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  • Facebook Page on Murtads/Apostates Reach Singapore Shores

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    A series of Facebook Pages that promote apostasy in several states of Malaysia has finally hit our shores.

    Singapore Murtad Association/ Angkatan Murtadin Singapura Facebook Page aspires to congregate like-minded ex-Muslims with a personal vendetta –  to make a mockery of out Islam and Muslims. Postings contained insults such as stating that Allah did not exist, ridicule Prophet Muhammad and Muslims.

    Statuses uploaded onto the Facebook Page were provocative in nature towards Islam.

    The Facebook page  was created on 18 Feb 2014 and has not garnered much interest yet from the intended target audience.

    Reader contribution: Muhammad Haidir Hassan

  • Female Malay Teacher Jailed 6 months for Tryst with Student

    A 42-year-old teacher was jailed for six months on Wednesday for committing indecent acts on a 13-year-old boy who was studying in the same school.

    She had pleaded guilty on Feb 5 to kissing him on the lips and giving him love bites on his neck and shoulder.

    In passing sentence, District Judge Ng Peng Hong noted that the case involved “the sexual grooming of a young victim by a teacher” and said that a jail sentence was appropriate as it is the public policy to protect the young and vulnerable.

    He also said that the teacher had breached her duty to the school and to the boy’s parents. Judge Ng noted the wide age disparity of 29 years between the boy and the teacher as an aggravating factor.

    The teacher and the boy had met in early 2012 when the boy was in Primary 6. He was in the same football team as the teacher’s son. She also taught his two sisters Malay dance at the school, which is in the west of Singapore. The boy and his sisters became friendly with the teacher and her four children, and he would also chat with her on Facebook.

    On four occasions from Oct 22 and Nov 13, 2012, he played truant to join her on trips to the movies, Sentosa and the Botanic Gardens. It was in the parks where she would kiss him and give him love bites. It was after their trip to the Botanic Gardens that the mother spotted the love bites. The boy revealed to her his relationship with the teacher.

    The parents informed the school and got their son to lodge a police report. The teacher was suspended and charged in court.

    Defence counsel Peter Fernando had asked the court to consider imposing a fine or placing the teacher on probation. He said his client had been suffering from a major depressive disorder but she is now coping well with treatment. However Judge Ng said that there was no psychiatric evidence of “a causal link” between her depression and her committing the offences.

    The woman, who had been teaching the Malay language for 11 years, could have been jailed for up to five years or fined up to $10,000 fine, or sentenced to both. She cannot be named as it could lead to the identification of the minor.

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Police Appeal for Information – Cheating by Personation

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    Police are appealing for the man shown in the photos below to assist with investigations into a case of Cheating by Personation which took place in a shopping centre along Marine Parade Road on 25 November 2013 at about 3pm.

    The man is believed to be in his 20s, bespectacled of medium build with black hair . He was wearing a long-sleeved black shirt and black jeans.

    Anyone with information on the man is requested to call the Police Hotline at 1800-2550000. Information can also be submitted online at www.spf.gov.sg/CrimeStopper. All information will be kept strictly confidential.

     

  • Johor wants to review price of raw water

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    JOHOR BAHARU: The Johor state government has asked that the issue of the price of raw water supplied to Singapore becomes part of the agenda for discussions in the forth-coming joint meeting between the two
    countries.

    Chairman of the State Public Works, Rural and Regional Development Committee Datuk Ir Hasni Mohammad said Johor wanted the talks on the price of raw water supplied to Singapore to begin immediately.

    “I hope that if there are talks between Malaysia and Singapore, the issue on the review of the price of raw water is included in the agenda. I hope we can begin discussions to work out the next step.

    “The talks should begin immediately,” he told Bernama in an interview here, Tuesday.

    According to agreements signed in 1961 and 1962, Singapore’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) would buy raw water from Johor at the rate of three sen every 1,000 gallons.

    Singapore on the other hand would sell treated water to Johor at the price of 50 sen for every 1,000 gallons.

    According to Hasni, Johor sells 250 million liters of raw water to Singapore every day and bought back two percent of that or five million liters in the form of treated water.

    The treated water from Singapore is supplied to residents in parts of Johor Baharu as well as Pontian and Kota Tinggi.

    He said the raw water was the right of the state government and not the federal government or the National Water Services Commission (SPAN). Which was why the state wanted the price to be renegotiated.

    “We have long been in a losing position when we sell raw water to Singapore at three sen (for 1,000 gallons),” he said, adding that the price of treated water sold to Syarikat Air Johor (SAJ) and Melaka was too high.

    He believed the good relations that existed between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore would result in a positive outcome on the price of raw water supplied to Singapore.

    “I do not believe that the Singapore government will reject it outright. We hope that the discussions will benefit both parties,” Hasni said. He believed that the discussions would flow smoothly between Malaysia and Singapore and not based on “one country exploiting another.”

    “The talks should be balanced, there cannot be one side that feels pressured,” he said, adding that he understood the water agreement between the two countries could be reviewed.

    Regarding the new price requested by Johor for the raw water supplied to Singapore, he said the federal government had said that a fair price would be 60 sen per 1,000 gallons.

    However, he added, if Singapore raised the price of treated water from 50 sen for 1,000 gallons, it was likely that Johor would increase the price of raw water.

    “If Singapore raised the price of its treated water from 50 sen to RM5.00, we may not increase to 60 sen, but perhaps higher than that,” Hasni said.

    Source: Bernama, MYT
  • Indonesia kutuk Singapura Sebagai Negeri Tak Tahu Diri

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    Jakarta – “Der mensch ist, war es iszt’” kata pepatah Jerman. Sikap manusia sepadan dengan caranya mencari makan. Berkaca kepada Singapura, pepatah itu benar adanya.

    Dengarlah ancaman yang dikoarkan Menteri Pertahanan Singapura, Ng Eng Hen. Di hadapan parlemen Singapura yang langsung dilansir stasiun berita Channel News Asia, pada Selasa (18/2/2014) Ng melarang KRI Usman Harun melintasi perairan negeri itu. Tidak hanya itu, angkatan bersenjata Singapura (SAF) juga dilarang berlatih militer dengan kapal perang milik Indonesia itu.

    “Kapal itu akan membawa kembali memori menyakitkan dan kelam bagi keluarga korban,” kata Ng, menjadikannya alasan.

    Tak cukup hanya mengancam, Ng juga menyindir sikap Indonesia yang memberi nama kapal itu dengan asma dua prajurit Marinir yang sempat memporandakan Singapura di masa perjuangan Indonesia untuk mengganyang Malaysia itu. “…ketika RI dilanda bencana tsunami tahun 2004 di Aceh, SAF merupakan tim pertama yang memberikan bantuan kepada Indonesia,” kata Ng. Seolah dengan kalimat itu Ng menyatakan sikap tahu diri dan tahu membalas budi adalah watak yang alpa dari bangsa Indonesia.

    Ng lupa, bangsanya sungguh lebih buruk dari apa yang ia sindirkan. Bertahun-tahun Negeri Singa itu menjadi surga para koruptor dan penjahat penggangsir dana rakyat Indonesia yang lari ke sana. Bertahun-tahun Singapura berkelit dan tak mau menyerahkan para pencoleng itu kepada aparat hukum Indonesia dengan alasan tidak adanya perjanjian ekstradisi di antara kedua negara. Bertahun-tahun pula Singapura menikmati tetesan dana haram itu untuk menggemukkan kantong pemasukan negaranya. Manakala pada 2007 negara itu bersetuju dalam perjanjian ekstradisi, hingga kini negara itu belum juga meratifikasi.

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    Jangan lupa, berdasarkan tulisan Michael Backman di The Age, pada 2006 saja dana-dana kotor dari Indonesia itu mencapai proporsi 22 persen perekonomian Singapura.

    Lalu soal tak tahu diri, Ng pun sebaiknya berkata sambil berkaca. Agar perkataan itu berdengung keras di telinganya sendiri. Bukan Indonesia yang sering melanggar batas wilayah. Justru negeri upil itu yang tercatat sering masuk ranah tetangga tanpa salam sebelumnya.

    Belum lagi soal upaya negeri itu terus memperluas wilayah dengan modal pasir-pasir laut yang dikeruk dari perairan Indonesia. Padahal, penggalian pasir itu sendiri merusak lingkungan alam Indonesia. Kementerian Luar Negeri pada 2006 menyatakan, reklamasi yang dilakukan pemerintah Singapura sudah menyebabkan daratan Singapura maju sejauh 12 kilometer dari original base line perjanjian perbatasan Indonesia-Singapura pada 1973. Tentu saja, itu memengaruhi wilayah Zona Ekonomi Eksklusif Indonesia.

    Terakhir, pada 7 Februari lalu dua pesawat tempur Singapura– diperkirakan jenis F-16, melintas langit Batam. Pesawat berwarna abu-abu kehitaman itu terbang rendah di langit Sekupang, Batam, dengan suara menyakitkan telinga warga.

    Lihatlah, seolah berdiri di ujung jurang, kepada dirinya sendiri kata-kata Ng bergaung. Singapura, benar-benar mengingatkan kita akan figur serakah, pongah namun tak punya marwah. Der mensch ist, war es iszt.

    Namun jangan lupa, ada teladan dalam kata-kata Ng. Ng seorang yang sangat nasionalis. Sayang, nasionalisme Ng adalah nasionalisme sempit yang membuat hati penyair Rabindranath Tagore kebat-kebit. “…bangsa-bangsa yang saling ketakutan, intai mengintai seperti hewan buas di malam hari,” kata Tagore, saat ia mengunjungi Jepang yang tengah memnyiapkan perang di 1916.

    Sayangnya, nasionalisme itulah yang kini nyaris padam dalam kehidupan bernegara kita. Mungkin juga dari dada para pejabat kita; paling tidak melihat ketidakberanian akut yang menghantui mereka. Padahal, seperti kata pendiri bangsa, Mohamad Hatta, jatuh bangunnya negara ini, sangat tergantung dari bangsa ini sendiri. “Makin pudar persatuan dan kepedulian, Indonesia hanyalah sekedar nama dan gambar seuntaian pulau di peta.”

    Darmawan Sepriyossa

    Sumber: INILAHCOM