Category: Hiburan

Zamani Dan Pembantu Peribadi Didenda RM5,500 Kerana Kesalahan Memiliki Dan Mengambil Dadah

KUALA LUMPUR: Bekas vokalis kumpulan Slam, Zamani Ibrahim dan pembantu peribadinya, Nur Juliana Abdul Rani, masing-masing didenda RM5,500 (S$2,042) atau 18 bulan penjara selepas mengaku bersalah di Mahkamah Majistret di sini, Rabu (6 Mei), terhadap pertuduhan memiliki dan mengambil dadah pada 21 Jan lepas.

Zamani, 43, dan Nur Juliana, 32, memilih membayar denda.

Majistret Ayuni Izzaty Sulaiman juga memerintahkan kedua-dua tertuduh menjalani dua tahun pengawasan di bawah Agensi Anti Dadah Kebangsaan (AADK).

Terdahulu, Zamani yang memakai jaket dan berseluar hitam dan Nur Juliana mengaku bersalah terhadap semua pertuduhan yang dibacakan semula kepada mereka.

Sebelum ini, mereka mengaku tidak bersalah atas pertuduhan berkenaan tetapi menukar pengakuan hari ini.

PERTUDUHAN YANG DIKENAKAN

Bagi pertuduhan pertama iaitu memiliki dadah jenis heroin seberat 0.6 gram, mereka masing-masing didenda RM3,300 (S$1,225) atau 10 bulan penjara manakala bagi pertuduhan kedua iaitu mengambil dadah, Zamani dan Nur Juliana didenda RM2,200 (S$817) setiap seorang atau lapan bulan penjara.

Mereka didakwa bersama-sama memiliki dadah jenis heroin di sebuah rumah di Jalan Enggang Timor Satu, Taman Keramat di Kuala Lumpur pada 12.30 pagi, 21 Januari lepas.

Penyanyi itu, yang popular dengan lagu ‘Gerimis Mengundang’, juga didakwa mengambil dadah jenis morfin di Pejabat Bahagian Siasatan Jenayah Narkotik, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Ampang Jaya kira-kira 2 pagi pada tarikh sama.

Nur Juliana pula didakwa mengambil dadah jenis Methamphetamine pada 2.05 pagi di tempat dan tarikh sama.

Bagi pertuduhan memiliki dadah, mereka didakwa mengikut Seksyen 12(2) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 yang boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 12(3) akta sama yang membawa hukuman denda RM100,000 (S$37,123) atau penjara tidak melebihi lima tahun, atau kedua-duanya.

Bagi pertuduhan mengambil dadah, mereka didakwa mengikut Seksyen 15(1)(a) akta sama dan boleh dihukum di bawah Seksyen 15 akta sama dan boleh didenda tidak melebihi RM5,000 (S$1,856) atau penjara tidak melebihi dua tahun.

RAYUAN YANG DIKEMUKAKAN KEPADA HAKIM

Ketika rayuan, peguam Ahmad Zaharil Muhaiyar mewakili Zamani dan Nur Juliana memohon mahkamah mengenakan hukuman denda atas alasan penyanyi itu sudah insaf dan berat badannya kini naik kepada 59 kg daripada 45 kg, selain beliau menghidap sakit belakang kronik yang memerlukan rawatan intensif dan pembedahan.

“Bagi Nur Juliana pula, dia terjebak dengan dadah berpunca daripada perasaan ingin tahu, namun kedua-dua anak guam saya menyesal dengan perbuatan mereka,” katanya. Mereka juga tidak mempunyai rekod kesalahan lampau, kata peguam itu.

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Goh Ai Rene, memohon mahkamah mengenakan hukuman setimpal bagi memberi pengajaran kerana kesalahan dadah adalah serius dan tertuduh merupakan artis terkenal yang sepatutnya menunjukkan teladan baik kepada masyarakat.

Sementara itu, Zamani melahirkan rasa syukur kerana hidupnya berubah selepas ditangkap kerana kes dadah itu.

ZAMANI SYUKUR DITANGKAP

“Saya rasa bersyukur dan berterima kasih kerana ditangkap pada 21 Jan lepas…ia menjadi titik penting kepada perubahan yang saya alami hari ini,” katanya dengan nada ceria kepada pemberita di perkarangan Mahkamah Majistret.

Beliau yang kini mendapatkan rawatan di sebuah pusat pemulihan dadah juga kelihatan sihat berbanding keadaan sebelum ditangkap.

Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

May 7, 2015
Singapore Silat Banking On Dark Horses For More Medals

The Republic’s pencak silat athletes have never won more than three gold medals at any SEA Games and competing on home ground will not be much of an advantage when Singapore hosts the biennial event from June 5 to June 16, said Singapore Silat Federation (SSF) chief executive officer Sheik Alau’ddin Yacoob Marican.

Traditional powerhouses Indonesia and Malaysia have always dominated the sport, but with Vietnam fighting the two countries for supremacy since 2005, winning medals, let alone gold, has become difficult, he added.

When the silat competition starts on June 10 at the Singapore Expo, Sheik Alau’ddin is banking his hopes on 2013 Games gold medallist Nur Alfian Juma’en in the Class F event, and 2012 world champion Shakir Juanda in Class H.

Despite the stiff competition, he said there are “dark horses” in his seven-man and six-woman squad capable of springing a surprise or two.

They include Class E fighter Sheik Ferdous, Iqbal Abdul Rahman in the artistic singles event for men and the women artistic team.

“Although I am not expecting more than two golds from Nur Alfian and Shakir, anything can happen when the home crowd get behind our athletes,” said Sheik Alau’ddin.

“Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam will dominate silat here, but emotions run high when friends and families are shouting and cheering on our guys and girls. When this happens, it can push them to perform beyond themselves. So while I am realistic about our chances, I am not writing off the possibility of getting more than two gold medals.”

Keeping focus and following instructions are two areas Nur Alfian needs to strengthen if he is to defend his Games gold medal. These weak spots unravelled in January at Phuket where he failed to get past the Class F quarter-final of the World Pencak Silat Championship.

Said the 18-year-old: “I did not follow the game plan of my coaches because I was too eager to get the points. This allowed my opponent to take me down several times.

“By the time I came to my senses and was able to score points, it was not enough to win the match.”

To help the host team put on a good showing for the competition, the SSF hired two Indonesian coaches, Muhammad Fiqri and Muhammad Hamdi, in April last year to sharpen their techniques.

Fiqri said they have been pushing the athletes to use more of what they have in their armoury when they step onto the mat to do battle.

“For example, although they know how to use the scissors technique to bring down an opponent, many have not been using this as much as they should,” he added.

“They also tend to use the same style and this makes them predictable. So what Hamdi and I have been doing is to get them to train a lot more in other areas so that they will have more weapons to use next month.”

Although Nurul Suhailah has not been mentioned as one of the medal hopefuls, the 19-year-old is hoping to make an impact in her second attempt at the Games after returning home empty-handed from Myanmar two years ago.

“I am going for gold, no matter what,” she said defiantly. “We are competing in Singapore and my family and friends are coming to watch me. Although there is pressure to do well in front of them, this is good pressure because it will push me to win something.”

Source: www.todayonline.com

May 4, 2015
Singapore And Malaysia PMs Attend Leaders’ Retreat Here

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will be in Singapore on Monday and Tuesday for a leaders’ retreat with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

The regular meetings between the premiers have yielded major agreements in recent years, including an ambitious high-speed rail link that will slash travel time between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to just 90 minutes by 2020.

The agenda this year, which also marks the 50th anniversary of Singapore-Malaysia ties, is likely to include further discussions on the project, which was first announced during the 2013 retreat.

Singapore has said it will announce the location of its high- speed rail terminal at this retreat. Three sites have been shortlisted – Jurong East, Tuas West and the city centre.

PM Lee said last week when he officiated at the opening of the new chancery of the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur: “If we can get the high-speed rail going and running, this will be a very important project which will foster closer ties between our people.

“And then we can come up, have lunch and go back down to Singapore again.”

Malaysia is siting its terminus within the Bandar Malaysia project, which will transform the old Sungei Besi area – 3km from Kuala Lumpur’s financial district – into a dynamic, connected township.

The leaders’ retreat, which has been held annually since 2012, is regarded by both countries as a sign of the strong rapport between the two leaders.

“The annual leaders’ retreat is a key bilateral platform for the Prime Ministers to drive relations forward,” said Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.

PM Najib and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, will be hosted to a private dinner by PM Lee and Mrs Lee on Monday.

On Tuesday, the two premiers and their respective delegations will meet for bilateral talks, and will discuss ways to further enhance cooperation across a wide range of areas.

PM Najib will also deliver a keynote address on Tuesday night at the Economic Society of Singapore’s annual dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel, which PM Lee will be attending.

During the retreat, PM Lee will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs.

The Singapore delegation includes Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang; Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim; Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan; Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen; Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan; Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K Shanmugam; Minister for Transport and Lui Tuck Yew; Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Lawrence Wong; and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Masagos Zulkifli.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

May 4, 2015
Aiseyman! Lee Kuan Yew Destroyed Our Local Malay Film Industry

“Can I use the master’s tools to dismantle the master’s house?” The film asked introspectively, the master alluding to the our late founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Looking at the prosperity that sloshes around this island, I think it is easy to forget what was destroyed to achieve what we have today. Snakeskin, a part dream documentary, part city symphony, is a film directed by local filmmaker Daniel Hui, that was shown at the recently concluded Southeast Asian Film Festival 2015 organised by the Singapore Art Museum.

The film is set in year 2066, and the sole survivor of an enigmatic cult recounts his country’s traumatic history and reminisces about the oppression that has been inscribed on Singapore’s physical landscape. It traces the Japanese Occupation, Operation Coldstore and other chapters of Singapore’s history. One particular chapter worth highlighting was the destruction and demise of the Malay film industry in the 1960s; credit to Daniel Hui, a Chinese filmmaker for bringing out this latent issue carefully concealed among the local Malay identity.

In its heyday, the Malay film industry, epitomized by the legendary P Ramlee, was a creative cauldron financed by the Chinese, (the Shaw and Cathay enterprises), technically helmed by Indians from Bollywood and artistically inspired by Malays from Malaya. But the grand nationalism project of newly independent Singapore led by LKY meant that these vestiges of genuine inter-racial business cooperation and racial harmony was to be replaced by mistrust and tension so as to justify a new raison d’etre of growth at all costs and attracting western investments. Malay cultures, local traditions, Chinese schools, were systematically removed from the nation’s memory and siege mentality assumed control.

Using long shots and pensive moods, Daniel Hui’s narration speak to the long hollow corridors of our forgotten collective subconscious as a true Malayan people, “He (cult leader LKY) especially detested the Malay film industry. The radically egalitarian society these films dreamed of…he could never accept the idea in these films that the different races could live together as brothers. He needed us to believe that the different races lived in constant tension…that even the smallest spark can start a fire…”

Daniel Hui even managed to interview Yusnor Ef, one of the famous lyricist during the heyday of Malay cinematic grandeur. He penned lyrics to many hits, such Kasih Sayang Suami Isteri and Gelisah. As I watch Yusnor recount the splendor at Jalan Ampas (the film studio of Shaw Brothers), I mourn for the missed opportunities that my community could have had, but most of all, I mourn for the lost kampongs and the spirit that was destroyed along with our zinc roofs and wild fruit trees, to be replaced by mindless concrete and carefully manicured plants.A

If there was one line from a movie that stuck with me as the curtains were drawn, “He only wanted us to remember the legacy of the Chinese people, who according to him built Singapore. That meant erasing the Malay culture that came before the Chinese.”

I hope Snakeskin will one day make it to the big screen so that more young Malays and youths of other races can appreciate our history. Although it’s esoteric art form would probably mean negative profits. But as our nation celebrates its 50th birthday, it is timely for us to remember not only what we have created, but what we have destroyed.

Before the cult unleashes hell on me. RIP LKY.

Sharifah H.

Editor’s Note: This is a film review of the movie Snakeskin which was screened at the recent Southeast Asian Film Festival 2015. This is a contribution by our resident film critic.

Source: www.aiseyman.com

May 3, 2015
Dramatic CNB Drug Bust In Boon Lay

Stompers Emily and Jurong resident thought that they were looking at an accident scene at Boon Lay Way at around 5.50pm yesterday (May 01).

But what they both saw was the aftermath of a Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) drug bust.

According to Emily, the accident involved a Honda Civic and Hyundai Getz.

Stomper Jurong Resident told Stomp that she had heard a loud thud from her flat and noticed that a blue car had crashed into the road divider.

In a phone interview with Stomp, the Stomper said:

“I saw a blue car crash into the middle fence, strangely in the opposite direction. The driver of the blue car immediately opened the door and started running.

“Then four men from the grey vehicles ran out of the car and started chasing the man. They managed to catch him and dragged him back and put him into one of the grey cars.”

Here is the CNB statement which sheds light on the incident:

“Earlier this evening (May 01), a 26-year-old suspected male drug trafficker who was trying to evade arrest, crashed his car into CNB Officers’ vehicle along Boon Lay Way, before hitting a member of public’s car.

“Both the suspect and the family of four in that car were sent to the hospital for checks.

“The suspect was related to an earlier case on 30 Apr 2015 where about 312 gm of heroin and 3 Erimin-5 tablets were found in a car.

“Suspect is now under CNB’s custody and will be investigated for drug trafficking.”

Source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg

May 2, 2015