A total of 65 passengers had to be evacuated from Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit (LRT) trains on Tuesday (Mar 28) following a breakdown in train services at about 8.10pm.
SMRT said that the breakdown happened due to a “propulsion fault”. Another LRT train was deployed to rescue the stalled train back to the depot for further checks, it added.
During this time, train services on the loop running between Petir and Senja stations were still available. Bus bridging and free regular bus services were activated between Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang LRT stations, SMRT said.
Service resumed at 9.27pm.
Satu kebakaran dilaporkan di bilik stor Samsung Experience Store di AMK Hub pada awal pagi Selasa (28 Mac), sehingga menyebabkan kedai-kedai di sekelilingnya dalam pusat beli-belah itu ditutup buat sementara atas sebab-sebab keselamatan dan kerja-kerja pembersihan.
Pengurus besar AMK Hub Andy Kau berkata kebakaran tersebut berlaku di bilik stor kedai yang terletak di besmen satu pada 1.25 pagi dan ia dipadamkan menggunakan sistem pemercik di bilik itu “dalam masa beberapa minit”.
Meskipun tiada kecederaan dilaporkan, pengurusan pusat beli-belah itu sudah menutup kawasan tersebut atas sebab-sebab keselamatan dan bagi memudahkan pembersihan, kata Encik Kau.
Pasukan Pertahanan Awam Singapura (SCDF) menyatakan ia dimaklumkan tentang kebakaran tersebut pada sekitar 1.32 pagi.
Ia mengerahkan dua kereta bomba, dua Red Rhino dan lima kenderaan sokongan ke tempat kejadian. Kebakaran tersebut, yang melibatkan barang-barang di dalam bilik stor kedai yang seluas 1 meter kali 2 meter itu, dipadamkan dengan segera melalui sistem pemercik pusat beli-belah tersebut dan jet air SCDF.
Punca kebakaran masih disiasat, dedah SCDF.
Dalam catatan Facebook pada 8.20 pagi, Fitness First menyatakan cawangannya di AMK Hub, yang terletak bersebelahan kedai Samsung, ditutup buat sementara disebabkan kebakaran itu.
Ia turut mendedahkan dalam perkembangan terkini pada 10.15 pagi bahawa meskipun kelab itu tidak terjejas oleh kebakaran tersebut, ia sedang membersihkan takungan air yang berlaku akibat pemercik-pemercik itu.
A 39-year-old woman is being investigated for allegedly lying to the police that she had been robbed, police said in a statement on Tuesday (March 28).
The woman lodged a police report alleging that a motorcyclist had snatched her handbag containing cash and personal documents sometime past midnight on March 23, near Block 214 Bedok Central.
However, during the course of investigations, police detected several inconsistencies. It was later established that the woman had provided false information and was not a victim of a snatch thief.
TODAY understands that the woman’s motive in filing a false police report may have been to find an excuse for losing certain documents.
She may face a jail term of up to a year and/or a fine of up to S$5,000 for knowingly giving false information to a public servant.
“The Police would like to remind the public that Police resources could have been put to better use in dealing with real crimes and emergencies rather than investigating into false reports or false information. Those who lodge false Police reports or provide false information will be dealt with in accordance with the law,” the statement said.
Pernahkah anda terfikir kenapa dalam Islam ada 4 mazhab? Apa yang dimaksudkan dengan mazhab? Kita mazhab apa? Apa beza setiap mazhab ini?
Mari baca ulasan dibawah ini.
Sejak kecil, kanak-kanak di Malaysia telah dididik dengan hukum-hakam agama seperti yang telah tertulis di dalam PAFA. Jika masih ingat, semua hukum yang kita belajar, adalah Mazhab Syafi’e kan?
Seperti yang diketahui, Islam ada 4 mazhab, Syafi’e, Hanbali, Maliki dan Hanafi. Siapa cakap Syiah tu mazhab ke-5, boleh pakai baju melayu putih, sampin hijau, dan pergi masuk sekolah agama balik. Kesemua 4 mazhab kita ada 5 rukun Islam, tiada tambah-tambah, ada dua hari raya, tiada tambah-tambah.
Sudah pasti ramai tertanya-tanya kenapa Islam kena ada 4 mazhab? Kenapa tidak satu sahaja? Sampaikan ada yang kata tak payah ikut mazhab, ikut Nabi dah cukup! Ustaz cakap, siapa cakap macam tu, dia bukan suruh ikut Nabi, sebenarnya dia suruh ikut diri dia sendiri!
Mazhab sebenarnya berbeza dari segi Feqah sahaja, bukan dari segi Aqidah. Feqah bermakna cara kita melakukan sesuatu Ibadat. Bagaimana hendak sembahyang, nak ambil wudhu’ dan sebagainya. Tapi jenis Ibadatnya semua sama. Keempat-empat mazhab ada 5 waktu sembahyang. Aqidah semua sama. Satu Tuhan. Satu Rasul.
Mungkin juga ramai sudah tahu, mazhab ini mengikut tempat. Sebagai contoh, Mazhab Syafi’e diamalkan di Malaysia. Manakala mazhab Hanafi, diamalkan di tempat seperti Iraq. Mengenai perkara inilah (perbezaan geografi) ternyata bergunanya mazhab.
Contoh yang paling jelas, mengikut Mazhab Syafi’e, di dalam sembahyang kita tidak boleh bergerak 3 kali secara berturut-turut. Manakala mazhab yang lain boleh.
Di Mekah, mereka tidak mengamalkan mazhab Syafi’e. Cuba bayangkan, di Kaabah yang begitu ramai, tak boleh bergerak 3 kali, boleh ke?
Kita tengah baca Fatihah, tiba ada Pak Arab melintas di depan, kita terpaksa gerak sikit, lepas tu ada lagi, kita kena gerak lagi.
Kalau pergerakan kaki kita melebihi 3 kali, sembahyang batal. Habis tu sampai Subuh besok kita kena ulang sembahyang, sebab sembahyang kita asyik batal.
Cuba bayangkan dalam dunia ini ada satu mazhab sahaja. Nanti di depan Kaabah tiada siapa dapat habiskan sembahyangnya!
Mazhab ini bukannya pecahan Agama. Tapi lebih dari perbezaan pendapat yang sesuai dengan tempat-tempat tertentu.
Cuba bayangkan, kalau kerajaan wajibkan semua pelajar pergi sekolah naik bas sahaja. Tak boleh ibu-bapa hantar, tak boleh naik basikal. Kononnya tiada keseragaman. Gila kan?
Semua orang ada cara masing-masing. Yang penting pergi sekolah, tiada kesah naik bas ke kereta ke permaidani ajaib ke.
Hal ini, bukan sahaja boleh diaplikasikan kepada mazhab sahaja. Tetapi juga boleh dikaitkan dengan hukum-hukum ijma’. Contoh paling terdekat, hukum mengucapkan Selamat Hari Natal.
Apa yang susah sangat? Ada ulama’ kata haram tak boleh. Al-Qaradhawi kata boleh. Bukannya semua ulama’ kata Haram Mutlak. Seperti biasa khilaf (perbezaan pendapat) ini berguna mengikut tempat. Agak-agak kalau anda duduk di Arab Saudi, jiran kau 100% Muslim, takkan tiba-tiba nak bagi pengumuman, “Hey Assalamualaikum. Merry Christmas“?
Tapi takkanlah kalau kau duduk kat Malaysia, ada 30 kawan Kristian. Kau terserempak dengan mereka. Kau nak diam je? Pastu “hehe sorry agama saya tak bagi wish Krismas hehe“.
Cuba kau fikir macam mana persepsi penganut agama lain kalau mereka nampak kita macam ni? Kalau kita ini, mereka wish Hari Raya, kita suka kan?
Jadi, dengan keadaan yang kita bercampur-baur bangsa dan agama di sini, kita kena hormat pegangan orang lain. Bukan setakat hormat orang Kristian, tapi lagi penting hormat orang Islam sendiri yang berpendapat lain daripada kita.
Agak-agak kalau kita ni jenis tak bercampur dengan bangsa lain, semua kawan melayu, diam-diamlah tak payah wish Krismas.
Ini, bila ada member kita yang jenis bercampur dengan masyarakat, dia berpendapat seperti Al-Qaradhawi dan wish kawan-kawan dia yang beragama Kristian, boleh pergi wall post dia haram this haram that. Bodohnya?
Maka, timbul juga persoalan-persoalan seperti bolehkah kita mengamalkan mazhab lain. Contohnya, kita yang mazhab Syafi’e ni nak amalkan mazhab Maliki pulak.
Hal ini dinamakan talkin (mencampurkan mazhab). Ustaz saya kata, hal ini tak boleh sama sekali, kecuali: a) Kita sudah belajar sepenuhnya keempat-empat mazhab. b) Kita pergi ke tempat yang mengamalkan mazhab lain.
Walaupun jika seseorang itu sudah belajar kesemua mazhab, adalah dinasihatkan supaya konsisten dengan satu mazhab sahaja. Seperti Imam Al-Ghazali, walaupun beliau ‘alim dengan semua mazhab, tapi beliau hanya mengamalkan mazhab Syafi’e sahaja.
Ingatlah, mazhab itu bukan perbezaan agama. Tapi ia adalah medium untuk memudahkan kita semua untuk menjalankan ibadah seharian agar mendekatkan diri kita dengan-Nya.
Here is a look at past cases of high-profile maid abuse.
Husband and wife jailed over years of maid abuse
Husband Tay Wee Kiat faced 12 charges involving the couple’s two maids, while Chia Yun Ling was convicted of hitting one of them. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A 14-day trial revealed the numerous ways that former regional information technology manager Tay Wee Kiat, 39, and his wife Chia Yun Ling, 41, had assaulted their Indonesian maid for almost two years.
Tay was on March 11 sentenced to two years and four months in jail after he was convicted of all 12 charges.
Nine of the charges were for causing hurt to Ms Fitriyah, 34, with the other three for making his maid from Myanmar, Ms Moe Moe Than, slap Ms Fitriyah on the face; offering to pay Ms Fitriyah and send her home in exchange for not reporting his abuse; and instructing Ms Fitriyah to lie to the police that he did not abuse Ms Than.
Chia, meanwhile, got two months’ jail for slapping Ms Fitriyah some time between June and December 2012 and punching her on the forehead on Dec 7 that year.
Over a two-week period, Zinnerah Abdul Majeed also hit domestic helper May Thu Phyo with a bamboo pole, a belt buckle and even a bicycle lock, leaving her with multiple injuries. PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
All she did was break a cup while washing utensils in the kitchen. But that was enough reason for the domestic helper’s employer, Zinnerah Abdul Majeed, to press a heated metal spoon on her arms around the last week of August 2015.
The helper, Ms May Thu Phyo, 23, had been working for the family for only about a month when the abuse started.
That was not the only punishment Ms May had to endure over a two-week period, a district court heard. Zinnerah had hit her with a bamboo pole, a belt buckle and even a bicycle lock, leaving her with multiple injuries.
On Nov 2, 2016, Zinnerah was jailed 20 months after pleading guilty to three counts of maid abuse at her home in Yishun Avenue 4.
Mother-daughter pair jailed for abusing maid, leaving her with permanent disability
Jayasheela Jayaraman (left) and her mother, Anpalaki Muniandy Marimuthu were sentenced 12 months and 16 months’ jail respectively for hurting the former’s maid. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Housewife Anpalaki Muniandy Marimuthu, 65, and her daughter, warehouse supervisor Jayasheela Jayaraman, 43, were on Sept 23, 2016, jailed 16 months and 12 months respectively for hurting the latter’s maid.
Ms Sriyatun, 27, was left with a permanent disability in her left ear from the abuse.
Among the instances of abuse she was subjected to included being slapped for not carrying Jayasheela’s shoes into the family’s Bendemeer flat, having her swollen ear pinched before it healed and having her breast squeezed and twisted for being slow in her work.
Anapalaki also hurt Ms Sriyatun with household objects on a few occasions.
Maid ‘hit with hammer’ for not cleaning toilet properly
Ms Khanifah (above) had been working for Zariah Mohd Ali and Mohamad Dahlan for about six months when the alleged abuses took place. She told the court she was hit on the head with a hammer at least five times.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Indonesian domestic worker Khanifah, 35, allegedly suffered various abuses at the hands of her female employer, who is accused of using an array of weapons to injure her.
These included a hammer, bamboo pole and pounder that knocked out or broke her teeth, leaving her with head wounds that are still visible, Ms Khanifah told a district court on April 18, 2016.
The employer, Zariah Mohd Ali, 54, is being tried on 12 of 28 maid abuse charges. Zariah’s husband, Mohamad Dahlan, 56, is also accused of hitting Ms Khanifah with the cover of a frying pan.
The alleged offences occurred at the couple’s home in Woodlands Street 31 between June and December 2012, after Ms Khanifah had been working for them for about six months.
Rosman Anwar (left) and his wife Khairani Abdul Rahman had their jail terms increased for the prolonged abuse of their Indonesian maid. ST PHOTOS: WONG KWAI CHOW
A couple who routinely slapped their Indonesian maid and even threatened to send her to work in the sex trade in Batam had their jail terms increased after the prosecution won its appeal on Sept 25, 2015.
Khairani Abdul Rahman, a 42-year-old customer service officer, had her four-week jail term doubled to eight. Her 47-year-old husband, senior logistics officer Rosman Anwar, had his jail term tripled from two weeks to six.
In allowing the prosecution’s appeal, Judicial Commissioner See Kee Oon said the original sentences were manifestly inadequate for the prolonged nature of the abuse and the psychological and emotional toll on the maid.
In an earlier trial, the couple had been found guilty of causing hurt to Ms Solichah, 28. Khairani was convicted of three charges – two for slapping the maid and one for hitting her with a plastic stool. The husband was convicted on two charges – slapping the maid and pulling her hair.
Woman jailed for joining mother in attack on maid; locking her in apartment
Chua committed both offences while under a mandatory treatment order for paranoid schizophrenia. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Chua Siew Peng, 44, was on May 5, 2016, sentenced to two months’ jail for assaulting her Filipino domestic helper Jonna Memeje Muegue and keeping her locked in her sister’s Bukit Timah condo on Oct 30, 2012.
Chua’s 75-year-old mother Lum Wai Lui had assaulted Ms Muegue for eating salmon not meant for her. Chua then entered the toilet and joined in by pulling the maid’s hair and slapping her repeatedly.
Ms Muegue escaped escaped the following day by climbing out of the sixth-floor window, scaling the ledge and jumping onto the rooftop of the floor below – breaking her feet in the process.
Ms Muegue testified that Lum abused her between March/April 2012 and October that year by punching, slapping, kicking and hitting her head against a wall and pouring bleach on her hands and arms. She also said she was underfed and lost 10kg.
Lum, a retired radiograph and medicine technician, was given 21 months’ probation after being convicted of maid abuse in 2015.
Tutor Low Gek Hong, 37, repeatedly scratched the Myanmar maid on the face, arms and ears for being inefficient, and used a pair of scissors to poke the victim’s left shoulder in February 2012. PHOTO: ST FILE
Tutor Low Gek Hong, 37, repeatedly abused her mother’s 17-year-old maid over three months from December 2011 to February 2012, three months into the maid’s employment at her mother’s Tampines flat.
She repeatedly scratched the Myanmar maid on the face, arms and ears for being inefficient, and used a pair of scissors to poke the victim’s left shoulder in February 2012 because the maid could not find a pillowcase that Low wanted changed. Low also punished the maid by kicking her, biting her, and hitting her with a metal hanger, including once pouring a mug of hot water onto the victim’s back for falling asleep in the toilet.
Low, whose claim that she was suffering from depression when she abused the maid was rejected, was sentenced to nine months jail on April 29, 2015, and ordered to pay the maid $5,000 compensation.
3 more months’ jail for ‘relentless tormentor’ of maid
Chan Huey Fern’s case was said to be one of the most distressing maid-abuse cases. PHOTO: ST FILE
Chan Huey Fern, 33, was on Sept 10, 2014, given three additional months’ jail on top of her 21-month jail sentence for hitting the back of her Indonesian maid with a foldable chair.
She had initially been convicted in 2013 of abusing Ms Juwarti, then 22, at her Buangkok flat between June and September 2010.
Chan, who punched Ms Juwarti in the eye and chest, kicked her in the groin until the latter bled and stamped on her body on separate occasions, had her case labelled as “probably one of the most distressing domestic maid-abuse cases in Singapore” by trial judge Low Wee Ping.
