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Giant-killer Cordon marches on at worlds

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 08:07 AM PDT

LONDON, Aug 10 – Guatemalan giant-killer Kevin Cordon marched into the third round of the badminton world championships today with an impressive 21-19 21-17 victory over Sweden's Henri Hurskainen.

Hard on the heels of his stunning first round success over fifth-seed Chen Long of China, Cordon led for most of the match at London's Wembley Arena, helped by some powerful cross-court smashing to confound the Swede.

Cordon, world-ranked 36, gets his first name after Kevin Keegan who was a favourite soccer player of Cordon's father.

He said: "It's great to be still alive in the world championships. I was still tired yesterday after the match with Chen Long but I kept my focus and tried to play my best again."

Since March, Cordon has been playing with the Spanish national team in Madrid. He explained: "It's easier to practise in Europe, it's easier to travel and there are more tournaments every week."

On an adjoining court, top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia breezed past Finland's Ville Lang 21-10 21-11 and will now meet South Korean ninth seed Park Sung-hwan.

Chong Wei told reporters: "I am quite confident because I played him in the Sudirman Cup recently and beat him."

Defending champion Chen Jin of China and former world titleholders Lin Dan and Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat were in action later today.

In the women's singles, Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal of India put an end to the hopes of Ireland's Chloe Magee, winning their third round match 21-10 21-7. – Reuters

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Bresnan bowls Dravid to complete perfect morning

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 05:56 AM PDT

England's Tim Bresnan (R) celebrates after dismissing India's Rahul Dravid during the third test cricket match at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham, England August 10, 2011. – Reuters pic

BIRMINGHAM, Aug 10 – Tim Bresman bowled the adhesive Rahul Dravid (22) on the stroke of lunch to complete a perfect morning's work for England on the opening day of the third test against India at Edgbaston today.

The England all-rounder straightened the ball late off the pitch to hit the stumps and reduce the visitors to 75 for four after Andrew Strauss had won the the toss for the first time in the series and elected to field in cool, overcast conditions.

Openers Virender Sehwag (0), Gautam Gambhir (38) and Sachin Tendulkar (1) were the other batsmen to fall.

England, who can take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the four-match series and replace India at the top of the world rankings, struck with the eighth delivery of the day and Sehwag's first of the innings.

Playing his first test since January after undergoing shoulder surgery, Sehwag gloved a shortish Stuart Broad delivery that he attempted to leave only to see it seam back into him and flick his glove. Umpire Steve Davis said not out initially but England's decision review was vindicated courtesy of the hot-spot technology.

Gambhir, who started positively, hitting seven boundaries, tried to drive Bresnan through the covers only to lose his leg stump off the inside edge.

Tendulkar, still seeking his 100th international century, received a standing ovation from a near capacity 25,000 crowd.

In response, Strauss immediately replaced Bresnan with James Anderson, who has dimissed the veteran world record holder seven times.

Tendulkar lived dangerously for the one over he faced from Anderson, then departed to Broad in the following over, pushing at a ball just outside off stump to Anderson at third slip.

England made one change from the team who won by 319 runs at Trent Bridge, replacing the injured Jonathan Trott with Ravi Bopara.

India made three changes, replacing injured off-spinner Harbhajan Singh with leg-spinner Amit Mishra. Opener Abhinav Mukund was omitted in favour of Sehwag and Gambhir came back for the injured Yuvraj Singh.

The England players wore wearing black armbands in memory of Neal Abberley, a former player at Edgbaston and batting mentor to Ian Bell. – Reuters

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Spanish duchess gives up billions to marry for love

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 08:49 AM PDT

MADRID, Aug 10 — Spain's fabulously rich Duchess of Alba has signed away her enormous wealth, string of palaces, priceless works of art and vast swathes of Spanish real estate to marry for love at 85, Spanish media has reported.

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart (picture), a regular subject of gossip in Spain's glossy magazines and said by Guinness World Records to have more titles than any other royal on the planet, wants to marry a humble civil servant 25 years her junior.

The duchess has divided her fortune between her six children to convince them that her suitor is besotted with her rather than her money and the kinds of possessions that are considered national treasures, reports said.

"Every great love story should end in marriage," the duchess told Vanity Fair magazine in May as she posed in the garden of one of her palaces, explaining why she wanted to make social security worker Alfonso Diez, 60, her third husband.

All her children were born to her first husband, engineer Luis Martinez de Irujo, son of the Duke of Sotomayor. She shocked many in Spain after his death by marrying former Jesuit priest Jesus Aguirre in 1978.

But her recent match has divided the House of Alba. Her son Cayetano Martinez de Irujo, the Duke of Salvatierra, said just a few weeks ago he had only met his mother's suitor three times and she shouldn't marry because of her historic responsibility.

It looked as if the duchess had caved in to pressure from her children and a rumoured request from Spain's King Juan Carlos not to formalise her relationship.

"I still don't know why my children are causing problems," the duchess complained to Spanish radio station La Cope in February.

"We aren't hurting anyone. If only things could be fixed ... Alfonso doesn't want anything, he's renounced everything. He doesn't want anything but me."

The duchess, who appears to struggle to speak and often needs support to walk, allayed her children's worries by dividing up her fortune in early July, reported media, including Spanish celebrity magazine Hola!

The duchess's fortune includes palaces and mansions throughout Spain, paintings by the likes of Velazquez, Goya and Rubens and huge stretches of land.

Her wealth is estimated at between 600 million (RM1.8 billion) and 3.5 billion euros.

"If in the end my mother decides to marry, we shall go, although we still don't agree," son Cayetano told Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo in a recent interview.

A fan of flamenco, bullfighting and all traditional Spanish celebrations, the Duchess of Alba has 46 titles — so many duchess, countess and marquesa titles that Spaniards joke if she meets up with England's Queen Elizabeth, it's the British queen who should curtsy to the duchess. — Reuters

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Apple copycat ‘hiPhone 5’ comes calling in China

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:39 AM PDT

The 'hiPhone 5' is based on leaked images of the yet-to-be-launched iPhone 5. — solonomi.com pic

SHANGHAI, Aug 10 — The newest version of Apple Inc's popular iPhone has already hit the Chinese market — the fake market that is.

The 'hiPhone 5' is selling for as little as 200 yuan (RM93) on China's top e-commerce platform Taobao, which is owned by Alibaba Group.

But one has to pay around 800 yuan for a more "genuine" one, according to some shop clerks at a mobile phone market in Shanghai.

"Look at this. It's not the same as the 300-400 yuan ones," Shanghai-based daily Metro Express quoted a clerk as saying, pointing to one originally priced at 850 yuan.

The 'hiPhone 5' is based on leaked images of the yet-to-be-launched iPhone 5 and is thinner and with less rounded edges than the existing iPhone 4, according to the newspaper. However, it is extremely light, almost like a plastic toy, like most pirated mobile phones, it said.

Western governments have repeatedly criticised China for widespread violation of intellectual property rights, but pirated goods from branded watches, to bags and computer software can be easily found in shops.

Last month, an American blogger set off a media storm after she posted pictures of an elaborate fake Apple Store in Kunming, selling genuine if unauthorised iPhones, Macbooks and other widely popular Apple products.

Reuters also uncovered a look-a-like of the Swedish furniture giant Ikea in the southwestern Chinese city.

Apple, which is expected to roll out the latest version of the iPhone 5 smartphone within a few months, sold a record 20.34 million iPhones during the last quarter, even though its newest model is over a year old. — Reuters

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Hong Kong film to conclude Venice film festival

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:49 AM PDT

'Life Without Principle' will wrap up the official selection for this year's Venice film festival.

ROME, Aug 10 – Hong Kong action film director Johnnie To's new movie "Life Without Principle" about financial greed will wrap up the official selection for this year's Venice film festival, organisers said today.

The movie tells the story of three characters – a bank teller, a thug and a police inspector – who are in dire need of money and whose stories interlink when a bag of stolen money worth US$5.0 million (RM15 million) pops up.

"This is a turbulent world. In order to survive, people have no choice but play the game. No matter how hard you try to follow the rules, sooner or later, a part of you will be lost," To was quoted as saying about his new film.

Fifty-four-year old To's previous films "The Mad Detective", "Exiled" and "Throw Down" were also in competition for the prestigious Golden Lion award.

The festival starts on August 31 and concludes on September 10. – AFP

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Russell Crowe joins ‘Broken City’ with Mark Wahlberg

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:45 AM PDT

Russell Crowe will play a shady New York mayor in 'Broken City'. – AFP pic

LOS ANGELES, Aug 10 – Russell Crowe (Robin Hood) will co-star with Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter) in Broken City, a political thriller, playing a shady New York City mayor.

The director, Allen Hughes, made The Book of Eli starring Denzel Washington with his brother Albert as the Hughes Brothers.

The neo-noir story involves an ex-cop hired by the mayor to investigate his wife. After the detective confirms the mayor's suspicions, the wife's paramour shows up dead and a scandal involving a real estate scheme surfaces.

Wahlberg and Hughes will produce the drama, due in 2014.

Crowe last starred in Robin Hood. His next films include Man of Steel, the next Superman film as Jor-El, and The Man with the Iron Fists, set in feudal China.

Wahlberg will next be seen in Contraband with Kate Beckinsdale, due in January 2012, about a security guard considering returning to smuggling. He will also co-star in the comedy Ted with Mila Kunis, about a man and his teddy bear that comes to life. – AFP

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Ramadan here and now

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT

AUG 10 — The first week of Ramadan has been interesting.

There was the usual lethargy at the beginning of week, before most of us picked up the pace, as we got used to the lack of caffeine and nicotine.

Tempers were probably a little short at the workplace, but I am happy to observe that there is a conspicuous absence of swearing and raised voices. Thankfully, no one has been stabbed with a pair of scissors so far, and that's always a good thing.

One of my most enduring Ramadan memories from childhood is reading the newspapers about how adults who were caught enjoying lunch at some hidden kedai makan were hauled into a van jenazah and paraded around the city. None of my mates have been caught by the authorities for not fasting so far this year, and hopefully it'll remain that way.

Anyway, I just came back from the horrifying spectacle that is a Ramadan buffet at a restaurant near Bulatan Kampung Pandan. I am happy to report that the nasi Arab was exquisite. The behaviour of the rampaging buka puasa crowd? Not so much.

There was the usual public display of gluttony, and the stampede at the buffet spread started about 45 minutes before buka puasa time. The whole over-eating is quite a sight to behold, and we should seriously consider including this Ramadan sideshow as part of Tourism Malaysia's "Visit Malaysia" campaign.

I mean, if to know Malaysia is to love Malaysia,[1] then to know the true eating habits of Malaysians is to fall head over heels for this bumi bertuah. Foreigners — subversive or otherwise — should be introduced to this particular facet of our bubbling, bustling melting pot of races and religions.

Ramadan also means we can all look forward to the usual plethora of Hari Raya TV commercials (TVCs) with the usual tear-jerking storylines. Ogawa™, the healthcare and wellness products distributor, was among the first off the starting blocks, while others are expected to follow suit especially in the third week of Ramadan, budget and media buying permitting.

And this brings us neatly — and rather conveniently — to the achingly stupendous Public Service Announcement (PSA) by 8TV which created quite a storm recently. The funny [2] video was so, urm, well-crafted that it triggered a strong reaction from the usually docile Malaysian public.

The blatant stereotyping of the Chinese community epitomised bad taste, and got the Malaysian public all riled up. The PSA was roundly thrashed for implying that non-Muslims are ignorant and insensitive about Ramadan.[3]

Having misjudged the public reaction to the PSA, the nice folks at Media Prima reportedly proceeded to tick off the public for overthinking and taking the whole thing too seriously. The PSA can't be all that offensive, we were told, because it was produced by a multi-racial team in 8TV.[4] A multi-racial team, you hear?

In order to make this analysis look clever and penetrating, I am now going to thoroughly examine the messages of the Public Service Announcement:

(1) "Do not be loud or obnoxious."

There are a lot of gedik people roaming about in Malaysia, and believe me, it has got nothing to do with Ramadan. A campaign to stamp out national gedikness in general is really something I can support, but it's a bit rich to suggest that it's not unusual for Chinese girls to go around harassing and terrorising stall owners. I spend a fair bit of time going to Pasar Ramahan but I've never seen anything like that. More often that not, people are too greedy to even bother groping others.

(2) "Don't be greedy and eat in public."

Yes, a lot of us get over-excited at the sight of food in abundance, although I don't think it's a Muslim/Malay thing or a Chinese thing or an Indian thing or a "Dan-Lain-Lain" thing. I rather suspect it's a Malaysian thing, and you only have to attend the Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of public listed companies in Malaysia to see how greedy and gluttonous us Malaysians can be. I'm pretty sure it's hardwired into our DNA or something.

And no, Muslims don't suddenly go all wobbly and break our fasts at the sight of someone else eating and drinking in public. We've had plenty of training since we were little, so we are fine.

(3) "Do not wear tight and revealing clothes."

Seriously folks, if you have a hard-on and start salivating at the mere sight of a girl in sleeveless tank top, then I posit that you actually have an altogether bigger, more serious issue that goes beyond Ramadan.

Now, since when are Muslims easily offended when our non-Muslim friends eat or drink during Ramadan? I remember my MBA classmates eating and drinking during our weekend classes in Ramadan, and it felt normal to me. I mean, it was just what they do and I didn't feel particularly affronted or anything like that.

Sure, they were rather sheepish and apologetic when they realised that it was a bit inappropriate (their word, not mine) but I couldn't have cared less. It was my duty as a Muslim to fast and not ogle at scantily clad girls, not theirs.

My staff at the office likes to eat her breakfast at her workstation and she drinks something like 20,000 litres of water every day, including during Ramadan. I don't feel aggrieved and I certainly didn't make her stand in the blazing sun as punishment. I stand corrected, but I doubt that there is any provision in Islam that insists on non-Muslims observing any kind of Ramadan etiquette.[5] I personally have no problem with my non-Muslim friends eating, drinking and carrying on with their normal lives.

The whole business of self-restraint is only for Muslims, and we shouldn't start imposing our value system or religious obligations on others. I mean, whatever happened to mutual respect and understanding?

The 8TV public service announcement was a shambles, and it certainly did a great disservice to Islam. At best, it is shallow and disrespectful.

8TV could have focused on Ramadan as a process to cleanse our mind, body and soul. They could have emphasised the humbling lesson from empathising with the sufferings of the less fortunate. They could have highlighted the fact that fasting is also about the triumph over our earthly desires.

They could have picked any of these key messages of Ramadan, but they chose to insult our collective sensibilities.

Following the public backlash, the folks at 8TV/Media Prima attempted a rather baffling explanation when, really, a simple apology would have sufficed. After one too many dismissive tweets on Twitter™, the damage was complete, and the whole episode has "public disdain" written all over it. For their bumbling and fumbling, the folks at 8TV probably deserve some kind of Foot-in-Mouth award.

So OK, maybe I'm overthinking here. Maybe in the bigger scheme of things, the whole unfortunate incident and, urm, momentary lapse of reason on 8TV's part is a mere blip. For most people, it will soon be forgotten anyway and there are serious things to worry about like rising inflation, corruption, flagging economy and the damned trombones in the brass section of an orchestra.

But it is rather condescending of 8TV to have dismissed the public reaction in the first instance, and telling us to "just chill out." And really, trying to legitimise the whole thing by saying that a multi-racial team developed the PSA was a little low.

Not offensive at all?

Well, to quote Boris Johnson,[6] "I could not fail to disagree with you less."[7]

Notes:

[1] I like this tagline better than the more pedestrian, neither-here-nor-there "Malaysia Truly Asia."

[2] Not funny Ha! Ha!, but funny peculiar.

[3] Surely a non-Muslim who grew up in Malaysia will know a thing or two about Ramadan? Perhaps not the full meaning of the Muslim holy month (and to be fair, not every Muslim does either), but the tacit understanding is there.

[4] How on earth this fact makes the silly PSA more kosher, I'll never know.

[5] Is there such a thing, to begin with?

[6] Mayor of London since 2008. I can't believe I'm quoting him. I feel slightly un-clean now.

[7] "Have I Got News For You" TV programme, 2004.

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Of Christians, poor Muslims and kittens

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 04:36 PM PDT

AUG 10 — My attempt to sleep in one Saturday morning was foiled by the sound of plaintive mewling. It sounded like a kitten was stranded in my backyard. And lo, it was.

This particular little grey tabby was one I'd seen before. Usually, it would be frolicking with two others of its litter, with mother cat arriving once her babes had started a distressed chorus for milk.

There was no mother cat this time. No other kittens but this one. She (I found out her gender later) was most unappreciative of my concern, promptly biting me when I attempted to pick her up. A valiant little kitten but she obligingly went limp when I picked her up by the scruff, taking her to the warmer confines of my living room. She was uninjured, pretty clean with no evidence of mite or fleas, so I returned her to the yard and hoped her mother would return.

Her mother never came. Instead I had to endure a whole night and morning of the kitten's desperate mewling. Perhaps her mother had been carted off by an animal rescuer. Or, more likely, her mother was attacked or hit by a car while transporting her litter to my backyard. So I took her in and for my efforts, ended up smelling like a weird pungent mix of kitten, milk and tuna. Eau de Erna, indeed.

Said kitten (who I christened Oolong) is in someone else's loving arms now. Yet I wonder, if she had ended up in someone else's yard, would she have been taken in or left to starve? Not that I'm that much of a good Samaritan — I just couldn't bear hearing her cry or face waking up to a kitten corpse in my backyard.

So when a church feeds poor and starving Muslims, must it always be seen as fulfilling an agenda? If a Christian has any reason to be kind to the poor, it is called the Bible. Hundreds of passages exhort believers to help the needy; nowhere does it say that Christians must help only Christian needy. For poverty knows no religion, suffering is colour blind and injustice has no creed.

Imagine if I had seen the kitten and declared that because it was not a puppy or fluffy bunny, I would not feed and care for it. It was motherless, it was starving and it needed me. That was all the reason I needed. So why do we human beings need justification to help another?

Should I only help the needy who share my race, religion or nationality? Should I make distinctions when suffering doesn't?

We can find it in ourselves to care for beings that are not even of our own species, as can be evidenced by the legions of pet owners and animal doctors who find their calling in healing animals. Yet why do we harden our hearts to other human beings?

In a previous column, I argued that poverty is everyone's concern and a problem we all must have the courage and will to address. Instead of questioning the church's motives, why isn't Harian Metro, Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian finding out why the poor aren't getting the help they need?

I am so tired of the public posturing and the so-called championing of race and religion in this country when we are still failing the poor, the underprivileged and the suffering. For we are a country that makes believing in God part of our creed, and yet forget the part about serving God by caring for one another.

Perhaps we are just too used to ignoring the cries in our own backyards.

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Isu gereja: Harapan Komuniti nafi dakwaan murtadkan umat Islam

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:14 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Ogos – Penganjur majlis makan malam muhibah di sebuah gereja minggu lalu yang diserbu Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) menafikan dakwaan terdapat usaha mahu memurtadkan umat Islam, sebaliknya menegaskan ia adalah program menyampaikan bantuan kepada golongan miskin tanpa mengira kaum dan agama.

Dilaporkan terdapat nyayian lagu keagamaan dalam majlis itu yang diadakan di Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama dekat Petaling Jaya, yang mana diserbu pegawai Jais pada Rabu lalu.

Pengarah Eksekutif Harapan Komuniti berkata organisasi itu komited untuk membantu golongan miskin dan 'melarat' dan penghidap HIV dan Aids melalui pendekatan "kasih sayang, harapan, keamanan dan maruah" sambil menegaskan menyewa premis Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama.

"Harapan Komuniti membantu mereka yang memerlukan terutamanya golongan miskin dan mereka yang ditindas, namun Jais bertindak untuk mengganggu acara amal ini pada 3 Ogos lalu," katanya dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan melalui peguamnya Annou Xavier.

Annuo memberitahu The Malaysian Insider bahawa majlis makan malam muhibah itu boleh diadakan di mana-mana seperti Dewan Komuniti Cina tetapi Harapan Komuniti memilih Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama kerana pihak gereja menawarkan lokasi dengan percuma.

"Kerana ia (Harapan Komuniti) adalah sebuah pertubuhan bukan keuntungan dan mencari lokasi yang mudah dan murah," katanya.

Beliau menambah, Harapan Komuniti – diketuai ahli lembaga daripada orang Melayu, orang Cina dan orang India – selain tidak mempunyai sebarang kaitan dengan Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama dan pernah menyewa dewan gereja sebelum ini.

Annou juga berkata "doa kesyukuran" turut dibacakan semasa majlis makan malam itu atas bantuan yang telah diberikan bersama kira-kira 120 orang daripada pelbagai latar belakang agama.

"Ini bukan doa Kristian, ia lebih kepada berterima kasih kepada Tuhan yang maha kuasa," katanya.

Beliau berkata dua lagu kesyukuran dalam Bahasa Malaysia turut dinyanyikan - "Allahu Akhbar" dan "Allhamdulillah" – tetapi menegaskan ia lagu untuk semua.

"Ia satu lagu umum kepada Tuhan yang memberikan bantuan," katanya menambaha, tidak tahu berapa ramai yang menyanyikan lagu itu.

Annou juga menolak dakwaan bahawa kitab Injil versi Bahasa Malaysia dan soalan-soalan tentang Islam diberikan dalam majlis makan malam itu untuk menghina agama itu.

"Ia bukan untuk memurtadkan sesiapa, ia tidak mempengaruhi sesiapa... mereka fikir ini bulan Ramadan, jadi mereka anjurkan kuiz tentang Islam," katanya.

Serbuan itu mendapat bantahan banyak pihak dan kerajaan negeri Selangor di bawah Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim menuntut satu laporan daripada Jais berhubung kemelut yang berlaku.

Bagaimanapun pertubuhan bukan kerajan (NGO) Islam mempertahankan Jais dan Exco Kerajaan Negeri Datuk Dr Hasan Ali yang mendakwa perkataan "al-Quran" dan "doa" atau "pray" diselitkan.

Jelas Hasan, ada bukti pihak terbabit mahu memurtadkan umat Islam.

Peguam bela mewakili 10 daripada 12 individu beragama Islam, yang dilapor berada di gereja ketika serbuan Jais berkata anak guamnya telah diminta membantu siasatan berhubung usaha mahu memurtadkan umat Islam di bawah Seksyen 4 Enakmen Ugama Bukan Islam (Kawalan Pengembangan Di Kalangan Orang Islam) 1988.

Di bawah seksyen itu, seseorang yang didapati melakukan kesalahan memujuk, mempengaruhi atau menghasut seseorang yang beragama Islam supaya cenderung kepada mana-mana agama bukan Islam atau supaya menjadi penganut atau anggota mana-mana agama bukan Islam atau supaya meninggalkan atau tidak suka kepada agama Islam.

Mereka boleh disabitkan mengikut seksyen kecil (1) dan jika didapati bersalah boleh dikenakan penjara sehingga satu tahun atau denda tidak melebihi RM10,000 atau kedua-duanya sekali.

Difahamkan tujuh daripada 12 individu beragama Islam itu menerima bantuan daripada Harapan Komuniti.

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Peguam: Jais keluar notis, panggil tetamu Muslim berkaitan dakwaan murtad

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:19 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Ogos — Seorang peguam bela mewakili 10 daripada 12 individu beragama Islam, yang dilapor berada di gereja ketika serbuan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) Rabu lalu, berkata mereka telah diminta membantu siasatan berhubung usaha mahu memurtadkan umat Islam.

Lim Heng Seng berkata, pihaknya telah menerima surat daripada Jais pagi tadi -meminta kesemua anak guamnya hadir memberikan keterangan.

"Pagi tadi kami telah menerima surat daripada Jais yang memaklumkan mereka sedang menyiasat satu kes yang melibatkan kesalahan memujuk, mempengaruhi atau menghasut seseorang yang beragama Islam supaya cenderung kepada mana-mana agama bukan Islam di bawah Seksyen 4 Enakmen Ugama Bukan Islam (Kawalan Pengembangan Di Kalangan Orang Islam) 1988.

"Kami faham ini untuk menyiasat majlis kesyukuran dan kutipan derma di Gereja Methodist Damansara Utam pada 3 Ogos lalu anjuran Harapan Komuniti dan kami akan nasihatkan anak guam kami dengan sewajarnya," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.

Minggu lalu, Jais telah melakukan serbuan ke atas majlis makan malam muhibah di Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama yang dihadiri pelbagai kaum.

Dalam serbuan itu, Jais dilaporkan telah memeriksa 12 individu beragama Islam yang turut hadir dalam program anjuran Harapan Komuniti.

Tindakan Jais itu mendapat kritikan banyak pihak.

Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Datuk Dr Hasan Ali mempertahankan atas alasan ada bukti pihak terbabit mahu memurtadkan umat Islam.

Beliau menegaskan maklumat yang diterima menunjukkan terdapat kehadiran orang Islam pada majlis berbuka puasa di gereja berkenaan.

Tambah beliau, pada majlis itu juga pihaknya dimaklumkan perkataan "al-Quran" dan "doa" atau "pray" diselitkan.

Hasan menambah seramai 12 orang beragama Islam itu disiasat mengikut Seksyen 10 Enakmen Jenayah Syariah 1995.

Mereka boleh disabitkan mengikut seksyen kecil (1) dan jika didapati bersalah boleh dikenakan penjara sehingga satu tahun atau denda tidak melebihi RM10,000 atau kedua-duanya sekali.

Dalam kenyataan ringkas itu, Lim mempertahankan tindakan anak guamnya yang tidak hadir memberi keterangan kepada Jais semalam atas alasan arahan yang dikeluarkan tidak lengkap.

Jelas beliau, anak guamnya tidak hadir memberi keterangan kerana mempersoalkan tindakan Jais yang mengarahkan mereka untuk menghadiri satu "sesi kaunseling" bukan untuk membantu siasatan.

"Pertama ingin saya katakan hanya 10 orang beragama Islam yang terlibat bukan 12 orang, anak guam kami telah menerima notis arahan pada 3 Ogos supaya menghadiri sesi kaunseling pada 9 Ogos 2011 (semalam).

"Selepas membaca notis arahan ini, kami mendapati terdapat percanggahan dan telah meminta supaya ia ditangguhkan melalui surat yang telah kita hantar pada 8 Ogos 2011, ia adalah kehendak anak guam kami," katanya.

Semalam Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Siasatan dan Penguatkuasaan Jais, Sharom Maarof berkata pihaknya akan memohon perintah mahkamah ke atas 12 individu beragama Islam yang menghadiri majlis makan malam muhibah di Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama dekat Petaling Jaya minggu lalu.

Beliau berkata perintah mahkamah akan dipohon dalam tempoh terdekat berikutan kegagalan kesemua mereka tampil memberikan keterangan semalam.

Tambah Lim, anak guamnya berhak tidak menghadirkan diri kerana Jais semasa mengeluarkan notis arahan yang tidak mengatakan sebab mengapa mereka perlu hadir.

"Jais berhak untuk mengeluarkan notis arahan untuk memanggil anak guam, namun dalam notis itu tidak dinyatakan butiran kesalahan dan mengapa mereka harus ke pejabat Jais.

"Selain itu anak guam saya diminta untuk menandatangani notis arahan itu tanpa sebarang penjelasan dibuat," katanya.

Justeru beliau sekali lagi mempersoalkan sama ada anak guamnya diminta untuk menghadiri "sesi kaunseling" atau memberikan keterangan bagi membantu siasatan.

"Tujuan anak guam saya dipanggil dalam notis arahan itu adalah untuk menghadiri sesi kaunseling sebelum Jais mengambil keterangan untuk membantu siasatan.

"Adakah anak guam saya dipanggil sebagai suspek atau saksi?" katanya.

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Rabu, 10 Ogos 2011