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Mr Os dalam kenangan DALAM KENANGAN.. Allahyarham Mohd Yusof bin Abdul Hamid, lebih dikenali sebagai Mr Os, pernah mempromosi durian sebagai produk kebanggaan negara menerusi lagu popular nyanyiannya. Prihatin terhadap nasib rakyat terjejas akibat Covid-19 mendorong seorang tauke durian di Semat Jal, melelong 60 tan buah ‘kayangan’ itu serendah harga RM3 sekilogram atau RM10 bagi setiap satu beg plastik bersaiz sederhana, Sinar Harian melaporkan di Tumpat. Shahmiazani Mohd Tanazi, 27, berkata, lelongan durian jenis kahwin dan kampung itu berlangsung selama lima hari bermula pada Ahad sehingga Khamis ini. Katanya, niat menjual durian dengan harga lebih murah itu bertujuan membantu seluruh lapisan masyarakat yang terjejas akibat Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) Covid-19 namun teringin menikmati buah durian. “Semua tahu harga durian yang sangat mahal sehingga mencecah RM60 sekilogram bagi musang king dan jenis kampung pula RM15 sekilogram kerana bekalan masih terhad. “Ditekan pula denga...

In SUNGAI PETANI, Bernama reported that two of three policemen who were arrested for allegedly stealing a safe containing about RM400,000 in cash from the office of a logistics company on June 23 were released on 28 June 2021. Kedah police chief Kamarul Zaman Mamat said both personnel, with the rank of corporal, were among 10 individuals arrested in the case, and were released on the court’s order. “Ninety-two per cent of the money has been recovered in several series of raids and arrests. We are still tracking down the rest. “The other eight suspects have been remanded until July 1 and their remand orders would probably be extended to complete the investigation,” he told reporters after a standard operating procedure compliance check at several factories in Sungai Petani yesterday. In the incident at 1.30am, a group of men broke into the premises and fled with the safe. Following that, police arrested 10 suspects, aged between the 20s and 50s, including three policemen, a sergeant an...

There’s no better description of Malaysia today than to say we are the “sick man of Asia”. Sick, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, sicker because our politicians make us sick. Everybody knows that the science to keep the pandemic under control lies in vaccination, contact tracing, social distancing and what not. We are bombarded with these messages on TV, radio and any convincing media available. But the reality is different. Billions have already been allocated to the vaccination programme but we still hear a lot of complaints that those who registered as far back as February have still yet to get their appointment. At the rate we are going, we will never reach the 4,000 case target to enter the second phase of the lockdown, and Muhyiddin Yassin will become the longest prime minister in office, beating Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s record. Someone joked that the fastest way to bring down the numbers is to take Selangor out of Malaysia. Even though we know how to keep the numbers down and know...