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Thursday, November 12, 2026

Surgery to reattach cop’s hand chopped off in attack successful

 Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad expresses appreciation to the team of specialists, doctors and nurses at Kuala Lumpur Hospital involved in the operation.

Home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail visiting policeman Thierry Rodger Fendy, whose right hand was severed in a parang attack yesterday. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA:
Doctors have managed to reattach the severed right handof a police officer injured in a parang attack by a foreigner in Kepong yesterday.

Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said the operation was a success and expressed appreciation to the team of specialists, doctors, nurses and other medical personnel at Kuala Lumpur Hospital involved in the operation, Bernama reported.

“Special appreciation goes to the upper limb and microsurgery subspecialty team, led by Dr Allan Ravi Rajagopal and Dr Aziz Sabbir Husain, for successfully completing the eight-hour procedure, which required a high degree of precision using a surgical microscope,” he said on Facebook.

Dzulkefly also congratulated the hospital’s neurosurgery team for helping treat head injuries sustained by Thierry Rodger Fendy, the lance corporal hurt in the attack.

The minister said the operation demonstrated the excellent standard of multidisciplinary medical services at public healthcare facilities.

The officer’s right hand was severed at the wrist after he was attacked by a foreign man armed with a parang at an apartment unit in Desa Aman Puri, Kepong, yesterday.

The incident drew condemnation from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who called for firm action against all criminal acts.

Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng wished the officer a speedy recovery and pledged RM5,000 as a gesture of appreciation.

Giving details on the attack, Selangor police chief Shazeli Kahar said police responded to a report from a member of the public at 4pm yesterday about a man in an unstable condition behaving aggressively.

Upon opening the door of the apartment unit, they were attacked by the suspect with two parangs. The 26-year-old lance corporal lost his hand in the attack and suffered injuries to his head and body.

Several firefighters and health ministry personnel there also sustained minor injuries.

The suspect fled but was located at a nearby playground at 8pm.

Shazeli said the suspect attacked the police officers who tried to arrest him with a parang, prompting them to fire several shots. The suspect was pronounced dead while being taken to hospital. - FMT

Ringgit ends higher against major, Asean currencies

 The ringgit is expected to be under pressure in the near-term as markets increasingly anticipate a potentially aggressive US rate hike in December, says analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR:
The ringgit ended higher against major and Asean currencies on Thursday but dipped against the US dollar as growing expectations of an aggressive US interest rate hike boosted demand for the greenback.

Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Afzanizam Rashid said the ringgit fell 0.22% to RM4.0817 against the US dollar during the trading session, amid broader weakness in regional currencies.

“The Indonesian rupiah also came under significant selling pressure, while other Asian currencies weakened against the greenback amid heightened expectations of further US monetary tightening,” he told Bernama.

Afzanizam noted that the US Dollar Index fluctuated between 102.890 and 103.083 points as hawkish signals from US Federal Reserve (Fed) officials continued to dominate market sentiment following recent stronger-than-expected US inflation data.

“Looking ahead, the ringgit is expected to remain under pressure in the near-term as markets increasingly anticipate a potentially aggressive rate hike at the Fed’s December meeting, which could further strengthen the US dollar,” he added.

The ringgit traded higher against a basket of major currencies.

At 6pm, the local currency depreciated to 4.0765/4.0805 against the greenback from 4.0710/4.0745 at Wednesday’s close.

It strengthened against the euro to 4.5225/4.5269 from 4.5343/4.5382 at Wednesday’s close, appreciated vis-a-vis the British pound to 5.4103/5.4156 from 5.4246/5.4293 and rose against the Japanese yen to 2.5524/2.5551 from 2.5609/2.5632.

The ringgit also traded higher against its Asean peers.

It edged up against the Singapore dollar to 3.1726/3.1760 from 3.1745/3.1775, appreciated against the Thai baht to 12.0678/12.0836 from 12.0963/12.1117, and climbed vis-à-vis the Indonesian rupiah to 223.5/223.8 from 224.3/224.6. It rose against the Philippine peso to 6.40/6.41 from 6.43/6.44 yesterday. - FMT

Why we need clear provisions for house arrest

 Going by the examples set by other countries, Najib Razak does not merit home detention. Malaysia must come up with the necessary provisions if house arrest becomes a norm.

Yeoh Guan Jin

There is a long list of people who have been, or still are, under detention in their own homes around the world.

Many are former heads of state or government. Apart from Najib Razak, we can count Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and former French president Nicolas Sarkozy among them.

Like Najib, Sarkozy was convicted of a criminal offence. On the other hand, Suu Kyi is being detained for her opposition to the military dictatorship that continues to hold sway in Myanmar.

Another politician who also lived at home but as a prisoner was ex-Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Unlike Malaysia, both Argentina and France already had provisions in their legal systems for home detention when their respective leaders — in this instance de Kirchner and Sarkozy — were sentenced.

In Argentina, the provision for house arrest goes back a long way — all the way back to 1886 when its first National Criminal Code was put in place. There have been several updates — in 1921, 1996 and subsequently in 2008.

According to Argentina.gob.ar, the official portal of the Argentine State, several conditions must be met before a prisoner qualifies for home detention.

He or she must be suffering from a terminal illness, or a malady that “cannot be adequately treated in prison” but does not require hospitalisation.

A person with a disability, making him vulnerable to inhumane or degrading treatment in a prison environment or any person aged over 70 also qualifies. So do pregnant women and caregiving mothers.

At age 72, de Kirchner qualifies on age alone.

In France, house arrest is provided for under Article 142-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure.

It states that a person convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to a year or less in jail can be confined to his home under strict conditions. The prisoner must also show that he does not pose a flight risk.

Sarkozy was sentenced to three years but qualified anyway because two of those three years were suspended.

As far as we know, Najib is neither ill nor pregnant. He does not have any young child to watch over either.

At age 76, former Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Isa Samad is still serving out his six-year prison sentence for corruption. Najib is three years younger than him.

Even if we pick a leaf or two from the Argentine and French playbooks on home detention, Najib does not qualify on any front.

In September, Najib was granted a conditional pardon by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under which he could serve out the remainder of his six-year sentence in the SRC International case under house arrest.

The condition was that he paid the RM50 million fine. Umno managed to raise the sum and the fine was paid on Nov 6.

Najib is already home to continue serving his sentence, but it is not too late to start thinking about putting in place provisions for house arrest.

Chances are there will be more to come. - FMT

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT

THURSDAY JOKES - 342

 

I asked my mobile phone, “Sir, why am I so bad with women?”

She said, “I’m Alexa, you moron!”

 

Joe and Joan were sitting down to their usual morning cup of coffee listening to the weather report on the radio. “There will be 3 to 5 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared,” the weather report said.

“You must park your cars on the odd numbered side of the streets.”
Joe said, “Jeez, okay,” and got up from his coffee.
The next day they were sitting down with their morning cups of coffee. The weather forecast was, “There will be 2 to 4 inches of snow today, and a snow emergency has been declared.
You must park your cars on the even numbered side of the streets.” Again, Joe replied, “Jeez, okay,” and got up from his coffee.
Two days later, again they’re sitting down with their cups of coffee and the weather forecast said, “There will be 6 to 8 inches of snow today, and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the…” and the power went out and Joe didn’t get the rest of the instructions.
He turned to Joan, “Jeez, what am I going to do now, Joan?”

Joan replied, “Aw, Joe, just leave the car in the darned garage today!”

 

A taxpayer received a strongly worded “second notice” that his taxes were overdue. Hastening to the collector’s office, he paid his bill, saying apologetically that he had overlooked the first notice.

“Oh,” confided the collector with a smile, “we don’t send out first notices. We have found that the second notices are more effective!”

 

A young man and woman were eager to enjoy a picnic in the park one Saturday noon and they opted to go through a fast-food drive-in for a quick snack.

They ordered, paid, got their bag of goodies and headed for the park. When they opened the bag, it was full on money instead of the hamburgers they expected.

They rushed back to the fast-food place and returned the money.
“This is WONDERFUL,” exclaimed the manager. “We’ve been looking for this money all morning and couldn’t figure out where it could have been misplaced. You two are an honest couple. A lot of people would not have the morals and honesty to return the money. I’m going to call the TV and the newspapers and let everybody know what an honest deed you’ve done.”

“Uh, don’t do that,” says the man, “my wife might see us on TV!”

 

I got a trophy wife.

I know that’s not right to say, cause if you’re married that’s your trophy.

I’m just saying not everybody got a first-place trophy.

Some people end up with a plaque.

You marry the neighborhood hoochie, you get a participation ribbon!

 

A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother and started back toward his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed to be praying with profound intensity and kept repeating, “Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die?”

The first man approached him and said, “Sir, I don’t wish to interfere with your private grief but this demonstration of pain is more than I’ve ever seen before.

For whom do you mourn so deeply? A child? A parent?” The mourner took a moment to collect himself, then replied, “My wife’s first husband!”

 

On the first day God created the cow. God said, “You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years.”
The cow said, “That’s a kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty years and I’ll give back the other forty.”
And God agreed.
On the second day, God created the dog. God said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years.” The dog said, “That’s too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I’ll give back the other ten.”
So, God agreed again.
On the third day God created the monkey. God said, “Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I’ll give you a twenty-year life span.” Monkey said, “How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don’t think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that’s what I’ll do too, okay?”
And God agreed once again.
On the fourth day God created man. God said, “Eat, sleep, play, have sex, enjoy. Do nothing, just enjoy, enjoy. I’ll give you twenty years.”
Man said, “What? Only twenty years? No way, man. Tell you what, I’ll take my twenty, and the forty years the cows gave back, the ten years the dogs gave back and another ten years the monkeys gave back. That makes eighty, okay?”
“Okay,” said God. “You’ve got a deal.”

So, that is why for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, have sex, enjoy, and do nothing. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren; and for the last ten years we sit in front of the house and bark at everybody!


Because of a dense fog, a steamboat had to stop at the mouth of the river. A passenger demanded to know the cause of the delay.
“Can’t see up the river,” the harassed captain replied. “Fog’s too thick.”
“But I can see the stars overhead,” the passenger said.

“Yes,” the captain growled, “but unless the engines explode, we’re not going that way!”

A man was lying in bed with his new girlfriend. After making love, she spent the next hour just rubbing his private part … something she just loved to do.
As he was enjoying it, he turned and asked her, “Why do you love doing that?”

“Because,” she replied … “I really miss mine!”

So, they ask me, would you like to answer your secret security password question?

I think, oh yeah, I can surely answer a question posed by a slightly younger me!

A man had been drinking at the bar for hours when he mentioned something about his girlfriend being out in the car.
The bartender, concerned because it was so cold, went to check on her. When he looked inside the car, he saw the drunk’s buddy, Pete, and the man’s girlfriend kissing in the back seat. The bartender shook his head and walked back inside. He told the drunk that he thought it might be a good idea to check on his girlfriend.
The drunk staggered outside to the car, saw Pete and his girlfriend kissing, then walked back into the bar, laughing.
“What’s so funny?” the bartender asked.
“That darned Pete!” the drunk chortled. “He’s so drunk, he thinks he’s me!”

A merchant captain and several of his officers were returning to the ship after an evening onshore.
As they climbed the gangway the captain threw up all over himself.


Pointing to an apprentice seaman above him he shouted, “Give that man five days in the brig for vomiting!”
The following morning the captain was checking the log and saw that the young seaman had been sentenced to ten days and asked the chief-mate why.

“Well Sir, when we undressed you, we found that he had also shit in your pants!”

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Concerned over losing Taiwanese trade, PAS slams “busybody” PMX for over-shooting his mouth

TAIWAN’S decision to suspend bilateral investment talks with Malaysia following Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s statement on Taiwan should be a big lesson to the Madani government.

Such is the clarion call by PAS who took a pot shot at Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for being careless in commenting on sensitive geopolitical issues.

“There’s no need to use terms related to military action in a conflict that does not directly involve Malaysia,” snubbed the Islamist party’s information chief Fadhli Shaari in a Facebook post.

For the record, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday (Nov 11) that Taipei paused its talks with Putrajaya following controversial remarks made by PMX during an August interview with Al Jazeera where he stated that he viewed Taiwan “as part of China, period” while likening Beijing’s potential use of force to Malaysia preventing one of its own states from seceding.

According to Fadhli, the opposition through PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan had already issued a warning since last August regarding the diplomatic implications of PMX’s statement.

“Unfortunately, the Madani government doesn’t seem to be taking the concerns seriously,” he lamented.

“This is when there was still space to clarify or withdraw the controversial expression and take immediate diplomatic steps to reduce its impact on Malaysia’s relations with Taiwan.”










The Pasir Mas MP went on to reveal official records from Wisma Putra which showed that for the period 1980 to March 2026, Taiwan is the ninth largest investor in Malaysia with 2,719 approved manufacturing projects worth US$16.7 bil, an equivalent to approximately RM70 bil as well as the potential to create more than 407,000 job opportunities.

“In fact, for the first six months of 2026 alone, a total of RM3.34 bil in manufacturing investments from Taiwan have been approved,” asserted Fadhli who formerly the PAS Youth chief.

Imagine if this diplomatic tension ultimately undermines the confidence of Taiwanese investors to continue or increase their investments in Malaysia, especially in the semiconductor and high-tech industries.”

Today, the concerns previously raised by the opposition are beginning to show their foundation when bilateral investment negotiations are postponed.

Although existing investments have not been reported to be cancelled, Fadhli cautioned that the latest development “is still a warning that should not be taken lightly”.

“Foreign policy requires wisdom and prudence, not spontaneous statements that could ultimately invite economic consequences for Malaysia,” he jibed.

“Now, where’s the brilliance of PMX that Pakatan Harapan (PH) backers are glorifying?”

Interestingly, one seeming Madani backer was trying to defend PMX by wondering if Fadhli ever thought of the economic repercussion to Malaysia “should China (Malaysia’s largest trading partner) be the one pulling out its investment from Malaysia for siding Taiwan”.

“There’s no pressing need to answer questions related to other country’s affairs … Even if you’ve to answer, just give a neutral answer … But you’re (PMX) so ignorant that you become a bane to your own country,” rebutted one opposition-slant commenter. 

- Focus Malaysia