[VIDEO] ‘Saya tak tahu nak cakap apa, cuma mahu kurang jaminan’

[VIDEO] ‘Saya tak tahu nak cakap apa, cuma mahu kurang jaminan’

GEORGE TOWN – Seorang pekerja kaunter sebuah muzium dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, hari ini atas pertuduhan melakukan amang seksual terhadap seorang kanak-kanak perempuan warga Korea Selatan, minggu lalu. Bagaimanapun, tertuduh, Chong Khay Tee, 18, tidak mengaku bersalah selepas pertuduhan terhadapnya dibacakan jurubahasa di hadapan Hakim Irwan Suainbon. Mengikut kertas pertuduhan, Khay Tee didakwa ... Read more The post [VIDEO] ‘Saya tak tahu nak cakap apa, cuma mahu kurang jaminan’ appeared first on Kosmo Digital .

Kes Zara Qairina: Henti tular gambar pelajar, ia satu kesalahan jenayah - Peguam

Kes Zara Qairina: Henti tular gambar pelajar, ia satu kesalahan jenayah - Peguam

KOTA KINABALU - Pasukan peguam yang mewakili Noraidah Lamat, ibu kepada Allahyarhamah Zara Qairina Mahathir meminta orang ramai menghentikan segera penularan gambar pelajar sekolah yang  dikaitkan dengan kes kematian remaja itu di semua platform media sosial.Menurut peguam Hamid Ismail dan Shahlan Jufri, tindakan menyebarkan gambar pelajar sekolah serta membuat kenyataan negatif terhadap mereka adalah satu kesalahan di bawah Seksyen 15 Akta Kanak-Kanak 2001 dan Seksyen 211 serta Seksyen 233 Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998."Penyebaran senarai nama pelajar sekolah yang mengandungi maklumat peribadi mereka juga adalah satu kesalahan jenayah di bawah Seksyen 130 Akta Perlindungan Peribadi 2010 dan Seksyen 233 (1) Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998."Kami berharap penularan perkara-perkara di atas di semua platform media sosial dihentikan segera," katanya pada Rabu.Sehubungan itu, pasukan peguam meminta individu yang telah menyebarkan video dan gambar yang berkaitan memadam kandungan tersebut dengan segera."Spekulasi hanya menambah tekanan dan kesedihan kepada anak guam kami."Mana-mana individu yang mempunyai maklumat berkenaan kes Zara diminta untuk menyalurkan maklumat tersebut kepada polis untuk tujuan siasatan," tegasnya.Zara Qairina, 13, dilaporkan terjatuh dari tingkat tiga bangunan asrama sebuah sekolah agama di Papar pada 16 Julai lalu, sebelum disahkan meninggal dunia pada keesokan harinya di HQEI.Kematiannya mendapat perhatian pelbagai pihak selain tular di media sosial kerana didakwa ada kaitan dengan kejadian buli di sekolah berkenaan.

JPA nafi maklumat tular mengenai pembatalan skim pencen

JPA nafi maklumat tular mengenai pembatalan skim pencen

PETALING JAYA: Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) menegaskan bahawa maklumat yang sedang tular mengenai pembatalan skim pencen kerajaan bermula 1 Januari 2025 adalah tidak benar dan palsu. JPA berkata, tiada sebarang perubahan atau pembatalan skim pencen bagi pegawai awam sedia ada, dan menyeru orang ramai supaya merujuk maklumat berkaitan sistem persaraan hanya kepada sumber rasmi kerajaan. ... Read more The post JPA nafi maklumat tular mengenai pembatalan skim pencen appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .

Osaka battles Tauson in WTA Canadian Open semi-finals

Osaka battles Tauson in WTA Canadian Open semi-finals

FOUR-TIME Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Canadian Open on Tuesday with a comprhensive 6-2, 6-2 triumph over 10th seed Elina Svitolina. Osaka, chasing her first WTA Tour-level title since the 2021 Australian Open, needed only 68 minutes to dispatch the Ukraine star and book a Wednesday semi-final with Danish 16th seed Clara Tauson, who stunned reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys 6-1, 6-4. Tauson dedicated her victory to her late grandfather, who died on Sunday as the Dane was dispatching Polish second seed Iga Swiatek, who won her sixth Grand Slam title last month at Wimbledon. “Two days ago, my grandfather unfortunately passed away so I really wanted to win for him today,“ a tearful Tauson said after beating US sixth seed Keys. “I was told the day after I beat Iga so I really wanted to come out and show my best tennis for him. Hopefully he’s watching.” The US Open hardcourt tuneup in Montreal is the first event where Tauson has beaten two top-10 foes, with Swiatek and Keys exiting at her hand. Tauson dominated the opening set and took full advantage of Keys giving up a break on a double fault to open the second. The Dane won 12 of 19 points on her second serves and kept Keys at bay most of the night. Keys joined a scrap heap of Montreal seeds, with the top five seeds and seven of the top 10 seeds ousted before the quarter-finals. Tauson, 22, seeks her fourth career WTA title after the 2021 Lyon and Luxenbourg Opens and this year’s Auckland Open, where Osaka retired after winning the first set of the final in their only WTA meeting. Osaka seeks her eighth WTA-level title, and her first since a maternity leave comeback last year and her first below the Grand Slams at the WTA level since the 2019 China Open. Osaka broke for a 3-1 edge in the opening set and exchanged breaks in the last three games to capture the set after 38 minutes, then cruised through the second set, taking the triumph when Svitolina hit a forehand wide. Tauson is one win away from her second WTA 1000 final, having lost the first in February at Dubai to Mirra Andreeva. The Dane dominated Keys in the first set, breaking in the fourth and sixth games, and Keys double faulted away another break to begin the second set. Tauson held from there to win, never facing a break point in the second set before holding at love in the last game to end matters after 70 minutes. Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, and 18-year-old Canadian sensation Victoria Mboko will meet in Wednesday’s other semi-final on the Montreal hardcourts in the US Open tuneup. Rybakina won their only prior meeting 6-3, 7-5 last month in the second round at Washington. - AFP

MCMC siasat video beri sisa makanan kepada gelandangan

MCMC siasat video beri sisa makanan kepada gelandangan

PUTRAJAYA : Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) telah merakam keterangan tiga individu dipercayai pempengaruh media sosial berhubung penyebaran video yang memaparkan mereka memberi sisa makanan kepada seorang gelandangan. Kenyataan MCMC memaklumkan rakaman keterangan dan siasatan lanjut berhubung perkara itu telah dijalankan di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Iskandar Puteri, Johor hari ini selain menyita tiga telefon bimbit dan tiga kad SIM bagi membantu siasatan. Menurut MCMC, kandungan video itu dipercayai bersifat jelik melampau dan telah mencetuskan kemarahan serta kecaman meluas dalam kalangan warganet selain menyentuh sensitiviti masyarakat majmuk di negara ini. Kenyataan itu memaklumkan siasatan dijalankan di bawah Seksyen 233 Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 yang memperuntukkan hukuman maksimum penjara dua tahun atau denda RM500,000 atau kedua-duanya, jika sabit kesalahan. Tinjauan Bernama di platform TikTok mendapati video berdurasi hampir dua minit itu, yang dimuat naik oleh beberapa pemilik akaun, memaparkan tiga remaja lelaki dipercayai memberikan nasi bersama tulang ayam kepada seorang gelandangan yang tidur di kaki lima. - Bernama

Hailstorm hits Pandan Indah, Ampang areas yesterday evening

Hailstorm hits Pandan Indah, Ampang areas yesterday evening

UNUSUAL weather hit the capital yesterday evening when several areas around Kuala Lumpur, particularly Pandan Indah and Ampang, were struck by hailstorms in an incident that shocked local residents. This rare phenomenon in the country began around 4.30pm, Tuesday accompanied by heavy rain and thunderstorms. Videos circulating on social media showed excited residents collecting the ice chunks and putting them into cups as evidence of the incident. There were also recordings showing the loud sound of hail hitting car roofs in parking areas. In one Tik Tok video posted by user ticer mimie, she describe the sound of the ice bits hitting the ground as similar to “marble balls landing on the roof”. So far, no reports of property damage or injuries have been received. Hailstorm phenomena have been recorded in several areas of the Klang Valley before, but today’s incident still draws excitement and amazement from residents as it occurred suddenly in the middle of the capital.

Malayan Tigres ‘muda’ siap cipta kejutan

Malayan Tigres ‘muda’ siap cipta kejutan

SKUAD wanita bawah 20 (B-20) kebangsaan tekad untuk melakukan kejutan pada saingan kelayakan Piala Asia Wanita B-20 2026 dengan langkah kanan menjelang aksi pembukaan Kumpulan F bertemu Iran di Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Cheras malam ini. Pengendali skuad negara, Cameron Ng berkata, status sebagai tuan rumah perlu digunakan sebaik mungkin oleh semua pemain sekali gus beraksi ... Read more The post Malayan Tigres ‘muda’ siap cipta kejutan appeared first on Kosmo Digital .

Jentera UMNO/BN DUN Tanjung Batu Siap Sedia Hadapi PRN Sabah Ke-17

Jentera UMNO/BN DUN Tanjung Batu Siap Sedia Hadapi PRN Sabah Ke-17

KALABAKAN, 6 Ogos – UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN) DUN Tanjung Batu berada dalam keadaan penuh kesiapsiagaan bagi menghadapi Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) Sabah ke-17, hasil persiapan rapi dan semangat juang tinggi di peringkat akar umbi. Ketua UMNO Bahagian Kalabakan, Samasuddin Yusop berkata, kejayaan penganjuran Program Radu Tatap Radu @ PDM Pasir Putih membuktikan kekuatan dan komitmen jentera parti di [...]

New hospitals a welcome step but who will staff them?

New hospitals a welcome step but who will staff them?

THE announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of a RM40 billion allocation for healthcare under the 13th Malaysia Plan (RMK13), including the construction of Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar 2 in Seremban, has been met with optimism and public gratitude. The plan, which also includes Hospital Sultanah Aminah 2 in Johor Bahru, the Northern Region Cancer Centre in Sungai Petani, the Sabah Heart Centre in Kota Kinabalu and the Sarawak Cancer Centre, marks a significant investment in Malaysia’s healthcare infrastructure. While these developments are timely, especially with overcrowding and deteriorating conditions at many existing hospitals, they raise a critical question: Who will staff them? Malaysia is facing a worrying exodus of healthcare professionals, especially specialists and surgeons. A study by the Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine identified poor workplace conditions and outdated facilities as key reasons for this brain drain. For these new hospitals to succeed, they must be more than just modern buildings. They must be fully staffed with qualified and well-supported healthcare professionals. A case in point is the National Heart Institute, where three of four operating theatres are currently closed due to a lack of cardiothoracic surgical teams. Critically ill patients are reportedly waiting up to seven months for surgery – a delay that puts lives at risk. To address this staffing crisis, Malaysia must consider implementing international reciprocal medical licensure, as practiced in countries like Singapore. This would allow top global talent to join and support local teams, helping to ease overwork, reduce patient wait times and improve care quality. Beyond the need for talent retention and recruitment, hospital design should prioritise green environments conducive to recovery – healing both mind and body. If Malaysia aspires to be the “Medical Tourism Capital of the World”, it must ensure that its public healthcare system is equipped with cutting-edge facilities and world-class staff. The rakyat, whose taxes fund these projects, deserve no less. C. Sathasivam Sitheravellu Seremban

PARLIMEN: Kajian perbandingan proses pelantikan hakim negara lain

PARLIMEN: Kajian perbandingan proses pelantikan hakim negara lain

KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan melaksanakan kajian perbandingan model pelantikan kehakiman negara lain bagi memastikan proses itu dilaksanakan dengan lebih telus, bebas dan selaras dengan prinsip-prinsip Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Undang-Undang dan Reformasi Institusi), Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said berkata, kajian itu dilakukan dilakukan oleh Bahagian Hal Ehwal Undang‑Undang, Jabatan Perdana Menteri terhadap model ... Read more The post PARLIMEN: Kajian perbandingan proses pelantikan hakim negara lain appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .

Dua kanak-kanak diculik dan dijadikan peminta sedekah

Dua kanak-kanak diculik dan dijadikan peminta sedekah

Pada 6 Ogos 1983, akhbar Utusan Malaysia melaporkan dua orang murid sekolah rendah telah diculik oleh seorang lelaki, dan seterusnya diseksa, disuruh mencuri serta meminta sedekah di beberapa tempat di Johor, Negeri Sembilan dan Kuala Lumpur. Kedua-dua orang murid berkenaan ialah Mohamad Zaini Mohamad, 10 tahun, murid darjah tiga Sekolah Kebangsaan Pontian dan Bazayanu Yusof, ... Read more The post Dua kanak-kanak diculik dan dijadikan peminta sedekah appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .