Tunai haji melalui caruman KWSP

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=1231&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_04.htm

(31 Dec 2011)  

Tunai haji melalui caruman KWSP

KUALA LUMPUR 30 Dis. - Bermula 3 Januari (2012) ini, semua ahli Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) beragama Islam yang mempunyai simpanan minimum RM1,300 di dalam Akaun 1 boleh membuat pendaftaran menunaikan haji dengan Lembaga Tabung Haji.

Pengurus Besar Perhubungan Awam KWSP, Nik Affendi Jaafar berkata, [Gambar Sebelah: Nik Affendi Jaafar], pendaftaran itu boleh dilakukan di semua kaunter Tabung Haji, cawangan Bank Rakyat dan Bank Islam dengan membawa MyKad dan penyata terkini KWSP masing-masing.

“Mereka yang layak mesti warganegara Malaysia atau pemastautin tetap yang belum mencapai usia 55 tahun dan mempunyai akaun simpanan Tabung Haji. Ahli yang tidak mempunyai akaun, mereka boleh membukanya dengan deposit minimum RM2,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini [ http://www.tabunghaji.gov.my/th/TH/THHajiMontaj.html ].

Tambahnya, mana-mana ahli yang telah mendaftaran haji di bawah prosedur Tabung Haji boleh menukar pendaftaran tersebut kepada Pendaftaran Haji Ahli KWSP.

“Penukaran itu tidak melibatkan tarikh giliran haji yang telah diberikan dan tidak melibatkan sebarang urusan berkaitan tarikh kerana ia akan ditentukan oleh Tabung Haji,” tegasnya.

Maklumat lanjut boleh layari www.kwsp.gov.my atau www.tabunghaji.gov.my dan menghubungi talian 03-89226000 serta 03-62071919.

http://www.tabunghaji.gov.my/th/TH/THHajiMontaj.html  Also see, 

http://www.tabunghaji.gov.my/th/TH/THIndex.htm

RUMUSAN:
1- Membuka akaun Tabung HajI (di kaunter Tabung Haji / Bank Rakyat / Bank Islam).
2- Mendaftar nama di bawah ‘Pendaftaran Haji Ahli KWSP.’
3- Syarat-syarat: Beragama Islam, Warganegara atau Pemastautin Tetap, dan mempunyai minimum RM1,300 di dalam Akaun 1 KWSP [Sila bawa IC dan Penyata KWSP terkini].

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Civil Servants Urged to Wait for Cuepac’s Decision on SBPA

Comment: 1.4 million civil servants is a large number! Down-sizing is also a problem, because that will result in unemployment. The solution is 'effective' usage of human resource, not just mere 'wage earners', or 'clock-in' and 'clock-out' mentality, or worst still 'bad customer service.' Public servants need to upgrade their skills and experiences, and that can be achieved through effective training programs well in placed. The conclusion is, the 'sincerity to improve, and to help' - as opposed to making changes and new system, for the mere sake of change.

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Source:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/12/12/civil-servants-urged-to-wait-for-cuepacs-decision-on-sbpa/

Civil servants urged to wait for Cuepac’s decision on SBPA
Posted on December 12, 2011, Monday

KOTA BAHARU: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) yesterday called on the 1.4 million civil servants to wait for the outcome of its special congress next week before making any decision on the new Civil Service Remuneration System (SBPA) option.

Its president Datuk Omar Osman, said Cuepacs would convene a three-day special congress in Kuala Perlis, Perlis from Dec 14 to discuss in detail about SBPA before making any decision on the new scheme.


“We have discussed the matter with the Public Service Department (PSD), but we cannot make any decision yet because we want to listen to the opinions of civil servants, including those representing each grade in the new service scheme,” he told reporters after hosting the ‘Get-together with Cuepacs President’ event at Wisma Persekutuan here yesterday.

Omar said it was vital for civil servants to understand the new scheme clearly before making any decision to avoid any problem later on. “Let’s learn carefully what the new scheme is all about before we sign the option form. There’s no need to rush,” he said.

Omar said Cuepacs had also received complaints about the 16-day period, which is from Dec 15 to Dec 31 (2011), given to civil servant to sign the option form as it was deemed to short because many civil servants would be on leave during the said dates and most of them had yet to get a clear picture of the scheme.

Meanwhile, he said the meeting would also discuss the need for the government to appoint a senator to represent the interests of civil servants in the country. “The number of civil servants in Malaysia is big and there should be someone who will represent them at the Senate,” he said. — Bernama

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Source:
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=1212&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_06.htm


Jangan Terburu Terima SBPA

Oleh AZRAN FITRI RAHIM
azran.rahim@utusan.com.my

KOTA BHARU 11 Dis. – Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS) meminta kakitangan awam supaya tidak tergesa-gesa menandatangani surat tawaran skim Saraan Baru Perkhidmatan Awam (SBPA).

Presidennya, Datuk Omar Osman berkata, pihaknya akan mengeluarkan kenyataan rasmi mengenai SBPA selepas mengadakan bengkel dan kongres untuk membincangkan perkara berkenaan pada 14 Disember ini.

Beliau berkata, buat masa sekarang, semua kakitangan awam perlu bertenang dan berfikir semasak-masaknya sebelum menerima tawaran itu dan tidak perlu mengikut pandangan mana-mana pihak. “Sebelum ini wakil CUEPACS memang mengadakan perbincangan dengan kerajaan sebelum SBPA dilaksanakan tetapi ia tidak mewakili semua ahli kesatuan ini.

“Kita ada pelbagai sektor dalam kesatuan. Jadi perkara ini harus dibincang terlebih dahulu dengan semua ahli dan mendapat persetujuan dengan mereka sebelum kita membuat sebarang keputusan,” katanya. Beliau berkata demikian selepas Majlis Ramah Mesra Bersama Presiden CUEPACS di Wisma Persekutuan di sini hari ini.

Omar berkata, menurut Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA), kira-kira 1.4 juta kakitangan awam di seluruh negara akan diberikan tempoh dua minggu bermula 15 Disember ini untuk berfikir sebelum menandatangani tawaran SBPA.

“Kita minta semua kakitangan awam agar tidak terburu-buru, fikir dulu semasak-masaknya atau tunggu kenyataan rasmi daripada kongres sebelum menandatangani surat tawaran ini.

Sementara itu, CUEPACS berharap kerajaan melantik seorang wakil daripada golongan pekerja sebagai senator supaya suara mereka didengar di Dewan Negara, katanya. “Dahulu pekerja ada wakil di Dewan Negara melalui bekas Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC), Datuk Zainal Rampak tetapi sekarang tidak ada.

“Seniman dan orang kelainan upaya (OKU) ada wakil dalam Dewan Negara. Jadi kita berharap ada senator yang mewakili suara 11 juta pekerja (dan 1.4 juta kakitangan awam) di negara ini,” tegas beliau lagi.

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Health System in Australia: What Malaysian Students and Authorities Can Do?

Health System in Australia: What Malaysian Students and Authorities Can Do?


SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS: 

1- For pregnant mum-to-be, better book your plane ticket early, and go back to Malaysia and deliver your baby, do not put your life and baby at risk, sounds crazy? But the health system in Australia is currently crazy. Unless of course, you want to pay AUD$7000 (for a service, God knows what to expect, insincere nurses' services, who just only a few weeks ago, went on strike for pay increases, and have been ignored by the hospital administration and government).

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/fury-as-surgery-stopped/story-fn7x8me2-1226194961257
Nurses Deciding on Treatment as Beds Strike Dispute Continues
by: Stephen Drill and AAP From: Herald Sun, AAP November 15, 2011 12:00AM

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/nurses-may-risk-jail-in-new-strike-20111120-1npdo.html
Nurses May Risk Jail in New Strike
Reid Sexton
November 21, 2011


2- Once back in Malaysia, book a doctor's appointment as soon as possible, at any government hospital, and/or you can opt for a private hospital (for RM2000-4000). In that private hospital, you can choose your doctor, you can even choose the gender male or female doctor, of your choice! (For Muslim female patients, they prefer female doctors, and halal meals - which is not available in Australian hospital - even at the cost of AUD$7000).


LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS: 

1- The Malaysian Students Council/Association in Victoria and Australia need to 'voices out' their dissatisfaction, over the matter/issue, get their voice heard through the mass media (e.g. newspapers, radios, televisions, Internet, etc.).

2- The Malaysian Consulate also need to seriously look into the matter. They need to talk to the Australian health authorities (i.e. the hospital that reject the patient), and related government bodies (i.e. Ministry of Health, The Australian Health Commission, etc.).

3- The Malaysian Consulate also need to seriously look into the matter. They need to talk to the Australian Health Insurance bodies (e.g. OSHC Worldcare, etc.), over the issue and re-negotiate over the terms and conditions, the key point is 'WE want better terms and conditions', IF all things fail - why then bother to buy their insurance, and make the CEO rich (buy from someone, who is willing to listen).

4- Also this matter is not an isolate issue, other Asian countries like, Indonesian students, Vietnamese students, Chinese China students, Pakistani students, Indian students, ETC. are all in the same delimma/predicament. The Asian University Students Representatives (SR) council/association should also be contacted to strengthen the 'dissatisfaction' and 'calling for immediate action.'

5- The university authorities (e.g. international unit/department and Vice Chancellors, at Monash University, RMIT, La Trobe University, University of Queensland, etc.) should be informed of the situation, and to ask them to look into the matter, as to why they require (or make it compulsory) for students to buy these insurance, when it does not cover 'obstetrics and gynaecology' care).


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Source:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/fury-as-surgery-stopped/story-fn7x8me2-1226194961257

Nurses Deciding on Treatment as Beds Strike Dispute Continues
by: Stephen Drill and AAP From: Herald Sun, AAP November 15, 2011 12:00AM

UPDATE 12.45pm: PATIENT care at Victorian hospitals is being "horse traded" with nurses in charge of who gets treatment instead of doctors, a Fair Work Australia hearing heard today.

Nurses union representatives are ticking off each patients' surgery, deciding if they are sick enough to get treatment, in a situation which comprises care, Department of Health performance executive director Frances Diver told the hearing.

Patients are facing more uncertainty as nurses' bed closures and safety cancellations drag into a fourth day. The Fair Work Australia hearing will hear more evidence this afternoon but a decision will not be reached before tomorrow. Ms Diver told the hearing she feared patient care would be significantly compromised as the dispute dragged on.

She said that some patients who had chosen not to attend emergency over the weekend because of the industrial action would attend later this week as their conditions worsened. "If a significant number of beds are closed that creates delays in the system that can place patients at risk," she said.

Victorian Hospitals' Association chief executive Alec Djoneff told the hearing that he was concerned about surgery cancellations as part of the industrial dispute. He said that decisions on who gets surgery were being made in consultation with ANF representatives and doctors.

"It causes patients (care) to be horse traded and negotiated to be exempt from the bans, which in our view is an imposition," he said. "There will be more and more elective surgery cancelled, there will be more and more beds closed ... those in emergency wards will inevitably have delays and disruptions and upset to their lives.''

Impact on Patients 'Unacceptable' - Baillieu

Premier Ted Baillieu hopes Fair Work Australia will end the nurses' strike, calling their closure of one in three beds "unnecessary and unacceptable''. "Obviously, our principal objective is to settle the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement with the nurses but in terms of the application to FWA we want to see the industrial action terminated,'' he said.

"It is in our view completely unnecessary to close beds and to take this action, but we also think the closure of ... one third of the beds in our hospitals is clearly going to have, and is having, an impact on patients and we just think that's unnecessary and unacceptable.''

Patients Suffering as Dispute Rolls on: 

A two-year-old girl with a broken arm had to wait more than a day for treatment after staff abandoned the Casey Hospital emergency department on Saturday night, her mother said.

Angry patients who have waited six months for jaw surgery have been told their surgery was cancelled.

Almost 900 beds have been closed and 150 elective operations have been cancelled at hospitals across the state as the industrial war continues. Stacey, of Beaconsfield, said her partner had taken their two-year-old daughter to three hospitals before she received treatment for a broken arm.

"I don't think my daughter should be used as a pawn for political reasons," she said. "There were no nurses at Casey Hospital. It was chaotic."

Brett Synon, 18, was due to go home from the Austin Hospital last week to wait for a knee reconstruction operation this Thursday. But his week at home was dashed because of nurses' industrial action.
"I got so angry when they told me," he said. "They said if I went home on Friday then my surgery could be cancelled if they couldn't find a bed for me.

HEALTH MINISTER David Davis said "patients will inevitably suffer".

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Source:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/nurses-may-risk-jail-in-new-strike-20111120-1npdo.html

Nurses May Risk Jail in New Strike
Reid Sexton
November 21, 2011

THE nurses' union says some members may vote to strike again today even though they could face jail or fines after the union agreed to stop its current form of industrial action. The partial back-down yesterday follows two separate rulings from independent umpire Fair Work Australia last week that Victorian nurses ignored as they fought for better pay and conditions.

The workplace bans forced the closure of almost 1000 beds and the cancellation of a reported 659 operations. The Baillieu government said it risked patients' lives, a charge the Australian Nursing Federation denied.

The umpire sided with the government on Wednesday when it banned the protected action because it was affecting patient health. But nurses continued with unprotected action, prompting a second ruling from Fair Work Australia that ordered them to stop immediately.

On Saturday, union secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said nurses were trying to comply with the order but its wording meant union members were not bound by it. This prompted the Fair Work Ombudsman on Saturday to warn that union members were bound by the order and that it would seek a further order in the Federal Court if it was not obeyed, leaving members facing contempt of court charges if they did not comply.

Nurses are seeking an 18.5 per cent pay rise over three years and eight months but have been offered 2.5 per cent a year plus further gains for productivity.

Meanwhile, the Community and Public Sector Union has resumed pay negotiations after the government referred the dispute to the umpire over concerns that vulnerable children had been placed at risk by work bans. The union, which denied the bans put children at risk, agreed to suspend two bans for at least a week in order to restart negotiations between it and Victoria's 35,000 public servants.
With AAP

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/nurses-may-risk-jail-in-new-strike-20111120-1npdo.html#ixzz1fK6CmCHo

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http://www.nst.com.my/latest/patient-dies-after-rats-chew-off-penis-in-ward-1.23629
[24 December 2011 | last updated at 03:32pm]

Patient dies after rats chew off penis in ward

NEW DELHI: A pneumonia patient is alleged to have bled to death after rats nibbled off his penis in a government-run hospital in Kolkata, reported local media.

The horrific incident happened at the SSKM Hospital on Friday where Arun Sandhukh, 53, was seeking treatment for pneumonia, reported the Asian Age newspaper.

The hospital authorities admitted the prevalent of rat menace in the wards but did not comment further.

"No nurse was found at the scene and he was writhing in pain. His penis had been nibbled by rats," the victim's relative only known as Bishwanath told the media.

Only family members who came to visit Arun discovered him dead in a pool of blood, said the news report.

Medical mishaps in poorly-equipped and overcrowded hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal's capital, hogged media attention in recent weeks.

Last Saturday, an inebriated hospital cleaner, at the Calcutta Medical College, was reported to have pulled off the oxygen mask of a three-week old baby that led to her death [Pull off the oxygen mask by accident, mediocre practice, or intend?!].

In another appalling tragedy in a private hospital in Kolkata, over 90 people, mostly patients suffocated to death, after fire swept through the building in the early hours of Dec 9. -- BERNAMA


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Overseas Sector Cries Foul Over Hospital Admission Policies

COMMENT: 

This kind of 'hospital rejection' of patients only happens in 'some parts' of Third World countries and Least Developing Countries (LDCs), such as, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Angola, and possibly also some parts in India.

But to think that it happens in AUSTRALIA, the so called 'developed country', and is label by United Nations, as among the TOP destination and place to live in! Well, think again!!

In Malaysia (which is a developing country, not a developed country yet), patients are NEVER rejected, some government hospitals in Malaysia may give mediocre services, but that is as far as it goes, but most government hospitals give good services, to locals and migrants.

And to make matter better, ALL civil servants in Malaysia have access to FREE health care services to government hospitals, yet some opt to go to the private hospitals (due to individuals perception of better services in the private hospitals). But government hospitals in Malaysia NEVER reject patients, locals or migrants!

So WHO needs to LEARN from who? I think Australia and US need to learn from the experiences of Malaysia!!!

Also what's the point of buying 'health insurance' card/policy, and making the CEO wealthy, when at the end of the day, your 'health insurance card/policy' is deem WORTHLESS !!

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Source:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/overseas-sector-cries-foul-over-hospital-admission-policies/story-e6frgcjx-1226209576566


Overseas Sector Cries Foul Over Hospital Admission Policies
BY: JOHN ROSS From: The Australian November 30, 2011 12:00AM

THE wife of an international PhD student gave birth in her car after at least five Melbourne public hospitals refused to admit her for obstetrics services. The incident on Friday night resulted from what overseas students say are discriminatory policies that systematically deny them health services available to Australian citizens.

Rosmizi Rahman, 31, said he delivered his son Aasif in the carpark of the emergency department at Sandringham Hospital after a 22km dash across southeast Melbourne. The Monash University student said he ran red lights with his wife Sharifah Rahim in labour, bypassing three public hospitals that had previously denied services to the couple. He made it to Sandringham, which had agreed to admit Ms Rahim as a discounted private patient, but she gave birth before staff arrived. She and her son are recovering at home.

The incident follows revelations that Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital has banned obstetrics and gynaecology care for international students, including those with medical insurance.

Mr Rahman said he and his wife had initially gone to Dandenong, 5km from his Noble Park home, but were denied care because they did not have Medicare cards. "I said we have (compulsory health) cover, but the staff said we don't take this one."

Mr Rahman said when he followed up with a phone call to Southern Health, which runs Dandenong and Monash hospitals, he was told Ms Rahim would be accepted as a private patient for more than $7000.

He said it was hard to understand why they'd been given different reasons for being turned down as public patients. "When we go personally, they say, 'We are full'. Maybe because we are Asian, they just say 'full'."

Frankston said it could not accept patients from outside its catchment area. Others said they could only take people with Medicare cards.

Shamsul Nizam and his wife Azleena Mohamed, both PhD students at Monash, are expecting their fourth child in April. Mr Nizam said he understood the new admission policy was related to a July change that imposed a waiting period for maternity services for new overseas students.

He said the couple had been in Australia for two years and taken out four-year medical insurance policies. "How can things change halfway (through) the policy and we were not informed?" he said.

Southern Health would not say whether it had a specific policy on international students. It said while its primary role was to serve "eligible public patients" it could also accept privately insured people, but services "may vary depending on overall demand".

Zuzana Quinn, an advocate with Monash Postgraduate Association, said: "At no stage were they told that in the event that there was an emergency or their wives went into labour, they would not be refused service."

Mr Rahman said that out of the many phone calls he had made, one staff member had advised him to "just go to any hospital" in an emergency. "But we don't know what is the consequence of that. Dandenong had refused us before this so we thought it might cause problems."

Mary Pozzobon, national business implementation manager with OSHC Worldcare, said she had been asking the Victorian Health Department for months to clarify admission policies for international students. "There's no clear information on whether overseas students will be accepted and how much services will cost them," she said.

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• Australian Health Management www.ahm.com.au
• BUPA Australia www.overseasstudenthealth.com
• Medibank Private www.medibank.com.au
• OSHC Worldcare www.oshcworldcare.com.au

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Health Services Commissioner: Make A Compliant
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/hsc/complaint.htm

Note: Don't expect that a 'big impact' will happen, or that they will solve all your problem. But putting your news or compliant on their report (Health Services Commissioner), will make them aware of the loophole in their health system - and maybe they will do something about it in the future!

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Source:
http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2011/03/16/health-insurance-ceo-total-compensation-in-2009/

Health Insurance CEO Total Compensation in 2009
March 16, 2011 by Michael Ricciardelli

Insurance Co. & CEO (2009) Total CEO Compensation
Aetna, Ronald A. Williams: $18,058,162
Coventry, Allen Wise: $17,427,789 (took over from Dale Wolf)
WellPoint, Angela Braly: $13,108,198
United Health, Stephen Helmsley: $8,901,916
Cigna, David Cordoni: $6,593,921 (took over from CEO H. Edward Hanway)
Cigna, H. Edward Hanway: $18,800,000
Humana, Michael McCallister: 6,509,452
Health Net, Jay Gellert: $3,643,342

Note: Latest figures and salaries are not available, but expect to be higher than the previous year.

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Comment: Talking about human rights, and basic health facility and services, delivering a baby is as basic as one gets, we are not talking about 'cosmetic plastic surgery' here!! Maybe that's too much for AUSTRALIA to handle, but for developing countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam, to name a few, that's not a problem at all, after all, its just 'BASIC HEALTH SERVICES.'

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***MEDIA RELEASE***

QUEENSLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUTS THE LIVES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT RISK

International students who seek obstetric care or attention at public hospitals in Queensland are being refused admission and sent to private hospitals instead due to an official memo sent out by the State's department of health.

The Council of International Students Australia (CISA) is shocked by this news. President of CISA, Arfa Noor said, “This is an incredibly irresponsible move by the Queensland State Government, placing the health of these students and their unborn children in danger.”

Students on International Student Visas must maintain private health cover for the duration of their time in Australia. As such, they are able to claim for medical treatment. However, many international students are not able to pay the upfront fees charged by private medical centres.

“International students already shy away from doctors who don't bulk bill because they cannot afford upfront fees and are also worried about loosing money due to the 'gap' between their health cover and high fee costs of private treatment. If these students cannot use a public hospital, then where are they going to get medical help?” asks Ms Noor.

“We are concerned that if students are refused admission to a public hospital, they will not seek alternative medical attention which is essential for the welfare of pregnant women and their children.”

This disturbing trend has started to spread to large hospitals in other states as well, especially Victoria. While the Victorian Health Department has denied there being any official policy about sending International Students to private hospitals, there have been several confirmed cases of students being refused treatment in three of Melbourne's hospitals.

Ms Noor said, "The problem started when hospitals and health departments put International Students in the same category as 'Visitors to the Country'. They must understand that there are significant differences between the two and as such a blanket policy can not be applied to both.”

CISA requests that the Queensland State Government immediately retract this decision and other States and the Commonwealth Governments investigate which public hospitals deny treatment to students and why.


President
Council of International Students Australia

United Kingdom: RIOTS

United Kingdom Riots: Mapping the Violence

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Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024120/London-riots-2011-suspects-Photos-released-know-looters.html

Looters and Thugs: Out Stealing, Creating Troubles, Destroying Properties, and Hurting People! 

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QUOTABLE QUOTES: 

• "As to the lawless minority, the criminals who've taken what they can get, I say this: We will track you down, we will find you, we will charge you, we will punish you," Cameron said.

• Police in central England said they had arrested three people, aged 16, 17 and 26, on suspicion of murder after three men protecting property in Birmingham from rioters were hit by a car.

• Cameron is under pressure from different quarters to ease his austerity plans (budget cuts), toughen policing and do more for inner- city communities, even as economic malaise grips a nation whose social and racial tensions exploded in four nights of mayhem.

• Cameron reiterated: "This is not about poverty, it's about culture," Cameron said. "A culture that glorifies violence, shows disrespect to authority, and says everything about rights but nothing about responsibilities."

• Police have arrested more than 1,200 people across England. Among those charged were the daughter of a millionaire, a teaching assistant, a charity worker and an 11-year-old boy. At Westminster magistrates' court, one of the first cases was that of a second-year university law student accused of being part of a gang which ransacked cafes and restaurants in the upmarket area of St John's Wood.

• The British leader said he would maintain a higher police presence of 16,000 officers on London streets through the weekend. Normally only 2,500 would be working, and the Metropolitan Police said the increase made it the biggest deployment of officers in peacetime.

• The prime minister promised to compensate people whose property was damaged by rioters, even if they were uninsured. The riots will cost insurers more than 200 million pounds ($320 million), the Association of British Insurers estimated.

• British leaders are concerned the rioting could damage confidence in the economy and in London, one of the world's biggest financial centers and venue for next year's Olympics.

Source: 
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/10025470/cameron-denies-austerity-drive-caused-uk-riots/

RUSUHAN LONDON !

KOMEN:

Beberapa hari lepas, bila rusuhan London baru dua-tiga hari berlaku, dan keadaan nampak semakin tenat, di mana perusuh bukan sahaja merosakkan harta awam, tetapi mengambil peluang utk mencuri daripada orang perseorangan dan syarikat persendirian, atau kedai-kedai runcit.

Saya ada beritahu isteri saya bahawa, kalau perkara semacam ini berlaku di Malaysia, sudah lama perusuh aka perompak/pencuri jalanan sudah terkena meriam air, bukan setakat itu sahaja, perusuh/pencuri ini sudah pasti ditangkap dan dimasukkan ke dalam lockup dahulu, lepas itu, baru lah bercerita kpd polis bagaimana dia ini boleh dianggap 'innocent' (kalaupun dia ini innocent).

Suatu masa dahulu, hebat sangat diperkatakan polis Britain, yang berjaya menangkap orang Muslim, yang kebanyakannya innocent, yang disyaki pengganas, orang kulit putih pula, yang kebanyakannya tidak berkerja, muda-mudi, 'hooligans' dan 'thugs', dibirakan pula bermaharajalela di atas jalan-jalan awam. Mencuri dan mencederakan orang, di waktu malam. Bila rusuhan London ini berlaku pula, tak kira siang atau malam, hooligans dan thugs ini beroperasi 24/7. Mengambil peluang keatas polis London yang semakin tertekan.

Sudah banyak kali saya menasihatkan keluarga saya, jangan anggap negara mat saleh ini hebat sangat atau selamat sangat. Keselamatan diri perlu dijaga. Hooligans dan thugs ini boleh mencederakan jenis mereka, apatah lagi, kalau bukan dikalangan jenis mereka.

Kalau balai polis pun mereka berani buang 'bom api', takkan mereka tidak boleh merompak, dan memukul orang yang tidak mereka sukai, yang kebanyakannya tidak berkuasa atau terdaya.

Note: It's about time to call in the ARMY to help guard the city from further deterioration. What's the point of all those military trainings, and salaries paid to the army, IF they are not lending a helping hand in time of need?! The Prime Minister must summon the army for assistance !  

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http://www.hmetro.com.my/myMetro/articles/PerusuhserangbalaipolisNottinghamdenganbomapi/Article/index_html (11 Aug 2011)

Perusuh Serang Balai Polis Nottingham dengan Bom Api

LONDON: Sekumpulan 40 perusuh menyerang balai polis di Nottingham dengan bom api semalam, tetapi tiada kecederaan dilaporkan. Polis berkata, Balai Polis Canning Circus (di tengah Nottingham) diserang sekumpulan 30 hingga 40 lelaki tetapi tiada kecederaan setakat ini.

Melalui mesej Twitter kemudian, polis berkata, api dapat dipadamkan dan lapan orang ditahan.

Serangan itu berlaku pada malam keempat rusuhan di Britain.

Ia tercetus di London pada hujung minggu lalu tetapi kini merebak ke bahagian lain Britain. - AFP

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8693698/London-riots-YouTube-mugging-victim-had-dreamed-of-studying-in-Britain.html   (11 Aug 2011)

London riots: YouTube mugging victim had dreamed of studying in Britain. An injured student filmed being robbed by rioters as they pretended to help him had only just arrived in London having always dreamed of coming to Britain.

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Also see, YOUTUBE: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4D0qgPMXRM ]

Malaysian Student Robbed & Beaten in London Riot‪s

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Mugging victim Asyraf Haziq lies in a Royal London Hospital bed in Whitechapel, east London, nursing a fractured jaw Photo: HOOK NEWS

Muhammad Asyraf Haziq Rossli, a “gifted” accountancy student from Malaysia, had recently enrolled on a course in the capital after winning a scholarship to study in the country.

However, the welcome he received during his first days in the Britain was to be attacked by a rioting mob and then robbed as he lay bleeding in the street.

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http://www.hmetro.com.my/myMetro/articles/Cameronikrarkembalikankeamanan/Article/index_html (11 Aug 2011)

Cameron ikrar Kembalikan Keamanan

LONDON: Perdana Menteri Britain, David Cameron, berkata kerajaan tidak akan membiarkan “budaya ketakutan” menguasai jalanan negara itu dan polis menyediakan pelan sokongan bagi menangani rusuhan, jika perlu.

“Kerajaan akan melakukan apa yang termampu bagi mengembalikan keamanan di jalanan kita. Tiada satu kemungkinan pun diketepikan, termasuk menggunakan meriam air yang selama ini tidak pernah digunakan di England,” katanya.

Istilah “budaya ketakutan” adalah ungkapan digunakan kebanyakan cendekiawan, ahli politik dan wartawan bagi merujuk kepada tindakan sesetengah pihak mencetuskan kekacauan bagi mencapai objektif politik mereka. - AP

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http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/Kekacauankianmerebak/Article

(11 Aug 2011)

Kekacauan Kian Merebak

AMBIL KESEMPATAN...penjarah bertopeng melarikan kotak berisi barangan elektrik mahal dari sebuah kedai di tengah Birmingham.

LONDON: Rusuhan terburuk dalam sejarah Britain sejak beberapa generasi, kini merebak ke bandar lain semalam, sementara tiga lagi terbunuh ketika mempertahankan komuniti mereka.

Walaupun London kini tenang ekoran penempatan lebih ramai polis di jalan bandar raya itu, perusuh menyerbu tengah Manchester dengan membakar serta merompak kedai di situ.

Polis menganggap insiden terbaru ini sebagai “keganasan paling ekstrem melanda Britain dalam tempoh 30 tahun.” Penjarah turut menyebabkan kekacauan di beberapa bandar di sekitar Midlands, termasuk Birmingham yang menjadi lokasi tiga pemuda Islam Asia terbunuh selepas dirempuh sebuah kereta.

Laporan mendakwa, mangsa baru saja meninggalkan masjid dan melindungi komuniti mereka ketika kejadian berlaku.

Kira-kira 200 orang keturunan Asia dari Birmingham berkumpul di luar hospital yang menempatkan mayat berkenaan.

Namun, di London, tiada keganasan terbaru dilaporkan selepas bandar raya itu kacau-bilau pada malam Isnin lalu.

Polis menahan lebih 1,100 orang di seluruh negara kerana terbabit dalam keganasan, kekacauan dan mencuri sejak rusuhan tercetus pada Sabtu di Tottenham, utara London.

Perdana Menteri, David Cameron, berikrar untuk “melakukan apa saja yang perlu bagi memulihkan keadaan di jalanan” tetapi kebanyakan kedai di London masih ditutup awal atas nasihat polis.

Datuk Bandar London, Boris Johnson, menggesa kerajaan mempertimbangkan semula cadangan mengurangkan jumlah polis sebagai sebahagian daripada langkah berjimat-cermat dan mengurangkan defisit bajet negara.

Ketika Kerajaan menyalahkan penjenayah mengambil kesempatan atas kekacauan itu, pembangkang berkata, pemotongan belanjawan untuk perkhidmatan sosial dan kegagalan pihak berkuasa menangani masalah sosial menyumbang kepada rusuhan berkenaan.

Sesetengah daripada kawasan paling mundur di Britain menjadi lokasi rusuhan dengan kira-kira 200 orang menyerang polis dengan pelbagai objek di Toxteth, barat laut Liverpool.

Daerah itu pernah berlaku rusuhan besar-besaran pada 1981.

Di lokasi lain, perusuh membakar bangunan di West Bromwich dan Wolverhampton, manakala sebuah balai polis berhampiran Nottingham dilontar bom api. Kekacauan turut dilaporkan berlaku di bandar Gloucester. - AFP

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SBS INSIGHT: MIGRATION BOOM

Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/417#overview

[Accessed on 29 July 2011]

SBS INSIGHT: SOME THOUGHTS:

CASE 1: Natalia Garcia is a qualified engineer who is working as a cleaner. She came to Australia from Colombia in 2008. She studied English before applying for permanent residency under the general skilled migration program. Natalia was granted permanent residency in 2010, but has been unable to obtain work in her field, despite engineering being one of the most sought-after skills in the current labour climate.

[Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/417#overview ]

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Comments: 

Well, first and foremost, do not blame the degree that you took as 'useless', sometimes you need some creativity in order to find good job opportunity:

1- Engineering can be a very wide field, yet it can also be a very narrow field of specialization, henceforth, IF you specialized in certain field during your study. e.g. Civil Engineering in Environmental. Then you may only find job in that area, as employer may be reluctant to offer you anything else, other than your specialization, as they fear that you may not have the knowledge in other specialization (even though the degree spell 'Civil Engineering' - noted that Civil Engineering can also be a very wide subject, as well as, a very narrow one) and/or the knowhow to do so, e.g. Civil Engineering in Civil Hydraulics, Civil Engineering in Transport Systems, Civil Engineering in Risk Analysis, and so forth.

2- What makes it worst is when you do not have 'work experiences', says for a few years at a certain engineering based company, so what make the employer sure that you can perform, when you yourself are not sure if you can perform?!

3- So the next option, is to do a Masters degree, and specialized in one of the many specialization in Civil Engineering subject or field of study. Examples:

• Civil Engineering in Environmental
•   (e.g. Sustainable Management, Water and Waste Water Management, etc.)
• Civil Engineering in Civil Hydraulics
• Civil Engineering in Transport Systems
• Civil Engineering in Risk Analysis,
• Civil Engineering in Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings

4- Another possible option is to do a certificate or diploma (in teaching) to add to your degree, and possibly be a teacher, and teach maths, or science, at the primary and/or secondary school in Australia.

5- Most of my friends would also continue their study and do an MBA, says in banking, or finance, or accounting, and then enter the business community, and/or work in an Multi-National Company after graduating, or work in a bank, or company. The point here is that, once you have a higher degree (and especially if that is acquired in one of the many Australia university here), employer would be happy to take you in.

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CASE 2: Ram Upadhyaya is a Nepalese civil engineer, who applied to come to Australia as a skilled migrant in 2009, via a migration agent. He is currently employed through the Regional Migration Scheme and is now living and working in Nhill in far western Victoria as a town planner.

[Note: I could not say that everyone will be as lucky as Ram Upadhaha, but the above tips/advised as discussed, will help those looking for job opportunity in Australia].

Source: Also Watch the Video:
http://www.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/417#watchonline

Gadis (Muslimah) Trauma Kepala diBotakkan !

Komen:

1-Takde ke pengecualian untuk pelatih wanita? Takkan semua mesti jadi macam sami, nama pun wanita, takkan Menteri berkenaan tak faham?

2-Kalau ye pun itu adalah peraturan, sudah tentu adanya peraturan yang berbeza untuk wanita dan lelaki, masa sudah tiba untuk ditukar peraturan berkenaan. Jangan keras kepala sangat dalam hal yang boleh ditolak-ansur.

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http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2011&dt=0703&pub=Kosmo&sec=Negara&pg=ne_03.htm

(3 JULY 2011)

Menteri pertahan potong rambut

KUALA NERANG - Seminggu selepas memohon maaf, Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Chor Chee Heung semalam mempertahankan tindakan kakitangan Akademi Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat memotong rambut seorang pelatih wanita hingga botak di Terengganu pada 2 Mei lepas. Alasan beliau ialah tindakan itu mengikut peraturan jabatan yang menetapkan rambut pelatih akan dipotong sehingga enam milimiter (mm) dari kulit kepala.

"Saya dah dapat laporan siasatan berhubung kes pelatih wanita dibotakkan kepala mereka itu, dan itu memang syarat yang telah ditetapkan semasa latihan, semua harus dipotong sehingga 6 mm," katanya kepada pemberita di sini semalam. Kosmo! baru-baru melaporkan bekas pelatih itu, Hizyaty Othman, 28, dari Taman Berjaya, Alor Setar kecewa dengan tindakan akademi berkenaan yang membotakkan kepalanya serta 18 pelatih perempuan lain ketika mereka mendaftar diri untuk menjalani latihan di kem itu 2 Mei lepas.

Dia mendakwa tindakan itu tidak seperti apa yang dinyatakan dalam peraturan kursus yang diterima mereka sebelum melaporkan diri di akademi itu. Chee Heung pada sidang akhbarnya minggu lalu bagaimanapun meminta maaf kepada mangsa dan keluarganya tetapi permohonan maaf itu ditolak atas alasan ia tidak dilakukan secara bersemuka.

NOTA: Cita-cita murni Hizyaty Othman untuk berkhidmat dengan jabatan bomba pun 'hangus.' Lagipun, wanita biasanya diberikan 'office work' dan jarang sangat turun padang. Takkan tidak ada tolak-ansur langsung?!

BAN on Kosher Ritual Slaughter !

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143456

(29th June 2011)

Holland Likely to Pass Ban on Kosher Ritual Slaughter

by Chana Ya'ar

Holland appears set to enact a ban this week on shechita, the practice of kosher ritual slaughter. Despite an appeal to Prime Minister Mark Rutte and protests from Jewish groups, a proposed ban on the practice is likely to pass in the Dutch parliament, according to a report in the European Jewish Press. Some 45,000 Jews live in Holland at present, many of whom may be affected by the legislation.

The proposal, advanced by the pro-animal party, claims there is evidence the practice of kosher slaughtering causes animals unnecessary pain and suffering. In most regular meat processing plants, animals are usually stunned prior to slaughter. Both Jewish and Muslim groups are actively opposing the legislation.

The extreme-right Party for Freedom (PVV) led by Geert Wilders is also likely to support the ban, according to political observers, due to the perception that it will restrict Muslim halal butchering. However, in a letter to the Dutch prime minister ahead of the vote, European Jewish Congress (EJC) President Moshe Kantor noted that Muslim ritual slaughter does not prohibit pre-slaughter stunning of animals. Thus, the legislation would really affect only the Jewish community, which does not allow stunning.

Kantor wrote in his letter that the bill would violate Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to freedom of religious practice.

“I can speak for the Dutch Jewish community and I think for the wider Jewish world, that this law raises grave concerns about infringements on religious freedom, said Ruben Vis, spokesman for the Netherlands' NIK, an umbrella group for Jewish organizations. “What's worse is that there is no conclusive scientific evidence that slaughter without stunning is more harmful or painful for animals,” he said.

An anti-shechita amendment to the European Union's food labeling laws was rejected late last year by the European Council of Ministers. However, the Rabbinical Center of Europe (RCE) warned the issue might yet come up again for another vote this year as well.

Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the Baltic nations and Switzerland have had a ban against shechita in place since before World War II... AND New Zealand recently outlawed the practice of Jewish ritual slaughter as well. The ban is being challenged by the Jewish community there.

Also SEE:

http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250311/netherlands___bashing_ritual_slaughter_.aspx

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COMMENT: You can stun in Halal so it effects only Kosher slaughter!

SEE:

http://www.pathofislam.net/2010/united-ummah/meat-from-stunned-animals-is-halal/

Meat from stunned animals is Halal

Published by Abdus-Samad at 11:35 pm under United Ummah

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http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=0629&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Terkini&pg=bt_02.htm

Belanda haram penyembelihan haiwan cara Islam (dan Yahudi)

29/06/2011 3:53am

AMSTERDAM 29 Jun - Parlimen Belanda telah mengundi bersetuju untuk mengharamkan penyembelihan haiwan hari ini, langkah yang ditentang kuat oleh orang Islam dan Yahudi negara itu.

Rang undang-undang yang dikemukakan oleh Parti Hak Asasi Haiwan, parti sedemikian yang pertama di Eropah memenangi kerusi dalam Parlimen, menyatakan mereka perlu memastikan haiwan itu tidak sedar diri sebelum disembelih, berbeza dengan cara Islam dan Yahudi yang memerlukan haiwan itu berada dalam keadaan sedar.

Menurut ketua Hak Asasi Haiwan, Marianne Thieme, cara penyembelihan itu memberi kesakitan yang tidak patut kepada haiwan dan ia perlu dibanteras walaupun ia tuntutan agama. - Reuters.

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Kahwin Empat : Habis Semua Kuota

http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/2011060602114120110606021141/Article

(6 June 2011)

‘Bulan maduku’

Oleh Siti A’isyah Sukaimi

sitiaisyah@nstp.com.my

SEPANG: “Ini rezeki saya sekeluarga selepas bernikah kali keempat. Alhamdulillah, ia juga peluang kepada saya, isteri-isteri serta anak bercuti dan berkumpul beramai-ramai dalam satu keluarga besar,” kata pe

lawak dan penyampai radio terkenal, Salih Yaccob, 48.

Beliau bersama empat isteri, Norlizah Mamat, 46, Norraha Hamat, 42, Norfara Wahida Sulaiman, 32, dan Samihah Sheikh Amy, 25, bersama tujuh anak berlepas ke Beijing, China, semalam untuk bercuti enam hari. Percutian itu juga adalah pakej bulan madu kepada isteri keempatnya yang genap seminggu dinikahi di Masjid Jamek Bandar Kulaijaya, Johor, Isnin lalu.

Menurutnya, percutian bersama keluarga itu peluang yang dinanti-nantikan selama ini kerana jarang sekali dapat berkumpul bersama memandangkan masa lapang yang terhad. “Sebelum ini kami memang sukar merancang percutian beramai-ramai kerana ada yang sibuk bekerja dan belajar serta tidak dapat memohon cuti bersama.

“Jadi, inilah peluang keemasan, malah rezeki kami sekeluarga lebih-lebih lagi apabila sudah bertambah ahli keluarga baru. “Kesempatan ini kami manfaatkan sebaik mungkin walaupun empat anak tak dapat menyertainya kerana bekerja dan belajar,” katanya, ketika ditemui di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA).

US Plane Fail to Takeoff with Imam !

COMMENTS:

• This is a clear discrimination of races, of religious background, and dressing (dress code)! The US security staff and white mates are paranoid, due to their own bias Western media, that wrongly reported about Islam (and its loyal followers).
• And who would bomb a plane, dressing in their traditional dress code? Isn't that too obvious?!
• In conclusion, if the US whites are paranoid, they cannot think straight, now they are afraid... One is only afraid if one does wrong to others (e.g. a thief is afraid of the police, a killer is afraid to be caught and/or retaliated).

NOTE:

Nowadays, even the Indians, Pakistani, Indonesians, Vietnamese, and Chinese, have US citizenships, and NOT just the white guys!

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Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384592/Muslim-religious-leaders-told-leave-U-S-domestic-flight-pilot-refuses-aboard.html  (7 MAY 2011)

Robed Muslim clerics kicked off U.S. flight after pilot refuses to take off with them (and they were en route to conference on Islamophobia)

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:47 PM on 7th May 2011

Two Muslim religious leaders were asked to leave a commercial airliner in Memphis - and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard. Masudur Rahman and another imam had already been allowed to board their Delta Connection flight from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charlotte, North Carolina before they were asked to get off the plane.

Ironically, the two men were headed to a North American Imams conference discussing Islamophobia or (irrational) 'fears of Islam' and discrimination against American Muslims. 'It's racism and bias because of our religion and appearance and because of misinformation about our religion.' Mr Rahman said. 'If they understood Islam, they wouldn't do this.'

Mr Masudur Rahman said he and Mohamed Zaghloul, of the Islamic Association of Greater Memphis, were cleared by security agents and boarded the plane for an 8.40am departure.

The aircraft pulled away from the gate, but the pilot then announced the plane must return, Mr Rahman said.

When it did, the imams were asked to go back to the boarding gate where they were told the pilot was refusing to accept them because some other passengers could be uncomfortable.

Mr Rahman said Delta officials talked with the pilot for more than a half-hour, but he still refused to fly with them aboard. The men were taken to a lounge and booked on a later flight. They flew on to Charlotte later the same day.

Mr Rahman said a Delta manager apologised for the pilot's actions, but that he and Mr Zaghloul never spoke directly with the pilot. Both passengers are Memphis-area residents. Mr Rahman, who is also an adjunct instructor of Arabic at the University of Memphis, said he was dressed in traditional Indian clothing. Mr Zaghloul was clad in Arab garb, including traditional headgear.

Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jon Allen in Atlanta confirmed the incident but said it was not initiated by that agency. A Delta Air Lines spokesman said the flight was operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which is also based in Atlanta.

Jarek Beem, a spokesman for Atlantic Southeast, said the airline was investigating the incident. 'We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused,' he said.

[Note: That's right, abuse first, then IF they (Muslims) make noises, then we (US authority and pilot) apologized, if not, who cares? But the important point here is 'Abuse First'... Now that's what we call 'Freedom of Religion' and 'Civil Liberty' in USA]

Mr Rahman and Mr Zaghloul have contacted the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in Washington. Ibrahim Hooper, of the American-Islamic organisation, said the group will follow up with the airline and with the TSA to help ensure such incidents do not continue to occur.


Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384592/Muslim-religious-leaders-told-leave-U-S-domestic-flight-pilot-refuses-aboard.html#ixzz1MVDQ1uoR

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http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/PesawatASusir2imam/Article
(9 May 2011)

Pesawat AS Usir 2 Imam

NASHVILLE (Tennessee): Dua pemimpin Islam tempatan mendakwa mereka diarah keluar dari pesawat komersial di Memphis kelmarin apabila juruterbang enggan berlepas selagi mereka berada di dalamnya.

Pensyarah jemputan bahasa dan kesusasteraan Arab di Universiti Memphis, Masudur Rahman, berkata pada awalnya dia bersama seorang imam dibenarkan menaiki pesawat Delta Connection dari Memphis ke Charlotte, Carolina Utara.

Bagaimanapun, sejurus kemudian mereka diminta meninggalkan pesawat berkenaan. Jurucakap Pentadbiran Keselamatan Pengangkutan, John Allen, mengesahkan kejadian itu tetapi mendakwa, agensi berkenaan tidak ada kena-mengena dengan insiden itu.

Jurucakap syarikat Delta Airlines berkata, pesawat itu dikendalikan syarikat Atlantic Southeast Airlines yang berpangkalan di Atlanta. Menurut Masudur Rahman, dia mengenakan pakaian tradisional India, manakala rakannya, Mohamed Zaghloul, berpakaian Arab lengkap dengan serban.

Mohamed Zaghloul adalah aktivis Persatuan Islam Greater Memphis. Kata Masudur Rahman, pada peringkat awal, pesawat itu bergerak perlahan-lahan meninggalkan terminal. Bagaimanapun, tidak lama kemudian, katanya, juruterbang mengumumkan mereka terpaksa berpatah balik ke terminal.

“Sejurus selepas itu, saya dan Mohamed Zaghloul diarah kru kabin supaya pergi ke pintu berlepas semula dan dimaklumkan juruterbang enggan menerima kami, kononnya kerana ada penumpang tidak selesa,” katanya. Menurut Masudur Rahman, kakitangan syarikat penerbangan itu berbincang dengan juruterbang terbabit selama lebih setengah jam tetapi gagal memujuk menukar fikiran.

Masudur Rahman dan Mohamed Zaghloul kemudian mengalah dan menempah tiket untuk penerbangan selanjutnya. - AN

Police Dress Up as Doctors to Test Citizens

Comment:

IS this for real, I meant the 'people'... No suspicious ?! (Just curious to swallow the pills, and open the door, to see who it was at the door).

http://au.news.yahoo.com/odd/a/-/odd/9268075/police-dress-up-as-doctors-to-test-citizens/ 28 April 2011)

Police Dress Up as Doctors to Test Citizens
Reuters April 28, 2011, 1:15 am

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police donned white coats and stethoscopes to disguise themselves as doctors, then knocked on people's doors to see how easily they would fall for a confidence scam. The undercover police officers told residents of the southeastern city of Gaziantep they were screening for high blood pressure and handed out pills, according to Turkish media.

They were alarmed when residents at 86 out of 100 households visited on Tuesday swallowed the pills immediately. Police later returned to warn residents to be more cautious. The police pills were harmless placebos. But a local gang had been using the same technique to give people heavy sedatives and then burgle them.