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SIBU: A Sabah Air helicopter crashed in the town square, killing its pilot, after flying Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his entourage here.
Sahimi Ghazali, 38, took off at 1.45pm to return to Sibu airport but the helicopter rose about 3m before it crashed.
‘Even Dr M failed to oust Taib’
KUCHING: PKR leaders remain sceptical of Sarawak Chief Minister’s departure from politics as promised by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
According to them, even former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad had failed to show him the exit, what more Najib.
Sarawak report under DDoS attack
KUCHING: Online news blog Sarawak Report, which has been disclosing revelations on Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s extensive business empire and unexplainable wealth running into billions of US dollars, has come under massive attack.
Unfair of Rahim to put all blames on PBS
By Daniel John Jambun
KOTA KINABALU, East Malaysia: Although I am not a member of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), being a Kadazandusun leader with a sense of responsibility for my people, I must take Datuk Rahim Ismail to task for his arrogance against a former Sabah Government headed by Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan who was unfairly put under loads of pressures by UMNO during Dr Mahathir Mohamad tenure as Prime Minister.
KOTA KINABALU, East Malaysia: Although I am not a member of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), being a Kadazandusun leader with a sense of responsibility for my people, I must take Datuk Rahim Ismail to task for his arrogance against a former Sabah Government headed by Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan who was unfairly put under loads of pressures by UMNO during Dr Mahathir Mohamad tenure as Prime Minister.
Dear ________ ,, Sincerely, __________
Dear Twilight fans,
Please realize that because vampires are dead and have no blood pumping through them, they can never get an erection.
Enjoy fantasizing about that.
Sincerely,
Logic
Please realize that because vampires are dead and have no blood pumping through them, they can never get an erection.
Enjoy fantasizing about that.
Sincerely,
Logic
Three undergraduates voicing their rights arrested in KL Sentral
KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested three journalists, a photographer and three undergraduates for alleged participation in an illegal assembly at the city’s transportation hub, KL Sentral in Brickfields, here, today.
It is understood that the journalists are from Keadilan Daily and the photographer from TV Selangor who were there to attend a news conference on the “Undergraduates Safe the People Expedition”.
It is understood that the journalists are from Keadilan Daily and the photographer from TV Selangor who were there to attend a news conference on the “Undergraduates Safe the People Expedition”.
Why are villagers depending on rain for free drinking water?
By Priscilla Watson
BINTULU: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim was stumped when villagers in Ba’ Kelalan told him that they waited for rain to get free drinking water.
“I’m in shock… (Chief Minister) Taib (Mahmud) has been in the office for 30 years and has enriched himself and members of his family while the people of Sarawak still living in poverty,” he said.
BINTULU: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim was stumped when villagers in Ba’ Kelalan told him that they waited for rain to get free drinking water.
“I’m in shock… (Chief Minister) Taib (Mahmud) has been in the office for 30 years and has enriched himself and members of his family while the people of Sarawak still living in poverty,” he said.
PRESS STATEMENT from Francis Paul Siah, leader of the Movement for Change, Sarawak (MoCS) in Kuching on 10th April, 2011
PRESS STATEMENT from Francis Paul Siah, leader of the Movement for Change, Sarawak (MoCS) in Kuching on 10th April, 2011
MoCS wishes to announce that it has ‘adopted’ nine (9) candidates from Pakatan Rakyat parties - six from PKR, two from DAP and one from PAS. Four (4) others including three Independents are under its direct sponsorship.
MoCS wishes to announce that it has ‘adopted’ nine (9) candidates from Pakatan Rakyat parties - six from PKR, two from DAP and one from PAS. Four (4) others including three Independents are under its direct sponsorship.
A letter from customs officer
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Hi Pete,
I refer to your article in No Holds Barred entitled ‘About sex and bribery’ and think you got the facts about the Zakaria Chek case on the car smuggling syndicate somewhat wrong.
For you kind information, the Customs Department was not involved in this scam. In fact, much to our exasperation, we were impeded in our investigations.
I was personally involved in the investigation of the case as part of a special task force in 1991. We single-handedly cracked the case after obtaining information from a confidential informant. It was only after we started confiscating the cars -- most of which were Honda Accords -- that the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA; now MACC) approached us and said that they wanted to take-over the investigation.
We then decided that there would be a joint and parallel investigation together with the ACA and Bukit Aman.
The modus operandi, in a nutshell, was that cars from Singapore (presumably stolen but usually deregistered) would be driven by syndicate members into Johor Bharu through the Causeway. Yes, the cars came from Singapore but it went through as ‘day visits’ and then left on the roadside where police officers, who were colluding with the syndicate, would confiscate them and take them to the police impound warehouse.
After about a month, these cars would be forfeited and then ‘auctioned off’ by the police. The ‘auction’ was fixed so that a Mr Chen (a second-hand car dealer) would successfully bid for the cars. Once the cars were auctioned off, they were then reregistered with the Johor Bharu Road Transport Department and presented with legitimised logbooks.
Zakaria Chek was involved and so was the then Johor Bharu OCPD, Dato Rahim, who was charged along with a group of around eight police officers who operated from an office in Jalan Meldrum preparing the auction documents.
When we called in Mr Chen for investigation and questioning, he even boasted that he would make sure that we would all get transferred out and that we would feel the wrath of the police bearing against us. He was always seen with Zakaria Chek and Dato Rahim and even had a personal police staff stick that he carried around.
Our team even wanted to conduct a raid on the Johor Bahru central police station to secure evidence but was advised not to do so by HQ, as this would be the first time in history where a police station would be raided and this could cause irreparable reputational damage. However, we gathered such convincing evidence that Dato Rahim and a few other officers were convicted. Zakaria Chek escaped prosecution but was then stuffed in ‘cold storage’.
We seized more than 200 cars.
Although I cannot confirm whether this is the retaliation Mr Chen meant, a few months after the case was exposed, Customs officers were harassed at the Causeway by traffic police officers and summoned for even the most minor of traffic offences. Many officers ended up with dozens of traffic summonses. This, however, was resolved later through mediation.
Hi Pete,
I refer to your article in No Holds Barred entitled ‘About sex and bribery’ and think you got the facts about the Zakaria Chek case on the car smuggling syndicate somewhat wrong.
For you kind information, the Customs Department was not involved in this scam. In fact, much to our exasperation, we were impeded in our investigations.
I was personally involved in the investigation of the case as part of a special task force in 1991. We single-handedly cracked the case after obtaining information from a confidential informant. It was only after we started confiscating the cars -- most of which were Honda Accords -- that the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA; now MACC) approached us and said that they wanted to take-over the investigation.
We then decided that there would be a joint and parallel investigation together with the ACA and Bukit Aman.
The modus operandi, in a nutshell, was that cars from Singapore (presumably stolen but usually deregistered) would be driven by syndicate members into Johor Bharu through the Causeway. Yes, the cars came from Singapore but it went through as ‘day visits’ and then left on the roadside where police officers, who were colluding with the syndicate, would confiscate them and take them to the police impound warehouse.
After about a month, these cars would be forfeited and then ‘auctioned off’ by the police. The ‘auction’ was fixed so that a Mr Chen (a second-hand car dealer) would successfully bid for the cars. Once the cars were auctioned off, they were then reregistered with the Johor Bharu Road Transport Department and presented with legitimised logbooks.
Zakaria Chek was involved and so was the then Johor Bharu OCPD, Dato Rahim, who was charged along with a group of around eight police officers who operated from an office in Jalan Meldrum preparing the auction documents.
When we called in Mr Chen for investigation and questioning, he even boasted that he would make sure that we would all get transferred out and that we would feel the wrath of the police bearing against us. He was always seen with Zakaria Chek and Dato Rahim and even had a personal police staff stick that he carried around.
Our team even wanted to conduct a raid on the Johor Bahru central police station to secure evidence but was advised not to do so by HQ, as this would be the first time in history where a police station would be raided and this could cause irreparable reputational damage. However, we gathered such convincing evidence that Dato Rahim and a few other officers were convicted. Zakaria Chek escaped prosecution but was then stuffed in ‘cold storage’.
We seized more than 200 cars.
Although I cannot confirm whether this is the retaliation Mr Chen meant, a few months after the case was exposed, Customs officers were harassed at the Causeway by traffic police officers and summoned for even the most minor of traffic offences. Many officers ended up with dozens of traffic summonses. This, however, was resolved later through mediation.
Wong Chin Huat blocked from entering Sarawak
Chin Huat arrived in Kuching at around 9.00pm on an Asia Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur – and was promptly denied entry.
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