Pelajar buta akibat gas pemedih mata POLIS

Apr 10, 09 malaysiakini
Seorang pelajar buta sebelah mata setelah terkena serpihan objek daripada gas pemedih mata ketika rusuhan penyokong bola sepak Kelantan di luar stadium malam Selasa lepas.

Ketika kejadian, Muhammad Huzaifah Mohd Noor, 18, dari Kampung Pasir Tok Kambing di Kota Bharu sedang mengemas barangan jualan di gerai minuman milik sepupunya, lapor Bernama.

Mata kanan Muhammad Huzaifah, pelajar Institut Latihan Perindustrian Pengkalan Chepa, gagal dipulihkan walaupun menjalani pembedahan lebih empat jam di hospital sejurus selepas kejadian.

Menceritakan detik kejadian, Muhammad Huzaifah berkata kejadian itu berlaku ketika beliau sedang membantu sepupunya Abdul Rahman Hussein di gerai yang terletak 100 meter dariStadium Sultan Muhammed IV, dan bersiap untuk pulang.

"Tiba-tiba saya tengok keadaan jadi kecoh dan orang ramai berlari sambil terdengar polis memberi arahan supaya bersurai.

"Saya berpaling ke arah anggota polis berkenaan yang kebetulan melepaskan gas pemedih mata ke arah saya, tanpa sempat saya mengelak, objek itu terkena mata kanan saya," mangsa dipetik berkata di Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II semalam.

Abdul Rahman pula berkata beliau sempat tunduk apabila gas pemedih mata itu dilepaskan yang terkena Muhammad Huzaifah dan beliau melihat darah keluar dari mata kanan mangsa sambil menjerit kesakitan.

"Saya dan beberapa orang lagi terpaksa memapah beliau ke hospital yang letaknya tidak jauh dari tempat berkenaan," katanya.

Ibu mangsa Kamariah Hussein, 60, berkata apa yang berlaku sangat menyedihkan beliau sekeluarga tambahan pula suaminya Mohd Noor Abdul Rahman, 72, baru tiga hari dibenarkan keluar dari hospital kerana sakit jantung.

Menurut Kamariah, lapor agensi berita itu lagi, aduan polis telah dibuat pada malam kejadian dan keluarganya turut menimbang untuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap pihak terlibat.

Ketua Polis Kelantan, Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi kelmarin mengesahkan seorang remaja berusia 18 tahun cedera selepas terkena gas pemedih mata.

The Altantuya murder: snippets from The Times of UK

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Now that the court has delivered its verdict as to whether the two UTK officers are guilty of murdering Altantuya Shaariibuu, maybe we can flashback on just some of the things that The Times of UK wrote about the matter since the story first broke in late 2006. And why The Times of UK? Well, The Times of UK would not lie like how Malaysian Bloggers normally would.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

10 November 2006

An inquiry into the disappearance of a Mongolian model, who was apparently shot before her body was blown apart with explosives, was ordered by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Malaysian Prime Minister, yesterday.

His intervention came after police held a prominent political analyst in connection with the case that has caused a sensation in the country. Abdul Razak Baginda, 46, a member of the World Economic Forum, is the fourth person to be remanded in custody in connection with the death of the 28-year-old Altantuya Shaariibuu, whose body was found on Monday. He is a member of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, a television political pundit in Malaysia, and is studying for a doctorate at Oxford.

The others held after Miss Shaariibuu’s body was found on wasteland near Shah Alam are a police chief inspector and two police lance corporals, one male and one female. Mr Badawi said he had told the inspector-general of police to “investigate the case thoroughly and properly through due process”.

It has been reported that Mr Baginda met Miss Shaariibuu in Mongolia two years ago and the two had a relationship. The girl’s father in Mongolia said he believed they were married and that Mr Baginda was the father of her baby son.

His arrest sent Malaysian society reeling. Unnamed politicians and intellectuals described him as a “good” and “affable” man to the Malaysian Star newspaper. One said that Mr Baginda had showered Miss Shaariibuu with diamonds and other jewellery and had deposited $30,000 in her bank account. They had been on holiday together to Europe and South Africa.

“The father of murdered model Altantuya Shaariibuu will come with the marriage certificate to prove that they were married. He will also bring his grandson to undergo DNA tests to prove he is Abdul Razak’s son,” Mongolia’s honorary consul, Syed Abdul Rahman Alhabshi, said.

18 June 2007

An adviser to Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister ordered two police officers from an elite bodyguard unit to murder his beautiful Mongolian lover, a politically-charged murder trial heard today.

The remains of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a 28-year-old translator, part-time model, and unmarried mother of two from Mongolia, were found blown up by explosives in a jungle clearing near Kuala Lumpur late last year.

Abdul Razak Baginda, 47-year-old father of a teenage daughter, planned the murder, prosecutors said in what promises to be the most closely-followed trial in Malaysia for years. Mr Abdul Razak and the two police officers face the gallows if found guilty.

Mr Abdul Razak is alleged to have turned to the police officers – from a unit charged with protecting Malaysia's leaders - after Miss Shaariibuu began blackmailing him when their relationship turned sour.

He was well known in Kuala Lumpur as a high-flier close to the ruling party and a friend of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has been forced to deny any knowledge of the case.

The trial, which has already been postponed in controversial circumstances, is being widely seen as a test case for a judicial system, which has often been criticised in the past as vulnerable to political interference.

Tun Majid Tun Hamzah, for the prosecution, told the High Court in Shah Alam that Mr Abdul Razak abetted the police officers "in planning and giving instructions so that the deceased is killed." He denies the charge.

He said that the officers, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 30, and Constable Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, carried out the killing and that Sirul had confessed. The two officers are charged with her murder.

After their arrest, Mr Azilah had led police to the clearing where Miss Shaariibuu’s remains were found.

Miss Shaariibuu had threatened Mr Abdul Razak's child unless Mr Abdul Razak paid her, the prosecutor said.

Mr Tun Majid said that a pathologist's report would show that the cause of death was 'probable blast-related injuries'. A pair of slippers found in Mr Sirul's house were stained with what DNA tests proved was Miss Shaariibuu's blood, he said.

The trial had been scheduled to start earlier this month but was postponed after the attorney general replaced the prosecutor after he was seen playing badminton with the judge.

Before the trial started it had become a political football, with former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim calling for fairness and lamenting what he described as the failure of police to question Deputy Prime Minister Najib.

No evidence has emerged to link Mr Najib with the case and the Deputy Prime Minister issued a statement insisting that he had had no involvement with the dead woman.

Malaysia's judiciary has often been the subject of criticism. Nearly ten years ago Mr Anwar was himself dismissed by then premier Mahatir Mohammad and convicted of corruption and sodomy, a decision which was widely criticised abroad.

Mr Anwar has said that the judiciary and police are on trial in today's case, and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has pledged there will be no cover-up.

22 March 2009

A FRENCH arms company is at the centre of a deepening scandal involving the sale of three submarines, the murder of a beautiful Mongolian interpreter and the man most likely to become prime minister of Malaysia next month.

All three have been linked in a sensational sequence of revelations that has convinced many Malaysians that the woman was killed to silence her demands of a share in the rewards of the transaction.

The scandal exploded last week after the French newspaper Libération alleged that the submarines deal and the murder of Altantuya Shariibuu, 28, were connected.

A glamorous, cosmopolitan woman, Altantuya grew up in St Petersburg, spoke Russian, Chinese, Korean and English, moved in elite circles and has been dubbed “a Far Eastern Mata Hari”.

She became the mistress of a Malaysian political fixer and was allegedly trying to extort money from him at the time of her violent demise.

Two members of an elite Malaysian police unit that protects top politicians are on trial in Kuala Lumpur, accused of shooting her in the jungle and then blowing up her body with military explosives.

Azilah Hadri, 32, and Sirul Azhar Umar, 36, officers in the Special Branch, could go to the gallows if convicted of abducting and murdering Altantuya on October 19, 2006. A verdict is expected early next month.

Their trial is unfolding as Najib Razak, the country’s deputy prime minister, stands on the verge of taking over as premier after a ruling-party leadership election, due within days.

Najib was accused by a young opposition MP, Gobind Singh Deo, in parliament, of involvement in the murder. Deo was suspended by the Speaker for making the remark. The deputy prime minister has strongly denied any involvement.

Testimony in an earlier court case has established an intimate personal and financial connection between the dead woman and a close aide to Najib, who was minister of defence at the time of the submarine deal.

The aide, Abdul Razak Baginda, was acquitted by a court last November of being an accessory in the murder. He has since been working on a doctorate at Trinity College, Oxford.

Baginda admitted that the dead woman was his mistress for about a year and prosecutors said she had pestered him for money after their break-up.

Just before her death she arrived in Kuala Lumpur, accompanied by a Mongolian shaman, who was to put a curse on Baginda if he did not pay up.

Altantuya was dragged away from outside Baginda’s home by two Special Branch officers, but he was acquitted after maintaining that he never gave orders for her to be harmed.

The Libération exposé linking the murder to the shadowy world of arms contracts has embarrassed the French war-ship firm DCNS. Armaris, a firm now merged with DCNS, sold the three submarines to Malaysia in 2002 for £937m.

Attention has centred on why Armaris paid £107m to a Malaysian company called Perimekar in 2006.

Opposition leaders alleged in parliament that the payment was a “commission” for intermediaries and that Perimekar was secretly owned by Baginda. Najib replied that it was not a “commission” and that Perimekar was a “project services provider”.

Libération has alleged that Altantuya, who toured France with Baginda in a Ferrari, wining and dining at expensive restaurants, learnt of the payment. It said she was demanding $500,000 (£345,000).

DCNS has refused to comment. It is already the subject of a French judicial investigation into corrupt practices, thanks to a whistleblower who has detailed bribery and industrial espionage allegations.

Last week, efforts to contact Baginda, a self-styled political analyst, at his new home in Oxford were unsuccessful.

Najib has avoided public comment but his politically influential wife, Rosmah Mansor, told the French news agency AFP that she was “shocked” by attempts to link her husband and her to the case.

The Times is published by a member of the News International Group. News International Limited, 1 Virginia St, London E98 1XY, is the holding company for the News International group and is registered in England No 81701. VAT number GB 243 8054 69.

Rafa destroys Liverpool!

Serbegeth "Shebby" Singh is one of the most recognisable, listened to and watched football pundits on television in Asia. As a player, Shebby won everything there was to win in Malaysian football.

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April10 — That should really be the headline, after Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez once again laid out tactics that baffled everyone watching the match. It certainly was Rafa at his best, completely doing the opposite to what should be set in stone.

The zonal marking from corner kicks can be employed if you are playing the local pub team but to see it employed, and fail, at the Champions League level is both mindboggling and nauseating.

Yes, Liverpool were not at their best but to give away such stupid and cheap goals surely takes the cake and do we wonder if Rafa actually watches football or thinks about it.

I often get the feeling that he is never sure if he is really a top coach or just a fat Spanish waiter. Well, it certainly looked like the tactics were chosen by the latter — with humblest apologies to all the very kind and nice people who serve tables, Spanish or otherwise.

By the way, the best midfielder in the world came up against some man-to-man marking and has never been seen since. The Liverpool police at lunchtime still could not issue a statement as to Steven Gerrard’s whereabouts.

RED 'N BURIED

Ini Bukan Kabinet Najib!

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Kabinet yang tiada apa-apa yang luar biasa. Kabinet yang tidak menggambarkan sebarang perubahan. Kabinet ini tidak ada ‘wow factor’.

Ia bukan satu barisan kabinet yang menggambarkan usaha untuk mengukuhkan kembali negara tetapi satu barisan kabinet yang berusaha mengukuhkan Barisan Nasional dan UMNO melalui cara tradisional.

Kepanasan sokongan saya kepada Perdana Menteri baru ini nampaknya begitu cepat menjadi sejuk. Sejuk bila melihat dia menghantar Tun Dr. Mahathir ke perbatasan Pilihan Raya Kecil yang menggambarkan satu usaha tradisional yang ketandusan idea dan ternyata keputusan yang dibuat tanpa berfikir panjang dan sekarang bertambah sejuk bila melihat senarai kementerian di bawahnya dan barisan Menterinya.

Saya masih belum mahu mengkritik Perdana Menteri baru Malaysia. Saya masih berusaha menyakinkan diri saya untuk tidak cepat mengalah dalam sokongan saya kepadanya. Saya cuba memahami masalahnya.

Malangnya bila saya rasa saya faham masalahnya, ia tambah menyakinkan saya bahawa Najib juga akan mengulangi apa yang dilakukan oleh Abdullah. Yang menggerunkannya ialah, Najib melakukan apa yang Abdullah lakukan dalam tempoh yang terlalu cepat.

Ternyata apa yang kurang dalam keputusan Najib dari segi politik dan juga dari segi kepimpinan ialah kreativiti dan keberanian menentang arus. Tindakan-tindakan Najib setakat ini semuanya tindakan yang sudah diramal oleh pengkritik dan musuh politiknya. Tindakan Najib membawanya tidak lain tidak bukan, ke jerat yang tersedia buatnya.

Apakah ini benar-benar tindakan Najib atau tindakan seorang yang bercelaru dengan pelbagai tekanan? Tindakan Najib terlalu berbau Mahathir di dalam banyak aspek.

Saya mengharapkan Najib mempunyai kekuatan sendiri, bertindak diluar norma biasa politik UMNO, BN dan Malaysia. Tindakan-tindakan yang tidak pernah diramal yang membuktikan beliau seorang yang kreatif dan berani mengambil risiko.

Bagaimanapun, Najib cepat melihatkan tindakannya hanyalah tindakan seorang pentadbir dan bukan tindakan seorang pemimpin ulung.

Tiada apa yang berubah didalam kabinet Najib kalau dibandingkan dengan Kabinet Abdullah selepas PRU 12. Orangnya mungkin bertukar tetapi tabii dan ragamnya sama.

Setidak-tidaknya Abdullah sedikit berani dan kreatif bila menamakan Zaid Ibrahim sebagai Menteri. Seorang yang jelas menentang arus. Seorang yang jelas mahukan reformasi sebenar dan berani berusaha melakukannya. Bukan sekadar retorik dan hanya reformasi untuk tujuan politik. Malangnya perlantikan Zaid menjadi tindakan bodoh dan bahan jenaka kerana mengapa Zaid tidak diberi peluang mempertahankan kerusinya dalam PRU 12 kalau sudah ikhlas rancangan Abdullah mahukan Zaid ke dalam kabinetnya?

Kabinet baru Najib tidak menunjukkan sebarang muka baru dalam ertikata sebenar-benarnya. Orang-orangnya tetap orang lama dalam politik. Orang-orangnya semua kita tahu dan kita boleh dengar cerita-cerita masam dan masin mereka.

Tidak ada satu nama yang membuat kita tertanya ‘wah siapa dia tu’ dan bila kita mendapat jawapannya kita rasa teruja dengan latar belakangnya.

Bahkan, Najib telah melepaskan peluang untuk membawa nafas baru ke dalam kabinet apabila akur dengan desakan-desakan luar dan dalam. Najib mengorbankan Khairy Jamaluddin (KJ), satu-satunya penjawat jawatan di dalam UMNO yang mempunyai ‘cv’ yang bisa membuat orang yang tidak mengenalinya teruja dengan latar belakangnya dan laluannya ke menara politik.

Mengapa harus diketepikan KJ kalau kaki disko yang suka melakukan gangguan seksual ditempat awam boleh diambil ke dalam kabinet. Mengapa harus diketepikan KJ kalau ‘lelaki’ yang suka menghunus keris dan mengguris perasaan kaum lain boleh dikekalkan?

Kalau dikatakan KJ jahat, rasanya Johari Baharom lebih jahat kerana menderhaka dan menghina bekas Presiden UMNO. Johari Baharom juga walau berjaya membersihkan dirinya, terus dicurigai.

Setidak-tidaknya KJ tidak pernah bertindak memukul seseorang sehingga lekuk kepalanya seperti Menteri yang terus dikekalkan oleh Najib.

KJ memang tidak popular, tetapi dia lebih berakal berbanding hampir keseluruhan pilihan Najib. Kalau mahu melantik penipu, penjenayah atau pun Menteri, biarlah yang berakal.

Melihatkan senario ini, bukankah lebih baik melantik KJ daripada Mukhriz. Bahkan adalah lebih senang bagi Najib mempertahankan perlantikan KJ daripada perlantikan Mukhriz.

Seolah-olah Najib tidak mempunyai kuasa penuh dalam perlantikan Menteri kabinetnya. Kabinetnya menjadi begitu bercelaru sehinggakan satu kementerian yang bertanggungjawab menjaga kepentingan orang Melayu dalam aspek perniagaan dan pendidikan lenyap tak tahu hilang ke mana.

Beberapa kali saya melihat dan mencari siapakah menteri Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan tetapi tak jumpa-jumpa. Ke mana perginya MARA? Rasanya tak juga dijelaskan dalam ucapan panjang Najib sebelum pengumuman kabinetnya.

Mungkin harapan saya kepada Najib terlalu tinggi. Saya harapkan kabinet yang akan membuat Anwar Ibrahim berpeluh dan membuat Nasharuddin Mat Isa menangis kerana terlepas peluang untuk turut serta bergelar menteri.

Satu barisan kabinet yang membuat anak-anak muda berasa masa depan mereka di Malaysia akan lebih bermakna.

Selain dari Peter Chin, senarai lain mengecewakan. Ianya dipenuhi dengan ‘has been’ dan mereka yang sepuluh tahun dulu dikatakan ‘berpotensi’ tetapi hingga kini tinggal potensi.

Merenung kembali senarai kabinet ini, semakin suram sejuk harapan saya untuk melihat perubahan seterusnya di dalam institusi lain seperti Jabatan Peguam Negara, Polis Di Raja Malaysia dan lain-lain.

Namun, jauh disudut hati saya, masih ingin terus memberi sokongan kepada Najib. Sekurang-kurangnya biarlah sehingga beberapa bulan. Harap-harapnya.

Tetapi, juga jauh disudut hati saya, terus berkata-kata, ini bukan Kabinet Najib! Ini bukan Kabinet Najib! Ini bukan keputusan Najib. Kabinet ini langsung tidak melambangkan retorik yang Najib uar-uarkan sejak menjadi Perdana Menteri. Kabinet siapakah ini?

Altantuya: Azilah, Sirul dihukum mati

Kes Altantuya - Hukuman Gantung
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Salam 2 all,

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam, Dato Md Zaki Yasin pagi ini Khamis 13 Rabi'ul Akhir 1430 bersamaan 9 April 2009 menyabitkan kesalahan membunuh dibawah Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan keatas Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri (32) dan Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar (36), dua anngota Unit Tindakan Khas atas dakwaan membunuh Altantuya Shaariibuu @ Aminah Shaariibuu (28 masa dibunuh).

YA Hakim menjatuhkan hukuman berikut:
"Kamu, Azilah bin Hadri & Sirul Azhar bin Umar adalah didapati bersalah membunuh dengan niat Altantuya Shaariibuu pada 19 Okt 2006 diantara jam 10mlm hingga jam 1 pagi 20 Okt 2006 di Lot 12843 dan Lot 16735 Mukim Bukit Raja, yang oleh itu kamu telah melakukan satu kesalahan membunuh dengan niat dibawah seksyen 302 Kanun Kesiksaan. Kamu adalah dengan ini dijatuhkan hukuman gantung sampai mati iaitu daripada Mahkamah ini kamu akan dibawa kesuatu tempat yang akan ditetapkan dimana kamu akan digantung di tali gantung sehinggalah kamu disahkan mati oleh pihak yang berwajib pada masa dan tarikh yang ditetapkan. Moga ALLAH mengampunkan kamu berdua".
Kes ini telah mencipta beberapa rekod termasuk hari perbicaraan yang paling panjang (159 hari) dengan 84 orang saksi Pendakwaraya. Azilah telah ditahan reman di Penjara Sg Buloh selama 891 manakala Sirul Azhar 895 hari.
Maka berakhirlah satu episod yang sangat menarik perhatian seluruh negara. Mereka berdua akan bertemu dengan Almarhum Altantuya tidak lama lagi.
Walau bagaimanapun. Mereka berdua masih ada peluang untuk membuat rayuan ke Mahkamah Rayuan. Sekiranya gagal mereka boleh merayu ke Mahkamah Persekutuan sebagai Mahkamah terakhir. Selepas itu mereka boleh membuat permohonan pengampunan kepada Sultan Selangor (kerana kes berlaku di Puncak Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor).
Setelah semua proses itu selesai, barulah hukuman gantung itu akan dijalankan.
Di Malaysia, banduan hukuman gantung dipanggil banduan akhir. Mereka akan ditempatkan dibilik akhir dan tidak perlu pakai uniform penjara. Mereka juga tidak diberikan sebarang kerja. Mereka hanya akan duduk melepak menunggu hukuman dilaksanakan.
Sementara menunggu itu, mereka boleh dilawati oleh ahli keluarga pada bila-bila masa waktu pejabat.
Mereka juga boleh meminta untuk mendapatkan khidmat kaunselling dan bagi yang beragama Islam boleh mendapatkan khidmat nasihat agama Islam melalui ustadz-ustadz.
Apabila tiba hari yang ditetapkan untuk digantung, mereka akan dimaklumkan sehari sebelumnya. Ahli keluarga akan dibenarkan melawat buat kali terakhir.
Kemudian mereka akan dibawa ke bilik akhir, iaitu bilik sebelah tempat penggantungan. Disitu mereka dibenarkan membuat permintaan terakhir. Nak makan steak ke, ayam golek ke, tomyam ke apa saje akan ditunaikan. Tapi kebiasaannya tiada banduan yang nak makan pun.
Tiba masanya untuk digantung, (yang kebiasaannya di Malaysia dilaksanakan pada waktu sebelum subuh), banduan tersebut akan diiring ke tempat penggantungan. Pada masa inilah kita akan tengok macam-macam perangai. Ada yang terberak terkencing, ada yang lemah longlai langsung tak larat nak berjalan, ada yang menjerit tak mau mati dan macam-macam lagi.
Sampai ke platform penggantungan, mereka akan ditutp muka dengan satu hood. Kemudian tali gantung diikat kemas dileher mereka. Apabila Pengarah Penjara memberikan isyarat, maka lever akan ditarik dan tubuh banduan akan terjatuh kebawah dan disentak oleh taligantung tersebut.
Biasanya tubuh tersebut akan terkial-kial beberapa saat sebelum terkujur kaku.
Sebaik sahaja kaku. Tubuh akan diturunkan dan diperiksa oleh Doktor. Setelah disahkan mati, maka mayat banduan akan segera di bungkus dan diselenggarakan. Kemudian mayat akan dibawa oleh pihak penjara ke lokasi pengebumian. Kalau ahli keluarga telah tetapkan tempat, maka banduan akan dikuburkan ditempat yang ditetapkan.
Moga ALLAH memberikan rahmat & keampunan kepada kita semua..ameen..

Zulkifli bin Noordin
Ahli Parlimen
Kulim Bandar Bharu

Najib cabinet

Najib names his new cabinet
Apr 9, 09 2:59pm malaysiakini

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today announced his much awaited cabinet.

His press conference to make the announcement started at 3pm. He is flanked by Muhyiddin Yassin.

The cabinet reflects the government's aim to focus of people-first paradigm, Najib said, adding that there would be 28 ministers and 40 deputy ministers.

He said two ministries have been merged and one new ministry formed. A separate portfolio has also been created to oversee national unity under the PM's Department.

He also said that he would personally look into the performance of each minister every six months.

The members of his cabinet are:

Muhyiddin Yassin - Deputy PM

Ministers in PMs Department

Koh Tsu Koon - Unity and Performance

Nor Mohamed Yakcob - Economy Planning Unit

Nazri Abdul Aziz - Parliament

Jamil Khir Baharom - Religious Affairs

Finance Ministry

Najib Abdul Razak (1)

Ahmad Husni (2)

Education Ministry

Muhyiddin Yassin

Transport Ministry

Ong Tee Keat

Home Affairs Ministry

Hishammuddin Hussein

Information, Culture, Arts and Communications

Rais Yatim

Energy, Green Technology and Water

Peter Chin

Rural Development

Shafie Apdal

Higher Education

Khaled Nordin

International Trade and Industry

Mustapa Mohamed

Deputy: Mukhriz Mahathir

Tourism

Ng Yen Yen

Agriculture

Noh Omar

Defence

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Works

Shaziman Mansur

Health

Liow Tiong Lai

Sports and Youth

Ahmad Shabery Cheek

Human Resources

S Subramaniam

Housing and Local Goverment

Kong Cho Ha

Women, Family and Community Development

Shahrizat Abdul Jalil

Foreign Ministry

Anifah Aman

FT Minister

Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin

Consumer Affairs and Domestic Trade

Ismail Sabri Yaakob

PERDANA MENTERI:Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

TIMBALAN PERDANA MENTERI: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin

MENTERI DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI

1. Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon (Hal Ehwal Perpaduan & Pengurusan Prestasi)

2. Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (Hal Ehwal Perundangan dan Parlimen)

3. Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop (Unit Perancang Ekonomi)

4. Mej Jen (B) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom (Hal Ehwal Agama Islam)

Timbalan-timbalan Menteri:

1. Datuk Liew Vui Keong

2. Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim

3. Datuk S.K. Devamany

4. Ahmad Maslan

5. T.Murugiah

MENTERI KEWANGAN:Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

MENTERI KEWANGAN II:

DATUK AHMAD HUSNI MOHAMAD HANADZLAH

Timbalan:

1. Datuk Chor Chee Heung

2. Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin

MENTERI PELAJARAN: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin

Timbalan:

1. Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong

2. Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi

MENTERI PENGANGKUTAN:Datuk Ong Tee Keat

Timbalan:

1. Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri

2. Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew

MENTERI PERUSAHAAN, PERLADANGAN DAN KOMODITI:

Tan Sri Bernard Dompok

Timbalan:

1. Datuk Hamzah Zainudin

MENTERI DALAM NEGERI:

Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein

Timbalan:

1. Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop

2. Jelaing anak Mersat

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Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim

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Tyson finally boxing clever

EAR WE GO ... Tyson gets stuck into Holyfield

By COLIN HART

IF America’s boxing superstars had been educated to their full potential it’s unlikely we would have heard of them.

That has always been my contention after hours talking to the greatest champions.

If highly intelligent men like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler had gone to university they would not have entered the ring.

Mike Tyson certainly comes into that category. Anyone who sees ‘Tyson’, the 90-minute documentary that is in cinemas now, will understand what I mean.

I saw the film this week and wasn’t surprised at the critics’ bewilderment. They must have formed preconceived ideas about the former world heavyweight champion.

No doubt they expected to witness the reincarnation of Neanderthal man on screen.

They listened to a convicted rapist, who chewed off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear and spat it out like regurgitated meat.

But almost to a man they expressed amazement at how articulate Tyson was in telling his life story.

One even found it in his heart to sympathise with Mike, who grew up in New York’s worst ghetto without a father, a mother who was a prostitute and being bullied unmercifully because he was a fat child with glasses.

I got to know Tyson as well as anyone could in 16 years covering his fights. The word enigma could have been invented for him.

He was traumatised by the years spent in juvenile and adult jails.

Tyson is a schizophrenic and being alone with him could be scary as you were never sure if he was about to explode.

On the other hand there were plenty of occasions when he was a delight to be with — warm, witty and charming.

Yet who can forget the mad moment when he bit Lennox Lewis and tore a hole in his thigh in a brawl at a Press conference.

Tyson’s mental condition was not helped by alcohol and drug abuse. Most of the documentary interviews took place in rehab.

He doesn’t excuse his behaviour and says he was suffering temporary insanity the night he cannibalised Holyfield. But he still insists he is innocent of raping Desiree Washington.

Tyson said: “I’ve used drugs. I’ve had physical altercations with dangerous people. I’m just happy to be here.”

Tyson, 42, is an obese middle-aged father of six. His remaining ambitions are to see his kids go to college and be a grandfather.

The documentary ends with him reflecting: “The past is history, the future a mystery.”

I hope Tyson, after the turbulence of his youth, finds the peace and tranquility I feel he genuinely craves.