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Sex suspect in custody when girl was sent to her mum, say police

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An 11-year-old schoolgirl allegedly sexually abused by her father was returned to her mother by the Social Welfare Department while the man was still in custody, Pulau Pinang police said today in answer to a query by an assemblyman. In a statement today, Pulau Pinang police chief  Datuk Dennis Lim Kwang Keng ( picture, top ) explained where the girl was taken after her school principal lodged a police report at 11.15am on 16 October, FMT quoted report by Bernama . The police chief’s explanation was made after Berapit assemblyman Encik Heng Lee Lee, in a news report, had questioned why the girl was not placed under immediate protection but instead was sent to a home shared with the suspect. Heng had urged the Social Welfare Department to be more compassionate and flexible when handling vulnerable children and called for seamless coordination among welfare officers, medical personnel and the police. Lim said the girl was placed in the care of her paternal grandmother on 16 Oct...

Floods predicted in Kelantan and Pahang until Wednesday

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The national flood forecasting centre said flooding is expected in the east coast after heavy continuous rain. Bernama Picture Continuous heavy rain is expected to cause floods in nine districts in Kelantan and three districts of Pahang until Wednesday, FMT reported today. The Kelantan districts are Kota Bharu, Tumpat, Bachok, Machang, Pasir Mas, Pasir Puteh, Tanah Merah, Kuala Krai and Jeli, while those in Pahang are Kuantan, Pekan and Rompin. The warning from the National Flood Forecasting Centre followed an alert of continuous rain issued by the meteorological department today. Areas within the river basins of the Kelantan, Golok and Kemasin rivers are most likely to suffer flooding. Among the locations in Kuantan are areas in the river basins of the Kuantan, Lembing, Kenau, Beserah, Belat and Soi rivers, and the basins of the Bebar, Miang, Pahang and Mercung rivers in Pekan. In Rompin, the areas are the basins of the Endau, Rompin and Pontian Pahang rivers. End © Permadu Visit Per...

Apa perjuangan PAS sebenarnya?

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Selama dua hari berturut-turut seorang tokoh PAS menzahirkan ‘kelebihan’ buat orang yang membantu bekas perdana menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, yang setakat ini gagal kembali ke rumahnya untuk menjalani baki hukuman penjara yang dikenakan oleh mahkamah. Menurut laporan portal berita Malaysiakini hari ini, ganjaran yang dinyatakan pemimpin Islamik itu ialah pahala. Bagi anak bekas Menteri Besar Kelantan, Encik Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz, Najib wajar dibantu dengan pelbagai cara dan kerja buat tersebut, katanya, “berpahala.” Semalam Nik Abduh malah menyatakan bahawa sokongan yang diberikan itu selaras dengan kehendak syarak serta tidak terkait dengan amalan “sakau” – istilah basahan yang merujuk kepada penyelewengan. “Muslim (yang) bantu bayar RM50j untuk DSNR (Datuk Seri Najib Razak) adalah berpahala. “Ia bukan sokong sakau. Ia menyokong sistem pengampunan Agong yang diakui syarak,” katanya di media sosial. Hari ini dia mempertegaskan lagi pandangannya itu dengan ...

Anak penyanyi dan pelakon legenda Uji Rashid meninggal dunia

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Uji Rashid (duduk) ketika disapa kenalan ketika memberi penghormatan terakhir kepada jenazah anaknya di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Ukay Perdana, Hulu Klang, hari ini. Gambar NSTP oleh Affan Rostam Jenazah pelakon, Allahyarham Cico Harahap, 48, dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Ukay Perdana di Hulu Klang, Selangor, kira-kira jam 6.15 petang tadi, demikian Berita Harian melaporkan. Proses pengebumian Allahyarham Cico lancar biarpun hujan lebat dan keadaan tanah yang becak menyukarkan pergerakan ahli keluarga, sanak-saudara dan kenalan yang hadir. Kira-kira 200 orang termasuk rakan selebriti hadir memberikan penghormatan terakhir kepada Allahyarham Cico. Sebelum itu, jenazah arwah Cico dibawa ke Surau Taman Bukit Mulia di Hulu Klang, untuk dimandi, dikafankan dan disolatkan. Antara rakan selebriti yang hadir adalah Datuk Yusof Haslam, Aziz M Osman, AR Badul, Mak Jah, Ellie Suriaty dan Sabree Fadzil. Gambar NSTP oleh Affan Rostam Sebelum itu, kelihatan ibu arwah, bintang legenda Uji R...