2 held over fake money lending licences

Ring charges RM30,000 fees each

Penang state commercial crime chief Assistant Commissioner Roslee Chik (right) showing a fake money lenders licence in Bukit Mertajam yesterday. Pic by Zulfa Mohamad
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POLICE have broken up a syndicate which makes and sells counterfeit money lenders licences, using A4 papers, in two separate raids here recently.
The raids led to the arrest of two men, aged between 40 and 50, and the seizure of several items, including a computer, two printers, six copies of the licence, 150 business cards, 11 money lenders' payment cards, 70 blank money lenders' payment cards, 23 copies of identity cards and 66  money lending forms.

State Commercial Crime Department Chief, Assistant Commissioner of Police Roslee Chik said his officers had been gathering intelligence for three months prior to the raids at  shoplots belonging to the syndicate.

Roslee said the syndicate issued licences "similar" to the ones given out by the Housing and Local Government Ministry.

"The leader of the syndicate, who has been active for the past five years, had also created a format of the licence using a computer, and would supply them to  syndicate members by imposing a payment of between RM20,000 and RM30,000 as processing fee for the licence which is valid for a period of two years, and RM600 for the subsequent renewal," he said  here yesterday.

Roslee said checks on the counterfeit licences showed they had valid serial numbers registered under another person's name.

"They were also able to obtain licences for business premises from the local authorities by just handing over a counterfeit money lenders' licence.

"We have identified all the syndicate members using these counterfeit licences and we will take action soon."

The case is being investigated under Section 468/471 of the Penal Code for forgery for the purpose of cheating and using as genuine a forged document, which carries a maximum seven years' jail and also a fine.

As for the offence under Section 5 (2) of the Moneylenders Act 1951, the penalty is a maximum RM1 million fine or maximum five years' jail or both.
- http://www.nst.com.my/local/general/2-held-over-fake-money-lending-licences-1.49731

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Form five student caught working at pub

PETALING JAYA: A Form Five student was found working at a pub in Bandar Puteri Puchong after school hours.

Her secret came to light when Bukit Aman anti-vice, gambling and secret societies (D7) division officers raided the pub at 12.30am yesterday under the ongoing “Ops Noda” anti-vice operations.

She said that she needed to earn pocket money.

“My parents were divorced when I was three months old. Since then, my grandmother has been looking after me.

“I do not know the whereabouts of my father while my mother is residing in Penang,” she said, adding that it was her second day at work.

The girl denied that she was a GRO, but was merely a “wine promoter”.

However, police suspected that she was also offering sexual services.

Also detained were four GROs, aged between 20 and 30, including a Vietnamese and 25 customers.

One of the clients, aged 35, was said to be so intoxicated that he tried to put up a fight.

The officers had to handcuff him and he is expected to be charged with obstructing policemen on duty.

The others were released after having their statements recorded.

On Sunday, Federal CID deputy director Senior Asst Comm Datuk Abdul Jalil Hassan announced the launch of Ops Noda to rid the Klang Valley of vice-related activities.

- http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/17/nation/10754297&sec=nation

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SPR gugur 42,000 pengundi

GEORGETOWN: Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) akan menggugurkan nama 42,025 pengundi yang status mereka meragukan daripada senarai daftar pemilih selepas tempoh semakan tamat semalam.

Sebelum ini, SPR meminta Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) memeriksa senarai daftar pemilih yang berjumlah 12.46 juta pengundi dan mendapati status mereka meragukan.

Pengerusi SPR, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof, berkata tempoh semakan sepatutnya tamat akhir tahun lalu, tetapi dilanjutkan sebulan atas permintaan Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Berhubung Penambahbaikan Proses Pilihan Raya (PSC).

Katanya, sepanjang tempoh itu, SPR menerima 50 maklum balas daripada pemilih dan waris dari Kedah, Perlis, Terengganu, Kelantan, Pahang, Selangor dan Negeri Sembilan, manakala tiada maklum balas daripada negeri lain, termasuk Sabah membabitkan 13,000 pengundi yang statusnya meragukan.

“Semakan di JPN mendapati sebanyak 26 daripada 50 maklum balas yang diterima menunjukkan rekod pemilih terbabit adalah aktif, manakala 24 lagi tidak aktif.

“Kita tidak mempunyai pilihan dan menggugurkan 42,025 pengundi yang diragukan statusnya. Kita sudah memberi masa mencukupi untuk mereka memeriksa senarai itu di laman web SPR dan memberi cakera padat (mengandungi senarai terbabit) kepada parti politik,” katanya pada sidang media selepas menyampaikan taklimat kepada pengurus dan penolong pegawai pengurus SPR di sini, semalam.

Dalam pada itu, Abdul Aziz berkata, daripada 16.1 juta rakyat Malaysia berusia 21 tahun ke atas yang layak mendaftar sebagai pengundi, 12.4 juta sudah berdaftar, manakala 3.7 juta belum berbuat demikian. 
“Kita harap mereka yang layak segera mendaftar bagi membolehkan mereka menunaikan tanggungjawab,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Abdul Aziz berkata, SPR dalam proses menentukan kriteria perlu diikuti rakyat Malaysia di luar negara untuk membolehkan mereka mengundi.

“Kami mahu tentukan kategori orang Malaysia di luar negara yang boleh mengundi. Adakah hendak bagi (mengundi) orang yang tinggal 20 atau 30 tahun di luar negara dan tidak tahu apa-apa mengenai Malaysia.

“Kita akan ikut negara lain. Contohnya, ada yang tetapkan tiga tahun kena balik dan ada yang empat tahun. Singapura berikan tempoh tertentu... macam di Amerika Syarikat seseorang mestilah pembayar cukai,” katanya.

Mengenai cadangan membenarkan warga Malaysia di luar negara mengundi awal, Abdul Aziz berkata, pihaknya sudah membincangkan perkara itu dengan Wisma Putra yang menyatakan tidak sanggup melaksanakannya kerana proses yang rumit.


-http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/SPRgugur42_000pengundi/Article/

Remaja warga asing dibunuh akibat terpijak kasut di tawau

TAWAU: Kerana terpijak kasut pada majlis kenduri dan tari menari di Kalabakan, seorang remaja maut dibelasah sekumpulan lelaki di persimpangan bulatan besar Jalan Tawau-Keningau di Kalabakan, kira-kira 100 kilometer dari sini.

Remaja lelaki berusia 16 tahun yang cedera di perut, muka, kepala dan tangan itu mati di Hospital Tawau pada jam 3.20 petang semalam.

Ketua Polis Daerah Tawau, Asisten Komisioner Ibrahim Chin, berkata siasatan awal polis mendapati remaja rakyat asing itu dipukul menggunakan kayu dan tangan oleh sekumpulan lelaki berusia 17 dan 23 tahun yang tidak berpuas hati dengan kejadian itu.
"Mereka menunggunya di bulatan besar Jalan Tawau-Keningau di Kalabakan. Sebaik mangsa yang menaiki motosikal tiba bersama dua rakan lain, mereka diserang secara tiba-tiba menggunakan kayu dan tangan.

"Dua rakan mangsa sempat melarikan diri," katanya di sini, hari ini.

Beliau berkata, sehubungan itu, polis menahan lapan remaja dengan dua daripadanya rakyat asing dua hari lepas bagi membantu siasatan kes itu.

Sementara itu, seorang lelaki rakyat Indonesia berusia 29 tahun mati ditikam, disyaki rakan sebiliknya di sebuah rumah pekerja di Kem Luasong, kira-kira 110 kilometer dari sini.
Kejadian pada jam 6 pagi Ahad lalu, katanya, ia dikatakan hanya disebabkan lelaki itu membawa masuk sebuah katil usang ke dalam bilik yang dikongsi dengan seorang rakyat Filipina berusia 39 tahun itu. - BERNAMA

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High court orders Amizudin to face contempt of court hearing on March 2

By M.MAGESWARI

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has ordered blogger Amizudin Ahmat to appear on March 2 for contempt of court proceedings over a defamation suit filed by Infor mation, Commu ni cations and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

Justice Zabariah Mohd Yusof ordered Amizudin to file an affidavit-in-reply for the hearing proper by Feb 10 and to hand over a copy to Dr Rais.

“You must get a lawyer within the time,” the judge told him yesterday.

Amizudin applied to the judge for an adjournment saying that he only received the notice on the matter last Wednesday and that he had never attempted to escape from being served the court papers for the proceedings.

Upon hearing this, Justice Zabariah told Amizudin that she had been informed that Dr Rais’ lawyer was having difficulty serving the papers on him.

She also added that the case was mentioned before her several times.

Amizudin said he was shocked to learn that he had “disappeared” from an appellate court to avoid being served the papers.

Dr Rais’ lead counsel Datuk Seri Dr Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said this was a criminal matter and that they were making an application for the blogger to be sent to prison.

Justice Zabariah then explained to Amizudin that he was accused of breaching a court order, which had issued an injunction preventing him from publishing any similar defamatory words against the plaintiff in his blog.

“That (the injunction) is based on what is agreed between the parties. Because of your own conduct, you are said to have breached a court order,” she added.

Justice Zabariah also asked Dr Rais to reply to the the blogger’s affidavit by Feb 24.

Dr Rais, 70, had filed the application on Nov 10, last year, for a committal order against Amizudin for being in contempt of court.

Dr Rais, who won his defamation suit at the High Court on July 4, last year, had been awarded RM300,000 after the blogger implied that the minister had raped his Indonesian maid.

The Court of Appeal had on last Wednesday upheld the High Court’s decision.

It said that the award was not high in view of Dr Rais’ high social standing.

It, however, reduced the costs from RM100,000 to RM50,000.

Dr Rais filed the suit against Amizudin on Jan 31 last year, saying that the blogger had published a defamatory article under the heading Hei Pak Menteri ... mana mau lari ... (Hey Mr Minister.... where do you want to run to) in his blog on Dec 28, 2010.
- http://thestar.com.my

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Remains Of Kho Ying Qi Found

The remains of Kho Ying Qi was found this morning in the river at Kampung Goebilt, Sejingkat at 9.30 am.

Padai ak Abut, 30 who rented a house in the kampong was collecting snails with his friends when he stumbled upon the body near the power station.

He called the officer at the power station who alerted the police.

Kho Kiew Teck 44 and his wife, Chan Bee Hong, 42 rushed to the scene to identify their daughter who had gone missing since January 5^th.

They identified the body through her uniform and her proton saga key chain.

Kho said her daughter key chain was bought in Singapore by a friend. He said he and his wife were relief that the body was found before the Chinese new year. they did not want a post mortem and hoped to bury their daughter as soon as possible.

Chan said she was bitter at first and hoped her daughter was found. But she came to terms with what has happened and is glad that there is a closure for the family.

Ying Qi was going back from school which was closed due to the flash flood. She walked into the monsoon drain at Jalan Rock. 

A shell staff, Herman ak Sihas tried to save her but he was drowned in the process. He was found three days later. 

The remains of Kho were send to the Sarawak General hospital morgue.

-http://www.sarawakupdate.com.my/2012/01/remains-of-kho-ying-qi-found.html

Penang BN wants Guan Eng to apologise ovet Tang Hak Ju.

By Aaron Ngui

GEORGE TOWN (Jan20, 2012) : Following a Court of Appeal ruling that the state government was not liable to pay RM 40 million to a businessman in a land case, the Penang Barisan National (BN) is calling upon Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to apologize for using the case to gain political mileage.

State BN working committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan claimed Lim, along with the other Excos and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblyman had used the
issue, widely reported as the "Tang Hak Ju scam or scandal", to smear the BN's reputation in the state as it happened before PR formed the state government.

He said the Lim's administration should also withdraw words like "scam" and "scandal" when referring to the case as those words had criminal connotations.

"If he (Lim) is man enough, if he walks the talk (which is) being accountable then he should apologize," Teng said at a press conference yesterday but did not set a deadline or give an ultimatum.

The Tang Hak Ju case involved a 10.6 acre quarry site which had been leased to an individual in 2001 but the deal was later cancelled.

The individual had sought RM 1.8 million in compensation but the BN-led state government then refused to pay, leading to legal proceedings in which the court awarded the plaintiff pay RM 40 million including interests.

When PR took over the state's administration, it "unveiled" the issue creating a media firestorm and ultimately a white paper on the matter was
presented to the state assembly in May last year by Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy.

Teng, who revealed that the Court of Appeal verdict which overturned the High Court ruling ordering the state government to pay was made last Wednesday (Jan 11) in Putrajaya, also called upon the white paper to be withdrawn.

He described certain statements in the white paper as vicious and unfair and expressed his disappointment with Ramasamy.

He also explained that the then state government decided not to pay because the plaintiff, did not give a receipt for wanting the payment.

"We ask for receipt, never given any receipt, how are we going to give RM 1.8 million … how can the state government go into agreement with the plaintiff without going through a proper procedure?" he said adding that there was also no proof that the plaintiff had suffered losses.

Teng added that the ruling by the appellate court had also ordered that only RM500,000 in incidental costs was to be paid to the plaintiff, noting that it was some 400 per cent less than the RM1.8million sought.

He said the ruling immediately vindicated and cleared the previous BN-led state government from any wrongdoing and questioned why the state administration had kept quiet over the ruling.

"We had been waiting for the state government (for 10 days) to issue a statement to tell the people but 10 days is too long to wait," he said.

- http://m.thesundaily.my

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