Video disalah sunting, Teo lapor polis

 

Setiausaha Publisiti DAP Teo Nie Ching berkata laporan polis dibuat berhubung penyebaran video berkenaan yang didakwa berniat jahat dan berunsur fitnah. (Gambar Bernama)

HULU SELANGOR: Setiausaha Publisiti DAP Teo Nie Ching memaklumkan video yang dimuat naik di semua platform media sosialnya pada 26 April lepas telah disalah sunting dan disebarkan dengan niat jahat.

Beliau berkata video itu adalah mengenai akaun palsu yang diwujudkan atas nama calon yang mewakili kerajaan perpaduan Pang Sock Tao dalam PRK DUN Kuala Kubu Baharu.

Video itu adalah temu bual Teo dengan Bernama namun telah disalah sunting.

“Oleh itu, pada hari ini satu laporan polis dibuat oleh pegawai media saya terhadap individu-individu yang telah menyebarkan keratan gambar atau suntingan video tersebut di mana-mana platform, yang jelas berniat jahat dan merupakan satu fitnah keji terhadap DAP dan juga calon perpaduan dalam PRK ini,” menurutnya dalam catatan di laman Facebook.

Timbalan menteri komunikasi itu berkata pilihan raya bukanlah tiket untuk mana-mana pihak menyebarkan fitnah dengan niat mencetuskan perbalahan antara masyarakat pelbagai kaum dan agama.

“Seperti dalam video penuh tersebut, saya ingin menggalakkan masyarakat untuk buat semakan terhadap apa-apa kandungan teks, gambar atau video yang diterima dengan akaun atau laman rasmi sebelum menyebarkan sesuatu yang barangkali hanyalah berita palsu atau fitnah semata-mata,” katanya.

Khamis lepas, Teo berkata DAP meminta Meta menutup akaun palsu calon kerajaan perpaduan bagi PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu yang didakwa dicipta oleh pihak tertentu. - FMT

Mohon maaf tapi Fadhli harap isu sekolah vernakular calon PH ‘berterusan’

 

Ahmad Fadhli Shaari memohon maaf kerana menyusahkan Pang Sock Tao yang terpaksa mendedahkan keputusan dan sekolahnya di peringkat rendah serta menengah.

PETALING JAYA: Ketua Penerangan PAS Ahmad Fadhli Shaari berharap isu calon Pakatan Harapan (PH) DUN Kuala Kubu Baharu yang mendapat pendidikan di sekolah vernakular akan ‘berterusan’ hingga PRK 11 Mei.

Tanpa menjelaskan lebih lanjut mengenai ‘harapannya’ itu, Ahli Parlimen Pasir Mas turut memohon maaf kerana menyusahkan Pang Sock Tao yang terpaksa mendedahkan keputusan dan sekolahnya di peringkat rendah serta menengah.

Terdahulu, Pang mendedahkan keputusan UPSR dan SPM yang menunjukkannya mendapat semua A dalam mata pelajaran diambil.

Menerusi slip keputusan dikongsinya, ahli DAP itu menduduki UPSR di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) On Pong, Hulu Langat, manakala SPM di Sekolah Menengah Chung Hua, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.

“Saya mohon maaf kerana bangkitkan isu pendidikan peringkat UPSR dan SPM calon PH PRK KKB.

“Secara tidak langsung mendedahkan calon tersebut mendapat pendidikan di sekolah vernakular. Dengan permohonan maaf ini, semoga isu ini berterusan hingga pilihan raya kecil nanti,” kata Fadhli di Facebook.

Bercakap kepada FMT, Fadhli yang mengesahkan hantarannya itu berharap pendedahan berkenaan diingati pengundi.

Semalam, Fadhli mencabar Pang menyatakan latar belakang pendidikan rendah dan menengah yang pernah diterimanya, memandangkan tiada catatan di poster profil calon PH itu.

Sebelum ini, latar belakang pendidikan calon Perikatan Nasional (PN) Khairul Azhari Saut yang juga pemangku ketua Bersatu Bahagian Hulu Selangor dijadikan isu kerana poster profilnya mencatat memiliki diploma dan sarjana tanpa ijazah.

Sementara itu, Setiausaha Publisiti DAP, Teo Nie Ching, mendakwa Fadhli terperangkap dengan permainannya sendiri dan terpaksa membangkitkan isu sekolah vernakular.

“Mungkin YB Pasir Mas kurang selesa bahawa Xiao Tao (Pang Sock Tao) belajar di sebuah SJKC.

“Tetapi, ada juga pimpinan PAS menghantar anak-anak mereka ke SJKC seperti ramai ibu bapa Melayu yang lain,” katanya dalam kenyataan. - FMT

Pembaikan cerun, laluan Batang Kali dijangka siap Jun

 

Pada Dis 2022, insiden tanah runtuh di Batang Kali telah menimbus kawasan perkhemahan Father’s Organic Farm hingga mengorbankan 18 orang dewasa dan 13 kanak-kanak.

BATANG KALI: Kerja pembaikan cerun dan jalan di laluan Batang Kali-Genting Highlands susulan insiden tanah runtuh pada Disember 2022 dijangka siap Jun depan, kata Timbalan Menteri Kerja Raya Ahmad Maslan.

Beliau berkata projek pembaikan yang melibatkan kos kira-kira RM19 juta itu telah mencapai 86% dengan kerja-kerja yang bakal disiapkan termasuk rel adang dan binaan dinding.

Ahmad berkata ketika ini, hanya satu laluan dibuka kepada pengguna yang mendapat kebenaran khas iaitu pekerja di Genting Highlands atau mereka yang memiliki rumah di Batang Kali dan Hulu Selangor.

Beliau berkata laluan itu dijangka dibuka sepenuhnya pada 1 Julai ini.

Insiden tanah runtuh pada 16 Dis 2022 telah menimbus kawasan perkhemahan Father’s Organic Farm yang mengakibatkan 18 orang dewasa dan 13 kanak-kanak terkorban. - FMT

Warehouse worker jailed 4 days, fined for KLIA bomb threat

 

A bomb disposal squad inspecting the package with the threatening words at the KLIA cargo centre last Thursday. (PDRM pic)

SEPANG: The magistrates’ court here today sentenced a warehouse worker to four days’ jail and a RM3,000 fine after he admitted to writing a bomb threat on a package sent for delivery at the KLIA cargo centre last week.

Rozali Rahim, 23, pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him before magistrate Bukhori Ruslan.

He was charged with committing criminal intimidation by writing the threatening words “Do not throw or it will explode! This is a bomb!” on a parcel belonging to someone else at a scanner machine at the centre at 11.42am on April 25.

Rozali, who was unrepresented, was charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum prison sentence of two years, or a fine, or both.

The court ordered Razali to serve his sentence from the date of his arrest, and an additional two months’ jail should he fails to pay the fine.

The prosecution was led by deputy public prosecutor Nur Sabrina Zubairi. - FMT

Orang Asli nabbed for first time over drug distribution in Kelantan

 

Kelantan police chief Zaki Harun showing photographs of some of the suspects arrested during Ops Tapis Bersepadu in the state. (Bernama pic)

KOTA BHARU: Two Orang Asli men were detained last Friday with 2,600 yaba pills, 29 litres of ketum juice and 25kg of ketum leaves.

The arrests were made under Ops Tapis Bersepadu, which started on April 17 and ended yesterday.

Kelantan police chief Zaki Harun said the duo were detained in a hut at Lubok Kasar Sungai Long in Batu Melintang, Jeli, here.

He said an initial investigation revealed that the suspects, aged 22 and 23, were supplying the drugs to oil palm plantation workers in and around the location.

“This is the first case of Orang Asli men being involved in drug distribution in Kelantan,” he said.

The suspects have been remanded for seven days from Saturday.

Zaki also said 1,036 suspects, including two civil servants, a student and 68 foreigners, were arrested during the operation for various drug-related offences.

Police also seized a variety of drugs, including yaba pills, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, erimin 5 pills, psychotropic pills, ketum leaves and ketum juice, worth about RM1.04 million.

In a follow-up operation, the General Operations Force seized two cars in Ketereh on Saturday and recovered 4,400 yaba pills. - FMT

Zambry wants full report from varsity over ‘bankrupt’ department head

 

Higher education minister Zambry Abdul Kadir wants the full details after netizens questioned the academic’s status. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Higher education minister Zambry Abdul Kadir has ordered a public university to furnish a full report on an allegation that the head of a department under its medical faculty is a bankrupt.

“The ministry will not compromise on issues that involve the legitimacy (of the appointment) or any legal matters,” he said in a text message to FMT.

“I hope the university will prepare a complete report on the matter immediately.”

Zambry was asked to comment on a news report in which netizens questioned the appointment of the said individual to office in a public university despite being declared a bankrupt 10 years ago.

Questions about the academic’s status were raised on social media after the academic was interviewed by a news portal recently.

A search conducted with the insolvency department confirmed that the academic was declared a bankrupt in 2014 and remained undischarged as of Thursday.

On Saturday, a spokesman for the university said an investigation is being carried out and an announcement would be made today.

Several netizens also claimed they enrolled in a private medical university the academic had started some 10 years ago, which was later shut down, forcing the government to step in.

FMT is withholding the name of the institution and the academic pending an official response.

Two days ago, nephrologist Dr Rafidah Abdullah urged the public university to explain why it allowed the person to lead the said department.

Rafidah said the vice-chancellor of the university must explain the matter, especially since the government’s regulations bar bankrupts from being hired for the public services. - FMT

QSR confirms temporary closures of KFC outlets due to difficult economic conditions

 

QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd and KFC Malaysia have confirmed the temporary closures of their outlets.

KUALA LUMPUR: QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd and KFC Malaysia have confirmed the temporary closures of their outlets.

QSR today says it has taken proactive measures to temporarily close KFC Malaysia outlets, in response to challenging economic conditions.

This is a means to manage increasing business costs and to focus on high engagement trade zones, QSR added.

Nanyang Siang Pau earlier reported that as of April 27, QSR had temporarily closed 108 outlets across the country. 

The report highlighted that Kelantan is the most affected, with nearly 80 per cent or up to 21 outlets suspended, followed by Johor with 15 outlets affected.

QSR said employees from the affected stores were offered the opportunity to relocate to operating stores as part of a tactical strategy to optimise resources in trade zones with higher customer engagement.

"Contributing positively to the Malaysian community, preserving the brand love for KFC and protecting employees of the brand are all priority to the organisation. 

"Employees from affected outlets were offered the opportunity to relocate to busier operating stores as part of the company's re-optimisation efforts," it said in a statement today. 

As a company that has been serving Malaysians for over 50 years, QSR Brands said the focus remains on providing quality products and services to customers, while contributing positively to the Malaysian economy through job security for 18,000 team members in Malaysia, of which about 85 per cent are Muslims.

"QSR Brands continue to be among the largest taxpayers in Malaysia and take pride in being able to give back to the community through KFC Add Hope and the Wakalah Zakat Fund.

"We firmly believe our rakyat will acknowledge our Malaysian roots, our sincerity and our hard work in contributing to the Malaysian ecosystem," it noted. 

QSR operates more than 850 KFC restaurants across Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Cambodia.

It is also the franchisee of Pizza Hut in Malaysia and Singapore, with a network of over 500 restaurants and delivery concepts in both countries. - NST