HULU SELANGOR — Seorang kanak-kanak perempuan berusia sembilan tahun menempuh detik menakutkan selepas hampir menjadi mangsa culik di Bukit Beruntung, di sini, kelmarin.
Dalam kejadian itu, mangsa dikatakan sedang menunggu van sekolah di bawah blok rumahnya.
Timbalan Ketua Polis Daerah Hulu Selangor, Deputi Superintendan Mohd Asri Mohd Yunus, berkata polis menerima laporan berhubung kejadian itu daripada ibu mangsa jam 8.56 malam.
Beliau berkata, wanita berkenaan membuat laporan di Balai Polis Bukit Sentosa.
“Siasatan awal mendapati, suspek seorang warga tempatan dipercayai bertindak melarikan mangsa namun gagal.
“Mangsa berjaya melarikan diri ke kedai berhampiran dan menjerit minta tolong. Saksi awam yang berada di lokasi kejadian kemudiannya menyelamatkan kanak-kanak itu,” katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.
Mohd Asri berkata, suspek bagaimanapun berjaya melarikan diri apabila saksi awam cuba menahannya.
“Polis membuka kertas siasatan mengikut Seksyen 363 Kanun Keseksaan dan Seksyen 511 Kanun Keseksaan.
“Ibu bapa dinasihatkan supaya lebih peka dan tidak meninggalkan anak bersendirian ketika di luar rumah kerana mengundang peluang dan ruang kepada penjenayah,” katanya.
Orang ramai yang mempunyai maklumat berhubung kejadian itu diminta menghubungi Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Hulu Selangor di talian 03-60641223.
KOTA BHARU — Seorang pembantu kedai didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, hari ini atas pertuduhan merogol seorang remaja berusia 15 tahun di Taman Merbau Utama Selising, di Pasir Puteh, Julai lalu.
Tertuduh, Muhammad Faiz Firdaus Badrolhisham, 18, bagaimanapun mengaku tidak bersalah dan mohon dibicarakan selepas pertuduhan dibacakan di hadapan Hakim Dazuki Ali.
Mengikut pertuduhan, tertuduh merogol mangsa berusia 15 tahun antara jam 11 malam hingga 1 pagi di sebuah rumah di Taman Merbau Utama Selising, Pasir Puteh pada 3 Julai lalu.
Tertuduh didakwa mengikut Seksyen 376(1) Kanun Keseksaan (Akta 574) dan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 376(1) akta yang sama yang memperuntukan hukuman penjara sehingga 20 tahun dan juga sebatan jika sabit kesalahan.
Pendakwaan dikendalikan oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Kamarul Hasyime Rosli dan tertuduh diwakili peguam, Muhammad Zulfaqar Al-Basysyar Saharrudin.
Terdahulu, Kamarul Hasyime memohon jaminan dikenakan sebanyak RM30,000 dan bersyarat memandangkan kes berkenaan adalah serius.
Muhammad Zulfaqar Al-Basysyar pula memohon jaminan minima ditawarkan memandangkan anak guamnya hanya bekerja sebagai pembantu kedai dengan pendapatan RM40 sehari.
Katanya, anak guamnya adalah anak sulung daripada dua beradik dan menjadi penanggung tunggal dalam keluarga memandangkan ibu tertuduh tidak dapat bekerja kerana menjaga adik tertuduh yang menghidap kanser tulang.
Mahkamah kemudiannya menawarkan jaminan RM10,000 dengan seorang penjamin dan tertuduh perlu melapor diri di balai polis berdekatan setiap bulan serta tidak boleh mengganggu saksi.
Mahkamah kemudiannya menetapkan 14 Oktober sebagai tarikh sebutan semula kes.
MARANG — Seorang penunggang motosikal maut, manakala dua lagi cedera dalam kemalangan membabitkan enam kenderaan di Kilometer (KM) 23 Jalan Kuala Terengganu-Kuantan, dekat Kampung Kelulut di sini, malam tadi.
Dalam nahas kira-kira jam 8 malam, Abdul Salim Mohamed Hashim, 58, disahkan meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian akibat kecederaan parah.
Ketua Polis Daerah Marang, Deputi Superintendan Ts Mohd Razman Setapa, berkata insiden itu membabitkan dua motosikal jenis Yamaha Y15ZR, dua kereta jenis Perodua Myvi, sebuah Proton Saga dan sebuah kenderaan pacuan empat roda jenis Toyota Hilux.
Beliau berkata, hasil siasatan awal mendapati kemalangan dipercayai berlaku apabila Toyota Hilux yang parkir di sebuah kedai makan berundur untuk keluar.
“Pada masa sama, sebuah Proton Saga yang datang dari arah Dungun menghala ke Kuala Terengganu dipercayai tidak sempat mengelak lalu merempuh belakang Toyota Hilux itu.
“Akibat rempuhan itu, Proton Saga berkenaan terbabas memasuki laluan bertentangan dan melanggar dua motosikal Yamaha Y15ZR serta dua Perodua Myvi yang datang dari arah Kuala Terengganu menghala ke Kuantan,” katanya.
Mohd Razman berkata, perlanggaran itu menyebabkan seorang daripada penunggang motosikal berkenaan terkorban dan mayatnya dibawa ke Jabatan Forensik, Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ), Kuala Terengganu.
Seorang lagi penunggang motosikal berusia 40 tahun dan pemandu salah sebuah Perodua Myvi berkenaan membabitkan seorang wanita berumur 22 tahun pula mengalami kecederaan serta dihantar ke hospital sama untuk rawatan lanjut.
Beliau berkata, siasatan lanjut masih dijalankan mengikut Seksyen 41(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987.
“Orang ramai yang mempunyai maklumat berhubung kejadian itu diminta menghubungi Pegawai Penyiasat, Inspektor Mohamad Syafiq Amsyar Zaharuddin, melalui talian 09-6182222 untuk membantu siasatan.
“Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Marang juga meminta semua pengguna jalan raya mematuhi peraturan dan isyarat lalu lintas serta berhati-hati ketika memandu,” katanya.
KYIV — Russian shelling killed at least seven people in four attacks on the south, southeast and east of Ukraine on Saturday, regional Ukrainian governors said.
In the Zaporizhzhia region in southeast Ukraine, governor Ivan Fedorov said Russian shells struck an agricultural enterprise in the town of Huliaipole, killing three people.
“All the dead are employees of the enterprise,” Fedorov said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. Reuters could not verify details of these latest attacks in the war in Ukraine.
A missile attack in the suburbs of the Black Sea port city of Odesa killed a man and a woman born in 1958 and 1962 and injured a 65-year-old woman, Oleh Kiper, the Odesa regional governor, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
“A married couple died,” he said, adding that they were found during checks of residential and commercial buildings damaged earlier in the day and that Russian forces had used a prohibited cluster warhead.
Shelling killed a sixth person in the southern region of Kherson, governor Oleksandr Prokudin, said. “A 60-year-old man who suffered serious injuries this afternoon died in hospital,” Prokudin wrote on Telegram.
In Kharkiv region, Russia struck the village of Pisky-Radkivski with the high-speed Tornado-S multiple rocket launch system, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram.
The body of a 72-year-old woman was retrieved from the rubble, and two civilians, a man and a woman, were taken to hospital, he added.
ADEN, Yemen — Ferocious clashes erupted on Saturday between Houthi militants and pro-government forces in the country’s southern province of Lahj, a military official told Xinhua.
The local official, speaking on condition of anonymity, reported that armed confrontations broke out when Houthi forces attempted to seize control of strategic mountainous positions along the administrative borders of Lahj and Taiz provinces.
The official confirmed that two soldiers were killed and five others left injured as a result of the Houthi offensive, and heavy weapons were used in the hours-long confrontations.
The Houthis failed to capture new territory, but they established military positions near the contact lines, according to the source.
Local media outlets reported that the intensification of hostilities prompted many families in affected areas to evacuate their homes, raising concerns about potential humanitarian consequences.
The recent outbreak of violence followed limited engagements between the two sides in the same area last week, which resulted in the killing of a number of people.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi group seized several northern provinces, forcing the Yemeni internationally recognized government out of the capital Sanaa.
BUCHAREST — Galati County, Romania, is struggling to recover from the severe floods brought by Cyclone Boris on Saturday, which has claimed five lives and displaced over 250 residents.
The cyclone unleashed heavy rainfall, totaling 150 liters per square meter. It caused widespread flooding, leaving more than 25,000 homes without power and impacting over 5,000 households across 12 towns, according to local media reports.
In response to the disaster, the Romanian government has mobilized emergency resources.
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu visited Slobozia Conachi, one of the hardest-hit towns.
“Our priority is saving lives. We have the logistics in place to respond quickly,” he said, promising temporary housing, food, and other essential supplies for displaced families.
Meanwhile, the National Committee for Emergency Situations approved emergency aid, which includes 400 tons of food, sleeping bags, mattresses, and modular housing units to provide temporary shelter for those affected.
The Ministry of National Defense deployed military personnel, rescue boats and trucks to assist in rescue operations.
Romanian Gendarmerie patrols have also been deployed to prevent looting and vandalism in the affected towns.
“The safety of the people remains our top priority,” a Gendarmerie spokesperson said, urging residents to follow safety instructions and avoid returning to dangerous areas until conditions stabilize.
As more severe weather is forecast, with a red alert for heavy rain issued for nearby Vaslui County, the Romanian government is closely monitoring the situation. Efforts are also underway to repair damaged infrastructure and restore normalcy for the thousands impacted by what has been described as the worst flooding in the region since 2016.
NEW DELHI — Around 10 people were trapped under the debris of a building that collapsed in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a local official confirmed to media.
The mishap occurred in Zakir residential colony of Meerut area. Rescue work was underway.
Commissioner of Meerut division Selva Kumari said a building collapsed in Zakir colony, and eight to 10 people were trapped under it.
According to Kumari, police and firefighters carried out rescue operation.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A tanker truck carrying gasoline in Haiti on Saturday flipped and exploded, killing at least 15 people and seriously injuring 40 others, officials said.
Prime Minister Garry Conille provided the figures in an X post. Earlier, Radio Caraibes reported that 17 people had been killed.
Haiti’s hospitals are poorly equipped to treat victims of severe burns. The nation of 12 million people has also been struggling with fuel shortages, as fighting between gangs makes it more difficult to import goods into the country.
Saturday’s explosion happened in Miragoane, a city of 60,000 people that was hit by a strong earthquake three years ago.
In 2021, 75 people were killed in Haiti’s second largest city Cap Haitien, when another fuel truck overturned and unleashed a fireball that swept through several homes and businesses that were built closely next to each other. Some of those killed were onlookers who had rushed to the truck to try and scoop up fuel.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Roadside explosions in the Somali capital killed five people and wounded eight others Saturday, according to a city official.
An explosive device had been planted at a spot in a street where many young people had gathered to take photos, Abdullahi Sheikh Abdirahman, district commissioner of Mogadishu’s Kahda district, told reporters.
“I saw several people lying on the street minutes after the first explosion, and when rescuers came to assist, another blast happeneed, causing most of the casualties,” witness Abdisamad Osman told The Associated Press.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack. But the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which opposes Somalia’s federal government, frequently carries out such assaults.
The attack comes just weeks after a similar explosion at a beach where more than 30 people were killed and over 60 others wounded. That attack, one of the deadliest in recent months, raised concern over the increasing frequency of violent attacks in Mogadishu.
RIYADH — Saudi authorities arrested 22,373 people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulations, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
According to an official report, a total of 14,216 people were arrested for violations of residency laws, while 4,943 were held over illegal border crossing attempts, and a further 3,214 for labor-related issues.
The report showed that among the 1,507 people arrested for trying to enter the Kingdom illegally, 53 percent were Ethiopian, 46 percent Yemeni, and 1 percent were of other nationalities.
A further 80 people were caught trying to cross into neighboring countries, and seven were held for involvement in transporting and harboring violators.
The Ministry of Interior said that anyone found to be facilitating illegal entry to the Kingdom, including providing transportation and shelter, could face imprisonment for a maximum of 15 years, a fine of up to SR1 million ($260,000), as well as confiscation of vehicles and property.
Suspected violations can be reported on the toll-free number 911 in the Makkah and Riyadh regions, and 999 or 996 in other regions of the Kingdom.
BEIRUT — Israeli warplanes targeted the Qasr-Hermel area in the far northeast of Lebanon on Saturday evening for the first time in weeks. No deaths were reported.
The warplanes hit the surroundings of the town of Hawsh Al-Sayyid Ali in Hermel, a border area between Lebanon and Syria. They also targeted the Sarein Plain in the Bekaa Valley, 21 km from the city of Baalbek.
Loud explosions were heard in most parts of Baalbek and central Bekaa, causing panic among residents.
Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have escalated, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing that he “decided to expand the military operation against Hezbollah … on the border with Lebanon.”
Israel’s Channel 13 quoted him as saying: “We are in the process of a broad and powerful operation on the northern front, and the Israeli army is seeking a gradual escalation on the northern front with Lebanon.”
Hostilities have reached new areas over the past 24 hours on both sides of the border.
In the evening, Israel targeted the Sarafand area north of the Litani Line, while Hezbollah targeted settlements in the Safed, Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot areas in northern Israel.
The Israeli military announced in the evening that “two drones launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards the Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot settlements exploded, and they fell north of Kiryat Shmona.”
Crowds of people looking for wounded after the two trains collided in Zagazig on Saturday 14 September, 2024. Al-Ahram.
Three people were killed and 47 others were injured when two trains collided in the city of Zagazig in Sharkiya governorate in the Nile Delta on Saturday afternoon, according to Extra News.
According to Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA), a collision took place between passenger train No. 281, travelling from Zagazig to Ismailia, and passenger train No. 336, travelling from Mansoura to Zagazig, near Block 5 in the city of Zagazig.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health and Population said more than three dozen ambulances were dispatched to the site of the collision.
More than two dozen injured individuals were transported to Al-Ahrar and Zagazig University hospitals, added the health ministry.
Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel El-Wazir and senior ERA officials rushed to the site of the accident, according to the ERA.
Minister El-Wazir ordered the deployment of emergency equipment and cranes to carry out rescue operations.
El-Wazir also ordered the formation of a committee of railway specialists to investigate any technical causes behind the collision, added the ERA.
People surround two passenger trains which collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta city of Zagazig, the provincial capital of Sharqiya province, Saturday, Sept 14, 2024. (AP)
CAIRO — Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least two people, authorities said.
The crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said in a statement. Egypt’s Health Ministry said the collision injured at least 29 others.
Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where an aging railway system has also been plagued by mismanagement. In recent years, the government announced initiatives to improve its railways.
In 2018, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said some 250 billion Egyptian pounds, or $8.13 billion, would be needed to properly overhaul the North African country’s neglected rail network.
Video from the site of the crash showed a train car crumpled by the impact, surrounded by crowds. Men tried to lift the injured through the windows of a passenger car.
Last month, a train crashed into a truck crossing the train tracks in the Mediterranean province of Alexandria, killing two people.
Local residents wade through water with their cows in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Saturday, Sept 14, 2024. (AP)
BANGKOK — The death toll in Myanmar from flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi has reached at least 74, with 89 people missing, Myanmar’s state television said Saturday.
Difficulties in compiling information have raised fears that the number of casualties may be higher.
The new official death toll announced by the country’s military government was more than double the 33 reported on Friday. Typhoon Yagi earlier hit Vietnam, northern Thailand and Laos, killing more than 260 people and causing major damage.
The new totals were announced after state media reported that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the ruling military council, said that Myanmar was requesting relief aid from foreign countries.
Nearly 240,000 people have been displaced, according to the reports. There were already 3.4 million displaced people in Myanmar at the beginning of September, according to the U.N. refugee agency, mostly because of war and unrest in recent years.
In Myanmar, low-lying areas in the central regions of Mandalay and Bago, as well as eastern Shan state and the country’s capital, Naypyitaw, have been inundated by water since Wednesday.
Min Aung Hlaing and other military officials inspected flooded areas and reviewed rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in Naypyitaw on Friday, the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper reported. Its report said that he instructed officials to contact foreign countries, as other countries affected by the storm did, to receive rescue and relief aid for the victims.
“It is necessary to manage rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures as quickly as possible,” he was quoted as saying.
The exact extent of the damage still wasn’t clear, but there were fears that the death toll may rise sharply. Local news outlets reported more than 100 people missing.
Efforts to tally casualties and damage and provide relief are complicated. Myanmar is in a state of civil war that began in 2021, after the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Independent analysts believe the military controls much less than half of the country’s territory.
Myanmar experiences extreme weather virtually every year during the monsoon season. In 2008, Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 people. In that case, the military government then in power delayed accepting international assistance, and when it finally relented, tightly controlled its distribution, with little or no oversight by aid donors.
Saturday evening’s state television news said that 24 bridges, 375 school buildings, one Buddhist monastery, five dams, four pagodas, 14 electrical transformers, 456 lampposts and more than 65,000 houses were damaged by floods in central and eastern parts of the country.
Naypyitaw is one of the areas that was hit hardest by the floods. Myanmar’s Eleven Media group reported on Friday that record rainfall had damaged several pagodas in Bagan, the country’s ancient capital that is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The rain, said to be the heaviest in 60 years, collapsed walls at several centuries-old old temples, it said.
Marieha Hussain was photographed at a pro-Palestine protest in November. (Metropolitan Police)
LONDON — A British teacher who carried a placard depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts during a pro-Palestine demonstration in London was acquitted on Friday of a racially aggravated public order offense.
Marieha Hussain, 37, attended the protest in November, where her placard showed the faces of the then prime minister and home secretary superimposed onto coconuts beneath a palm tree.
Hussain, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, denied the prosecution’s claim that the placard was “racially abusive,” insisting it was meant to be satirical and humorous. On Friday, Westminster Magistrates’ Court cleared her of the charges, The Guardian newspaper reported.
Speaking outside the court, Hussain expressed frustration over the ordeal: “The damage done to my reputation and image can never be undone.” She criticized what she described as the misuse of hate speech laws, claiming they were being “weaponized to target ethnic minorities.”
Reflecting on the personal impact of the trial, she added: “This ordeal has been agonizing for my family and I. Instead of enjoying my pregnancy, I’ve been vilified by the media, lost my career, and been dragged through the court system.”
Despite the challenging experience, Hussain voiced her continued commitment to activism, particularly in support of Palestine.
“Nearly a year on from the genocide in Gaza, and despite this trial, I’m more determined than ever to continue using my voice to defend Palestine,” she said.
During the trial, Hussain defended the placard as a form of “light-hearted political banter,” explaining it was a satirical way of addressing serious issues.
Her defense lawyer, Rajiv Menon, argued that the case was a troubling attack on freedom of expression.
Menon said: “This prosecution of Ms Hussain is a disturbing attack on the right to peaceful protest, the right to criticize politicians, and the right to satirise in a British context.”
He highlighted the contrast between Hussain’s prosecution and the perceived leniency shown to figures such as Suella Braverman, Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson, who have made controversial statements without facing similar consequences.
Expert testimony was heard in court regarding the use of the term “coconut” and whether it constitutes a racial slur.
Menon contended that the placard was a satirical critique of the policies and rhetoric employed by Sunak and Braverman, particularly in relation to race and immigration.
The district judge, Vanessa Lloyd, ultimately found that the placard fell within the realm of political satire.
“I find that it was part of the genre of political satire, and, as such, the prosecution has not proved to the criminal standard that it was abusive,” she said.
A drone view shows flooding in Galati County, Romania, September 14, 2024, in this screen grab taken from a handout video. Galati Inspectorate for Emergency Situations/Handout via REUTERS
BUCHAREST/PRAGUE — At least four people died and thousands of homes were damaged by flooding in eastern Romania on Saturday, officials said, as surging river levels put authorities on alert in much of central and eastern Europe following days of torrential rain.
More rainfall is forecast in the coming days in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, southern Germany and parts of Austria.
Residents of some towns along the Czech-Polish border were evacuated as rivers rose past alert levels while the Czech capital, Prague, which suffered catastrophic floods in 2002, put preventative anti-flood measures in place.
In Romania, flooding affected eight counties, the country’s emergency response unit said, and Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was due to visit hard-hit Galati county, where the four people were found dead and about 5,000 homes were damaged.
Television images from the area showed streets flooded with muddy water, silt and debris as rescuers led residents to safety. Authorities deployed a Black Hawk helicopter to aid the search and rescue operation.
EVACUATIONS, RAIL DISRUPTION
In the Czech Republic, northern and northeastern areas bore the brunt of the deluge, with some places recording up to 25 cm (10 inches) of rain since Thursday, the weather institute said.
A view shows a flooded area following heavy rainfalls in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, September 14, 2024. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Forecasters warned that some areas could see more than a third of average annual rainfall by Sunday, with strong winds adding to the threat.
Environment Minister Petr Hladik said on Saturday people in the worst-hit areas should prepare to leave their homes.
In Prague, a city of more than 1.3 million people that sits on the banks of the Vltava river spanned by the picturesque 14th century Charles Bridge, flood barriers were put in place.
The city heavily invested into preventive measures after the 2002 floods, which swept into the subway system and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes.
Prague Zoo, which is located along the Vltava, was closed to visitors and Czech Railways said services on dozens of routes were disrupted. In the country’s second-biggest city, Brno, a hospital evacuated patients as a precaution.
In Glucholazy, a historic town in southwestern Poland near the Czech border, firefighters piled hundreds of sandbags alongside a swollen river and some residents were evacuated.
Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said weather forecasts looked unfavourable, with very heavy rainfall to fall around the Czech border area over the next 24 hours, feeding rivers into Poland.
Officials in neighbouring Slovakia warned of the threat of flooding in the capital, Bratislava, from the swollen Danube river.
Hungary expects the Danube to near record-high levels in the coming days, and officials will close lower-lying quays in the capital, Budapest, on Monday.
“The wave of flooding is expected to peak at around 8 metres (26 feet) in the second half of next week,” the city’s mayor said on Friday.
In Austria, emergency services were working with district governors and municipalities to prepare for evacuations.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said all federal states were affected and the situation was deteriorating particularly in the northeastern state of Lower Austria.
“The coming days will still be extremely difficult and challenging for the affected population and the emergency services,” Nehammer said on X.
MOSCOW/KIEV — Russia and Ukraine exchanged 206 prisoners of war on Saturday, said the Russian Defense Ministry.
“A total of 103 Russian servicemen who were taken prisoner in Kursk region have been released. In exchange, 103 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been transferred,” Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
All the exchanged Russian soldiers are in Belarus where they are provided necessary assistance. The United Arab Emirates made humanitarian mediation efforts for the exchange, it said.
The exchange was the second one in two days, Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday.
A total of 103 Ukrainian military troops, including 21 officers, were released, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a post on Telegram.
BUKIT MERTAJAM — Polis membuka kertas siasatan berhubung resit pesanan seorang pelanggan di sebuah restoran makanan segera di Taman Inderawasih, Perai, di sini, yang tertera catatan berbaur provokasi menghina agama Islam hingga ia tular di media sosial.
Ketua Polis Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah, Asisten Komisioner Helmi Aris, berkata pekerja restoran terbabit sudah tampil membuat laporan polis semalam berhubung insiden berkenaan.
Beliau berkata, berdasarkan laporan itu, pekerja mendakwa menerima satu pesanan dalam talian daripada pelanggan melalui laman web premis terbabit pada jam 8.27 malam.
“Semakan yang dibuat pada resit pesanan itu terdapat catatan ‘remarks’ yang menghina agama Islam yang dihantar oleh individu tidak bertanggungjawab.
“Melalui laporan pekerja itu, polis kemudian melakukan siasatan terhadap individu yang membuat pesanan terbabit, namun dia menafikan membuat pesanan,” katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.
Katanya, individu berkenaan mendakwa laman web restoran terbabit tidak mempunyai ciri-ciri keselamatan pengguna untuk membuat pesanan.
“Ia apabila dia mengesyaki butir-butir peribadi dan alamatnya disalahguna oleh individu lain.
“Kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 298 Kanun Keseksaan dan Seksyen 14 Akta Kesalahan Kecil 1955,” katanya.
Terdahulu, tular di media sosial hari ini apabila paparan resit yang tertera tarikh tempahan pada 13 September lalu itu dimuat naik dan dikongsi pengguna.
Resit tempahan yang beralamat di sebuah bengkel motosikal itu memaparkan ucapan berbunyi ‘Islam is shit and pee’.
Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) react after a swap, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, at an unknown location in Ukraine September 13, 2024. (REUTERS)
MOSCOW — Russia said Saturday it swapped 103 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian POWs in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.
The Russian troops freed in Saturday’s swap were captured during Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region, which began on 6 August, according to the Russian defense ministry.
There was no immediate confirmation from the Ukrainian side.
“As a result of the negotiation process, 103 Russian servicemen captured in the Kursk region were returned from territory controlled by the Kyiv regime,” the Russian defense ministry said.
“In return, 103 Ukrainian army prisoners of war were handed over.”
“At present, all Russian servicemen are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they are being provided with the necessary psychological and medical assistance, as well as an opportunity to contact their relatives,” the ministry added.
Despite ongoing hostilities, Russia and Ukraine have managed to swap hundreds of prisoners throughout the two-and-half-year conflict, often in deals brokered by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Turkiye.
The announcement comes just three weeks after Russia and Ukraine swapped 115 prisoners of war each in an exchange deal also mediated by the UAE.
AYDIN, TURKIYE — The body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a female Turkish-American activist who was killed earlier this month by an Israeli sniper in Beita, south of Nablus, was laid to rest today in her hometown in western Turkiye.
The funeral prayer was held in Didim, a district of Aydın province, with widespread participation. Attendees at the ceremony displayed Palestinian flags and chanted anti-Israel slogans, according to Anadolu Agency.
Following the funeral, President of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Numan Kurtulmuş addressed the crowd, asserting that “Aysenur’s blood will not be in vain, and her killers will be held accountable in international courts.”
Kurtulmuş condemned the killing as not only an atrocity committed by Israeli soldiers but also a crime facilitated by a state of terror that turned a blind eye, and by the coalition of countries backing this state.
He further criticized the extreme violence witnessed in Gaza, describing it as one of the greatest horrors in modern history.
