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  • Myanmar Monk Builds Pagodas In Church And Muslim Areas

    Myanmar Monk Builds Pagodas In Church And Muslim Areas

    A Myanmar Christian leader appealed for calm Wednesday (Apr 27) after an influential Buddhist monk built pagodas within the compound of a church and near a mosque, in a country beset with religious tensions.

    The incursions began last month when supporters of the monk Myaing Kyee Ngu erected a religious statue and planted a Buddhist flag on the church’s grounds in the eastern state of Karen.

    They returned on Saturday to erect a pagoda, according to local Anglican Bishop Saw Stylo. The supporters have since moved on to build a pagoda near a mosque in a Muslim-majority village in the same township of Hlaingbwe, he said.

    “That is why I asked all local young people, whether they are Buddhist, Muslim or Christian, not to do anything wrong,” said Saw Stylo, who oversees Karen state, Mon state and Tanintharyi region.

    Myanmar, which was stifled for decades under military rule, has long bristled with religious tensions between majority Buddhists and minority groups.

    These surged sharply after a 2012 outbreak of violence in the western state of Rakhine between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya left scores dead. Tens of thousands of Rohingya remain trapped in bleak displacement camps.

    Buddhist nationalists have grown increasingly strident since then and their influence has been credited with swaying Aung San Suu Kyi’s party against fielding a single Muslim candidate in last year’s election, which swept her pro-democracy movement into power.

    It is not clear what is behind the recent pagoda construction in Karen state. But the office of local MP Saw Chit Khin told AFP that Buddhist authorities had already written to the monk to urge him to cease building.

    Images in local media showed dozens of people praying around the newly-erected white stupa.

    “We feel very worried and sensitive about it. This might be political as well as religious,” said Saw Stylo.

    “I am very interested in how the new government will bring Myanmar to a brighter future. That is why I requested everyone to stay calm in this case,” he added.

    Christian communities in ethnic minority areas have for years complained of encroachments by zealous Buddhists, particularly through the presence of the military.

    Christians and Muslims are each thought to make up over four percent of the population. But updated figures from a 2014 census in Myanmar – its first in three decades – have not yet been released amid fears that any perceived increases could further stoke animosity.

     

    Source: ChannelNewsAsia

  • Lelaki Dijel 24 Bulan Kerana Dakwa Diri Imam Mahdi

    Lelaki Dijel 24 Bulan Kerana Dakwa Diri Imam Mahdi

    Seorang lelaki mengaku bersalah membuat dakwaan palsu dengan mengisytiharkan diri sendiri sebagai Imam Mahdi.

    Dia dihukum penjara 24 bulan dan didenda RM4,900 (S$1,680) oleh Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah di Kuala Lumpur.

    Hakim Syarie, Mohd Amran Mat Zain menjatuhkan hukuman itu terhadap Mat Alimin Abdullah, 36, mengikut Seksyen 6 Akta Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah-Wilayah Persekutuan) 1997.

    Mahkamah turut memerintahkan Mat Alimin dipenjara enam bulan lagi sekiranya gagal membayar denda tersebut.

    Sebelum menjatuhkan hukuman, Hakim Mohd Amran berkata pegangan akidah merupakan satu daripada perkara dalam teras keimanan umat Islam, dan tidak boleh dicampur aduk dengan perkara-perkara lain yang membolehkan timbul keraguan dalam seseorang individu.

    “Mahkamah berpuas hati dengan rayuan yang dikemukakan oleh tertuduh untuk tujuan meringankan hukuman dan hujahan pendakwaan untuk pemberatan hukuman.

    “Sehubungan dengan itu, mahkamah menjatuhkan hukuman denda RM4,900 dan penjara 24 bulan,” kata hakim.

    Mat Alimin didakwa melakukan kesalahan tersebut dengan melafazkan: “Sekiranya saya benar, siapa yang mempermainkan saya, mendustai saya, saya serah kepada
    Allah, sebab orang yang bercakap pada hari ini Muhammad Al-Mahdi utusan Allah.

    “Sekiranya benar saya utusan Allah, siapa yang mempermainkan saya akan dilaknat oleh Allah. Ini janji Nabi Muhammad akhir zaman nanti akan keluar umatku namanya seperti namaku, berasal dari keturunanku, nama bapanya seperti nama bapaku dan keluar dari arah Timur.”

    Dia didakwa melakukan kesalahan tersebut di dalam bilik mesyuarat Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan di Menara Pusat Islam, Jalan Perdana antara pukul 3.00 petang hingga 3.30 petang, semalam (26 April).

    Terdahulu dalam rayuannya, Mat Alimin yang tidak diwakili peguam, merayu kepada mahkamah agar hanya dikenakan hukuman denda yang ringan kerana perlu
    menanggung dua anaknya yang masih bersekolah dan kini hanya bekerja sendiri.

    Ketika hakim bertanya mengenai latar belakang, sejarah kesihatan dan tahap pendidikannya, tertuduh berkata dia berpendidikan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
    dan tidak pernah mendapat rawatan psikiatri dari mana-mana pusat perubatan.

    Pegawai Pendakwa dari Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (Jawi), Zainol Rashid Hasin, berhujah bahawa tertuduh dalam keadaan kesihatan yang baik dan waras ketika melakukan kesalahan dan wajar mendapat hukuman berbentuk pemenjaraan.

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Zakir Naik Punca MB Terengganu Hilang Semua Darjah Kebesaran?

    Zakir Naik Punca MB Terengganu Hilang Semua Darjah Kebesaran?

    Mungkinkah ‘hadiah’ berupa tiga pulau di Tasik Kenyir yang diberikan kerajaan negeri Terengganu kepada pendakwah terkenal, Dr Zakir Naik, punca sebenar semua darjah kebesaran yang dikurniakan kepada Menteri Besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman, dilucutkan?

    Akhbar China Press mendakwa demikian dalam laporannya hari ini (27 April), menurut laman Free Malaysia Today.

    China Press, yang menukil sumber-sumber tertentu, melaporkan bahawa pemberian ‘hadiah’ yang murah hati oleh Encik Ahmad Razif mungkin membangkitkan kemarahan istana Terengganu.

    Menurut laman Free Malaysia Today, Menteri Besar itu menyambut Dr Zakir dengan amat mesra ketika penceramah kontroversil dari India itu mengadakan lawatan ke Malaysia untuk menyampaikan ceramah agama baru-baru ini.

    Encik Ahmad Razif juga mengumumkan bahawa kerajaan Terengganu akan memberikan tiga pulau di Tasik Kenyir, yang popular dengan pelancong, kepada Dr Zakir supaya beliau dapat menubuhkan sebuah pusat kajian Islam di rantau ini.

    Sementara itu, Encik Ahmad Razif kelihatan tenang ketika mempengerusikan mesyuarat mingguan Exco kerajaan negeri Terengganu pagi tadi di Wisma Darul Iman.

    Mesyuarat itu berlangsung seperti biasa, di tengah-tengah khabar angin bahawa seorang tokoh politik akan mengambil alih kedudukan Encik Ahmad Razif sebagai Menteri Besar tidak lama lagi.

    Bahkan, Bernama melaporkan, beliau kelihatan ceria dan turut menyapa wartawan yang menunggu sejak 8.30 pagi.

    Bagaimanapun, Encik Ahmad Razif enggan mengulas mengenai kedudukannya sebagai Menteri Besar setakat ini.

    Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Seberang Takir itu berkata segala hal berkaitan kedudukannya sebagai menteri besar diserahkan sepenuhnya kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

    Pada Isnin lalu, Sultan Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin secara mengejut melucutkan semua darjah kebesaran yang dikurniakan kepada Encik Ahmad Razif berkuatkuasa hari Jumaat (22 April).

    Datuk Seri Najib dijangka bertemu dengan Sultan Terengganu berhubung isu pelantikan Menteri Besar yang baru, lapor Free Malaysia Today.

    Menurut laman itu, dua calon yang berpotensi bagi jawatan itu ialah Anggota Parlimen Telemong, Datuk Rozi Mamat dan AP Permaisuri, Datuk Mohamad Jidin Shafee.

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Drugs, Sex And Bribes: Malaysia’s Police Come Under Scrutiny

    Drugs, Sex And Bribes: Malaysia’s Police Come Under Scrutiny

    The Malaysian ­police force has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for all the wrong reasons.

    There have been several cases this month in which the men in blue were nabbed for various criminal activities, such as kidnapping, bribery, sexual assault and extortion.

    At the same time, it has also emerged that six anti-narcotics enforcers from the state of Selangor were arrested over several days since late last week on suspicion of being on the payroll of a major drug ring that was crippled last week when RM36 million (S$12.4 million) worth of methamphetamine was seized.

    On April 1, two police constables were detained by the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Johor, after soliciting a RM300 bribe from a man who allegedly committed a traffic offence.

    A day later, four policemen from federal police headquarters Bukit Aman joined three accomplices in an attempt to extort money from a sundry shop worker in the state of 
Pahang. All seven, aged between 29 and 35, were detained by the police.

    On April 10, a married corporal was detained after he sexually assaulted three teenagers who were being held for rioting at a detention centre in Jinjang, Selangor. He was charged for gross indecency.

    On April 14, two policemen were suspended from their duties after they released a man who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl.

    Two days later, four policemen and a woman constable were detained by the MACC for allegedly accepting money from a man who wanted to settle a car theft case in Penang.

    On April 23, a police constable, who was recently dismissed, tried to pass himself off as still being in the force before he was caught by police patrolling the area, where he was holding a man for ransom.

    Between 2010 and 2015, a total of 3,677 police personnel were arrested for alleged involvement in criminal activities.

    While 521 officers were charged in court, 2,312 of them were released after investigations.

    Meanwhile, sources told the Malay Mail that the six anti-narcotic enforcers — an inspector and five lance corporals — who were nabbed had collected about RM100,000 during the past six months from drug lords to close an eye to their mass production of methamphetamine.

    The sources said the policemen had stumbled upon the drug operation between three and six months ago.

    “We believe the six made a pact with the syndicate not to expose their activities, provided they were paid enough to keep quiet,” said one source.

    Investigations are under way to determine if the policemen were also paid to tip-off the syndicate if they knew police were on their trail.

    The drug bust also resulted in police seizing RM3.85 million worth of cash and vehicles.

    Malaysia’s police chief Khalid Abu Bakar had said drugs totalling 239kg were seized.

    “If it had hit the streets, it would have supplied about 12 million drug users,” he was quoted as saying by The Star.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • Woman Gets Three Weeks Jail And Five-Year Driving Ban For Fatal Accident Along KJE

    Woman Gets Three Weeks Jail And Five-Year Driving Ban For Fatal Accident Along KJE

    A civil servant who caused the death of a motorcyclist in a chain collision along an expressway was sentenced to three weeks’ jail and banned from driving for five years on Wednesday (April 27).

    Nur Azkiya Ahmad, 34, is appealing against sentence and is out on $15,000 bail.

    She had pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mr Jeremy Lim Yew Leong, 34, by failing to keep a proper lookout for vehicles that had come to a stop due to traffic congestion along Kranji Expressway (KJE) on the morning of March 31 last year.

    Court documents say that she swerved her car to the left to avoid a near collision with the front vehicle, which in turn caused her car to swipe Mr Lim’s and another motorcycle.

    Mr Lim rammed into a car. He was flung to the extreme left lane into the path of a moving prime mover which ran over him.

    A district court heard that there was a heavy traffic flow along KPE that day.

    Azkiya was driving her Kia car at 80kmh along the extreme right lane. She failed to notice that a red car in front of her and other cars ahead had come to a stop due to traffic congestion.

    She then realised this suddenly and applied her brakes. She also swerved her car to the left to avoid hitting the red car and her car hit Mr Lim’s motorcycle.

    Mr Lim’s motorcycle was pushed to the centre lane and hit a car. He was flung off his machine and slid under a prime mover which ran over him on the extreme left lane. He died in hospital about 1½ hours later.

    The prosecution had sought a jail term of three to four weeks plus a five-year driving ban.

    But Azkiya’s lawyer Abdul Jalil urged the court to impose a fine. He argued that the accident was cause partly by other motorists, too, including Mr Lim.

    Deputy Public Prosecutor Stephanie Koh said Azkiya had “demonstrated a high degree of negligence”. She failed to notice stationary vehicles in front of her on an expressway, and thereafter, she reacted without regard for other road users by swerving suddenly .

    She said Azkiya was the substantial cause of the accident, and it was unclear how the other vehicles contributed to the outcome .

    Agreeing that Azkiya had displayed a high degree of negligence, District Judge Salina Ishak said a prudent and reasonable driver is expected to take reasonable precautions to be able to react to sudden stoppages on the expressway by maintaining a safe distance with the vehicles ahead.

    She said in this case, Azkiya had clearly failed to keep a proper lookout for vehicles in front of her.

    She said Azkiya collided into not one but two motorcycles. The second charge of causing hurt to the other rider by doing an act so negligent as to endanger life was considered in sentencing.

    Azkiya could have been jailed for up to two years and fined for causing death by negligence.

     

    Source: The Straits Times

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