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  • 20 People Killed in Communal Clash Between Muslims and Buddhists from Myanmar

    20 People Killed in Communal Clash Between Muslims and Buddhists from Myanmar

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    GEORGE TOWN, Sept 18 — Twenty people savagely murdered in Penang this year are believed to be victims of communal clashes between Muslims and Buddhists from Myanmar. 

    Police said the latest was the double-murder of two men in their 30s who had their throats slit and their bodies dumped in an oil palm plantation in Kampung Manggis in Bukit Mertajam on Monday.

    Police are worried religious and ethnic tensions between the two groups in Myanmar have bubbled to surface in the state with deadly consequences. Most of the victims were Buddhists.

    They have been unable to head off the violence due to communication problems with both
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    State deputy police chief Datuk A. Thaiveegan said a special task force has been set up by police to investigate the deaths.

    “We are probing if religious disputes are involved,” he said.

    The flashpoint of this violence is Seberang Prai where Rohingya Muslims from the western Rakhine state are the main suspects in the killings.

    No one has been arrested in connection with the murders which began in January, although several weapons, mainly knives have been seized.

    The reason for the killings are not immediately clear, with both groups blaming each other for the bitter tension.

    Police sources said the victims, mostly factory workers, were brutally killed and were found with their throats slit.

    A source said: “Six people were been killed in central Seberang Prai in three separate cases while the remains of two other victims were discovered in southern Seberang Prai in the last four months.

    “The remaining cases were reported in northern Seberang Prai while several other cases have also been occurred on the island.”

    The source said the victims, all men, aged between 20 and 40 were abducted from their homes and murdered elsewhere.

    Most of the victims were found without documents and their remains were identified by colleagues and friends.

    Police believe the assailants had targeted their victims through their workplace colleagues and had also obtained information on them from members of their community who have been here for years.

    Investigations have shown further conflict is at risk and police have asked employers of the victims for leads.

    On Monday, a plantation worker stumbled upon the bodies of the two men at about 8.50am. Apart from slit throats, they also suffered multiple stab wounds.

    Police believe they were murdered at another place before their bodies were dumped at the plantation.

    One of the victims was identified based on his travel document while the identity of the other is still unknown.

    Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/gruesome-myanmar-communal-murders-grip-penang#sthash.GqBY6W1Z.I4nMDZ6q.dpuf

  • North Korea Has Successfully Landed First Human on the Sun

    North Korea Has Successfully Landed First Human on the Sun

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    A North Korean central news anchorman said during a live broadcast: “We are very delighted to announce a successful mission to put a man on the sun. North Korea has beaten every other country in the world to the sun. Hung Il Gong is a hero and deserves a hero’s welcome when he returns home later this evening”.

    Hung is expected back on Earth in just a few hours time, where he will be greeted by his uncle, and supreme leader: Kim Jong-un. Hung traveled in the cover of darkness, as it would protect him from the harsh, and extreme temperatures of the Sun. Hung will also be bringing back some sun spot samples for his uncle, which I’m sure he will show off to the world in a short amount of time.

    The North Korean central news agency is calling the 18-hour mission the “greatest human achievement of our time” – and so they should, landing a man on the Sun, a trip that took 18 hours return, is quite the achievement, all things considered. I wonder if Dennis Rodman considered this a slam dunk for the country.

  • Bintan Resorts Stop Accepting Singapore Dollars, All Transactions in Rupiah

    Bintan Resorts Stop Accepting Singapore Dollars, All Transactions in Rupiah

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    SINGAPORE: Several hotels and resorts in the Indonesian island of Bintan have stopped accepting Singapore dollars since the start of this month, citing a government policy that requires all transactions to be made in the Indonesian rupiah.

    Five hotel operators, including Banyan Tree Bintan and Nirwana Gardens, told TODAY that they had been told not to accept foreign currencies. Prior to this, Singapore and American dollars were allowed to be used on the island, the operators said.

    The Indonesian Embassy in Singapore, however, said the rupiah-only policy is not a new one. An embassy official from its information, social and cultural department referred TODAY to a Bill passed by the Indonesian Parliament in May 2011, which requires all financial transactions within Indonesia to be made in rupiah.

    An online report posted on legal firm Allen & Overy’s website said the currency law took effect on June 28 that same year, but does not apply to “transactions related to the state budget, grants given by or to a foreign state, international commercial transactions, bank deposits denominated in foreign currencies and international finance transactions”.

    While it is not clear why the law is being enforced only now, a report by the Antara news agency in June this year said the Bank of Indonesia is encouraging people to use the rupiah in their transactions ahead of the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community next year.

    “Bank of Indonesia has asked all entrepreneurs and the Indonesian community to use the rupiah currency in every transaction across the nation, as the bank feared that other countries will be one step ahead of Indonesia,” the central bank’s Deputy Governor Ronald Waas had been quoted as saying.

    Some travel agencies in Singapore said they had not been told about the rupiah-only policy. But an Asia Travel spokesperson said the company had been told by local operators in Bintan that travellers must use only the rupiah because of a “new government policy”, although it did not receive any official notification. Several travellers described the currency restrictions as inconvenient, but added that they will not be deterred from visiting Bintan.

    Communications specialist Chua Ee Ghim, 27, is concerned about carrying too much cash as the rupiah comes in far smaller denominations than Singapore dollars. “I have to be very careful in keeping my notes and ensure that shopkeepers give me the correct change,” he said.

    The policy appears to have not taken effect in Batam yet. Batam is another Indonesian island popular with Singaporeans seeking short getaways.

    Three resorts there told TODAY that they still accept payment in Singapore dollars. Batam was in the news last month after Indonesian immigration officials at the Batam Centre began sending ferry passengers back to Singapore for talking too loudly.

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/hotels-in-bintan-no/1367636.html

  • Asian Women Are Attracted to the Body Smell of African Men

    Asian Women Are Attracted to the Body Smell of African Men

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    They shower gifts and money on their girlfriends but that’s not what drives some Malaysian women crazy about African men – it’s their body odour, Harian Metro reported.

    Forty-year-old Maria, who claimed to have fallen out of love with three local men, including her ex-husband who neglected her, said she became attracted to African men while working as a salesgirl in Ampang seven years ago.

    Relating her affair with Izem, a Nigerian in his 30s, Maria said it started as a casual friendship but quickly blossomed into romance.

    “We got intimate as I could not resist his body odour each time we went out or had meals together,” she said.

    “Although it was unpleasant in the beginning, I became used to it, then was attracted by it,” said Maria, adding that it came to a point where she became addicted to her boyfriend’s body odour.

    She said his dark complexion was not an issue as Izem, who claimed to be a student at a local institute of higher learning, was young and athletic.

    “Maybe that is why he has that body odour,” she said, confessing that African men were “romantic, caring and gentle”.

    Maria, who was detained in 2008 for her part in an Internet scam, said she had met other African men and they all exuded the same natural odour that made her feel relaxed whenever she was with them.

    She claimed that her women friends were just as fascinated with the Africans as she was.

    On her relationship with Izem, Maria said they were no longer together as he had been detained since April last year over an Internet crime. However, she added: “I will never forget him.”

    Source: http://women.asiaone.com/women/relationships/seductive-scent-african#sthash.02Je38cv.dpuf

  • Man Tattoed His Face And Body With Islamic Words

    Man Tattoed His Face And Body With Islamic Words

    Obsessed with Islam and Allah, a Muslim man attaoed his face and body with words frequently used by the Muslims in Arabic.

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