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  • At least two dead, hundreds stranded in Thailand as floods hit north

    Rescuers help people amidst flooding in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, September 11, 2024, in this still image taken from a video. Tubjaotak Task Force, Pha Muang Force/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

    BANGKOK — At least two people were killed and hundreds stranded in Thailand after heavy rains swept through two northern provinces, swelling rivers, inundating settlements and triggering mudslides, authorities said on Wednesday.

    The adverse weather, which comes in the wake of Typhoon Yagi — the most powerful storm in Asia this year, has impacted about 9,000 households in Thailand, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said.

    “Water currents are still strong,” she told reporters.

    “All agencies are prepared and when the current eases, they will go in immediately.”

    The impacts of the storm have killed at least 143 people in Vietnam, where it made landfall on Saturday before moving westwards, with floods forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents living near the swelling Red River in the capital Hanoi.

    Thailand’s Chiang Mai province experienced flash floods and mudslides, with two deaths recorded, according to its governor.

    In the Mai Sai district of neighboring Chiang Rai province, which borders Myanmar, rubber boats were unable to reach some flooded areas where hundreds were stuck and awaiting help, said district chief Narongpol Kid-an.

    “Helicopters will be used to evacuate stranded residents and deliver food and water,” he told Reuters.

    A resident in the main town in Mae Sai, which has a population of over 28,000, said their group of three people was trapped on the second floor of a building after rising water submerged the lower level.

    “We have not eaten anything since yesterday morning,” the resident said, asking not to be named.

    “It is still raining heavily in Mae Sai. We hope a rescue team or somebody will come to help us.”

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  • Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as Vietnam storm toll rises to 141 dead

    People stand on their balcony above a flooded street in Trang Dinh district, Lang Son province after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam. (File/AFP)

    HANOI, Vietnam — A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 16 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to 141 on Wednesday.

    Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV said the torrent of water gushing down from a mountain in Lao Cai province Tuesday buried Lang Nu hamlet with 35 families in mud and debris.

    Only about a dozen are known so far to have survived. Rescuers have recovered 16 bodies and are continuing the search for about 40 others.

    The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath has climbed to 141 as 69 others remain missing and hundreds were injured, VTV said.

    Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades. It made landfall Saturday with winds of up to 149 kph (92 mph) and despite weakening on Sunday, downpours have continued and rivers remain dangerously high.

    Floods and landslides have caused most of the deaths, many of which have come in the northwestern Lao Cai province, bordering China, where Lang Nu is located.

    AN-AP

  • Dozens arrested as Melbourne anti-war protests turn violent

    A man waves a Palestinian flag as protesters confront police outside the Land Forces 2024 arms fair in Melbourne on September 11, 2024. (AFP)

    SYDNEY — Anti-war protesters and police clashed outside a defense exhibition in Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne on Wednesday, with dozens arrested as police used sponge grenades, flash-bang devices and irritant sprays to control parts of the hostile crowd.

    Police were pelted with rocks, horse manure and bottles filled with liquid as they tried to protect attendees of the expo, some of whom were assaulted by protesters, a Victoria state police spokesperson said in a statement. Two dozen police officers required medical treatment and 39 people had been arrested for offenses including assaulting, obstructing or hindering police, arson and blocking roads, Shane Patton Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police told a press conference.

    Protesters lit fires in the street, disrupted traffic and public transport, while missiles were thrown at several police horses but no serious injuries were reported, police said.

    Some police have been spat at by protesters, whilst other officers have been sprayed with a liquid irritant, some of which was identified as acid, Patton added. “This is the type of disgusting behavior that we saw today from a group who were intent on confronting us,” he said.

    “If you wish to come and protest, do so peacefully. We will not tolerate criminal behavior.”

    About 1,200 people attended the protest outside the venue hosting the biennial Land Forces International Land Defense Exposition, authorities said.

    Many chanted pro-Palestine slogans through loud speakers and waved Palestine flags while others had signs and flags representing other conflicts and causes, video showed.

    Dumpsters were pushed toward police lines and one protester climbed on top of a truck that was stopped at traffic lights.

    Australian media reported it was the largest police operation in Melbourne since 2000 when Australia’s second-largest city hosted the World Economic Forum.

    About 1,000 exhibiting organizations from 31 countries are expected to attend the event through Friday, which the organizers said was Australia’s largest defense expo.

    Some attendees were doused in a red liquid by protesters, ABC News reported.

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said people had the right to protest but had to do it in a peaceful manner.

    “You don’t say you’re opposed to defense equipment by throwing things at police. They’ve got a job to do and our police officers should be respected at all times,” Albanese told Channel Seven.

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  • Remaja 17 tahun masuk bilik teman wanita melalui tingkap sebelum rogol

    BATU PAHAT — Remaja lelaki berusia 17 tahun didakwa di Mahkamah Majistret di sini hari ini atas tuduhan merogol kenalan perempuan bawah umur selepas masuk ke rumah mangsa melalui tingkap bilik.

    Tertuduh dihadapkan di hadapan Majistret Suhaila Shafi’uddin untuk pendakwaan mengikut Seksyen 376 (1) Kanun Keseksaan yang memperuntukkan hukuman penjara sehingga 20 tahun dan juga sebatan, jika sabit kesalahan.

    Dia didakwa merogol mangsa berusia 16 tahun itu di sebuah rumah di daerah ini pada jam 1.05 pagi, Sabtu lalu.

    Berdasarkan laporan polis, tertuduh datang ke rumah remaja perempuan itu dan masuk melalui tingkap bilik yang sudah dibuka mangsa sebelum merogolnya sebanyak dua kali.

    Perbuatan itu terbongkar selepas abang mangsa ternampak kelibat tertuduh di luar bilik tanpa memakai baju lalu menahannya yang ketika itu cuba melarikan diri.

    Laporan dibuat ahli keluarga mangsa di Balai Polis Sri Medan, dekat sini pada 7 September dan tertuduh ditahan pada hari sama.

    Remaja lelaki itu yang tidak diwakili peguam mengaku bersalah sebelum mahkamah membenarkan ikat jamin RM1,000 dan menetapkan 23 Oktober ini untuk Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) menyediakan laporan akhlak selain fakta dan hukuman.

    Pendakwaan dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Farah Wahidah Mohd Sharip.

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  • Cabul remaja di pasar malam, gelandangan dipenjara lima tahun

    MUAR — Seorang gelandangan dipenjara lima tahun dan satu sebatan selepas mengaku bersalah di Mahkamah Sesyen hari ini atas pertuduhan melakukan amang seksual fizikal terhadap pelajar di sebuah pasar malam di Kluang, Julai lalu.

    Hakim Sayani Mohd Nor menjatuhkan hukuman itu terhadap Ho Khek Chung, 50, selepas mengambil kira pengakuan bersalah dan pemberatan hukuman daripada pihak pendakwaan terhadap kesalahan tertuduh.

    Tertuduh yang masih bujang didakwa melakukan perbuatan itu terhadap pelajar perempuan berusia 15 tahun di sebuah pasar malam di Kluang pada jam 4.15 petang, 31 Julai lalu.

    Dia didakwa mengikut Seksyen 14 (a) Akta Kesalahan-Kesalahan Seksual Terhadap Kanak-Kanak (AKKSTKK) 2017 dan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 14 akta sama.

    Seksyen itu memperuntukkan hukuman penjara sehingga 20 tahun dan sebatan jika sabit kesalahan.

    Berdasarkan fakta kes, mangsa ditemani ibunya ke pasar malam terbabit untuk membeli makanan.

    Ketika mangsa berselisih dengan tertuduh, lelaki itu mengambil kesempatan melakukan perbuatan terbabit.

    Selepas kejadian itu, mangsa menangis dan menceritakan kepada ibunya sebelum membuat laporan di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Kluang pada hari sama.

    Pendakwaan dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Danial Munir manakala tertuduh tidak diwakili peguam.

    Hukuman penjara tertuduh bermula dari tarikh dia ditahan pada 31 Julai lalu.

    Mahkamah turut memerintahkan tertuduh menjalani pengawasan polis selama setahun sebaik selesai hukuman.

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  • Fitnah kematian anggota polis, tukang cuci dipenjara 7 hari, denda RM800

    TAPAH — Seorang tukang cuci dihukum penjara tujuh hari dan denda RM800 oleh Mahkamah Majistret, di sini, hari ini, kerana bersalah memfitnah dan menghasut sehingga merosakkan nama baik anggota polis yang terkorban dalam insiden tembakan di Balai Polis Ulu Tiram, Johor pada Mei lalu.

    Majistret Anis Zainab Pawanteh memerintahkan tertuduh, Wan Abd Qayyum Wan Mohd Radzuan, 25, menjalani hukuman penjara itu bermula dari tarikh dia ditangkap pada 5 September lalu dan lanjutan tempoh penjara selama tujuh hari jika gagal membayar denda.

    Anis Zainab turut mengarahkan telefon bimbit Wan Abd Qayyum yang digunakan sebagai medium sebaran fitnah itu, dilucuthak kepada kerajaan.

    Berdasarkan kertas pertuduhan, dia didakwa melakukan fitnah terhadap Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, 22, dengan menyiarkan kepada Nur Azza Assyaqiren Azhar, 29, melalui komen di media sosial Facebook ‘Wan Qayyum.”

    Komen itu bersifat fitnah dengan maksud merosakkan nama baik jika si mati masih hidup dan menyakitkan perasaan Azhar Khaiden, 54, iaitu bapa si mati.

    Perbuatan itu dikesan dilakukan Wan Abd Qayyum di Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) FELDA Sungai Klah Sungkai, daerah Batang Padang kira-kira jam 2 petang 28 Ogos lalu.

    Dia didakwa mengikut Seksyen 500 Kanun Keseksaan yang sabit kesalahan boleh dipenjara sehingga dua tahun atau denda atau kedua-duanya.

    Pertuduhan dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Noor Nabilah Norzam, manakala tertuduh diwakili peguam Yayasan Bantuan Guaman Kebangsaan (YBGK), Amani Williams-Hunt.

    Ketika prosiding berlangsung, majistret turut memanggil Azhar ke kandang saksi bagi memberi pernyataan yang memaklumkan perbuatan tertuduh itu, selain dianggap menyinggung perasaan keluarga mereka, ia juga satu penghinaan kepada arwah anaknya serta keluarganya secara umum.

    “Apabila saya baca kenyataan ‘Wan Qayyum’ yang menyatakan seolah-olah arwah anak saya memang patut meninggal kerana selalu ‘pau’ duit tepi orang, ia satu penghinaan terhadap arwah (Ahmad Azza Fahmi) dan keluarga saya.

    “Perasaan keluarga kami kecewa, marah dan tersinggung dengan kenyataan seolah-olah anak saya yang mati di Ulu Tiram kerana kes rasuah,” katanya.

    Ketika merayu hukuman ringan, Amani berkata, anak guamnya hanya bekerja sebagai tukang cuci di sebuah kilang di Pasir Gudang, Johor dengan pendapatan RM1,500 sebulan.

    Dalam kejadian di Balai Polis Ulu Tiram pada 17 Mei lalu, Ahmad Azza Fahmi dan Konstabel Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, terbunuh selepas diserang lelaki bersenjatakan parang, dengan pelakunya dipercayai anggota Jemaah Islamiyah

    Serangan kira-kira jam 2.45 pagi itu juga menyebabkan Koperal Mohd Hasif Roslan, 38, cedera ditembak.

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  • Yusoff Rawther didakwa milik senjata api, ganja

    KUALA LUMPUR — Bekas pembantu penyelidik Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, ditahan kerana didakwa memiliki dua pucuk pistol dan ganja seberat 305 gram dalam kereta dinaikinya, Jumaat lalu.

    Peguamnya, Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, berkata Muhammed Yusoff ditahan sepasukan anggota polis di ibu negara kira-kira jam 9.30 pagi.

    Muhammad Rafique berkata, siasatan dijalankan mengikut Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 selepas reman di bawah Akta Senjata Api 1960 ditolak.

    Katanya, Muhammed Yusoff menafikan dadah dan pistol itu miliknya, sebaliknya mendakwa ia diletak oleh pihak yang berdendam atau permusuhan bagi memerangkap dirinya.

    “Ujian saringan air kencing negatif dan nama individu yang dipercayai bertanggungjawab dan mempunyai hubungan dengan pemimpin politik juga sudah diberikan.

    “Kami sudah memohon membuat laporan polis bagi menyokong dakwaan itu,” katanya.

    Beliau berkata, laporan polis dibuat supaya pembelaan Yusoff dapat dilakukan seawal mungkin supaya tidak dilabel sebagai rekaan atau difikirkan kemudian.

    Reman terhadap Muhammed Yusoff tamat esok dan perkembangan selanjutnya akan diketahui lewat petang ini.

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  • Lelaki tersepit bawah teksi

    SEPANG — Lelaki tersepit di bawah teksi selepas dilanggar kenderaan itu ketika mangsa keluar memeriksa keretanya yang terbabit dalam kemalangan berhampiran Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) Terminal 2, di sini, hari ini.

    Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Operasi Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Selangor, Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan pada 6.57 pagi ini sebelum pegawai dan anggota bomba dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) KLIA ke lokasi kejadian.

    Menurutnya, kemalangan membabitkan tiga kereta di mana seorang lelaki berusia 40-an tersepit di bawah teksi dan tidak sedarkan diri.

    “Mangsa sebelum itu keluar dari keretanya yang terbabit kemalangan sebelum sebuah teksi terlanggar mangsa menyebabkan dia tersepit di bawah kenderaan itu.

    “Kerja penyelamatan sedang dijalankan,” katanya dalam kenyataan, hari ini.

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  • ‘Ini baru hukuman dunia’, bertaubatlah – Hakim nasihat Guru Besar

    IPOH — Seorang guru besar sekolah rendah di Teluk Intan, didenda RM10,000 oleh Mahkamah Sesyen hari ini, selepas mengaku bersalah menggunakan jawatan untuk memalsukan dokumen, tiga tahun lalu.

    Pengakuan bersalah oleh Rosnah Mat Zain, 57, dibuat atas pertuduhan pilihan mengikut Seksyen 471 Kanun Keseksaan.

    Dalam penghakimannya, Hakim Datuk Ibrahim Osman menetapkan Rosnah dipenjara sebulan jika gagal membayar denda, namun tertuduh membayar denda dikenakan.

    Mengikut pertuduhan, Rosnah didakwa menggunakan suatu dokumen sebagai tulen iaitu Invois Brickwork Resource bertarikh 6 Disember 2021 kepada sebuah sekolah rendah di Teluk Intan untuk pembayaran pembelian alat muzik piano digital berserta bangku hitam berjumlah RM10,200 yang mana dokumen itu adalah palsu.

    Perbuatan itu dilakukan di sebuah sekolah rendah di Teluk Intan, pada 9 Disember 2021.

    Bagi kesalahan itu, dia didakwa mengikut Seksyen 471 Kanun Keseksaan dan sabit kesalahan boleh dipenjara maksimum dua tahun atau denda atau kedua-duanya.

    Mengikut fakta kes, tertuduh memilih syarikat milik menantunya bagi kerja pembekalan alat muzik yang mana tertuduh mempunyai kepentingan.

    Pendakwaan dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Sharul Azuan Ghazali dan Maziah Mansor, manakala tertuduh tidak diwakili peguam.

    Selepas membacakan keputusan penghakimannya, Ibrahim menasihati tertuduh bertaubat dan berhati-hati membuat keputusan sebagai penjawat awam.

    “Selepas ini berhati-hatilah dalam membuat keputusan sebagai penjawat awam. Ini baru (hukuman) dunia, belum akhirat. Bertaubatlah,” katanya.

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  • Syphilis cases in Tokyo increasing at record pace

    TOKYO — Syphilis infections in Tokyo are increasing at a record pace, with over 2,400 cases reported so far this year, official data has shown.

    Some 2,460 cases have been reported in the capital, data from the Tokyo Metropolitan Infectious Disease Surveillance Center showed, with experts noting an acceleration at a pace to approach last year’s all-time annual high of 3,701.

    Men accounted for about 70 percent of the cases, while women made up 30 percent, the data showed. Infections were particularly rising among men in their 20s to 50s and women in their 20s.

    Many infected individuals mistakenly believed they were safe because they knew their partners or were unaware of their infection for years, highlighting syphilis as an often overlooked disease, according to the institute.

    To address the record-breaking increases in syphilis cases, Tokyo has established free, anonymous testing and consultation rooms in areas such as Shinjuku and Tama.

    Tests are also available at public health centers, with the Shinjuku center offering 24-hour online reservations and weekend testing.

    The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has urged residents to get tested immediately should they have any concerns.

    Congenital syphilis, transmitted chiefly through sexual contact, can cause rashes and abnormalities in newborns. Infected children can develop symptoms such as inflammation of the eyes and hearing loss in a few years, even if they show no symptoms as infants.

    A complete cure is possible for the disease if proper treatment is given at an early stage, but serious complications may develop in the brain and heart if syphilis is left untreated.

    XINHUA