A drug suspect made his escape yesterday in the police car he was being escorted in.
The drama happened when the escort stopped for a toilet break at the Tapah rest area… it is believed that two policemen alighted from the vehicle while one stayed behind to watch over the suspect.
The suspect, however, managed to get into the front seat after a scuffle, successfully pushing the officer out the door and taking off in the car. [Thestar]
More dramatic than watching “Prison Break”.
The National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia is calling for a review of uniform policy, saying that the current uniform is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of (unwanted) attraction which encouraged rape and pre-marital sex. [Thestar]
The association is probably referring to the baju kurung style school uniform, and I won’t deny the fact that it could become a bit transparent when the cloth is getting thin.
Whether it’s sexy or not, it’s leave to personal implementation… there are people who could be turned on by nurses’ uniforms, stewardesses’ uniforms, school uniforms etc. and there are people who are more attracted to other attires, bikini for example (btw, does that mean that ladies shouldn’t wear bikini to beaches as well?) and there are those who like ladies who cover their whole body.
Point is, attires play the least factor in rape and pre-marital sex cases… it’s about the moral values and criminal minds that are embedded within the inner soul of human beings. Rapists won’t bother much about what their victims were wearing but looking for easy preys instead.
Frankly, how to tackle depleting moral values is something that I am always hopeless in… but blaming it on school uniforms and sexy attires is just meaningless.
DAP leader and member of Parliament Karpal Singh received a live bullet in an envelope at his law firm in Jalan Pudu Lama yesterday afternoon. [Malaysiakini]
The live bullet was accompanied with a note warning him against speaking out on the controversial issues of Malay rights and the constitutional powers of the Sultans.
To be frank, if the person who sent the bullet does want to harm Karpal, he would have use the bullet straight away. Not saying that we should take this death threat lightly though; it’s better to be safe than sorry.
What I really don’t want to see is the whole situation being blown out of proportion… some bloggers are already turning this death threat into a racial issue, but fact is the threat is probably plotted by one single individual and not a whole race.
I wish Karpal well… hopefully it’s just an act of cowardness instead of a serious threat.
Police shot dead a man who was wanted for gunning down two policemen during a drug raid that went awry in October 2007. The man, identified as Soh Kee Seng, 35, was killed during a shoot-out after a 10-minute car chase on March 8 (2008). [Thestar]
This news didn’t get much attention during the election peak… just felt that it’s worth sharing here despite a bit late.
Some 600 motorcyclists were reported accompanying Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin on their vehicles from Pasir Mas to Rantau Panjang in Kelantan during his visit to the state on Monday…
Attention to KL motorcyclist using the Federal Highway… it has been brought to my attention that there are suspected malicious act of people putting nails on the motorcycle lane along the Federal Highway (near Carlsberg) each morning to ‘find’ victims with punctured tyres and charged them expensive fees to change their tyres.
A reader has alerted me that two of her staff were injured because of the accidents, and I believe there are more injury cases that went under the carpet. These dirty tactics are not something new, but has been happening for years; it’s pathetic to see people risking other’s life for some easy money.
If you have fell victim to this trap, do report to the police. They might ignore one or two cases, but they will take action if they received more cases… our police are not as lazy as some might believe, there are still good cops around. They might not be able to prevent these gimmicks from happening all together, but they could at least reduce the incident in short term.
I have written to TheStar about this, hopefully they could publish the alert on their paper. Meanwhile, do warn your motorcyclist friends about the trap, and be careful if you are a motorcyclist.
Kenneth Lee, the grandson of former Finance Minister Tun H.S. Lee, was granted clemency from his death row by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong last week (which simply means he is spared from death sentence).
Kenneth was found guilty in 2003 for murdering Linda Lee in August 2000. He was later sentenced to death in 2005 after an appeal by the prosecution. [Thestar]
I don’t know how many death row prisoners are granted clemency each year; I don’t know how the lucky people are chosen; and I am not sure if Kenneth Lee deserved the mercy.
I am just curious… if Kenneth Lee is not the grandson of HS Lee, would he be granted clemency? Or perhaps… if he is not from a rich family (money can do A LOT of things), would he be granted clemency?
It seems like something fishy is happening, but heck… I am not ready to go against the WISDOM of our Yang di-Pertuan Agong yet; I better stop pointing fingers now.
I felt sorry for Linda’s family though; they don’t deserve this.
Malaysia crime rates are rising in an alarming rate… there was a dramatic 13.4% increase in violent crimes last year, of which rape cases were up by about 30% and gang robbery by a whopping 160%. [Malaysiakini]
We need to act fast to cope with this problem; it is a matter that concerned every Malaysian citizens, and quite often it’s a matter of life and death.
I don’t quite understand how the crime rates could be soaring sky high in the past few years. Set the crime fighting and prevention efforts aside… I couldn’t figure out how on earth did we managed to produce so many criminals in Malaysia.