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Thursday 21 February 2013

Stadium Collapse: Architect Doubts Capability Of Workers

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Stadium Collapse: Architect Doubts Capability Of Workers

Thursday, 21 February 2013 08:58

PUTRAJAYA: Architect Raja Datuk Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad, who designed the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Kuala Terengganu, once again questioned the state government after another section of the roof fell through yesterday morning. 
Alluding to the contractors involved in the current project, he asked whether they are qualified enough since the incident happened while the stadium is currently undergoing re-construction work.
According to Bernama report, five workers were injured, three seriously, when steel structures supporting the roof of the stadium collapsed at 11.30am yesterday.

Raja Kamarul Bahrin wanted to know why it took so long to dismantle the remaining roof, as it would only be a matter time before history repeated itself.

"Were they qualified to dismantle the roof?" he asked when contacted by fz.com.

He stressed that dismantling of the remaining frame should have been carried out by the original Korean contractors who were responsible for the design, supply and the installation of the roof.

He added that the state government cannot blame anyone for today's incident as he had been warning them of such possibilities since the first incident four years ago.

On June 2, 2009, part of the roof collapsed at the stadium's grandstand a year after it opened for the Malaysia Games (Sukma) in 2008, but no one was hurt then while repair works started at the end of last year.

On today's incident, Terengganu deputy police chief Datuk Hamzah Mohd Jamil said workers were dismantling the old roof structure when the incident happened.

"About 137m or two thirds of the old structure collapsed when eight workers were carrying out work at the site," he said.

Meanwhile, Bernama also reported that one of the victims, Safian Abdul Manaf, 21, said the incident happened so fast that he could not do anything.

Safian said he was trying to shift a steel frame that was 137 meters long and 25 meters high when he saw the frame fall and pin him down.

He broke his right leg, injured his mouth and lost his teeth.

"It happened about an hour after I started work. I managed to see the frame falling but I couldn't do anything. It happened so fast. 

"When I fell, my face knocked against a wall (terrace) and I passed out. When I regained conscious I was in an ambulance," he said when met at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah
Hospital.

Apart from Safian, Mohd Nazirul Nizam Marzuki, 25, (right knee injury) and Mohd Saidi Ismail, 21, (back injury) were also admitted while Mohd Syukri Jusuh, 31, and Wan Mohd Fajrulazmi Wan Ahmad, 26, suffered minor injuries.



- Sean Augustin / fz.com
http://fz.com/content/stadium-architect-doubts-capability-workers

Cocaine in Vagina: Thai Woman Held At Penang Airport

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Cocaine in Vagina: Thai Woman Held At Penang Airport

Thursday, 21 February 2013 18:40


GEORGETOWN: It took the police almost three days to extract 80 cocaine-contained capsules, each as big as one’s thumb, from a woman who was detained at the Penang International Airport (PIA) last Wednesday after she swallowed the capsules. 
The large-sized woman, who is in her 20s and hails from Thailand, had also risked her life by concealing another cocaine package as big as a cucumber in her vagina, Harian Metro reported.
According to sources, police detained the woman around 5pm following a tip-off. The suspect was said to have flown in from Brazil.

“Upon her arrest, the woman was brought to Penang Hospital and police had to wait for almost three days to extract the 80 capsules she swallowed.

“We believe the woman must have been paid a hefty amount of money from drug syndicates, to the extent that she was willing to risk her life like that,” said a source.

The source said, initial investigation revealed that the drugs were worth almost RM300,000, and the suspect was said to have only consumed chocolates to satisfy her hunger throughout the long flight from Brazil.

“From the modus operandi, police believe that this syndicate is willing to go to various extreme lengths to smuggle drugs into this country,” the source added.

Meanwhile, Penang Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department chief, S. Batumalai confirmed the woman’s arrest when contacted.

“The suspect is currently remanded for another seven days to assist police investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,” he said.

Last November, another Thai woman was also detained at the PIA. Investigations revealed that she had tried to smuggle 40 cocaine capsules by swallowing them and also had a cucumber-sized cocaine package up her vagina.


http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/36-local2/262062-cocaine-in-vagina-thai-woman-held-at-penang-airport.html


--mD