Missing girl found in Penang

Missing girl found in Penang

by tan sin chow AND nicholas cheng

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/08/05/Missing-Aisyah-found.aspx

Picture of Aisyah published on PDRM Facebook page.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang police have found a three-year-old girl who was earlier reported missing at a hypermarket in Rawang.
A woman, who sent Wan Aisyah Wan Exzam to the Sungai Nibong police station at about 11.30am today, said her son had brought the girl to her house home in Teluk Kumbar at about 5am today.
She said her son, 44, had told her to send the girl to the nearest police station.
He had since gone missing after the incident.
The girl is said to be the daughter of a female school teacher Arbaiyah Md Zin who is based in Rawang.

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Published: Monday August 5, 2013 MYT 1:40:00 PM
Updated: Monday August 5, 2013 MYT 5:00:56 PM

Missing girl found in Penang

by tan sin chow AND nicholas cheng

Picture of Aisyah published on PDRM Facebook page.

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GEORGE TOWN: Penang police have found a three-year-old girl who was earlier reported missing at a hypermarket in Rawang.
A woman, who sent Wan Aisyah Wan Exzam to the Sungai Nibong police station at about 11.30am today, said her son had brought the girl to her house home in Teluk Kumbar at about 5am today.
She said her son, 44, had told her to send the girl to the nearest police station.
He had since gone missing after the incident.
The girl is said to be the daughter of a female school teacher Arbaiyah Md Zin who is based in Rawang.

Meanwhile Gombak OCPD ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah said the suspect, Mohd Faisal Ibrahim, was no where in sight, when Aisyah was surrended.
“The child was delivered in healthy condition. Her mother and investigating officer are on the way to the police station now."
“Aisyah will be sent to the Sungai Buloh Hopsital here for treatment later,” ACP Abdul Rahim said.
He added that police would record a statement from the suspect’s mother and urged the suspect to come forward to assist investigations.

The case is being investigated under Section 363 of the Penal Code for child abduction, he said.

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Missing toddler reunited with family

 

RAWANG: Three-year-old Wan Aisyah Wan Exzam is now back with her family when she turned up safe and sound at the Sungai Nibong police station in Penang.
She was reported missing three days ago after she was allegedly abducted by her mother’s boyfriend.
Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rahim Abdullah said Wan Aisyah, who was last seen at a shopping mall in Rawang, was surrendered by the suspect’s mother in Penang yesterday.
Her alleged abductor is believed to have gone into hiding.
“Wan Aisyah will be sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital here for a check-up,” ACP Abdul Rahim added.
He said police would record a statement from the suspect’s mother, adding that the case has been classfied as child abduction.
The case begun when Wan Aisyah’s mother Arbaiyah Md Zin had allegedly met the abductor via Facebook in May and started a relationship with him, and even began planning a wedding together.
Despite only knowing the man for a few weeks, Arbaiyah, a divorced mathematics teacher in her 30s, allegedly left her daughter in the man’s care on July 30, as he had told her he wished to introduce Aisyah to his sister.
Police sources said the mother also gave the suspect Aisyah’s birth certificate as the pair were planning to go on a honeymoon with the child after the supposed marriage.
“On Aug 2, the mother also gave RM25,000 to the man for a supposed investment for a gold trading business in a shopping mall in Rawang.
“The following day, Arbaiyah was waiting for the suspect to bring Aisyah home. But he didn’t show up and calls to him went unanswered,” ACP Abdul Rahim said.

Happy ending: A man believed to be Arbaiyah’s ex-husband carrying Wan Aisyah as Arbaiyah follows them outside the Sungai Nibong police station in Penang.

He said the mother also went to the suspect’s supposed house in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in search for her missing daughter but disco­­-vered that the house belonged to someone else.
Meanwhile, Arbaiyah’s colleagues at SMK Sungai Choh said she had moved to Rawang a few weeks ago.
“I’m happy that she has her child back and that both are safe. It is a nice story to hear this close to Hari Raya,” said a school employee.
In GEORGE TOWN, Arbaiyah came with an unidentified man, said to be her ex-husband, to pick up Wan Aisyah at the Sungai Nibong police station at 4.45pm yesterday.
Although she refused to speak to the press, the man said they had bought new clothes for Wan Aishah for Hari Raya.
Arbaiyah was seen covering her face from the press while the man carried Wan Aishah, who was drinking from her milk bottle and oblivious to the attention on her.
The man thanked the police for their cooperation but refused to answer further questions from the media.
Earlier, Penang police took Wan Aisyah from a 66-year-old woman, said to be the mother of the alleged abductor, at the Sungai Nibong police station at 11.30am.
She told police that her son, 44, had brought the girl to her house in Teluk Kumbar for sahur (dawn meal before fasting begins).
He then told her to send the girl to the nearest police station before he went missing.
Penang CID chief Senior Asst Comm Mazlan Kesah said the woman also handed them the girl’s MyKid and birth certificate.
SAC Mazlan said the police had identified the suspect.

 http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/08/06/Missing-toddler-reunited-with-family.aspx

Thieves eyeing metal water meters

Posted on July 28, 2013, Sunday

METAL water meters get stolen quite often these days.
The serious implication of such devices being stolen day and night is that residents as well as businesses are left without vital water supply, not forgetting the unnecessary losses through water wastage and replacement of stolen meters.
Indeed, many Malaysian households have been left high and dry by metal water meter thieves in recent times. In one case across the water, more than 10 meters were stolen from a row of shops over just 24 hours.
As hundreds of these instruments are reportedly stolen every month across the country, consumers have been urged to switch to plastic ones, considered ‘steal-safe’ because they have zero resale value.
It stands to reason that whenever the price of metal goes up, the number of stolen metal water meters goes up as well. Plastic meters, on the other hand, are a damn sight safer to use because they are worth next to nothing second-hand – so thieves are less likely to steal them, if not throw them away after taking the metal pipes. Talk about adding insult to injury!
Although the water authorities own all registered metal water meters, consumers are responsible for the meters’ safekeeping as long as they remain fixed on the service pipe even in a public area.
Isn’t such a situation ludicrous? Surely, we can all agree it is not only inconvenient but also impractical for people to keep their water meters under constant surveillance even if they are installed outside their compounds.
Now, the victim has paid a certain sum for a new plastic meter before supply can be reconnected, sparking calls from consumer groups, business concerns and home-owners for the costs to be borne by the water authorities as part of their corporate social responsibilities.
According to a recent survey, Miri has the highest number of water meter thefts at 287, followed by Sibu (168) and Kuching (142).  Admittedly, stolen meters are seldom recovered but tracing them is made easier by their engraved serial numbers. Recycling centres that buy these meters should be able to help identify the sellers.
Thefts of monsoon drain and manhole covers are also rampant. Not only is such thievery burning a big hole in the pockets of the local councils but also those of public utility companies, housing and private developers.
While metal thefts are committed at construction sites, electricity and telecom sub-stations, along public pavements and streets as well as residential homes, what’s disturbing is that the perpetrators are so unafraid of the law that they will strike at a time of their choosing – day or night.
One exasperated local council official had even likened replacing stolen metal covers to the Labour of Sisyphus – you replace the missing covers only for them to be stolen the next day – you replace them again and they get stolen again the next day – there is no end to it like poor Sisyphus rolling a boulder up the hill only to see it roll down again after reaching the top.
Given the situation, it makes a lot of sense to use ventilated cement blocks for all monsoon drains in place of metal ones as a deterrent and to cut losses. Scrap yard owners can help by not buying metal items they suspect to have been stolen. Periodical checks by the local councils and the police on scarp yards should continue to keep the culprits at bay.
One local council had reportedly spent about RM2.1 million over a three-year period just replacing stolen manhole and monsoon drain covers. The situation should improve significantly if the Second Hand Dealers Act 1964 is strictly enforced because buyers of scrap iron will then have to record the full particulars of the sellers. This will help the authorities control the movement and business transactions between scrap buyers and sellers.
Metal thefts, like all crimes, should be condemned. The public – and especially residents of housing estates – can help curb such transgressions by reporting any suspicious characters showing more than just a perfunctory interest in their water metres or drain covers.
Swift response by the authorities to such reports is equally important to wipe out metal thefts.
No one will be sorry to see the back of metal thieves who (for crying out loud) are able bodied people but apparently too lazy to work, preferring to steal and rob for a living.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/07/28/thieves-eyeing-metal-water-meters/#ixzz2hCqoqdNA

Malaysia Boleh - Longest underwater clean-up - Guinness World Records

slogan "Malaysia Boleh!" which loosely translated means "Malaysia Can Do It!" How this slogan came to be the "battle cry" of a nation is rather sketchy but the general belief is that it was the slogan used by a health beverage in its marketing campaign in the 80s.

Longest underwater clean-up - Guinness World Records   

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Volunteer divers help set longest underwater clean-up record in Malaysia

By KEVIN LYNCH
Published abril 18, 2013

 

A spring clean with a difference in Malaysia has helped a group of divers enter the history books for the longest underwater clean-up.
Organised by a local media company, the Astro Kasih conservation project took place in Sabah's Tunku Abdul Rahman park and ran for 168 consecutive hours in total.
The operation saw 134 Malaysian and international volunteer divers take part with a total of 3,099 kg of rubbish gathered from the seabed.

Under the rules for the record, participants were required to dive consecutively taking turns from one team to the other, with at least one diver required to be actively collecting waste from the water throughout the duration of the attempt.
A total of 1,560kg of plastics, 140kg of glass and ceramics, 318kg of metal and 357kg of rubber and cloth, were picked up during the attempt.

Participants from France, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA, Lithuania, Switzerland, Hong Kong and the Netherlands all took part in the attempt, performing a total of 1,120 dives in the marine park.
Talking after the operation, British diver Krystle Stevens said she was proud to have taken part in the record-breaking clean-up, and was amazed by the beautiful beaches and rich marine life of Sabah see had observed during the attempt,  but was also left surprised by the amount of rubbish that the divers discovered.
"It has been a tiring but fulfilling week as we have finally completed this effort and helped make it into the World Guinness record but I was really saddened to see so much rubbish especially at dive sites near settlements within the Tunku Abdul Rahman marine park,"she said.

After being presented with an official Guinness World Records certificate confirming the team's achievement by adjudicator Kirsty Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of Astro Dato Rohana Rozhan said: "By coming together and embracing the Malaysia "Boleh" spirit, and our commitment towards a Beautiful Malaysia, we have not only achieved a new Guinness World Records title, but also raised awareness of the legacy we leave to our kids - a beautiful Malaysia that we are all privileged to grow up in."
"Most importantly also, we have seen new friendships and camaraderie formed."

Playing their part in the clean-up had clearly been a  rewarding project for the divers involved. Speaking after the presentation, diver Captain Kumaran Balakrishnan told The Borneo Post that the Astro Kasih attempt had been by far his most fulfilling experience in his 30 years of diving:
"As a diving instructor who spent most of the time in the ocean, I am glad that I am able to do my part for the environment. Thumbs up Astro for a job well done".

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.es/business-solutions/news/2013/4/volunteer-divers-help-set-longest-underwater-clean-up-record-in-malaysia-49248/

Nur Malena Hassan set a world record in August by living with 6,000 scorpions for 32 days.

Nur Malena Hassan set a world record in August by living with 6,000 scorpions for 32 days.

By Simon Montlake, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor / February 12, 2008

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0212/p01s05-woap.html

The largest paintball park in Malaysia

 The largest paintball park in Malaysia
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The changing face of Malaysia

Posted on 30 August 2013 - 03:37am
Last updated on 30 August 2013 - 09:17am

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THE spirit of Merdeka is upon us yet again as Malaysia gets ready to celebrate 56 years of Independence. There are many reasons why one feels at home in Malaysia. It is one of the most peaceful countries in the world, with a stable political environment.
Malaysia is one of the few countries in the world today with a pretty good track record in dealing with a vibrant multiracial and multicultural society.
Over the last decade the landscape has transformed dramatically. New buildings are sprouting like mushrooms. Rain or shine, the city streets and plazas bustle with the pulse and patter of urban life. Technology has become inherently intertwined with daily routines; social networking groups such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc are a norm today.
And regardless of the overwhelming odds, Malaysia has matured into an economic powerhouse boasting an ever-increasing gross domestic product (GDP), sturdy currency, a lower unemployment rate as compared to the US and the EU, and a rich and diverse culture.
With all that Malaysia has to offer, the young professionals in their twenties and thirties are defining themselves as individuals, as members of a community, and as Malaysians bringing with them their skills, idealism and dedication to contribute to a society that is at the forefront of global technology and education. In short, it is our positive 'can do' attitude which lies behind some of our biggest achievements.
Nalini Elumalai, Executive Director of SUARAM
"Today, we are more aware of what is going on in our country thanks to the internet and social media. And we can make choices faster than our predecessors. Our young are more active in bringing about change. They are voicing out their opinions and views. Politics is becoming less of a taboo subject and the younger generation are now more actively involved in politics as compared to the past where people tend to stay away from it. Though I believe that we, the younger generation, should stand up and speak out more instead of just using the internet as an outlet. We need to be brave and demand equal rights for all Malaysians."
Nurul Izzah Anwar, Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai
"The speed and ease of internet access has influenced the way people think and communicate with one another. Even the simple mobile phone - once only used for SMS and calls is now an important device for social interaction and as a tool for work. If you take the mobile phone away from an urbanite just for one day, I believe that he or she will not be able to function normally. That is how much technology has influenced us all.
"As a digital migrant and a daughter from the years of the Reformasi movement, I am fortunate enough to see the changes in Malaysia's landscape in Kuala Lumpur from squatters to high-rise buildings as well as the transition from greenery to a concrete jungle. Unfortunately, this mental leap has not kept up with the importance of sustainable development. Hence the need to continuously update our thinking and having the necessary political will to manage development so it does not negatively affect our heritage."
Datuk Chua Tee Yong, Member of Parliament for Labis
"The fact that Malaysia has transformed so much in terms of technology, wealth and education in such a short time is a sign of hope. But are we happy as we progress? This question has spurred the government to look into whether this boom includes the well being of our people in terms of living standards and conditions. We are also switching our emphasis to work together in order to ensure the happiness of all Malaysians as we move forward towards greater progress. We aim to implement new ideas in order to instill unity and patriotism among our young by using the tools of today such as the internet and social media, as this is crucial in order for us to progress as a united nation."
Roshan Chandrasekhar of K-Town Klan
"As a musician and entrepreneur, I feel that Malaysia's technology has come a long way. It has made things a lot easier in terms of circulating my music and running a business. Heck, its made things a lot easier for everybody. But even with all the plus points, I deeply feel that the world is moving too fast. We need to slow down and appreciate the simple things in life to maintain a balance."
Yes, as a young country, Malaysia pretty much has everything it takes to be a successful, affluent and democratic country. It all depends on us, on whether we continue to develop a clear and shared vision, uphold a long term commitment to travelling the long road to reform, and refuse to be deterred by the problems that will inevitably arise, then there is no reason why we can't transform our country within a generation.
So as Malaysians, let us continue to work together not just with tolerance, but with respect to better ourselves for the benefit of our people and nation.
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