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Ready for some casual Thai eats? Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:16 PM PDT The story behind Son-in-law Eggs is a hoot. Thai noodle soup with pork balls is on the breakfast menu. KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — A chance meeting with a friend on Sunday led me to Surisit, a Thai kopitiam in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in KL. At The Coffee Bar where we had tea and scones, she told me excitedly about this new Thai place along the same road. So there I went for lunch on the same day. Surisit had only been opened for a week then. We considered the Easy Meals of Kheng Som Pla or Geang Kheiw Wan; the first with Sour Orange Fish and Vegetables, and Namprik Gapi or Thai Shrimp Paste Sambal with Omelette and Blanched Vegetables; the second with Green Curry Chicken and Namprik Gapi. Then we got some friendly help with the ordering, and settled on the a la carte dishes like Kerabu Pucuk Paku, Tomyam Ka Moo (tomyam with braised pork hocks), and Muu Phat Sadtor (fried petai with shrimp paste and pork) instead. The order got a bit mixed up and we got Tom Ka Khai instead, which is a coconut tomyam soup with chicken. I quite liked this. The tomyam is a mellow one because of the coconut milk; its tartness tempered by it. Crispy fried pork with shrimp paste and deepfried lime leaves... great flavours here. I had no issues with coconut milk, having read an article on its health benefits earlier. I pointed out the mix-up to our friendly service person, and she came back with apologies and a bowl of Tomyam Ka Moo for us to try, on the house. This tomyam has dark chunks of pork braised with spices in it. They taste like Teochew braised pork and I loved the flavours oozing from the tender meat. It's a clear, tart tomyam, with all the requisite flavours and aromas, with lots of abalone mushrooms in it. It certainly gave an edge to the appetite. The crunchy Pucuk Paku Yam Pla (kerabu pucuk paku) hit the right sour, hot and sweet notes; it was laced with coconut cream and had the punch of cili padi. The Muu Phat Sadtor had petai fried with shrimp paste and pork. I wished there was more petai than pork in this. I would have liked it to be a little less watery too, then there would be more zest in it. I noticed the restaurant is open for breakfast from 8am, so we were there two days later again for Thai Noodle Soup and Thai Stirfried Kwayteow. It's only RM8.50 per person, with coffee or tea, and it sure beats sitting in a hot, crowded coffeeshop for breakfast. The stock for the Pork Noodle Soup tasted like it had simmered for long hours, the sweet essence of pork coming through. There were flavourful and bouncy pork balls , and shaped minced pork in it. I ate the noodles variously with chilli flakes and Thai pickled chillies and enjoyed them. A serving of the tomyam with braised pork hocks. The Thai Stirfried Kwayteow had a stirring aroma and was fried with kai lan.  Only the local coffee fell short – it could have been stronger. I brought friends there the same day for dinner – I can never tire of Thai food. We had the Tomyam with the Braised Pork Hocks again, the Kerabu Pucuk Paku, the Fish with Crispy Garlic and Sauce, Minced Pork with Thai Basil Pork, Son-in-law Eggs and Crispy Fried Pork with Shrimp Paste and Deepfried Lime Leaves and Chilli Sauce. The Crispy Fried Pork – seasoned with shrimp paste — lived up to expectations. It had a great mouthfeel, the fat part melting into the lean. The fried, crispy kaffir lime leaves imparted a wonderful fragrance and even better hot, sour and sweet chilli dip paired with this crispy pork.  It was an explosion of flavours in the mouth. Sambal petai with pork... wish there had been more petai! Later we found this versatile dip giving a discernible lift to the Fish with Crispy Garlic and Sauce. The sauce for this was one of taucheo with spring onions, garlic and chilli, much like what we use to douse our fried fish with at home. The well-fried siakap with crispy edges and fins tasted so much better with the dip from the crispy pork. The Minced Pork with Basil had a herbal flavour about it instead of the fragrant sweet basil that we like. The Son-in-law Eggs were a mild tangy diversion from the rest of the dishes. This has deepfried hard-boiled eggs finished with a tamarind sauce cooked with palm sugar and garnished lavishly with fried shallots and chilli. The story goes that if a man has made his wife unhappy, his mother-in-law will serve these deepfried eggs to him on his next visit to her home – get the message? The menu at Surisit is still a work in progress, says Sita Jayadeva (formerly from Montien in One Bangsar), who is running the restaurant with her two nephews. Surisit is opened daily from 8am to 10.30pm. It is located at 17, Lorong Rahim Kajai 13, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Malaysia keen to walk tall among Premier League giants Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:43 AM PDT SINGAPORE, June 10 — The unique scenario of playing Premier League giants Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool within seven days in an already congested schedule is a "handful" Malaysia are happy to cope with in order to improve their national team. Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) vice-president and national team manager Subahan Kamal said taking on the extra fixtures was important as the relationship the Asian country had built with England's leading clubs allowed them access to world-class expertise. "We in Malaysia are excited," Kamal told Reuters by telephone today. "It is not only the public and fans of Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea that are excited, even the management, the head coach, even the players are all very excited to play. "I think this is the first country in the world that will play three (Premier League) giants in a week... not even Brazil have done that." File photo of Malaysian football team after playing their qualifying match for the 2012 London Olympic Games against Pakistan, in Lahore on March 9, 2011. — Reuters pic The Southeast Asian champions will host Arsenal on July 13 before facing Liverpool three days later and then Chelsea on July 19, all at the National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur which has a capacity of more than 80,000. These matches come in the middle of first- and second-round World Cup Asian qualifiers with Malaysia heavy favourites to advance past Taiwan to set up a clash against bitter rivals Singapore. "Three (matches) is a handful and three is more than enough. "We feel that is good for us to prepare, hopefully, for our... second round of World Cup qualifiers to meet Singapore." Kamal said negotiations were ongoing as to what monetary benefit Malaysia would receive as part of the package for hosting the three teams but said that FAM had already fixed deals to train with the English clubs in the future. "It is a good start by having this partnership or relationship. We have opened the door so they (Malaysian players) can go there (England) and it will be good for us to work with them for the long term. "Chelsea have actually agreed to let us send our (national team) players over there to be with them for maybe a month and our coaches also," Kamal said. Liverpool already had a tie-up with the Kuala Lumpur Football Association and the duo were forming a youth development programme which would start within a month, while negotiations on sending players to train at Arsenal were ongoing, Kamal said. "Playing one game here is not going to make much of a difference but we have spoken to them (Arsenal) about sending our boys there so maybe when they are there for two or three weeks. I think there will be more of an opportunity to learn a trick or two and make themselves better." Kamal said the fixtures were organised by Hong Kong-based football events management and marketing consultants ProEvents, who had selected Malaysia because of their past success at supporting English club tours. "Two years ago they brought Man United and if you remember they played one game here and were supposed to fly off to Jakarta but because of some bombing issues they had to play a rematch in the next two or three days and the turnout of the fans was amazing. "ProEvents have seen the support and response they have had in Malaysia is amazing and tremendous. "The more clubs we have come over the better as the boys can learn from them and it is quite important for us including me to keep football alive in Malaysia and by bringing these idols over it will keep football healthy and give more room for development in Malaysia." Kamal said he hoped that despite Malaysia's love for the Premier League, more local fans would choose to wear the black and gold shirts of their country rather than those of Liverpool and Arsenal. "When Manchester United came over to Kuala Lumpur two years ago you would see a packed stadium and maybe 30,000 wore a Manchester United jerseys and less than 10,000 wore Malaysia ones. I would be surprised if it was the same this time around." — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Italy creates task force to combat match-fixing Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:39 AM PDT Signori leaves the court in Cremona on June 8, 2011. He was arrested last week over suspected match-fixing of second division and non-league games. — Reuters pic ROME, June 10 — Italy's Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has unveiled plans to launch a task force to counter corruption in football in the wake of match-fixing allegations that led to the arrest of 16 people last week. The task force, which is set to meet for the first time next week, will include Interior Ministry politicians, finance police and administrators from various sporting governing bodies. "We have analysed what has taken place in the last few days in football betting and we have tried to work out ways of preventing it occurring again," Maroni told reporters today. "We have therefore decided to create an investigative unit with the purpose of collecting information and assessing any signs of foul play emanating from bookmakers and others," said Maroni who suggested a similar body be formed at European level. He was speaking after a meeting with Giancarlo Abete, president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), and Gianni Petrucci, Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) president. "We can't rule out the hand of organised crime behind the illegal activities. I believe this to be an appropriate reaction by the world of sport and government to what has taken place." Last week, Cremona's flying squad headed a nationwide police swoop that resulted in the arrest of 16 people, including former Italy and Lazio striker Giuseppe Signori, accused of belonging to a betting ring after a six-month probe termed "last bet". Another 28, including Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni, were under investigation with allegations centring on 18 games from Serie B and Italy's lower divisions. Doni has denied any wrongdoing. Abete, who launched a sporting judicial inquiry into betting allegations involving Atalanta and Siena, who have just been promoted to Serie A, welcomed the minister's intervention. "It is an immediate response to a worldwide phenomenon," he said. "From the recent dark days, a new institutional element could emerge as a result." Petrucci also praised the government initiative. "It's a difficult time for sport. We can't deny it," he said. "Betting goes beyond sport but today knowing that the Ministry of the Interior is with us gives some relief. We feel responsible and will offer all the help we can." The latest allegations of corruption in Italian football follow the Calciopoli scandal of 2006 which revolved around securing favourable referees rather than betting. Juventus were demoted and stripped of their 2005 and 2006 titles by the sporting courts. In the criminal trial related to the affair, which has dragged on for years, prosecutors have said former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi should face five years and eight months in jail for his involvement if he is found guilty. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Unseen pictures capture outbreak of Beatlemania Posted: 10 Jun 2011 05:22 AM PDT A fan of former Beatle Paul McCartney holds a poster of The Beatles outside a hotel in Lima on May 8, 2011. — Reuters pic LONDON, June 10 — They have been gathering dust in a basement for more than 40 years, but now US photographer Mike Mitchell has decided to auction a group of pictures which capture the moment the Beatles became a worldwide phenomenon. Mitchell, now in his mid-60s, was given a press pass to the Fab Four's first US concert at the Washington Coliseum in 1964, just two days after their breakthrough television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. He was back later that year to cover their concert in Baltimore, by which time their fame had grown considerably. "I heard the music and I had to be there," said Mitchell, surrounded by a selection of the black-and-white images which had a spontaneity that many later photographs lacked. He is selling the collection through Christie's auctioneers in New York on July 20, and is exhibiting them in London first to raise awareness among potential bidders. "Things were much different back then," he told Reuters on Friday. "There was no big security presence, the press wasn't corralled and I was free to sort of embrace my own ambition." Several of the pictures, valued at between around US$1,000 (RM3,000) to US$6,000 each, are taken from unusual vantage points and focus on particular details. The photograph chosen by Christie's to illustrate the collection shows the four Beatles from behind looking into the bright lights that would follow them wherever they went after the outbreak of "Beatlemania" in 1964. Another was taken from the side of a table behind which the four musicians sat for a press conference, while others focus solely on Ringo Starr's hands or Paul McCartney's feet on a stage littered with sweets thrown by screaming fans. "Squeezed" by housing crisis Mitchell, who was 18 when he took the photographs, said that by the 1970s he knew he had been privileged to be a part of rock and roll history. And when he was caught out by the recent US housing crisis he decided it was time to dust off his archive and sell them. The collection is estimated to be worth around US$100,000. "You cannot forget 8,000 screaming girls," he said of his earliest memories of the Beatles. "It was like the birth of my generation." He said that he tried to do what other photographers at the events were not doing, explaining images' personal style. Cathy Elkies, head of Iconic Sales at Christie's in the United States, said she knew she was on to "something extraordinary" the moment she saw the images via email. "There's a lot of Beatles images out there, no question," she said. "(But) they are amazing, highly intimate, high-access kinds of images ... To find a treasure trove of art — you just don't find that anymore." She said the surviving two Beatles and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison may well come to see the pictures before they go on sale. Elkies added that the relatively modest prices meant buyers could range from serious pop collectors to private individuals wanting a piece of Beatles history. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

‘Looney Tunes’ classics return to big screen in 3D Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd in 'Daffy's Rhapsody' — AFP pic LOS ANGELES, June 10 — The classic cartoons of Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner will all return to theaters in three original Looney Tunes cartoon shorts, Warner Bros. announced at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France on June 8. The three shorts will be released in 3D, starting with Daffy's Rhapsody in theaters November 18 to accompany Happy Feet 2, the sequel of the dancing penguins movie. Two of the new shorts — Daffy's Rhapsody and I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat — will feature the late Mel Blanc, a legendary voiceover actor known as The Man of a Thousand Voices, in various roles, including Daffy Duck. Daffy's Rhapsody follows a persistent Elmer Fudd chasing Daffy Duck during a musical performance that includes his rendition of Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2." Tweety Bird and Sylvester the Cat star in I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat, featuring the classic game of cat and bird with the hit title song performed by Blanc, which sold more than three million copies worldwide when originally released. These new shorts follow the launch of The Looney Tunes Show, a modern cartoon series launched in May on the cable/satellite channel The Cartoon Network, which finds the sarcastic Bugs Bunny and the scatterbrained Daffy Duck living together as unlikely roommates. A feature-length animated adventure film starring the Coyote and Road Runner is also in the works. Previous 3D Looney Tunes cartoons were released with films such as Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and Yogi Bear. Last year, one of the initial Looney Tunes re-released shorts, Coyote Falls, featuring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, was shortlisted for the Academy Awards' Best Short Animated Film. Excerpt from the original Daffy's Rhapsody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSv2uf4o_tA. — AFP-Relaxnews Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Weaving a novel from a thread of history Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:45 PM PDT NEW YORK, June 10 — Little is known of Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, a member of the Wampanoag tribe on Martha's Vineyard believed to be the first Native American to graduate from Harvard in 1665. Only a letter, written in Latin to a benefactor, remains. From this thread of history, Geraldine Brooks has woven "Caleb's Crossing". Narrated by the fictional Bethia Mayfield, a minister's daughter who secretly befriends Caleb, the novel traces their friendship from exploring the lush wilds of Martha's Vineyard to confronting discrimination at Harvard. Brooks, a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal who in 2006 won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her novel "March", spoke with Reuters about her new book and her approach to historical fiction. Q: How did you come to write about this subject? A: "In 2006, I went to Martha's Vineyard to live, and I was avid to know about the Wampanoag tribe that's inhabited the island for thousands of years, so I gathered up some materials that the tribe had brought together. Among them was a map that showed sights of significance to the Wampanoag. On it was a notation mentioning it was the birthplace of the first Native American to graduate from Harvard. I leapt to the assumption that this probably happened in 1965 during the Civil Rights movement. I was astonished when I read the date and saw that it was 1665. That just sparked a tremendous curiosity to know how it had happened that a youth raised in his own language and culture had wound up sitting down to study in Latin with the sons of the Puritan Colonial elite." Q: How much do you research before you're ready to write a book? A: "I don't do a tremendous amount of research initially. I get the super-structure. I follow the line of fact to find out what is actually known. Then I rely on finding a voice to tell the story. So I read as much as I can of first-person accounts of the time, a lot of writings by the English settlers who'd come to live on Martha's Vineyard in 1641 and a lot of the correspondence from various officials at Harvard regarding Caleb, and the one letter that we have from his own hand, which is written in Latin. I immerse myself in the documentary record until a voice from that time starts speaking to me. When I can hear that narrator, then I can start writing. "Then I get to a point where I don't know something. My narrator first sees Caleb. What's he wearing? So then I have to research what he would've been wearing if he was hunting for waterfowl. I do it piecemeal; I let the story tell me what I need to know as I go along." Q: You use some Wampanoag words. Does the language survive? A: "It's a miraculous story. This language was not spoken for six generations. About a decade ago a member of the tribe had dreams in which she thought her ancestors were speaking with her in Wampanoag, and she went off and got a master's degree in linguistics at MIT and has been working on reviving the language. There are now dozens of Wampanoag speakers in the tribe, and the linguist's daughter is now the first native speaker in generations, having been raised in the language." Q: How did you make the transition from reporter to fiction writer? A: "I've always said that I have to credit the Nigerian secret police for that, because they arrested me when I was reporting about Shell Oil being in cahoots with the Abacha military dictatorship to suppress protests by the Ogoni people. As you do as a journalist, I went to the military to get their side of the story and that didn't go very well. They threw me in jail, and I didn't know how long they were going to keep me. I was 38 years old, and I thought if they keep me for a couple of years I would have totally blown up the chance of having a family. So when I got deported after only three days, I went home with a new view of things, and our son was born the following year. And at that point, I didn't want to go off on long open-ended assignments that you need to do. So I needed a new gig." — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Controversial ‘Three Cups’ author has heart surgery Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:11 PM PDT Greg Mortenson with Sitara "Star" schoolchildren in Wakhan, north-eastern Afghanistan, in this undated handout photograph released to Reuters March 11, 2009. — Reuters pic HELENA, Montana,  June 10 — "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson, who is under fire over allegations he fabricated much of his story, is recovering from open heart surgery, a representative said yesterday. Mortenson, 53, underwent the surgery last week to repair a very large hole in his heart, or an atrial septal defect, said Anne Beyersdorfer, the acting executive director of Mortenson's Montana-based charity, the Central Asia Institute. The operation also repaired an aneurysm, which is a bulge in a blood vessel. The author has suffered from hypoxia — a condition marked by a lack of oxygen — for the past year, Beyersdorfer said. Mortenson's book chronicles his unsuccessful attempt to climb the mountain K2 in South Asia and his encounter with impoverished Pakistani villagers who he said inspired him to build schools and other projects in the region. In April, the CBS news programme "60 Minutes" challenged the credibility of biographical details in "Three Cups of Tea", and said Mortenson's institute was largely used to promote the 2006 book. The institute was founded to build schools for girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Among other things, the "60 Minutes" piece disputed Mortenson's account of being kidnapped in Pakistan's Waziristan region in 1996. Last month, Mortenson was sued for fraud in a class-action case accusing him of fabricating much of his story in "Three Cups of Tea", although the lawsuit did not give examples of purported fabrications. The two named plaintiffs are Jean Price of Great Falls, Montana, and Michele Reinhart of Missoula. Separately, in April, Montana Attorney-General Steve Bullock said he had opened an inquiry into Mortenson's Central Asia Institute to ensure its charitable assets were used for the right purposes. The inquiry was still open, said Judy Beck, a spokeswoman for Bullock. Mortenson's representative Beyersdorfer said: "We are very fortunate he was able to get comprehensive care he needed to repair his heart, so he can be in good health to get back to work and address media misinformation." The operation on Mortenson's heart was conducted at an undisclosed facility outside of Montana. He would be in recovery for weeks and planned to return to work afterwards, Beyersdorfer said. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Insiden Glenmarie: Keluarga mangsa tolak inkues, gesa anggota polis didakwa Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:04 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Jun — Pemimpin PKR dan aktivis peguam yang mewakili keluarga mangsa hari ini menolak langkah polis Selangor yang mahu mengesyorkan agar diadakan inkues berhubung kematian tiga remaja di Glenmarie dekat Shah Alam Disember lalu, yang mereka dakwa mati akibat 'tembakan membunuh' pasukan keselamatan itu. Sebaliknya mereka mahu anggota polis yang terlibat dihadapkan di mahkamah. "Merujuk kepada pengumuman Ketua Polis Selangor Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah (pagi ini) bahawa polis telah memutuskan untuk memanggil satu inkues berhubung kejadian menembak mati Mohd Shamil Hafiz, Hairul Nizam Tuah dan Mohd Hanafi Omar, bagi pihak keluarga mangsa, kami menolak keputusan memanggil pembunuhan ini," kata dua naib presiden PKR N Surendran dan Nurul Izzah Anwar serta seorang lagi peguam dari Lawyers for Liberty, Fadia Nadwa Fikri dalam satu kenyataan dikeluarkan hari ini. Surendran juga merapakan anggota Lawyers for Liberty. Kata mereka, inkues tidak perlu diadakan kerana ada bukti yang jelas dan tidak dapat dipertikaikan bahawa ketiga-tiga mangsa ditembak mati oleh polis. "Semalam, kami mendedahkan laporan bedah siasat yang secara total bertentangan dengan versi polis," katanya lagi. Kata mereka, laporan bedah siasat itu ditandatangani oleh pakar patologi forensik dari Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah dan penemuan tersebut sudah cukup dari segi perundangan untuk membawa tuduhan pembunuhan ke atas anggota polis yang terlibat dalam insiden Disember lalu itu. "Kami melihat permintaan untuk diadakan satu inkues oleh polis sebagai satu lagi taktik melengahkan (kes) bagi mereda kemarahan orang ramai ekoran pendedahan laporan bedah siasat semalam. "Kami juga terkejut dan hairan dengan dakwaan polis bahawa siasatan masih belum lengkap lagi," kata ketiga-tiga pemimpin itu dalam kenyataan bersama mereka. Kata mereka, memandangkan tujuh bulan sudah berlalu sejak kejadian menembak itu, maka jelas ia satu lagi alasan dan usaha untuk melengahkan tindakan ke atas anggota polis terbabit. "Kami mengulangi permintaan keluarga mangsa bahawa kesemua anggota polis yang terlibat dalam kes tembakan dicaj di bawah Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan," kata mereka lagi. Tegas beliau, Peguam Negara seharusnya memastikan tindakan itu diambil tanpa sebarang kelewatan lagi. Terdahulu laporan media menyebut polis Selangor akan mengesyorkan agar diadakan satu inkues apabila mengemukakan laporan siasatan kepada Jabatan Peguam Negara. "Pada pandangan kami, kami telah berlaku adil dalam mengendalikan kes ini meskipun sesetengah pihak mengatakan sebaliknya. "Jadi, kami akan serahkan kepada mahkamah untuk membuat keputusan," kata Tun Hisan. Bagaimanapun Tun Hisan menolak dakwaan bahawa ketiga-tiga mereka 'dibunuh' oleh polis. "Biar saya jelaskan perkara ini, polis tidak pernah tembak untuk membunuh (sesiapa)," katanya lagi. Semalam, Surendran yang mewakili Lawyers For Liberty mendedahkan dua daripada tiga remaja yang ditembak mati polis di Glenmarie, Shah Alam tahun lalu disebabkan tembakan dari arah dekat. Surendran berkata, berdasarkan laporan bedah yang diterima beliau dua hari lepas membuktikan kedua-dua remaja itu Mohd Shamil Hafiz Shafie, 16, dan Mohd Khairul Nizam Tuah ditembak ketika berada dalam keadaan melutut. Bagaimanapun laporan bedah siasatan seorang lagi mangsa Muhamad Hanafi Omar,22, masih belum diterima. Ketiga-tiga remaja itu mati ditembak polis di Jalan Kerjaya Glenmarie kira-kira pukul 4.15 pagi selepas menyamun sebuah stesen minyak 13 Disember lalu. Menurut laporan media sebelum ini ketiga-tiga remaja ini disyaki sebagai ahli Geng Minyak dan mati ditembak kira-kira dua kilometer dari lokasi kejadian. "Kejadian ini berlaku di Glenmarie dan Timbalan Ketua Polis Selangor (Datuk A Thaiveegan) mengatakan ketiga-tiga remaja ini adalah penjenayah dengan parang dan ditembak ketika cuba menyerang polis. "Namun berdasarkan kepada keterangan saintifik dan laporan bedah siasat versi yang dikatakan polis itu adalah palsu dan saya ada bukti mengatakan ketiga-tiga remaja ini telah dibunuh oleh pihak polis dengan sengaja. "Polis kata mereka ditembak kerana cuba menyerang polis dengan parang tapi kalau benar mereka menyerang polis tapi kenapa luka tembakan Mohd Shamil dan Mohd Khairul Nizam berada di dahi dan sisi dahi... kalau mereka menyerang sudah tentu luka tembakan itu dari depan bukan dari tepi kecuali kalau peluru itu boleh melencong," kata Surendran. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Filem Kongsi dan KL Gangster jatuh imej Melayu, dakwa Pekida Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:30 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Jun — Di sebalik kutipan pecah panggung, sebuah pertubuhan Melayu mendakwa filem "Kongsi" arahan Farid Kamil Zahari mencemarkan imej orang Melayu dengan memaparkan adegan yang mencerminkan seolah-olah kaum terbesar itu terlibat dalam aktiviti gengsterisme. Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah (Pekida) Wilayah Persekutuan juga menyifatkan filem KL Gangster yang mula ditayangkan pada 9 Jun lalu turut mempunyai unsur-unsur merendahkan martabat orang Melayu selain boleh mempengaruhi golongan muda. "Filem Kongsi dan KL Gangster ini seolah-olah mencemar imej orang Melayu dengan memaparkan orang Melayu ini adalah gengster, malah banyak adegan-adegan yang dipaparkan secara tidak langsung merendahkan martabat kita. "Banyak adegan-adegan dalam kedua-dua filem ini mencemarkan imej orang Melayu dan boleh mempengaruhi remaja, malah bahasa-bahasa yang digunakan dalam filem ini tidak boleh diterima sebab menggunakan bahasa kesat," kata Ketua Ahli Majlis Pekida Wilayah Persekutuan Norashikin Abdul Ghani kepada The Malaysian Insider. Tegas Norashikin, beliau pelik bagaimana filem yang mengandungi unsur ganas dan gengsterisme ini tidak ditapis oleh Lembaga Penapisan Filem (LPF). "Bagaimana filem yang mencemarkan imej orang Melayu, ganas dan gengsterism boleh tidak ditapis oleh Lembaga Penapisan Filem? Saya telah menonton kedua-dua filem ini dan banyak adegan yang tidak sepatutnya ditayangkan selain bahasa-bahasa yang digunakan. "Kenapa Lembaga Penapisan Filem tidak tapis filem-filem ini? Orang Melayu bukan gengster tapi dalam filem ini menunjukkan sebaliknya," katanya. Jelas beliau, pertemuan diadakan dengan pengurusan LPF petang ini bagi membincangkan perkara itu. "Kami mahu Lembaga Penapisan Filem mengambil tindakan segera, mana-mana bahagian yang tidak sepatutnya ditayangkan dipotong. "Selain itu, kami juga mahu Lembaga Penapisan Filem memberi penjelasan berhubung pelepasan kedua-dua filem itu tanpa ditapis," katanya. Selain itu, tegas Norashikin, filem "Kongsi" yang berjaya mengutip sebanyak RM8 juta selepas tiga minggu ditayangkan sejak 12 Mei lalu turut menggunakan kata kunci Pekida. Jelas beliau, kata kunci Pekida tidak sepatutnya digunakan dalam filem memandangkan ia adalah rahsia. "Kami melihat filem Kongsi dan yang terbaru ini KL Gangster telah melampaui batas apabila menggunakan kata laluan dan kod rahsia Pekida. "Mereka juga telah membuka banyak rahsia Pekida dengan menerbitkan filem bercorak gengster yang sebenarnya hanya memalukan dan menjatuhkan martabat orang Melayu sendiri," katanya. Tambah beliau, pengarah kedua-dua filem ini iaitu Farid Kamil dan Syamsul Yusof tidak sensitif apabila mengaitkan orang Melayu dengan kumpulan gengster. "Saya kecewa kerana kedua-dua pengarah iaitu Farid Kamil dan Syamsul Yusof tidak sensitif dengan perkara ini. Jika mereka mahu menghasilkan filem seumpama itu, mereka harus meminta nasihat kami terlebih dahulu. "Mereka seperti mempermainkan perjuangan pertubuhan ini dan tidak menghormati kami sebagai sebuah badan bukan kerajaan (NGO). Kami sedar ramai yang masih tidak tahu perjuangan Pekida namun mereka seharusnya ada rasa hormat," ujarnya kesal. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Should I mutilate my baby? Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:26 PM PDT JUNE 10 — "Hey Zan. Have you considered circumcision for your baby?" a friend asked me recently. "I don't think so. She's a girl," I replied. "We're Muslims and that's more of a reason to do it then." "What do you cut off?" "The tip of the clitoris." "Are you freaking serious? Where do you go to do such a thing?" "Ask your doctor. They sometimes do it at birth at the request of the parents." This is an honest to goodness conversation I had with someone I know. And yes, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Here we are living in one of the most advanced cities in South-east Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's symbol of progress and modernity. Yet, still some people believe in the practice of female genital mutilation. And I thought this was just a practice in the remote deserts of Africa. "Well, I'm not going to do it. Why would Islam want that to be done? It's cruel as hell," I said to him. "But you need to. Otherwise, she'll grow up to be a wild girl!" "Cool! Athena the wild child! I like the sound of that!" And the conversation I had with this particular friend of mine, who has a couple of daughters of his own, ended right there and then. Now, I have read a lot about female circumcision even before I had a daughter and way before my friend ever brought the issue up with me. Female circumcision is a practice originating mainly from the region of North Africa many years before Islam ever came to exist in the world. Since North Africa is a predominantly Muslim region, this horrible practice has somehow, been adopted into Islamic culture when in fact, it predates the religion. It's funny how people in Malaysia (and also the world) can believe in something that has no basis in Islam at all and believe it is a religious practice just because it has been done for so long. Take for example, the traditional consumption of the alcoholic tapai and air nira in the Malay culture. I've seen many a Malay Muslim consuming it. And some even consume so much of it that they in fact get the same effect as the nice warm buzz you feel when you have had just a bit too much Corona and lime! But do they question it? Of course not, since it has been a part of the culture for so long, and they enjoy it too much, to put a stop to it. Some of these same people would read the a box of cologne so carefully to see if it has even 0.001 per cent alcohol to decide if they want to splash a bit of it on their clothes. Now am I saying that local cultures should all be forgotten because it is not a part of the religion? Definitely not since culture is what gives colour to the world. But I would recommend discarding the practice of bad culture when we have acquired the knowledge to distinguish the bad from the good. And honestly, if we study Islam properly, it will (and is supposed to) equip us with the knowledge to improve our lives and our way of living. But it looks as though sometimes, blind faith in the religion without understanding things has negative and detrimental results. So can we really blame non-Muslims when they have the perception that Islam is such an archaic religion that promotes such an archaic way of life? * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

We are all Lain-lain (Part 2) Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT JUNE 10 — I watched a movie on Astro recently, where a group of men were going to great pains to determine the purity of an individual's identity, and had to consider factors like, what if the individual had one grandparent with mixed blood? Two? Three? What if an individual married and had children with someone who was half mixed? A quarter? An eighth? Of Mudbloods and murder These were not wizards discussing Mudbloods. This was a recreation of the Wannsee Conference, where a group of German officials gathered in 1942 to discuss the "final solution" of "the Jewish problem". (I'm sure there are many here in our own country who would like to discuss their own version of such a solution/problem, but that's a sad story for another day.) In my limited experience, the only people who love to nitpick about ethnic origins are people who are either trying to determine why a model has such exotic looks, or people who intend to do some serious harm. Wars such as those in Rwanda and Yugoslavia were never about race or about "ancient hatreds", they were about expert manipulation and manoeuvring by individuals who were willing to sacrifice millions of others to gain power (perhaps not unlike some dark chapters in our own history). People do not spontaneously wake up and decide to butcher neighbours with whom they have been living peacefully for decades — they do the unthinkable when incited to do so by people who use racial differences as a means to bloody ends. Racially divided politics = Racially divided nation Which leads to the question — what's with Malaysia's obsession with race? I believe that while our neighbours also have problems with race, none of them have it quite so bad as we do. I also believe there's a very simple answer for this. This answer is not the fact that many of our neighbours embarked on a very different path of national integration. Every Thai/Indonesian/Filipino speaks Thai/Indonesian/Filipino and has a Thai/Indonesian/Filipino name. Whether or not this is the best approach again is beyond the scope of this article. What you will find however, is that none of these countries have had to suffer rule under a single race-based, race-obsessed political entity for every single year of its existence as a nation. I will forever continue to play the broken record until there is change: domination by race-based parties will result in a racially-divided society. In the many years where the only real competition is between Umno, MCA and MIC, everything is a Malay, Chinese, Indian issue (sorrylah, stepchildrened East Malaysians). Fifty years in, I fear the damage that is being done is nearing irreparable. I have never forgotten this poignant story by an editor of a Chinese news website, about how she saw things sadly polarise in her faraway kampung over the years — how once acceptable interactions slowly but surely became unacceptable.  In two recent outings, one to Kiara Park and one to the Dinosaur exhibit at the National Science Centre, I noted sadly how the sight of a multi-racial group of kids playing together was by far the exception, and not the norm. In the latter, it seemed like all the organised trips seemed to be monoethnic in nature — chattering in Mandarin, or decked out in songkoks and tudungs. Shay Amidst all this division, we have a lovely young couple who want nothing more than to have their child be seen as Malaysian before anything else. This has never been to me a case of politicisation, but a heartfelt attempt by parents who do not want their child to be subject to the same racial pigeonholing they had to suffer. Is Hannah Yeoh and Ramchandran Ram's attempt to have their daughter considered "Malaysian" instead of "Chinese" or "Indian" part of some subversive plot to slowly erase ethnicity and "steal what belongs to the rightful owners of this land" as part of some neo-colonial scheme that seeks to displace natives? If that sounds like hogwash to you, it's because it is. The mother in question belongs to a political coalition that has said time and again that aid is a good thing. Every poor Bumiputera should -- nay, must -- be helped by the state to break from the bonds of poverty. The only question that remains is why is the state helping rich Bumiputeras (perhaps more accurately Umnoputeras) at the expense of poor non-Bumiputeras? Shouldn't aid be given to all poor Malaysians, regardless of race? There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that such a policy properly enforced would result in indescribably more Bumiputeras rising up from poverty and making a better living. After all, why on earth are we continuing to choose a policy and a government that has failed so very miserably to improve the economic well-being of the Bumiputeras after 50 long years? One's cultural heritage is something that must, beyond doubt, be cherished and protected. There are many things Chinese, Indian and Malay that I love and personally feel is part of my own culture (I certainly feel cooler in a songkok than any funny Chinese hat). At the same time, we cannot be force-feeding people our definition of what their cultural heritage is. If this beautiful child's own creators say she is neither Chinese nor Indian, just who the hell are we — or for that matter, the government -- to say otherwise? Hannah is about my age and of similar background — we both can't speak Chinese convincingly (although if there is any doubt as to my Hokkienness, let me state that I can sing this song EXTREMELY convincingly — anywhere, anytime, babeh), and instead studied Malay for 11 years and use it professionally on a daily basis. She's mentioned being to China and feeling totally unable to relate, while I have never even been — we both have only one place that we could rightfully call home. So what exactly is it that is so Chinese about us that it is compulsory to call our kids Chinese if we don't want to? This illogical and unreasonable obsession with putting us into boxes can only result in bad things, not good. Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia I think another major concern or perception raised is that the notion of being Malaysian will eventually supersede and eliminate being "Malay", "Chinese" and "Indian". I do not support this notion for the same reason I believe Hannah and Ram should be allowed to put whatever "ethnicity" they like for their child: because everyone should be able to determine for themselves which ethnic heritage they choose to identify with and consider important. I believe that it is the inalienable right of every Malay who wants to identify as a Malay to do so, and to forever perpetuate their distinct cultural heritage. There is nothing wrong at all with the notion: "Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia". The same goes for any other group. In choosing to identify their child as Malaysian, I rather doubt it is the intent of the couple in question to erode or eliminate anything — least of all the notion of Malay identity. On the contrary, I feel it is to create — to create an alternative identity that others may or may not choose to take on as well as their hearts desire. Not wanting to identify as "Malaysian" certainly does not in my book make anyone less patriotic or committed towards loving one's neighbours and being a good citizen. It all boils down to a simple, personal choice in what is a very personal matter. In the state of our country today, I think even the blind can see that what we need are avenues for us to heal the wounds and come together, not cling to archaic options on registration forms that will only keep us apart to the point where will one day completely forget what it is like to be good neighbours. I say let parents put whatever they like — or, better yet, eliminate the need to put anything at all. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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