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Depressed Woman Commit Suicide by Jumping into a Pond With 1000 Crocodiles

An elderly woman committed suicide by jumping into a pond full of crocodiles, it has been reported.

Wanpen Inyai, 65, was torn apart after apparently throwing herself into a pit with more than 1,000 crocodiles at a zoo in Bangkok, Thailand.

A disturbing picture was posted online reportedly showing a crocodile approaching her moments before she was attacked.

Police said they arrived at the scene to find zoo keepers and staff desperately trying to ward off dozens of reptiles which were feasting on her body.

Her sister Sunan Tharmna said Wanpen was depressed and had not spoken to anyone for several days before her death on Friday.

Her family tried to file a missing person’s report that day, but were told to wait 24 hours by Rom Klao police as required by law.

CCTV footage reportedly shows her leaving her shoes on a walkway before jumping into the pit at the Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm & Zoo, it was reported by the Bangkok Post.

Officers said they were able to identify after finding her healthcare card floating on the surface of the water.

This was later confirmed by DNA tests.

Farm owner Uthen Youngprapakorn said staff had already installed extra fences and security measures along the walkway which the woman jumped from.

He described her death as a ‘force majeure’ and expressed condolences to her family.

Founded in 1950, Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm & Zoo describes itself as the world’s largest crocodile farm.

Its website says it has more than 100,000 crocodiles over 300 acres and was created to help safeguard the animals from extinction.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2757498/Suicide-crocodile-pit-Elderly-woman-torn-apart-dozens-giant-reptiles-jumping-pond-zoo.html#ixzz3DWpezT2

September 17, 2014
K Box: Steps Are Taken to Hold Those Responsible For This Deplorable Act

SINGAPORE: K Box Entertainment Group, which runs a chain of Karaoke outlets, said it is taking the theft of its data as well as publication of its customers’ details “very seriously”. Its Chief Operating Officer Priscilla Ng issued a statement late Tuesday (Sep 16), after the apparent leak of its customer database with more than 317,000 names.

The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has said it is concerned about the scale of the leak and is investigating.

“We are conducting a full internal investigation, and have provided the PDPC and Singapore Police Force with our fullest cooperation. Steps are being taken to remove the stolen data and hold those responsible for this deplorable act wholly accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” Ms Ng said.

She said K Box has been able to “remove” stolen data and links from at least three websites. “We wish to assure you that controls and safeguards are in place in protecting your data and we take your data privacy very seriously,” she stated.

A check of URLs emailed to the media by the group claiming to be behind the leak, shows the links are dead. The group, who identified themselves as The Knowns, said they had published the data, to protest an upcoming toll hike at Woodlands Checkpoint.

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/k-box-taking-data-theft/1365592.html

September 17, 2014
BREAKING: 317,000 Personal Details of Members from K Box Singapore Leaked Online

SINGAPORE: Personal details of more than 317,000 members of Karaoke entertainment operator K Box Singapore appear to have been leaked publicly.

At 4.17am on Tuesday morning (Sep 16), a group calling themselves The Knowns emailed links to the list of members’ details to several media outlets, including MediaCorp.

The list includes names of K Box members as well as their contact number, email address, NRIC number, date of birth and marital status. It also includes K Box-specific data, such as membership numbers and “K Points” earned.

Channel NewsAsia has been able to verify the details of several of the individuals on the list. One member, who confirmed her details in the list were accurate, said that K Box has not yet contacted her about any leak.

“I’m a bit freaked out,” said the member, who asked to remain anonymous. “My main concern is that with those details, someone could sign me up for random stuff.”

Another member whose name was found on the list said he was “extremely concerned what other personal information got leaked” and that he was also worried if other companies’ databases had been hacked. He filed a police report reporting the leak on Tuesday afternoon.

K Box did not respond to phone or email queries from the media. A senior management staff at the company headquarters said the company had “no comment” on the issue.

Channel NewsAsia understands that the relevant government agencies are aware of the incident and are looking into it.

The group claiming responsibility for the leak said that it was in response to “the recent increase in toll at Woodlands”, saying that it was “an unnecessary financial burden on working Malaysians”.

“To show our displeasure, we are releasing the database of Kbox containing more than 300k personal details of its membership. We had done it before and will do it again.”

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/leaked-k-box-singapore/1364214.html

September 16, 2014
13 Factory Workers Diagnosed with Cancer Assembling Apple’s New iPhone 6 in China

A factory in Shenzhen, China, that assembles iPhones and other Apple products, has reportedly witnessed 13 workers aged between 19 and 24 diagnosed with cancer. Five have died from the disease.

An investigation by the Mail on Sunday found that the factory workers had contracted leukaemia, potentially as a result of exposure to dangerous cleaning chemicals used in the plant.

Apple has previously been accused of dangerous working conditions in its Chinese supply factories, with advocates from China Labour Watch (CLW) all previously campaigning for improved welfare.

Earlier this month, an investigation by CLW and Green America found that one of Apple’s assembly plants in Suqian, China, was responsible for endangering the safety of up to 20,000 workers.

Following similar accusations regarding the welfare of factory workers in 2013, Apple claimed that it no longer used hazardous chemicals, such as benzene and n-hexane.

The California-based company said that it required production facilities to meet the safety standards for the handling of hazardous chemicals as set by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“The new report demonstrates that in the 16 months, Apple has not made progress with this supplier to improve conditions for its workers,” CLW said in a statement, referring to the findings of its most recent investigation.

“In spite of Apple’s supplier code of conduct and commitments to prevent these violations, more than a year later, they persist.”

According to the Mail on Sunday report, workers that fall sick with leukaemia in the factories are dismissed and denied continuing medical coverage, resulting in the bankrupting of families unable to afford medical treatment.

Foxconn, the supplier that runs the Shenzhen factory, has said that it is set to meet with members of Labour Action China to find out more about the leukaemia cases. It claims that there is no evidence to link the deaths to dangerous chemicals.

Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/iphone-6-factory-china-sees-spate-cancer-deaths-152944956.html

September 16, 2014
Failed Policies of UMNO Are to Blame For Certain Lazy Malays

IT is wrong to single out one type of people as lazy and it does nothing to improve the situation, says Global Movement of Moderates (GMM) chief executive officer Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

He was commenting on a speech by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who said that shamelessness and laziness are holding back Malays.

“Being lazy is an attitude of some people. It happens everywhere and not only among Malays,” says Saifuddin.

Instead, Saifuddin suggests that what is needed is to improve the attitude of all Malaysians, not just limiting such efforts to any one ethnic group, as well as positive encouragement.

“We should celebrate successful people and motivate others to emulate them.

“Continuously nagging people will not make any difference,” says the former Deputy Education Minister.

PKR deputy information chief Sim Tze Tzin accuses Dr Mahathir of simply trying to cause provocation. He says failed policies have caused Malays to seem as though they are lazy.

“Dr Mahathir is just trying to provoke Malay insecurity by comparing them with other people.

“The Malays that I know, who work in Bayan Baru and Bayan Lepas factories, are among the best in the world.

“They are hard-working and disciplined and they come from all over the country,” says Sim, who is also the MP for Bayan Baru.

He says this showed that Malays are not lazy and could stand toe-to-toe or shoulder-to-shoulder with any people in the world.

However, he says failed policies, including practices initiated by Dr Mahathir himself, are to blame in cases where certain Malays could be seen as lazy.

“His policies are what has made certain Malays very lazy, such as cronies who get projects and immediately pass them out to contractors.

“This is the policy laid out by Dr Mahathir that made some elite Malays very lazy,” says Sim.

But, he adds, that it is not only the elites that have lost out in some way due to failed policies but also the poor.

“Failed policies of Umno are destroying their economic prospects. Cheap labour from Indonesia or Myanmar are suppressing the low wages of Malaysians, of low-income families, the majority of whom are Malays.

“At the end of the day, because of cheap labour, they give up.

“Not because they are lazy, but because of the cheap wages, they cannot sustain themselves,” says Sim, adding that low pay provides a “disincentive” to work.

“Don’t blame the Malays, blame the policies,” says Sim in conclusion.

Source: http://www.therakyatpost.com/allsides/2014/09/15/malays-lazy-blame-failed-policies-malays/#ixzz3DRO8UjBB

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September 16, 2014