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  • Normal Practice For Ministers To Be Given Expedited Clearance At Checkpoints: ICA

    Normal Practice For Ministers To Be Given Expedited Clearance At Checkpoints: ICA

    It is normal practice for the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to give expedited clearance to ministers, ICA said on Tuesday (July 19) in response to media queries.

    ICA also confirmed that Minister for Family and Social Development Tan Chuan-Jin was travelling with 20 bus loads of people, who were his residents and grassroots leaders, on Sunday (July 17) when he, his security officers and the other passengers in his bus were given clearance, without having to queue, at the Tuas Checkpoint at around 9.20pm.

    The passengers in the other 19 buses were cleared through the normal channels, ICA added.

    “It is normal practice for ICA to give expedited clearance to Ministers, on both sides of the Causeway as well as members of the Malaysian royalty,” ICA said.

    “Where they travel with others in a group, ICA officers will use their judgment on the clearance process,” it added.

    ICA’s response came a day after Workers’ Party MP Png Eng Huat commented on his Facebook that he was “dismayed” to see a lane for immigration clearance specially opened for Mr Tan and his residents. Mr Tan is MP for Marine Parade GRC.

    Mr Png said in a post on Monday (July 18) afternoon that the Singapore customs was “overwhelmed” when he and some residents were returning from a one-day trip to Desaru on Sunday. Mr Png is MP for Hougang SMC.

    “Many tired travellers were relieved to see another counter opened but to their dismay, it was only to allow Minister Tan Chuan-Jin to clear as he had joined his residents for a day of outing and fun too,” he said.

    He said that most people probably did not mind this, as “being a minister does come with privileges”, but he noted that some others in the group with Mr Tan also did not have to queue.

    “An entourage of grassroots leaders and members with shopping bags in tow also enjoyed the privilege of fast clearance… No one else could use that counter,” he said.

    Mr Png added that an 89-year-old resident in his group, and one who was injured during the tour had to wait in line.

    “The chaos, anger and confusion at the Tuas Immigration check point certainly made us forget how bad the durians were yesterday, and how bad the system needs to change,” he concluded.

    According to ICA, records show that Mr Png was at the checkpoint for about 30 minutes, and was cleared through immigration.

    When contacted,  Mr Png said that the issue was not about Mr Tan given expedited clearance, but the fact that the grassroots people travelling with him were also given special treatment. “ICA sees it fit to state that I waited about 30 minutes to clear customs. I am sure the Minister would not mind waiting 30 minutes for the rest of his travelling companions to clear customs as well”, he added.

    Another Workers’ Party politician, Kenneth Foo, also wrote about the incident on his Facebook page.

    Mr Png’s post had been shared more than 600 times by Tuesday morning.

    Netizens debated the incident in the comments under the post, with some defending Mr Tan and others saying that grassroots leaders should not be given special treatment.

    Meanwhile, Facebook group Fabrications About The PAP gave an explanation for the incident.

    It explained in a Facebook post on Monday night that Mr Tan was on a semi-official trip. He then chose to join his residents for a Johor Baru tour and take the bus with them instead of driving in.

    “It was a semi-official visit and his security officers carried firearms. Thus, his whole bus of residents was cleared at the same time,” said the post.

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Proposed Kelantan Cinema, Its First In 26 Years, Sparks Protests, Excitement

    Proposed Kelantan Cinema, Its First In 26 Years, Sparks Protests, Excitement

    The Kelantan Youth wing of opposition Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) has delivered a memorandum of protest against the opening of the first cinema in the east coast state since the Islamist party took over in 1990, but it is unclear what exactly it is rallying against.

    The memorandum submitted last week is believed to be against Paragon Cinema which was supposed to open this month at the KB Mall in Kota Baru, but the cineplex’s launch is still on hold as its operators await licence approval from the local municipal council and the Kelantan state government.

    However, the PAS-led state government has denied receiving any licence application from any cinema operators so far, despite a posting on the mall’s official Facebook page claiming that Paragon’s doors will open this month.

    “There has been no application made at all as of this moment,” Kelantan’s local government, housing, youth and sports committee chairman Abdul Fattah Mahmood told Malay Mail Online when contacted on Monday (July 18).

    However, he refused to comment when asked about the status of Paragon Cinema, which was reportedly nearly completed.

    PAS Kelantan Youth Chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari, who led the protest, told Malay Mail Online on Monday that he was afraid the opening of cinemas would cause the state government to deviate from its strict rulings on entertainment outlets.

    “We asked for the government to be stricter with the enforcement of the enactment if they are going to allow it,” he said.

    “We are worried that it won’t follow the enactment at all and this might lead to problems in the future.”

    KB Mall’s leasing executive Mohd Ashrul confirmed the plan to open a cinema is still in the pipelines, but said an opening date has yet to be set as no licence has been issued so far.

    “The construction is still on-going. There is no actual date on the opening yet,” he told Malay Mail Online on Monday.

    When asked for elaboration on the licence application, Mr Mohd Ashrul revealed that the mall is still negotiating with Paragon Cinema’s top management about adhering to the strict restrictions set by the state authorities.

    “About the licence, we are still negotiating on the application details. We are waiting for an answer from the top management,” he added, but refused to confirm whether an application has been lodged.

    Since PAS took over Kelantan in 1990, several cinema outlets including Rex, Odeon and Lido were closed down as they did not adhere to the Entertainment Control Enactment 1998.

    PAS vice-president Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah, who is also Kelantan’s Deputy Chief Minister, told The Star over the weekend that the state is willing to consider the return of cinemas, even after the staunch protest from PAS Youth wing.

    Mr Mohd Amar said however cinema operators would still be subjected to stricter guidelines which include gender-segregated seatings and restricted screenings during Muslim daily prayer times.

    The Paragon Cinema complex, said to offer eight screening halls, stoked the excitement of Kelantan folks after its opening was announced on KB Mall’s Facebook page. The Facebook post has since been deleted.

    According to Mr Mohd Ashrul, the cinema is a joint-venture between the mall operators and an outside investor looking to open the first cinema there, where entertainment outlets are a thorny topic. 
Meanwhile, PAS’ Youth Wing on Monday objected to a concert by Selena Gomez in Shah Alam next week, claiming that the “sexy” American pop singer taints the Muslim month of celebration.

    The Islamist party wing’s missionary bureau chairman Hafez Sabri said Ms Gomez’s concert on July 25 coincides with the 20th day of Syawal, the month of Aidilfitri.

    “The appearance of the American born artist who has been synonymous with a sexy appearance would tarnish the nobleness of the month of Syawal that is celebrated with gratitude and penitence by Muslims … (It) promotes the culture of hedonism among the younger generations in this country,” he said in a statement.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • TMJ Dakwa Ada Bukti FAM Amalkan Rasuah Selama 30 Tahun

    TMJ Dakwa Ada Bukti FAM Amalkan Rasuah Selama 30 Tahun

    Tunku Mahkota Johor, Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim mendakwa beliau mempunyai bukti bahawa Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) dicemari amalan rasuah selama 30 tahun.

    Dalam catatan di laman Facebook rasmi kelab Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) hari ini (18 Julai), Tunku Ismail memuat naik gambar beliau sedang memegang ‘pendrive’ sambil tersenyum.

    Beliau juga mendakwa mempunyai butiran lanjut amalan rasuah itu, termasuk ketirisan penjualan tiket perlawanan akhir Piala FA dan Piala Malaysia, pengambilan duit kelab dan laporan audit yang “merepek”, menurut Malaysiakini.

    “Apa yang pelik adalah anda semua boleh terima selama ini dan sanggup mempertegakkan 30 tahun korupsi dalam Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM).

    “Ini adalah ‘pendrive’ diberikan kepada saya oleh sahabat-sahabat saya yang berkedudukan tertinggi di Kuala Lumpur.

    “Ia berkenaan maklumat dan aktiviti dalam FAM, ketirisan penjualan tiket perlawanan akhir Piala FA dan Piala Malaysia, orang-orang media yang FAM selalu gunakan termasuk bekas-bekas pemain di Malaysia, duit-duit kelab yang diambil oleh FMLLP (Usahawan Liabiliti Terhad Bola Sepak Malaysia) dan diberikan kepada FAM serta laporan audit yang merepek,” tulis Tunku Ismail dalam catatan di Facebook Johor Southern Tigers.

    JANGAN DIAJAK PENEMBAK TEPAT PERGI MENEMBAK Anda memberi komen tentang pemain yang bersara dan membuat kenyataan…

    Posted by JOHOR Southern Tigers on Sunday, 17 July 2016

    Tunku Ismail menambah, beliau memutuskan untuk mendedahkan demikian hari ini kerana “mungkin sudah sampai masanya untuk penyokong bola sepak tanahair melihat dan menilainya sendiri.”

    “Akhir sekali, saya ingin mengingatkan, duit rakyat sepatutnya digunakan untuk rakyat sahaja. Bukan untuk bola sepak dan kepentingan politik. Sila selesai isu gaji pemain yang sudah lama tidak diselesaikan,” kata beliau.

    Selain itu, Tunku Ismail juga mengkritik komen-komen yang dikeluarkan tentang persaraan empat pemain JDT dari skuad kebangsaan, dan berkata, ia “seolah-olah mereka tidak pernah berkhidmat dan mencapai kejayaan bersama pasukan kebangsaan.”

    Empat pemain JDT – Safiq Rahim, Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak, Amirul Hadi Zainal dan S Kunanlan – mengumumkan persaraan mereka sebelum ini. Tunku Ismail ketika itu mendakwa mereka bersara kerana tidak diberi layanan baik.

    “Apa yang susah sangat untuk menghormati keputusan mereka? Satu perkataan sahaja yang anda (pengkritik) harus katakan tentang mereka atau kepada mereka iaitu ‘terima kasih’.

    “Terima kasih atas pengorbanan mereka selama ini. Itu sahaja,” tulis Tunku Ismail dalam catatannya di Facebook.

    TMJ DEDAH DOKUMEN BUTIRAN KELEMAHAN PASUKAN, FAM

    Dalam satu lagi catatan di Facebook itu beberapa jam setelah itu, Tunku Ismail juga mendedahkan sesetengah maklumat yang menurutnya, dicetak dari sumber dalaman FAM dan “salah satu organisasi tertinggi yang masih sayangkan bola sepak Malaysia.”

    Antara masalah yang didapati pada pasukan kebangsaan, kata beliau memetik dokumen itu, ialah “kualiti pada jurulatih tidak memuaskan” dan “pemilihan pemain di tahap liga diganggu oleh pegawai-pegawai atasan”.

    SESETENGAH MAKLUMAT DI HALAMAN 3.1.2.1 dan 3.1.2.2 YANG TELAH DICETAK DARI SUMBER DALAMAN FAM DAN SALAH SATU ORGANISASI…

    Posted by JOHOR Southern Tigers on Monday, 18 July 2016

    Antara masalah pengurusan yang didapati dalam FAM pula, menurutnya, ialah “FAM menggunakan kaedah lama dalam pengurusan bola sepak”, “gaji jurulatih tempatan dan jurulatih pasukan kebangsaan terlalu tinggi” dan “tidak pernah mengambil serius skandal mengatur perlawanan.”

    FAM NAFI BENARKAN BUDAYA RASUAH

    Sementara itu, FAM menegaskan pihaknya tidak membenarkan budaya rasuah dalam persatuan itu kerana Persekutuan Bola Sepak Antarabangsa (FIFA) dan Konfederasi Bola Sepak Asia (AFC) turut bertegas dalam menangani rasuah, lapor Malaysiakini.

    “Jawatankuasa Integriti juga ditubuhkan FAM untuk memantau bukan sahaja pasukan bola sepak, malah keseluruhan pentadbiran dan juga barisan kepimpinan,” kata Setiausaha Agung FAM Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin dalam sidang media hari ini.

    Datuk Hamidin juga menambah, “sesiapa sahaja ada hak (laporkan) kepada SPRM (Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia” ketika ditanya sama ada beliau berpendapat Tunku Ismail perlu melaporkan perkara itu kepada SPRM.

    Datuk Hamidin berkata beliau akan menghubungi sendiri Tunku Ismail berhubung hal itu.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Pelakon Adi Putra Dilapor Senyap-Senyap Nikah Lagi

    Pelakon Adi Putra Dilapor Senyap-Senyap Nikah Lagi

    Pelakon kelahiran Singapura yang sudah menebarkan sayapnya di negara jiran sekali lagi terpalit kontroversi baru-baru ini.

    Adi Putra, didakwa sudah bernikah kali kedua secara senyap-senyap, lapor laman Astro Gempak.

    Perbuatannya itu terdedah setelah gambar yang menunjukkan beliau bersama seorang wanita berpakaian sedondon dalam sekitaran majlis pernikahan tersebar menerusi aplikasi Whatsapp.

    Sebelum gambar-gambar itu tersebar, laporan Harian Metro menyatakan pelakon KL Gangster itu didakwa berkahwin kali kedua dengan seorang janda anak satu baru-baru ini.

    Perbuatan Adi Putra mengejutkan ramai orang, termasuk isterinya, Aida Yusof, 41 tahun, yang dikatakan tidak mengetahui berita perkahwinan suaminya itu.

    Astro Gempak cuba menghubungi Adi Putra namun tidak berhasil.

    Menurut laman mStar, Adi Putra membatalkan majlis Aidilfitri bersama kelab peminatnya, yang dijadual hari ini (17 Jul), pada saat-saat akhir.

    Beliau memuat naik gambar di laman Instagramnya memohon maaf kerana terpaksa membatalkan perjumpaan tersebut.

    “Assalammualaikum wmb. Saya memohon maaf kepada semua hotlovers kerana perjumpaan raya dan ulang tahun hotlovers esok 17 Julai, harus dibatalkan atas sebab-sebab yang tertentu. Saya sekali lagi mohon kemaafan,” katanya dalam laman sosial itu.

    Pada bulan Disember 2013, Adi Putra pernah mencetuskan kontroversi setelah beliau dilaporkan mempunyai skandal dengan isteri orang dari Johor sehingga melibatkan laporan polis dan disiasat mengikut Seksyen 509 Kanun Keseksaan, menurut laporan mStar.

    Namun, kes itu ditutup dan diklasifikasikan sebagai “no further action” atau tiada tindakan lanjut.

    Rumah tangga Adi Putra dengan Aida sebelum ini juga pernah berdepan dengan masalah apabila beliau memfailkan perceraian di Mahkamah Rendah Syariah Kuala Lumpur terhadap Aida pada 11 Mei 2012 namun membatalkan hasrat itu kemudiannya.

    Pasangan Adi Putra dan Aida sudah bernikah sejak 14 April 2006 namun tidak dikurniakan cahaya mata, tetapi mengambil seorang anak angkat perempuan berusia empat tahun, menurut mStar.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Jejaka Muallaf Ini Keliling Dunia, Jatuh Cinta Dengan Keindahan Islam

    Jejaka Muallaf Ini Keliling Dunia, Jatuh Cinta Dengan Keindahan Islam

    Sudah mengunjungi 60 negara di dunia malah berhijrah memeluk agama Islam.

    Itulah dua ciri utama jejaka berketurunan Belanda-Belgium ini yang menarik perhatian ramai.

    Empat tahun lalu, Michael Ruppert membuat keputusan untuk meninggalkan rumahnya dan memenuhi impiannya untuk mengelilingi dunia, lapor laman Dream.co.id.

    Kini beliau sudah meneroka puluhan negara dalam masa empat tahun termasuk Turki, Indonesia, Albania dan Malaysia.

    Yang menariknya, perjalanan beliau membawa dirinya kepada Islam, justeru mempelajarinya dan akhirnya mengucapkan dua kalimah syahadah!

    Menurut Michael, 29 tahun, semasa beliau berada di Indonesia dan Malaysia, beliau banyak berinteraksi dengan masyarakat Islam.

    Kebanyakan masanya diluangkan bersama keluarga-keluarga angkat yang dikenalinya ketika dalam perjalanan ke pelbagai kota.

    Michael memberitahu saluran televisyen Indonesia Morning Show, kekerapan beliau menyaksikan amalan-amalan keluarga angkat, yang beragama Islam, mencetuskan minat dalam diri untuk mendalami agama mereka.

    “Setelah saya tinggal bersama beberapa keluarga Islam di Malaysia dan Indonesia, saya mahu mengetahui lanjut dan terdapat banyak persoalan seperti, apa yang mereka baca dalam Al-Quran, apa yang mereka lakukan di masjid dan apa yang mereka rayakan semasa bercuti. Perasaan ingin tahu itulah yang membawa saya kepada Islam,” menurut Michael seperti yang ditkil dari Mvslim.com.

    KIRIM POSKAD KEPADA SESIAPA YANG BERMINAT 

    Beliau sering berkongsi pengalamannya menerusi kiriman poskad kepada rakan-rakan dan keluarga.

    Michael berkata semasa mengunjungi negara-negara lain, beliau mendapat inspirasi untuk memulakan projek ‘Starring You’ – yang membolehkan beliau mengelilingi dunia dengan bantuan orang-orang yang tidak dikenali beliau, menurut The Star.

    Projek itu bermula pada tahun 2012, di mana beliau akan mengirimkan poskad kepada setiap individu yang memberikan alamat mereka kepada beliau.

    Projek itu ternyata berjaya apabila begitu ramai orang dari merata dunia memberikan alamat mereka kepada Michael – beliau kini sudah menerima lebih 6,000 alamat, menurut The Star.

    “Manusia suka menerima sesuatu yang dikirimkan kepada mereka, yang boleh mereka pegang. Jika anda bandingkannya dengan emel, sekeping poskad adalah sesuatu yang boleh anda simpan dan dibaca semula pada masa lain. Manakala kiriman emel mudah dilupakan setelah anda membacanya,” jelas beliau tentang sebab beliau memilih mengirimkan poskad kepada orang yang tidak dikenali.

    MAKIN RAMAI PELAWA DANA BAGI PROJEK ‘STARRING YOU’

    Sedang laman Facebook ‘Starring You’ menjadi semakin popular, beliau turut menerima pelawaan daripada orang-orang yang tidak dikenali dari merata dunia yang mahu memberikan dana bagi projeknya itu malah menawarkan katil untuk beliau tidur, lapor The Star.

    Michael juga rajin memuat naik perkembangan terkini beliau di laman Facebook tersebut dan juga di laman starringyouworldwide.

    Menurut catatan terbaru di laman Facebook ‘Starring You’, Michael kini berada di Medan, Indonesia.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp