IGNITION OF A REVOLUTION


By accident I read this news on the internet yesterday (13 March 2011) about Bouazizi who lit up the spark of 'revolution' early this year. It is a heart-throb story, and hopefully the spark will lit up bigger impact on the world 'climate'. 

The Star, Sunday March 13, 2011
FRUIT SELLER IGNITES A REVOLUTION

The Star visits the family and village of Mohamed Bouazizi, a poor fruit seller who set himself on fire to protest against official harassment. The incident triggered a revolution in Tunisia and also sparked off protests against autocratic governments in several Arab countries.

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Team Medical Dragon!


I am not very good at giving comment, but I can guarantee you that this series can give you satisfaction. If you are already a medical doctor, you don't want to miss this! By the way the series is only ten episode and it should not take you long to watch them all (unless you are streaming online of cause).

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Pegawai Kanan Polis Terlibat Sindiket Wang Palsu?

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Berita menggemparkan dari laman web Freemalaysiatoday bertarikh 26 Feb 2011 lalu. Seorang pegawai kanan polis bahagian Cawangan Khas telah ditahan berkaitan sindiket wang palsu US Dollar dan British Pound. Pegawai kanan polis tersebut dipercayai perancang utama sindiket tersebut. 

Benarkah berita ini? Saman Ekor tidak selesai lagi, datang pula kes ini. 

Fake notes: Senior Policeman Nabbed
February 26, 2011 

KUALA LUMPUR: Police late last night arrested a senior special branch officer with the rank of superintendent and six others in connection with a syndicate specialising in forged US dollars and British pound sterling.

The officer is believed to be the “mastermind” of the syndicate.

The officer, in his early 50s attached to the police headquarters at Bukit Aman, and other suspects were detained after a raid at a luxury condominium unit at Jalan Genting-Klang.

FMT learnt that a police task force was tracking the officer’s movements for more than a month after being alerted by an intelligence report on the presence of fake currencies, especially US dollars, in the market and that several businessmen had fallen victim to the syndicate.

During the raid, police also recovered more than 10 boxes of forged currencies and the probe is now to verify if the notes were printed locally or smuggled into the country.

The authorities have also seized substantial amount of genuine currencies of various denominations.

“You need state-of-the-art technology to make these kind of quality print, where you need special detectors in establishing whether the notes were genuine or otherwise,” a police officer who was involved in the operation told FMT.

Besides the officer, it is learnt that an Indian national and three Indonesians were remanded for three days today to facilitate further police probe on the syndicate.

The syndicate is believed to have been active for more than a year and had reaped several millions of ringgit from their illegal activities.

“We are probing the officer’s accounts and other syndicate members, as well as to verify what kind of technology they had relied to print the forged notes,” added the officer.

Senior police officers were tight-lipped over the arrest but said the case was under investigation.


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Jenayah Culik Terhebat di Malaysia dan Saman Ekor‏

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Ketika rakyat Malaysia sedang sibuk beratur panjang berjam-jam untuk membayar saman ekor beberapa hari lepas (sebelum 28 Feb 2011), satu jenayah penculikan yang terbesar telah berlaku di Johor yang melibatkan warga Singapura dengan bayaran wang tebusan sebanyak RM 20.7 Juta.

Sudah pasti rakyat Singapura serta pelancong asing semakin takut untuk datang ke Malaysia dengan jenayah yang semakin menjadi-jadi sekarang ini. Rakyat Malaysia pula terpaksa membayar saman ekor tetapi kadar kemalangan jalanraya tidak pula berkurangan saban tahun.

Saturday February 26, 2011
Trader pays RM20.7mil ransom to kidnappers
By NELSON BENJAMIN
nelson@thestar.com.my

JOHOR BARU: A businessman from Singapore was forced to pay a staggering S$9mil (RM20.7mil) to secure the release of his family in what has been described as the country’s largest ransom payment in recent years.

The nightmare began when the businessman’s wife, their maid and daughter were driving home. They were forced off the road by another vehicl e in Permas Jaya recently. Subsequently, the kidnappers took over the wheel and drove off with the three of them to an undisclosed location.

Bukit Aman sources said that the kidnappers sent an MMS of the three victims being held at gunpoint to the businessman before demanding a ransom of S$50mil (RM115mil).

The kidnappers warned the million aire, who has businesses in real-estate and gaming, not to alert the police and to pay up if he wanted his family back.

It is learnt that after negotiations, the kidnappers agreed to a ranso m of S$9mil and demanded that the money be prepared in large denominations of Singapore dollars.

Apparently, the businessman was then instructed to drive to a plantation in Kulaijaya to drop off the money.

Sources said that the victims were only released at least two days after the ransom was paid. It is learnt that they were blindfolded and gagged during the ordeal which lasted several days.

The three victims, who were all unharmed, were eventually dropped off around Danga Bay. Police have launched a manhunt for the kidnappers who are believed to be professionals.

The authorities are also checking whether the group could have been involved in other kidnappings in the country.

Interpol has been roped in to help with the investigations as police believe that the suspects could have fled the country. Bukit Aman has formed a special taskforce to investigate the case.
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