemua barangan tersebut dipercayai diperoleh dari negara asing dan bagi jualan kepada pelancong yang datang ke Jalan Petaling.

"Kesemua barangan yang disita ini adalah barangan tiruan yang berkualiti tinggi dan harga jualan bermula pada harga RM400 sehingga RM4,000 bagi seunit termasuk jam tangan, beg tangan, dompet, gelang serta cincin," katanya dalam sidang media di stor KPDN Segambut di sini, hari ini.

Menurutnya kes itu disiasat mengikut Akta Cap Dagangan 2019 yang memperuntukkan hukuman denda maksimum RM15,000 bagi setiap barangan bagi kesalahan pertama dan RM30,000 bagi setiap barangan untuk kesalahan yang kedua serta berikutnya.

Ariffin berkata pihaknya akan terus mempergiatkan aktiviti penguatkuasaan undang-undang harta intelek di bawah Akta Cap Dagangan 2019, Akta Perihal Dagangan 2011 dan Akta Hak Cipta 1987 secara berterusan dalam membanteras penjualan barangan tiruan.

Dalam pada itu, beliau berkata 79 kes harta intelek dengan nilai rampasan berjumlah RM2.5 juta melibatkan sitaan 48,500 unit barangan dibuat di ibu negara setakat ini.

"Jumlah tangkapan di bawah Ops Jeriji 4.0 bagi tahun 2023 adalah 19 orang melibatkan kesalahan berkaitan harta intelek," katanya.

-- BERNAMA

Kes rasuah Guan Eng: RM2 juta didakwa untuk Najib bagi eratkan hubungan - Saksi

Bernama

Julai 21, 2023
Lim Guan Eng (tengah) hadir di Mahkamah Sesyen bagi menyambung perbicaraan kes rasuahnya yang berdepan empat pertuduhan membabitkan pembinaan terowong dasar laut dan projek pembinaan jalan utama di Pulau Pinang. - Foto BERNAMA

Kes rasuah Guan Eng: RM2 juta didakwa untuk Najib bagi eratkan hubungan - Saksi

Lim Guan Eng (tengah) hadir di Mahkamah Sesyen bagi menyambung perbicaraan kes rasuahnya yang berdepan empat pertuduhan membabitkan pembinaan terowong dasar laut dan projek pembinaan jalan utama di Pulau Pinang. - Foto BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: Seorang bekas pengarah syarikat pembinaan memberitahu Mahkamah Sesyen hari ini bahawa wang berjumlah RM2 juta yang didakwa diberi kepada Lim Guan Eng, adalah untuk dibayar kepada seorang ahli perniagaan dikatakan bagi mengeratkan hubungan dengan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak untuk mendapatkan projek pada masa hadapan.

Bekas pengarah syarikat Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZCSB) Ibrahim Sahari, 59, yang merupakan saksi pendakwaan perbicaraan kes rasuah bekas Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang itu berkata demikian ketika disoal peguam Gobind Singh Deo yang mewakili Lim di hadapan Hakim Azura Alwi.

Lim berdepan empat pertuduhan membabitkan pembinaan terowong dasar laut dan projek pembinaan jalan utama di Pulau Pinang bernilai RM6.3 bilion.

Ibrahim Sahari berkata perkara itu didedahkan seorang lagi pengarah syarikat CZCSB Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli pada mesyuarat pengarah selepas menyedari dirinya ditipu oleh ahli perniagaan G. Gnanaraja yang merupakan orang tengah yang didakwa rapat dengan Najib.

Gobind: Berhubung kes tipu membabitkan Gnanaraja di Mahkamah Sesyen Shah Alam, kamu telah memberi keterangan bahawa tujuan pembayaran RM2 juta itu adalah untuk mengeratkan hubungan Zarul Ahmad dan PM bagi mendapatkan projek-projek pada masa hadapan. Betul? Ibrahim menjawab "betul".

Gobind: Tiada kaitan dengan Lim, betul? Ibrahim berkata "betul".

Gobind: Siapakah PM yang dimaksudkan itu? Ibrahim menjawab "Datuk Seri Najib".

Pada 2019, Gnanaraja didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen Shah Alam atas tiga pertuduhan rasuah RM19 juta, melibatkan penipuan menutup kes berkaitan projek terowong Pulau Pinang.

Pada prosiding hari ini, Ibrahim juga bersetuju dengan soalan Gobind bahawa Gnanaraja telah menuntut RM19 juta daripada Zarul Ahmad termasuk wang RM2 juta yang menjadi subjek utama pertuduhan yang dihadapi Lim.

Ibrahim juga mengaku bahawa syarikatnya telah menyaman dan menghantar notis tuntutan kepada Gnanaraja untuk mengembalikan wang RM19 juta dan tiada apa-apa saman dikenakan terhadap Lim.

Gobind: Gnanaraja menuntut dan mendesak Zarul Ahmad membayar RM19 juta? Ibrahim menjawab "ya".

Gobind: Justeru, adala...

Polis sahkan objek bawah kereta Siti Kasim bom jenis IED

Astro Awani

Julai 21, 2023 17:54 MYT
Buat masa ini polis masih belum dapat mengesahkan sama ada bahan letupan itu masih aktif atau sebaliknya. - Gambar/ Sinar Harian

Polis sahkan objek bawah kereta Siti Kasim bom jenis IED

Buat masa ini polis masih belum dapat mengesahkan sama ada bahan letupan itu masih aktif atau sebaliknya. - Gambar/ Sinar Harian

KUALA LUMPUR: Polis mengesahkan objek mencurigakan yang ditemui di bahagian bawah kereta aktivis dan peguam Siti Kasim adalah bahan letupan termampat (IED).

Ketua Polis Daerah Brickfileds, Asisten Komisioner Amihizam Abdul Shukor, berkata buat masa ini polis masih belum dapat mengesahkan sama ada bahan letupan itu masih aktif atau sebaliknya.

"Bahan letupan ini akan diserahkan kepada pakar untuk dianalisis sebelum kesimpulan lebih terperinci dapat diberikan.

SITI KASSIM VIDEO: 

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"Kita juga belum mengambil keterangan lanjut daripada pemilik kenderaan (Siti Kasim).

"Siti Kasim memaklumkan dia tidak mempunyai sebarang ancaman namun siasatan lanjut sedang dijalankan," katanya kepada pemberita di lokasi kejadian, hari ini.

Terdahulu, sepasukan pegawai Unit Pemusnah Bom (UPB), Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) menjalankan ujian ke atas objek dalam dua botol plastik dipasang pada bahagian berhampiran tayar belakang kereta yang dihantar ke pusat servis di Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, di sini.

Polis juga menutup hampir keseluruhan laluan berhampiran pusat servis berkenaan bagi membolehkan ujian pengesahan bahan letupan dilakukan oleh UPB dengan dibantu Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Kuala Lumpur.

Kejadian itu dilaporkan pada jam 12.58 tengah hari.

Media sebelum ini melaporkan, Siti Kasim atau nama sebenarnya Siti Zabedah Kasim mendakwa objek menyerupai bom ditemui pada keretanya ketika dia menghantar kereta itu untuk diselenggara di sebuah pusat servis kenderaan di Jalan Maarof, hari ini.

Menerusi siaran langsung di Facebooknya, dia memaklumkan dua objek terbabit disangkut di bahagian belakang tayar keretanya.

Tambahnya, dia menghantar kenderaannya untuk diselenggara kerana akan ke Kelantan bagi membantu menyelesaikan isu Orang Asli di sana.

 Soccer - Man Utd sign keeper Onana from Inter

Reuters

Julai 21, 2023

Soccer - Man Utd sign keeper Onana from Inter

Sky Sports said United will pay 51 million euros ($56.70 million) for the Andre Onana, plus four million in add-ons. - STADIUM ASTRO/Filepic

MANCHESTER United have signed Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana from Inter Milan on a five-year contract with the option of a further year, the Premier League club announced on Thursday.

Sky Sports said United will pay 51 million euros ($56.70 million) for the 27-year-old plus four million in add-ons.

"Manchester United has a long history of incredible goalkeepers, and I will now give everything to create my own legacy in the coming years," Onana said in a statement.

He has said goodbye to Inter fans earlier on Thursday.

"I fell in love with San Siro, la Curva and the city. Now the circumstances are right for me to start a new journey in Manchester," Onana said in a statement.

"I do it with great enthusiasm, but knowing that I will miss you. Eternal gratitude to all the 'Interisti'. You make this club great."

United have been looking for a new first-choice keeper after Spaniard David De Gea's contract expired in June, bringing an end to his 12-season tenure with the Old Trafford side.

Onana joined Inter in July 2022 from Ajax Amsterdam and quickly became first-choice. He was a central figure in a campaign that ended with Inter winning the Italian Cup and Super Cup. They also reached the Champions League final.

It was with Ajax in Europe's elite club competition that Onana came to prominence as an integral part of the team that went from the early preliminary knockout rounds to the 2019 semi-finals before a dramatic elimination by Tottenham Hotspur.

United finished third in the 2022-23 Premier League campaign, securing a spot in the Champions League.

Onana looked destined to be the long-term first-choice keeper for Cameroon but decided to retire from international duty af...

Fernandes replaces Maguire as new Man Utd captain

Reuters

Julai 21, 2023

Sultan Johor berangkat pulang dari Hospital Pakar Damansara 2

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023 22:02 MYT
Menurut hantaran di Facebook rasmi Sultan Ibrahim, setelah berangkat dari hospital, baginda berkenan bersantap di sebuah pusat beli-belah di ibu negara. - Gambar FB Sultan Ibrahim

Sultan Johor berangkat pulang dari Hospital Pakar Damansara 2

Menurut hantaran di Facebook rasmi Sultan Ibrahim, setelah berangkat dari hospital, baginda berkenan bersantap di sebuah pusat beli-belah di ibu negara. - Gambar FB Sultan Ibrahim

JOHOR BAHRU: Sultan Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar hari ini berangkat pulang dari Hospital Pakar Damansara 2 (DSH 2), Kuala Lumpur selepas selamat menjalani pembedahan di bahu kanan akibat kecederaan lama, Selasa lepas.

Menurut hantaran di Facebook rasmi Sultan Ibrahim, setelah berangkat dari hospital, baginda berkenan bersantap di sebuah pusat beli-belah di ibu negara.

Sebelum berangkat pulang ke Johor, Sultan Ibrahim akan menjalani rawatan susulan selama beberapa hari, menurut hantaran itu.

"Saya sepatutnya direhatkan seketika di ICU (unit rawatan rapi) setelah pembedahan, namun alhamdulillah, saya rasa cukup elok untuk terus ke wad biasa.

"Saya jalan sendiri dari dewan bedah ke wad saya. Doktor pun terkejut. Saya bersyukur ke hadrat Allah SWT, berkat doa orang ramai dan Bangsa Johor, saya selamat melalui rawatan ini dan berharap dapat sambung kerja saya," titah baginda menerusi hantaran berkenaan.

Sultan Ibrahim turut menzahirkan penghargaan dan ucapan terima kasih kepada semua pakar perubatan yang memberi rawatan serta seluruh warga DSH 2 yang telah memberi perkhidmatan baik.

"Saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada semua doktor, jururawat serta kakitangan yang telah merawat dan membantu saya. Baru beberapa hari di sini, tetapi keikhlasan mereka semua membuat saya rasa terharu, seperti ada keluarga baru di sini," titah baginda.

-- BERNAMA

Harimau Malaya terus daki ke posisi terbaik dalam tempoh 17 tahun

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023 23:53 MYT
Berdasarkan laman web www.fifa.com pasukan negara telah mengumpul keseluruhan 1,091.57 mata. - Gambar fail/FB FAM

Harimau Malaya terus daki ke posisi terbaik dalam tempoh 17 tahun

Berdasarkan laman web www.fifa.com pasukan negara telah mengumpul keseluruhan 1,091.57 mata. - Gambar fail/FB FAM

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia kini menghuni tangga ke-136 ranking Persekutuan Bolasepak Antarabangsa (FIFA), naik satu anak tangga seperti yang disiarkan dalam kemas kini di laman web badan induk bola sepak antarabangsa itu hari ini.

Ia menyaksikan skuad Harimau Malaya terus mendaki ke kedudukan terbaik dalam tempoh 17 tahun sejak menghuni posisi ke-127 pada Mei 2006.

Berdasarkan laman web www.fifa.com pasukan negara telah mengumpul keseluruhan 1,091.57 mata.

Kemas kini ranking itu turut menyaksikan Malaysia kekal menghuni tempat ke-24 terbaik Asia dan keempat Asia Tenggara di belakang Vietnam (95), Thailand (113) dan Filipina yang menduduki tangga ke-135.

Negara jiran, Indonesia pula berada di posisi ke-150 sementara Singapura di tempat ke-158.

Juara Piala Dunia 2022, Argentina kekal sebagai pendahulu ranking dunia diikuti Perancis di tempat kedua, Brazil (ketiga), England (keempat) dan Belgium melengkapkan pasukan lima teratas.

Bagi zon Asia, lima pasukan terbaik adalah Jepun yang berada di posisi ke-20, Iran (22), Australia (27), Korea Selatan (28) dan Arab Saudi ke-54.

Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) mempunyai misi untuk memastikan skuad Harimau Malaya menembusi kelompok 130 terbaik dunia, mejelang akhir tahun ini.

-- BERNAMA

Kemenangan tiga pelajar dalam kes saman terhadap guru ponteng, pengajaran untuk semua

Bernama

Julai 21, 2023
Calvina (dua, kiri) bersama rakan dan penyokong, serta peguam mereka di Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu, 19 Julai 2023. - Foto ihsan Kumpulan Tiada Guru

Kemenangan tiga pelajar dalam kes saman terhadap guru ponteng, pengajaran untuk semua

Calvina (dua, kiri) bersama rakan dan penyokong, serta peguam mereka di Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu, 19 Julai 2023. - Foto ihsan Kumpulan Tiada Guru

KOTA KINABALU: Tiga bekas pelajar sekolah menengah di Kota Belud yang memenangi saman terhadap guru mereka kerana gagal hadir untuk mengajar selama tujuh bulan berharap kes itu akan menjadi pengajaran kepada semua pihak dalam memenuhi tanggungjawab masing-masing.

Calvina Angayung, 22, juga berharap kemenangan itu akan menjadi motivasi kepada orang lain yang masih mengambil sikap mendiamkan diri untuk bangkit memperjuangkan hak mereka.

"Kami menjadi mangsa ketidakadilan guru ini sehingga menyebabkan kami gagal dalam peperiksaan bagi subjek Bahasa Inggeris. Kemenangan ini adalah hadiah kepada semua pihak yang menyokong kami sejak awal.

"Terima kasih kepada saksi-saksi kami yang tampil dengan berani di mahkamah, NGO (badan bukan kerajaan) dan aktivis, ibu bapa, rakan-rakan serta masyarakat di luar sana yang sentiasa menyokong kami tanpa mengira di mana kami berada," katanya ketika dihubungi.

Seorang lagi plaintif, Nur Natasha Allisya Hamali pula berkata, beliau lega kerana meskipun mengambil masa enam tahun, semua usaha mereka ternyata tidak sia-sia dan mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua pihak atas kemenangan itu.

Pada tahun 2020, Calvina, Nur Natasha Allisya dan Rusiah Sabdarin, yang berusia 22 tahun, menyaman bekas guru Bahasa Inggeris mereka iaitu Mohd Jainal Jamran yang didakwa tidak hadir untuk mengajar subjek itu selama tujuh bulan pada 2017, Pengetua sekolah ketika itu Suid Hanapi, Ketua Pengarah Pendidikan, Kementerian Pendidikan dan kerajaan.

Pada Selasa, Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu, Leonard David Shim ketika membenarkan saman itu memutuskan bahawa kelima-lima defendan telah melanggar kewajipan statutori mereka dan jaminan perlembagaan untuk kesemua bekas pelajar terbabit mendapatkan pendidikan.

Mahkamah kemudian memberi pampasan sebanyak RM150,000 kepada ketiga-tiga plaintif.

Peguam Sherzali Herza Asli, yang mewakili kesemua pelajar berkata, adalah penting untuk kerajaan menyedari dan mengiktiraf kelemahannya serta menggubal dasar bagi memastikan akauntabiliti guru yang ingkar demi kesejahteraan dan prospek generasi masa depan negara.

Menteri Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi, Datuk Ewon Benedick, yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Kadamaian berkata, mereka yang berada dalam ekosistem sekolah mempunyai tanggungjawab masing-masing...

Malaysia issues license to Musk's Starlink to bring internet services to remote areas

Reuters

Julai 20, 2023 20:30 MYT
Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil hands over the Network Facility and Service Provider license to the Starlink representative. - FACEBOOK/Fahmi Fadzil

Malaysia issues license to Musk's Starlink to bring internet services to remote areas

Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil hands over the Network Facility and Service Provider license to the Starlink representative. - FACEBOOK/Fahmi Fadzil

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has issued a license to Starlink, the satellite communications service started by Elon Musk, to provide internet services in the country, particularly in remote areas, its communications minister said on Thursday.

Minister Fahmi Fadzil said in a Facebook post that Starlink, which is operated by Musk's SpaceX, would begin by providing its services to schools and higher education institutions.

The government was also prepared to work with satellite communications firms, including Starlink, to ensure 100 percent internet coverage in populated areas, Fahmi said.

Around three percent of populated areas in Malaysia face issues with internet access, due to geographical and infrastructure challenges, he added.

The announcement comes a week after Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim held a call with Musk to discuss his companies investing in Malaysia.

The government earlier this year announced that his electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla would open an office in Malaysia. It also approved the company's application to import battery-run EVs into the country, as part of a wider government effort to promote sustainable mobility.

Separately on Thursday, Tesla unveiled its sport utility electric vehicle - Model Y - at an event in Kuala Lumpur, with deliveries to Malaysia to begin next year.

The rear-wheel drive model has a starting price of 199,000 ringgit ($43,765.12), Tesla said in a statement.

KPM tidak kompromi isu murid dirotan sehingga cedera - Fadhlina

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023 19:04 MYT
Fadhlina berkata sebarang tindakan ke atas guru besar berkenaan adalah bergantung kepada hasil siasatan. -Gambar fail/Bernama

KPM tidak kompromi isu murid dirotan sehingga cedera - Fadhlina

Fadhlina berkata sebarang tindakan ke atas guru besar berkenaan adalah bergantung kepada hasil siasatan. -Gambar fail/Bernama

KUALA PILAH: Kementerian Pendidikan (KPM) tidak akan berkompromi sekiranya benar dakwaan seorang murid lelaki Tahun Lima yang dirotan guru besar sehingga cedera di sebuah sekolah di Segamat, Johor dua hari lepas.

Menteri Pendidikan Fadhlina Sidek berkata KPM menyerahkan sepenuhnya perkara itu kepada pihak berkuasa dan pada masa sama, sesi intervensi termasuk sokongan psikososial kepada guru dan pelajar terlibat turut dilaksanakan.

"Kes ini kita dah serahkan untuk siasatan, kita kena hormat proses siasatan itu dan semua hasil akan dimaklumkan kembali kepada KPM.

"Saya memberi jaminan siasatan yang dijalankan adalah telus. Kita hendak maju dalam isu pendidikan," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri Karnival Mini Pendidikan MADANI Peringkat Negeri Sembilan di sini hari ini.

Terdahulu, media melaporkan seorang murid sebuah sekolah di Segamat mengalami kecederaan di badan dan muka selepas didakwa dirotan guru besar kerana tidak menyiapkan kerja sekolah.

Fadhlina berkata sebarang tindakan ke atas guru besar berkenaan adalah bergantung kepada hasil siasatan.

"Semua proses siasatan harus dipatuhi termasuk jika memerlukan keterangan diambil untuk memastikan ia berlangsung dengan baik...dan kalau dia (guru besar) kena hadir beri keterangan atau sesi kaunseling, dia kena hadir," katanya.

Sementara itu, beliau berkata KPM sentiasa memantau komitmen dan tanggungjawab golongan pendidik secara keseluruhannya termasuk dengan mewujudkan Standard Guru Malaysia (SGM) bertujuan memastikan guru benar-benar mencapai kualiti ditetapkan.

Beliau berkata demikian bagi mengulas kes tiga bekas pelajar sebuah sekolah di Kota Kinabalu, Sabah yang masing-masing menerima pampasan RM50,000 selepas berjaya dalam saman terhadap guru bahasa Inggeris mereka yang 'ponteng' kelas selama tujuh bulan pada 2017.

-- BERNAMA

Tertarik iklan pelaburan di media sosial, lelaki rugi lebih RM100,000

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023 16:46 MYT
Mangsa yang bekerja sebagai penjaga stor sebuah syarikat itu melakukan pelaburan dalam talian dengan memuat turun aplikasi 'PSLUS' menerusi Google Play.

Tertarik iklan pelaburan di media sosial, lelaki rugi lebih RM100,000

Mangsa yang bekerja sebagai penjaga stor sebuah syarikat itu melakukan pelaburan dalam talian dengan memuat turun aplikasi 'PSLUS' menerusi Google Play. -Gambar hiasan

KUCHING: Ekoran tertarik dengan iklan pelaburan menguntungkan di media sosial, seorang lelaki berusia 25 tahun di Sibu (kira-kira 400 kilometer dari sini) menjadi mangsa penipuan dalam talian dan mengalami kerugian berjumlah RM101,200.

Pesuruhjaya Polis Sarawak Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri berkata mangsa yang bekerja sebagai penjaga stor sebuah syarikat itu melakukan pelaburan dalam talian dengan memuat turun aplikasi 'PSLUS' menerusi Google Play setelah menonton iklan di Facebook pada 30 Mei lepas.

"Mangsa telah menghubungi nombor Whatsapp 621513-477+60 dan suspek telah menunjukkan bagaimana cara untuk membuat pelaburan serta mangsa diberitahu akan mendapat keuntungan yang tinggi mengikut nilai pelaburan yang dibuat," katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.

Beliau berkata mangsa telah melakukan 11 transaksi pemindahan wang berjumlah RM101,200 ke enam akaun bank berlainan dari pertengahan Jun hingga awal bulan ini.

Mohd Azman berkata lelaki itu hanya menyedari ditipu setelah tidak menerima hasil keuntungan pelaburan seperti yang dijanjikan suspek.

Katanya mangsa membuat laporan polis semalam dan kes disiasat di bawah Seksyen 420 Kanun Keseksaan.

-- BERNAMA

JAINJ, MCMC kerjasama bendung penyebaran ajaran sesat SiHulk

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023 17:17 MYT




Mohd Fared menunjukkan akaun Facebook, ajaran sesat Suhaini Muhammad atau 'SiHulk', pada sidang media di Kompleks Islam Iskandar hari ini. - Foto BERNAMA

JAINJ, MCMC kerjasama bendung penyebaran ajaran sesat SiHulk

Mohd Fared menunjukkan akaun Facebook, ajaran sesat Suhaini Muhammad atau 'SiHulk', pada sidang media di Kompleks Islam Iskandar hari ini. - Foto BERNAMA

JOHOR BAHRU: Kerajaan negeri menerusi Jabatan Agama Islam Negeri Johor (JAINJ) akan bekerjasama dengan Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia (MCMC) bagi membendung segera penyebaran ajaran sesat Suhaini Muhammad atau SiHulk di negeri ini.

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal Agama Islam negeri Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid berkata perkara itu telah diputuskan dalam mesyuarat Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Johor (MAINJ) hari ini dan tindakan lanjut akan dilakukan dalam masa terdekat.

Beliau berkata langkah itu diambil susulan beberapa video yang tular menerusi media sosial baru-baru ini melibatkan beberapa individu mengaku sebagai pengikut ajaran sesat itu, dipercayai berada di New Zealand, sekali gus menyukarkan tindakan penguatkuasaan diambil terhadap individu terlibat.

"Siasatan mendapati video dimuat naik dari New Zealand, maka jika ia disebarkan dan dimuat naik di luar negara, ia di luar bidang kuasa kerajaan negeri dan kita tidak boleh mengambil tindakan ke atas mereka secara perundangan, itu kesulitan yang perlu difahami.

"Kalau tidak boleh ditangkap secara realiti, kita tangkap mereka melalui media iaitu bekerjasama dengan MCMC termasuk menghalang penglibatan mereka di media sosial dan paling penting, masyarakat perlu berikan maklumat kepada JAINJ dan kita akan salurkan kepada MCMC untuk tindakan lanjut," katanya pada sidang media di sini hari ini.

Mohd Fared berkata di Johor, ajaran itu telah difatwakan sesat sejak 22 Julai 2021 kerana didapati menyeleweng dan bertentangan dengan akidah, syariat serta akhlak Islam, sekali gus semua aktiviti yang berkaitan dengannya termasuk perniagaan dan perkhidmatan adalah dilarang dan difatwakan haram.

"Pengasas dan juga pengikut ajaran ini sebenarnya pengecut, mereka hanya berani mengeluarkan kenyataan setelah tidak berada dalam negara. Apabila ajaran-ajarannya pelik dan tidak logik, adalah lebih baik untuk dijauhi.

"Sehubungan itu, orang awam diminta untuk tidak terlibat secara langsung atau tidak langsung dengan mana-mana individu atau apa-apa aktiviti dijalankan pihak berkenaan," katanya sambil menambah sekiranya mereka pulang ke negeri ini, tangkapan boleh dibuat mengikut lunas undang-undang sedia ada.

Berhubung aktiviti perniagaan melibatkan air minuman SiHulk yang dijalankan pengasas dan pengikut ajaran itu, Mohd Fared memaklumk...

Lim Guan Eng corruption case: I was not 'taught' to change my story - Witness

BERNAMA

Julai 20, 2023
Lim Guan Eng (right) with his wife Betty Chew (left) when present at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on April 5, 2023. - File photo/Bernama

Lim Guan Eng corruption case: I was not 'taught' to change my story - Witness

Lim Guan Eng (right) with his wife Betty Chew (left) when present at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on April 5, 2023. - File photo/Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: A former senior vice-president of a company today told the Sessions Court here, that he was not 'taught' to change his story regarding the payment of RM2 million said to have been given to Lim Guan Eng.

Azli Adam, 58, former Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Services of Consortium Zenith Beijing Urban Construction Group Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG), insisted that no party had taught him to answer regarding the corruption case of the former Penang Chief Minister.

He said this when questioned by Deputy Public Prosecutor (TPR) Mohammed Mokhzani Faris Mokhtar, at the hearing of Lim's corruption case, who faces four charges involving the construction of an undersea tunnel and a main road construction project in Penang, worth RM6.3 billion.

Azli also answered no, to Mohammed Mokhzani's question whether between 2018 and 2020, any MACC officer asked him to change his story.

When cross-examined by lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, who represented Lim, the 28th prosecution witness said that when he was called by the MACC at the commission's headquarters in Putrajaya for investigation, Zarul Ahmad, who was remanded, told him that the RM2 million was paid to Lim.

"When the matter was told, I was with Zarul Ahmad in the MACC investigation room located in the basement," he said.

When Gobind suggested that Zarul Ahmad had deceived him by saying RM2 million was given to Lim, Azli said that he did not know.

Earlier, the witness told the court that he had never seen or seen the RM2 million handed over to businessman G. Gnanaraja, and the matter could only be confirmed by Zarul Ahmad.

In 2019, Gnanaraja was charged in the Shah Alam Sessions Court on three charges of corruption of RM19 million, involving fraud in closing a case related to the Penang tunnel project.

Azli, who previously testified in the Shah Alam Sessions Court, when questioned by another TPR Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin said today, he only knew that RM2 million was given to Gnanaraja when the case was tried, and did not see the money himself.

When asked by Wan Shahruddin, Azli said that he also did not see Zarul Ahmad giving RM2 million to Gnanaraja for the case.

According to the first amendment charge, Lim, 60, is charged as the Chief Minister of Penang, using his position to receive bribes amounting to RM3.3...

FSRA dimeterai PM Anwar beri ruang Felda struktur semula komitmen kewangan

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023 17:35 MYT

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada 26 Jun lepas menandatangani FSRA bagi penerimaan pertama geran RM990 juta setahun daripada Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk penebusan sukuk Felda.

FSRA dimeterai PM Anwar beri ruang Felda struktur semula komitmen kewangan

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada 26 Jun lepas menandatangani FSRA bagi penerimaan pertama geran RM990 juta setahun daripada Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk penebusan sukuk Felda.- Foto Felda

KUALA LUMPUR: Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Persekutuan (Felda) menjelaskan bahawa perjanjian bagi Akaun Rizab Perkhidmatan Kewangan (FSRA) antara lain memberi ruang kepada agensi itu untuk menstruktur semula komitmen kewangan terhadap kadar faedah dikenakan dan pemansuhan 80 peratus hutang peneroka berjumlah RM8.3 bilion.

Felda dalam kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan penghapusan sejumlah hutang peneroka dilaksanakan di peringkat agensi itu tanpa penyaluran peruntukan geran daripada Kerajaan Persekutuan pada 2021 serta 2022 dan ia memberikan impak besar kepada aliran tunai serta prestasi Felda.

Berikutan itu, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada 26 Jun lepas menandatangani FSRA bagi penerimaan pertama geran RM990 juta setahun daripada Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk penebusan sukuk Felda.

"Perdana Menteri semasa Sambutan Hari Peneroka Felda pada 7 Julai lalu mengumumkan bermula tahun ini, Kerajaan Perpaduan meluluskan peruntukan sehingga RM990 juta setahun bagi membolehkan penebusan semula sukuk Felda, antara lain bagi membiayai hapus kira hutang peneroka agensi berkenaan.

"Secara keseluruhan, inisiatif itu melibatkan bantuan kewangan kepada Felda sebanyak RM9.9 bilion bagi tempoh 10 tahun," menurut kenyataan itu.

Menurut Felda, kenyataan Perdana Menteri telah disalah tafsir sehingga menimbulkan kekeliruan dalam kalangan rakyat dengan janji kerajaan terdahulu untuk menghapuskan hutang peneroka Felda berjumlah RM8.3 bilion.

Terdahulu, Anwar menerusi kenyataan ringkas hari ini mengotakan janji beliau dengan mengemukakan sebahagian dokumen FSRA yang ditandatanganinya sebagai Menteri Kewangan pada 26 Jun lepas.

Tiga helaian berkaitan FSRA itu menunjukkan ia ditandatangani Anwar bagi pihak kerajaan, dengan Pengerusi Felda ketika itu Tan Sri Idris Jusoh dan Ketua Pengarah Felda Datuk Amiruddin Abdul Satar.

Pemeteraian dokumen itu disaksikan oleh Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha Perbendaharaan (Pelaburan) Kementerian Kewangan Datuk Anis Rizana Mohd Zainudin.

Anwar menerusi kenyataan sama turut mendesak bekas Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin untuk memohon maaf atas fitnah yang dilemparkan kepadanya berkaitan pelupusan hutang peneroka Felda.

Muhyiddin, dalam surat bertarikh 18 Julai me...

PM presents document related to government guarantee to Felda

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023 14:15 MYT

I present part of the Assignment for Financial Service Reserve Account (FSRA) agreement document related to the government guarantee to Felda which I have signed, PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. - BERNAMA

PM presents document related to government guarantee to Felda

I present part of the Assignment for Financial Service Reserve Account (FSRA) agreement document related to the government guarantee to Felda which I have signed, PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. - BERNAMA

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today presented the Assignment for Financial Service Reserve Account (FSRA) agreement document related to the Government Guarantee to the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) which he had signed.

He presented the document today following his statement yesterday to former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that he will present evidence today that he had signed a document for the cancellation of Felda settlers' debt.

"I present part of the Assignment for Financial Service Reserve Account (FSRA) agreement document related to the government guarantee to Felda which I have signed," the Prime Minister said in a two-paragraph statement today.

In a separate statement, the Ministry of Finance today confirmed that the Assignment for Financial Service Reserve Account (FRSA) agreement was signed by the Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on June 26, 2023.

According to the ministry, this agreement involves a government guarantee of RM9.9 billion to Felda to restructure the agency's loans through the issuance of sukuk and revolving credit in an effort to restore Felda's financial position.

"Under the agreement, the government will finance the repayment of the sukuk through a grant allocation of RM990 million every year for a period of 10 years," it said in a media statement.

The ministry also confirmed that the first disbursement of RM990 million was made on July 18, 2023 in line with the allocations provided in Belanjawan Madani 2023.

It said the government's guarantee agreement and the distribution of allocations to Felda are important elements implemented by the Unity Government to ensure the survival of Felda, among others, taking into account the impact on Felda's cash flow and financial position following the elimination of the Felda settlers' debt.

-- BERNAMA

PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim once again urged Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to apologise for the slanderous statements made against him over the debt waiver scheme for Felda settlers.

PM releases document on govt guarantee to Fe...

Polls: MOH recommends existing COVID-19 prevention SOP be used

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023
Among the existing SOPs for the prevention of COVID-19 as applied in the GE15 last November is that individuals who are positive are allowed to vote subject to certain SOP, Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said. - BERNAMA/Filepic

Polls: MOH recommends existing COVID-19 prevention SOP be used

Among the existing SOPs for the prevention of COVID-19 as applied in the GE15 last November is that individuals who are positive are allowed to vote subject to certain SOP, Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said. - BERNAMA/Filepic

PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MoH) will recommend to the Election Commission (EC) to adopt existing COVID-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOP) in the elections in six states and the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election, said its minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

Speaking to the media after launching her ministry-level National Month and the Fly the Jalur Gemilang 2023 here today, she said that the MoH will also hold discussions with relevant agencies and departments including the EC if the SOP for preventing spread of COVID-19 need to be improved or revised based on the current COVID-19 situation.

Among the existing SOPs for the prevention of COVID-19 as applied in the 15th General Election (GE 15) last November is that individuals who are positive are allowed to vote subject to certain SOP, she said.

"So far if we look at the trend of the cases we are receiving, we take note and the SOP are already in place.

"But we will discuss if it is necessary to carry out measures that are different from the normal SOP and will discuss with the EC, the National Security Council (MKN) and the agencies involved if there needs to be other procedures for improvement," she said.

The EC has fixed for state elections in Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Penang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan as well as the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat by-election to be held simultaneously, with Aug 12 set as polling day and July 29 as nomination day.

-- BERNAMA

Tesla launches Model Y SUV in M'sian market, delivery to start in early 2024

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023

Model Y is the newest and most affordable electric SUV offered by Tesla and has been designed and built as Tesla's first mass-market SUV.




Tesla launches Model Y SUV in M'sian market, delivery to start in early 2024

Model Y is the newest and most affordable electric SUV offered by Tesla and has been designed and built as Tesla's first mass-market SUV. - SinarHarian

KUALA LUMPUR: Tesla has officially launched its all-new electric sports utility vehicle (SUV), Model Y, in Malaysia today, priced from RM199,000 to RM288,000.

Model Y is the newest and most affordable electric SUV offered by Tesla and has been designed and built as Tesla's first mass-market SUV, marking a significant milestone in the company's mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy.

Delivery for Malaysian customers will begin in early 2024.

Tesla regional director Isabel Fan said that the company has begun with low-volume production to prove the security and viability of electric cars compared to traditional internal combustion engine vehicles.

"The revenue generated allowed us to produce more affordable vehicles and eventually expand into the mass-market high-volume production.

"Tesla has established numerous factories worldwide, including in Texas, Berlin, Shanghai, Fremont, and Mexico, with an annual production capacity exceeding two million vehicles," she said at the official launch of the new model here, today.

She said that Tesla is also the world's largest fast-charging network provider, with approximately 5,000 supercharging stations, including about 2,000 stations in the Asia-Pacific region.

"The first indoor supercharger station, consisting of eight charging points, has been constructed in the basement of Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. However, it is awaiting the licence approval before it can be commissioned and fully utilised," she said.

Meanwhile, in a statement, Tesla said, like every Tesla vehicle, Model Y combines range, performance, safety, and technology. Being a mid-size SUV, it offers 2.1 cubic metres of cargo space, providing versatile seating and storage for up to five passengers with their belongings.

"Model Y will begin delivery to Malaysian customers in early 2024. Tesla is committed and excited to helping drive a zero-emission and greener future for Malaysia, it said.

In line with Malaysia's goal to promote low-carbon mobility and supporting the electric vehicle (EV) industry, Tesla customers will enjoy full import and excise duties exemption for newly registered zero-emission Tesla electric vehicles.

Customers can benefit from 100 per cent road tax exemption and individual income tax relief of up to RM2,500 on expenses re...

PM Anwar, wife arrive in Hanoi for official visit to Vietnam

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, arrived here today for a two-day official visit to Vietnam on the invitation of his counterpart Pham Minh Chinh. - BERNAMA

PM Anwar, wife arrive in Hanoi for official visit to Vietnam

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, arrived here today for a two-day official visit to Vietnam on the invitation of his counterpart Pham Minh Chinh. - BERNAMA

HANOI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, arrived here today for a two-day official visit to Vietnam on the invitation of his counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

The special aircraft carrying the couple landed at the Noi Bai International Airport at 1 pm (local time).

Anwar and Dr Wan Azizah were greeted by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam who is the minister-in-attendance and Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir and his wife Datin Seri Saripah Zulkifli.

Also present at the airbase to welcome them was Foreign Affairs Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Amran Mohamed Zin.

This afternoon Anwar is scheduled to be accorded an official welcome by Chinh at the Presidential Palace before the two leaders proceed for a bilateral meeting at the Government Office.

After the bilateral meeting, both leaders are scheduled to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (NCCIM) and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

Anwar and Chinh will also witness the signing of confirmation of the minutes of the 7th Joint Commission Meeting on Economic, Scientific and Technology Cooperation (JCM-7) between Malaysia and Vietnam.

Anwar is also scheduled to meet with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Ngunyen Phu Trong at the CPV's headquarters later this afternoon.

Anwar's first-day visit will be wrapped up with an official dinner hosted by Chinh at the Government Office.

On the second day, Anwar is scheduled to attend Malaysia-Vietnam Business Forum before attending a meet-and-greet event with the Malaysian diaspora in Hanoi.

Anwar also is scheduled to meet with Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue at the National Assembly Building before departing for a visit to Book Street and performing Friday prayers at Al Noor Mosque.

In the afternoon, he is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Vietnam President Vo Van Thuong at the Presidential Palace and hold a press conference with Malaysian media at the Noi Bai International Airport before departing for Kuala Lumpur.

Vietnam is the eighth As...

 Raja Arshad bersara jawatan Pengerusi Ekuinas berkuat kuasa 18 Julai

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023

Shahril Ridza (kanan) akan menggantikan Raja Arshad (kiri) sebagai pengerusi baharu Ekuinas. -Astro AWANI

Raja Arshad bersara jawatan Pengerusi Ekuinas berkuat kuasa 18 Julai

Shahril Ridza (kanan) akan menggantikan Raja Arshad (kiri) sebagai pengerusi baharu Ekuinas. -Astro AWANI

KUALA LUMPUR: Ekuiti Nasional Bhd (Ekuinas) hari ini mengumumkan pengerusinya Raja Tan Sri Arshad Raja Tun Uda akan berundur daripada jawatan beliau berkuat kuasa 18 Julai 2023, selepas mengemudi syarikat itu sejak penubuhannya pada 2009.

Syarikat ekuiti swasta berkaitan kerajaan itu dalam satu kenyataan hari ini berkata Raja Arshad akan digantikan oleh Tan Sri Shahril Ridza Ridzuan yang pada masa ini menyandang jawatan sebagai pengarah bebas bukan eksekutif syarikat.

Sepanjang tempoh Raja Arshad meneraju syarikat, jumlah portfolio pelaburan kumulatif Ekuinas terdiri daripada 42 syarikat yang disumbang menerusi pelaburan langsungnya dan pengurus dana penyumberan luar, mewakili portfolio pelbagai dan dinamik merentas pelbagai sektor strategik, dengan jumlah modal yang digunakan melebihi RM5.1 bilion.

Ekuinas berkata pelaburan sekarang dan sebelum ini termasuklah APIIT Education Group, Tenby Schools, Al-Ikhsan Sports Sdn Bhd, ICON Offshore dan Orkim Sdn Bhd.

"Ia merupakan satu perjalanan yang penting. Saya berbesar hati dan bertuah kerana dapat bekerja bersama-sama lembaga dalam membimbing pasukan profesional yang luar biasa yang bersemangat untuk mencipta nilai dalam perniagaan yang dilaburkan dan syarikat portfolio

"Saya bangga dengan apa yang telah kita capai bersama dan yakin Ekuinas akan terus maju di bawah kepimpinan Tan Sri Shahril Ridza Ridzuan.

"Saya mendoakan kejayaan pasukan dalam komitmen kewangan dan juga sosial mereka," kata Raja Arshad.

Ekuinas berkata Shahril Ridza dilantik sebagai pengarah bebas bukan eksekutifnya pada 1 Okt 2022, dan ketika ini merupakan pengerusi Axiata Group Bhd dan Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Sdn Bhd serta ahli lembaga pengarah bukan eksekutif Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd.

"Saya amat berbesar hati menggalas jawatan sebagai pengerusi ini, mengikut jejak langkah Raja Arshad, yang telah memainkan peranan penting dalam kejayaan Ekuinas.

"Kami berterima kasih atas bimbingan, kebijaksanaan, dan komitmen tidak berbelah bahagi beliau terhadap standard tertinggi tadbir urus dan etika," kata Shahril Ridza.

Sementara itu, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Ekuinas, Syed Yasir Arafat Syed Abd Kadir, turut merakamkan penghargaan atas sumbangan Raja Arshad sepanjang tempoh beliau sebagai pengerusi.

"Kami ingin merakamkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada Raja Arshad atas sumbangan beliau yang luar biasa dalam membentuk Ekuinas menjadi organisasi...

KKM bimbang penjualan air minuman guna akuarium

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023 

KKM bimbang penjualan air minuman guna akuarium

Lukanisman (kanan) berkata pihaknya akan merujuk kepada bahagian atau unit yang bertanggungjawab di kementerian itu untuk tindakan. -Gambar fail/Media sosial

SARIKEI: Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) melahirkan kebimbangan terhadap tindakan sebilangan penjaja air balang yang menggunakan akuarium ikan untuk menjual minuman.

Timbalan Menterinya Lukanisman Awang Sauni berkata pihaknya akan merujuk kepada bahagian atau unit yang bertanggungjawab di kementerian itu untuk tindakan.

"Kita bimbang penggunaan akuarium mungkin menjejaskan atau mencemarkan kualiti kualiti air tersebut dan kita akan teliti perkara ini," katanya kepada pemberita semasa melawat Hospital Sarikei di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas mengenai perkara tersebut yang tular di media sosial semalam.

Lukanisman percaya tindakan penjaja air balang itu adalah untuk menarik perhatian orang ramai.

"Tetapi kita mesti lihat kualiti bahan atau balang yang digunakan.

"Seperti yang di dalam Twitter ini, ia adalah sebuah akuariaum yang kebiasaannya untuk kegunaan memelihara ikan," katanya sambil menambah KKM akan melihat perkara tersebut dari sudut keselamatan dan kualiti makanan.

Sebuah akaun Twitter menggunakan nama "Jabatan Netizen Malaysia" dalam satu ciapan menyatakan perbuatan menjual air minuman menggunakan akuarium dan pam akuarium adalah salah, selain menegaskan silikon bukan bergred makanan digunakan untuk melekatkan kaca akuarium itu.

Ia menambah mereka yang ingin berniaga makanan wajib menyertai kursus mengendali makanan dan mereka akan diajar apa yang boleh atau tidak dilakukan dalam perniagaan makanan.

-- BERNAMA

 A chief executive officer of a state Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI) and a female company director were detained to assist investigations into alleged corruption and abuse of power in the mining sector, involving bribes exceeding RM13 million.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was granted a three-day remand order against the duo starting today by Magistrate Wan Shahida Abd Rahim at the Alor Star magistrate's court and Magistrate Norsyakirah Che Hashim at the Shah Alam magistrate's court today.

According to sources, the suspects, aged 63 and 40 respectively, were arrested separately in Alor Star and Kuala Lumpur late yesterday.

The sources claimed the mining activities were carried out illegally by the company which allegedly received protection from certain authorities since 2020.

It was learnt that the company, owned by the female director, was granted approval to carry out timber rubber clone planting for a forest farming project involving two compartments in Kedah in 2016.

The sources said in 2020, the same company submitted an application to the Kedah government to carry out rare earth element (REE) mining activities in the same compartments.

However, the state government has not issued any approval pertaining to the company's application to carry out the mining activity.

Saifuddin claims that MBI knew about the REE theft issue in Sik

Julai 20, 2023 09:30 MYT

Saifuddin claimed that MBI knew about the REE theft issue in Sik

Saifuddin asked Muhammad Sanusi to explain the position of the two Chinese nationals involved, whose Professional Visit Passes show their employer is MBI. - Photo file/AWANI Astro

ALOR SETAR: Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail claimed that the Kedah Chief Minister's Corporation (MBI) knew about the theft of rare earth elements (REE) in the Bukit Enggang area, Sik, Kedah.

Saiffudin said that the Chief Minister of Kedah, Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor denied that MBI was involved or had anything to do with mineral theft when the issue was raised in the State Legislative Assembly (DUN).

However, he said, MBI should have known about the matter since it was the corporation that hired a group of Chinese workers to explore in the area.

"Tonight, I want to say that MBI knows exactly in their compartment or area is the place where massive REE theft happened and it is within their knowledge. At least there have been two phases of arrests. The first, more than 50 people (at) the beginning of the year.

"Who arrested? The Department of...

SINGAPORE: Two senior members of Singapore's largest opposition party quit on Wednesday after admitting to an inappropriate relationship, the latest scandal to hit a country otherwise used to stable and drama-free politics.

The Workers' Party (WP) said member of parliament Leon Perera and its youth wing president Nicole Seah had handed in letters of resignation after a video circulated on social media earlier this week showing the pair holding hands.

"The Constitution of the Workers' Party requires candidates to be honest and frank in their dealings with the party and the people of Singapore," Secretary-General Pritam Singh said, adding that Perera had been untruthful when first asked about the relationship in late 2020 to early 2021.

Seah had also denied the relationship when asked by party leaders at that time, Singh said, adding the pair's behaviour was "unacceptable".

This is the third scandal to rock Singapore's political landscape within a week.

Last week, the transport minister was arrested in connection with a graft investigation, and on Monday two lawmakers, including the house speaker, quit because of an inappropriate relationship. All three were members of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP).

Both the WP and the PAP have in the past sacked members for extramarital relationships.

National University of Singapore political scientist Chong Ja Ian said as the ruling party, the PAP had more to lose in light of the scandals engulfing its members, and that voters would judge its actions at the polls, due by 2025.

"The unknown is how many voters find (the PAP's) actions have addressed issues of authority, restraint, position, privilege, oversight, and transparency to their satisfaction."

In resignation letters shared by the party with the press, Perera and Seah, who were part of the party's top decision-making body, apologised to their families, constituents and the party.

With Perera's exit, WP is down to eight lawmakers in parliament from 10 who were elected in 2020, when the house was formed with a total of 93 lawmakers.

https://twitter.com/mynewshub/status/1681290653567967233/video/1

Bernama

Julai 19, 2023 23:35 MYT

Raub berkata pihaknya menerima laporan berkaitan kejadian daripada majikannya yang merupakan seorang wanita tempatan berusia 52 tahun. - Gambar fail/FB Polis Daerah Johor Bahru Selatan

JOHOR BAHRU: Polis sedang mengesan seorang pembantu rumah warga Indonesia yang disyaki melarikan diri bersama barang berharga dan wang tunai milik majikannya dianggarkan bernilai RM10,850, Isnin lepas.

Ketua Polis Daerah Johor Bahru Selatan ACP Raub Selamat berkata pihaknya menerima laporan berkaitan kejadian daripada majikannya yang merupakan seorang wanita tempatan berusia 52 tahun pada 10.48 malam, semalam.

"Suspek yang berusia 31 tahun melarikan diri dari rumah pengadu di kawasan Taman Pelangi di sini, pada 11.21 pagi, Isnin. Ketika melarikan diri suspek memakai baju-T hitam berbelang kuning di bahagian dada dan berseluar merah.

"Hasil siasatan pihak polis mendapati suspek telah melarikan diri dengan membawa sebuah beg membeli-belah warna biru dengan cara memanjat pagar di hadapan rumah," katanya dalam satu kenyataan malam ini.

Bagaimanapun beliau berkata kira-kira 8.43 pagi tadi, pihaknya menerima maklumat terdapat empat video berdurasi 12 hingga 30 saat dan satu kenyataan telah tular di laman Twitter menerusi akaun @mynewshub mendakwa seorang pembantu rumah didera oleh majikan.

Katanya video itu memaparkan perbualan seorang lelaki tempatan bersama seorang wanita warga asing dengan wanita itu kemudian memberi kenyataan kononnya dia didera oleh majikannya ketika bekerja sebagai pembant...

PRN: Amanah Negeri Sembilan kekal pendirian tanding DUN Lenggeng

Bernama

Julai 19, 2023
Pengerusinya Datuk MK Ibrahim Abd Rahman berkata kerusi DUN Lenggeng yang telah dimenangi parti itu pada PRU14 harus dipertahankan bagi memastikan wujudnya keseimbangan dan keadilan dalam perwakilan rakyat di negeri ini

PRN: Amanah Negeri Sembilan kekal pendirian tanding DUN Lenggeng

Pengerusinya Datuk MK Ibrahim Abd Rahman berkata kerusi DUN Lenggeng yang telah dimenangi parti itu pada PRU14 harus dipertahankan bagi memastikan wujudnya keseimbangan dan keadilan dalam perwakilan rakyat di negeri ini. - Foto Sinar Harian

SEREMBAN: Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) Negeri Sembilan mahu kekal bertanding di kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Lenggeng pada Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) bulan depan.

Pengerusinya Datuk MK Ibrahim Abd Rahman berkata kerusi DUN Lenggeng yang telah dimenangi parti itu pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 (PRU14) harus dipertahankan bagi memastikan wujudnya keseimbangan dan keadilan dalam perwakilan rakyat di negeri ini.

Beliau berkata Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Pimpinan Nasional parti itu pada 13 Julai lepas juga telah mengumumkan calon untuk semua kerusi yang akan ditandingi Amanah termasuk di DUN Lenggeng.







"Selagi belum diputuskan oleh Majlis Presiden (Majlis Presiden Pakatan Harapan), kita akan usaha sehabis baik untuk kekalkan kerusi berkenaan. Saya setiap hari berhubung dengan Presiden Amanah (Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu) dan pimpinan atas memang senada dengan pendirian kita (pertahan DUN Lenggeng)," katanya pada sidang media di sini hari ini.

Justeru, beliau berharap Majlis Presiden Pakatan Harapan akan mempertimbangkan perkara tersebut sekali gus bersama-sama dengan keputusan yang dibuat oleh Amanah negeri.

Baru-baru ini, Timbalan Presiden UMNO Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan dilaporkan berkata Barisan Nasional (BN) akan bertanding 17 kerusi DUN di negeri ini termasuk kerusi Lenggeng yang disandang oleh Amanah, namun MK Ibrahim terlebih dahulu mengumumkan parti itu kekal bertanding di DUN Lenggeng, Paroi dan Klawang.

Pada PRU14, Pakatan Harapan menguasai 20 kerusi iaitu DAP dengan 11 kerusi, PKR (enam) dan Amanah (tiga), manakala BN pula memenangi 16 kerusi iaitu UMNO (15) dan MIC satu kerusi daripada keseluruhan 36 kawasan DUN di negeri itu.

-- BERNAMA

Imigresen kaji semula perjawatan pegawai, tangani isu kesesakan di BSI dan KSAB

Bernama

Julai 20, 2023
Ketua Pengarahnya Datuk Ruslin Jusoh berkata perkara berkenaan akan melibatkan tambahan perjawatan baharu dan penyingkatan tempoh latihan bagi kadet di Akademi Imigresen bagi memenuhi keperluan perjawatan sedia ada dengan segera. - Foto fail/BERNAMA

Imigresen kaji semula perjawatan pegawai, tangani isu kesesakan di BSI dan KSAB

Ketua Pengarahnya Datuk Ruslin Jusoh berkata perkara berkenaan akan melibatkan tambahan perjawatan baharu dan penyingkatan tempoh latihan bagi kadet di Akademi Imigresen bagi memenuhi keperluan perjawatan sedia ada dengan segera. - Foto fail/BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia sedang menimbang untuk mengkaji semula perjawatan pegawainya di Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) dan Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar (KSAB) di Johor Bahru bagi menangani masalah kesesakan di pintu masuk negara yang menghubungkan Malaysia dan Singapura.

Ketua Pengarahnya Datuk Ruslin Jusoh berkata perkara berkenaan akan melibatkan tambahan perjawatan baharu dan penyingkatan tempoh latihan bagi kadet di Akademi Imigresen bagi memenuhi keperluan perjawatan sedia ada dengan segera.

"...tetapi apa yang penting isu kesesakan ini menjadi perhatian Perdana Menteri (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) begitu juga Menteri Dalam Negeri (Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail) yang sentiasa proaktif untuk menambah baik proses kemasukan.

"...dan kalau tengok Menteri Besar Johor Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi juga turun padang bagi (meninjau dan mengambil langkah) melicinkan proses keluar masuk," katanya selepas menjadi tetamu pada program Ruang Bicara terbitan Bernama TV bertajuk 'Inisiatif Tangani Kesesakan Pintu Masuk Negara', Rabu malam.

Beliau berkata secara purata pergerakan keluar masuk di BSI adalah seramai 250,000 orang sehari, namun jumlah itu boleh bertambah dua kali ganda ketika musim perayaan dan cuti panjang manakala purata pergerakan keluar masuk bagi KSAB adalah seramai 10,000 orang sehari.

Mengenai inisiatif jabatan itu bagi menangani kesesakan di Terminal Satu Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA), Ruslin berkata pihaknya dalam perancangan untuk mewujudkan 12 kaunter tambahan termasuk dua kaunter pemerhati bagi melancarkan urusan kemasukan pelancong ke dalam negara.

"Insya-Allah hujung tahun ini kita dapat laksanakan dengan kerjasama strategik antara Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) dan Kementerian Pengangkutan bagi memudahkan lagi dan mempercepat proses," katanya.

Mengulas mengenai dakwaan wujud budaya rasuah di pintu masuk negara, beliau berkata Jabatan Imigresen tidak akan bersikap defensif malah mengambil pendekatan terbuka untuk bekerjasama dengan mana-mana agensi penguatkuasaan bagi menjalankan siasatan.

"Saya tidak mahu kerana ni...

Report customs duty evasion and get 10 pct reward - Ahmad Maslan

Bernama

Julai 19, 2023
Deputy Minister of Finance I, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said the goods included cigarettes, liquor and vehicles with the identity of the informant being kept confidential. - BERNAMA/Filepic

Report customs duty evasion and get 10 pct reward - Ahmad Maslan

Deputy Minister of Finance I, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said the goods included cigarettes, liquor and vehicles with the identity of the informant being kept confidential. - BERNAMA/Filepic

PORT DICKSON: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) is offering a reward of 10 per cent of the value of the seizure to any individual who provides accurate information on the evasion of customs duties and taxes, we well as the perpetrators.

Deputy Minister of Finance I, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said the goods included cigarettes, liquor and vehicles with the identity of the informant being kept confidential.

"If the value of the seizure is worth RM1 million, then 10 per cent of that, which is RM100,000, will be given to the informant. There is indeed a provision for informants that we will evaluate according to category.

"We hope that more people will contact the JKDM if they see something suspicious, we consider these informants as category A, which means that when the JKDM arrives at the place, they can immediately arrest the perpetrators and seize the goods. It also includes cases involving drugs," he said.

He said this after officiating the Negeri Sembilan JKDM Community Service 2023 programme which was also attended by state JKDM director Mohammad Hafiz Ishak here today.

He added that information was needed to eradicate the activities that would harm the people and the country and that the rewards had been given out by JKDM for a long time but had not been announced.

"There is still a lot of this evil work being done out there, therefore I call on everyone to come forward and pass on the information by contacting JKDM in their respective areas... however, don't give false information," he said.

He said the duty and role of JKDM is not only to collect taxes or revenue for the country but also to maintain national order.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Hafiz in his speech, said that Negeri Sembilan JKDM had already recorded revenue collection amounting to more than RM300 million as of June 31 this year. The target for this year is RM588 million.

"I believe in the persistent efforts of the state JKDM in improving the results which to some extent can help the government's efforts in rehabilitating the national economy and further help the people," he said.

-- BERNAMA

India's Tata chooses UK for $5 bln Jaguar Land Rover gigafactory

Reuters

Julai 19, 2023
A member of staff checks the paintwork on Range Rover bodies as they pass through the paint shop at Jaguar Land Rovers factory in Solihull, Britain. - REUTERS/Filepic

India's Tata chooses UK for $5 bln Jaguar Land Rover gigafactory

A member of staff checks the paintwork on Range Rover bodies as they pass through the paint shop at Jaguar Land Rovers factory in Solihull, Britain. - REUTERS/Filepic

LONDON: India's Tata Group will build an electric vehicle battery plant in Britain to supply its Jaguar Land Rover factories, delivering a major boost for a car industry in need of domestic battery production to help secure its future.

Under the plan, announced by the government and Tata on Wednesday, the company will build its first gigafactory outside of India in Britain with an investment of 4 billion pounds ($5.2 billion), creating up to 4,000 jobs and producing an initial output of 40 gigawatt hours.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government has declined to say how much financial support it promised in order to secure the investment and fend off Spain, which had also lobbied to win the project. The BBC said the government would provide subsidies worth hundreds of millions of pounds to Tata.

Britain has lagged European rivals in building electric vehicle (EV) battery gigafactories, with more than 30 planned or under construction across the European Union. Britain currently has one small Nissan plant and another in the works.

"Tata Group's multi-billion-pound investment in a new battery factory in the UK is testament to the strength of our car manufacturing industry and its skilled workers," Sunak said in the statement.

The new plant is expected to be built in Somerset, south-west England, while Jaguar Land Rover's UK factories are based near Birmingham, central England.

Production at the factory, which is set to supply JLR's future battery electric models, including the Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar brands, is due to start in 2026, the government said.

Domestic production is vital for automakers which rely on heavy batteries being built near their car plants.

With an initial output of 40 gigawatt hours, Britain said the factory would provide almost half of the battery production needed by 2030. The Faraday Institution has projected UK battery demand to reach over 100 GWh a year by that time.

"With this strategic investment, the Tata Group further strengthens its commitment to the UK," Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said in the statement.

SHOT IN THE ARM

Mike Hawes, head of Britain's auto industry group SMMT, said the investment was a shot in the arm for the UK.

"It comes at a critical moment, with the global industry transitioning at pace to el...

Not right to equate Muhammad Sanusi's arrest with PM's in 1998 - Fahmi

Bernama

Julai 19, 2023




Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil when met by the media after the National Level Maal Hijrah Celebration Ceremony Year 1445H/ 2023 at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Center (WTCKL) today. - BERNAMA

Not right to equate Muhammad Sanusi's arrest with PM's in 1998 - Fahmi

Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil when met by the media after the National Level Maal Hijrah Celebration Ceremony Year 1445H/ 2023 at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Center (WTCKL) today. - BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: It is not appropriate to equate the arrest of Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor with that of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in 1998, said Pakatan Harapan (PH) communications director Fahmi Fadzil.

Fahmi said a better comparison for Muhammad Sanusi's case was the arrest of an elderly man in 2021 for allegedly making a statement insulting the Kedah Menteri Besar.

"It's different (Anwar's arrest and Sanusi's case). This is the narrative trying to be spun (by certain quarters). But the reality is that in 2021 there was an elderly man in his 60s who was arrested at 3 or 4 am for allegedly insulting Muhammad Sanusi.

"So to me that may be a more accurate comparison," Fahmi, who is Communications and Digital Minister, told reporters after the national-level Maal Hijrah 1445H/2023 celebration at World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) here today.

He was commenting on media reports which described the arrest of Muhammad Sanusi by police at 3 am yesterday as somewhat reflective of what happened to Anwar during his arrest in 1998.

On Aug 9, 2021, a 61-year-old man was arrested at a house in Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan at 3.57 am and remanded to help in investigations into the circulation of a video which insulted the Kedah Menteri Besar.

Yesterday, Muhammad Sanusi was arrested at about 3 am in Kuala Lumpur, after he could not be contacted by police to secure his attendance at the Selayang Sessions Court the same day to face two charges under the Sedition Act in relation to his remarks at a ceramah last week.

-- BERNAMA