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More than just pizzas at Vivo Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT Vivo Pizza has lots to offer besides pizzas. — Pics by Eu Hooi Khaw KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — A lot of people have raved about the grilled chicken wings in Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur , but recently at a lunch I heard grumbling about how the chicken wings have shrunk and they are not as good as before... from a Frenchman who has lived here for 16 years. Perhaps he should head for Vivo Pizza instead and have the Honey Chicken Wings. These are plump, meaty ones, golden brown and glistening with their honey marinade. They are served hot from the oven, with crispy skin and moist, tender flesh The Honey Chicken Wings at Vivo Pizza are absolutely delicious. You would come here of course for the pizzas too. We are in the 1 Utama outlet in Petaling Jaya, and the best one on the menu to me is the Mushroom Pizza, because it had a fragrant pesto spread on the thin crust, overlaid with shiitake mushrooms and almond flakes and dotted with cream cheese. Once baked, the mushrooms turned soft, smooth and moist, the almonds crispy. One bite and I got the delicious pesto marrying well with the mushrooms. I was told that some customers thought the pesto – a basil, olive oil and pinenut paste --  was a little strange, but I love it. The Italian Deluxe Pizza had beef pepperoni, red and green peppers, black olives and shiitake mushrooms in a generous topping. There was enough Mozzarella to turn it all gooey and stringy as a good pizza should have. There are dessert pizzas too, and I liked very much the Choco Almond one. There was a saltty edge from the peanut butter, the marshmallows on it had turned brown and crispy with the baking, and so had the whole almonds.  The sweetness came from the melted chunks of Belgian chocolate on it. Altogether it tasted amazing. It's been a hit in the Johor Baru outlet, but surprisingly not so in the 1 Utama one. Vivo Pizza does an exceptional Volcanic Chocolate with Vanilla Ice-cream. It was perfect, chocolatey and not too sweet. It's been a hit with locals and foreign visitors. My favourite pizza here is the mushroom one. For a simple, satisfying meal, the Baked Chicken Chop is a good choice. The crispy edges round the chicken thigh, the hot, peppery flavour of it and the nice aroma of the butter rice make it worthwhile. A black pepper sauce comes with the chicken. I asked for a salad, and the Waldorf one was recommended. It could be a light meal on its own as it had crispy fried chicken tenderloin on the salad of Romaine lettuce, apple, cherry tomatoes and orange segments, tossed in a light mayonnaise dressing. The chicken was crispy and crumbly on the outside, and moist inside. Got a sweet tooth? You will love the Choco Almond Dessert Pizza then. Vivo Pizza is also a place for pasta. A crowd favourite is the Seafood Baked Pasta. It's salmon, prawns and mussel with pasta in a cheesy sauce, baked in the oven. Dig your fork through and twirl out the hot, steaming creamy pasta, together with the nuggets of seafood. The pasta was still al dente, which was nice. The NZ Mussel with Prawn Pasta in a tomato sauce was not as good as the pasta was soft, but I'm told this would be rectified. Chicken seems to be the main meat in this pork-free restaurant. There was the Panini Bread with Crispy Chicken that came with crinkle cut fries. You could change the filling to tuna, grilled fish fillet, chicken meatballs or chicken strips. I liked the texture of this soft bread, which also has a variation of Parmesan Oregano, and Oatmeal. If you need a fruit juice, look no further than the Mango Delight which is made with Philippine mangoes. It was so good. Vivo Pizza is a local franchise, and the first outlet opened at The Curve in Petaling Jaya eight years ago. Since then its menu has become more comprehensive, offering a wide range of choices. You have a choice of thin or thick crust in an 8-inch, 10-inch or 14-inch pizza, priced at RM12.90, RM22.90, and RM29.90 respectively. The Honey Chicken Wings are RM11.90, Chicken Chop RM15.90, Baked Seafood Pasta RM18.90, Volcanic Chocolate with Ice-cream RM15.90, Choco Almond Pizza RM15.90. Vivo Pizza is at LG311B, lower ground floor, 1 Utama, tel: 03-7732 9799, 016 524 5206. It's also at The Curve, Tropicana City Mall, PJ, Berjaya Times Square and Jusco Bukit Tinggi. A dessert worth every sinful calorie... the Volcanic Chocolate with Vanilla Ice-Cream.

Ginkgo biloba found to not prevent Alzheimer’s disease Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:26 AM PDT The Chinese herb ginkgo biloba did not help prevent Alzheimer's disease among patients in a new study. — AFP-Relaxnews pic PARIS, Sept 7 — The Chinese herb ginkgo biloba, touted to improve memory and mental sharpness, was shown to be unable to prevent Alzheimer's disease in a new French study. Scientists from the University of Toulouse tested the effect of ginkgo biloba on more than 2,800 elderly volunteers who took the supplement for over five years.  Half the participants were given twice-daily doses of ginkgo extract and half received a placebo. During the trial, rates of dementia and Alzheimer's symptoms hardly differed between the two groups. In the group that supplemented with ginkgo, 61 people were diagnosed with Alzheimer's, compared to 73 people in the control group. In Europe and the US, ginkgo supplements are among the top-selling herbal medicines. Findings from the study were published Thursday in The Lancet Neurology.  "While our trial appears to have shown that regular use of ginkgo biloba does not protect elderly patients from progression to Alzheimer's disease, more studies are needed on long-term exposure," said the study's lead author Bruno Vellas. "The fact that prevalence of this debilitating disorder is expected to quadruple by 2050 suggests that research into preventative therapies for this disease needs to receive urgent attention." In a prior study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that ginkgo biloba did not slow cognitive decline in elderly adults. — AFP-Relaxnews

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Lady Gaga’s meat gown goes on display Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:30 AM PDT Lady Gaga wearing her controversial meat dress, at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. — AFP-Relaxnews pic WASHINGTON, Sept 7 — The raw meat dress worn by Lady Gaga at a 2010 awards ceremony will go on display today in the US capital alongside a fox fur worn by Billie Holiday and boots sported by Patti Smith. The dress made out of raw beef, which caused a sensation at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles two years ago, will be part of an exhibition on women singers at Washington's National Museum of Women in the Arts. The dress, which still belongs to the singer, was chemically treated by taxidermists to preserve it and painted red to make it appear "fresh." The piano on which the eccentric performer played her first chords is also on display, along with some 250 objects associated with 70 artists from 1920 to the present. "Women Who Rock; Vision, Passion, Power" was organised by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio to highlight "the essential roles women have played in moving rock and roll and American culture forward." Other objects on display include a red jacket worn by Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, dresses worn by The Supremes, a Jean-Paul Gauthier gown worn by Madonna, a handwritten notebook that belonged to Janis Joplin and a guitar belonging to Taylor Swift. The exhibition runs to January 6, 2013 and will then be displayed in Omaha, Nebraska, Seattle, Washington and Phoenix, Arizona. — AFP-Relaxnews

Venice credits roll, US, Korean films in awards race Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:54 AM PDT Director Robert Redford (left) and actor Shia LaBeouf pose on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "The Company You Keep" at the 69th Venice Film Festival September 6, 2012. — Reuters pic VENICE, Sept 7 — The credits are about to roll on this year's Venice film festival, and the world's oldest cinema showcase pits Hollywood's finest against up-and-coming American talent and movies by directors from South Korea, France and beyond. The 11-day stretch of screenings, parties and interviews on the Lido waterfront ends on Saturday with the awards ceremony where the Golden Lion for best picture is handed out. The prize is one of European cinema's most prestigious and can help a small-budget movie not in English find an audience in the West. It also puts smaller US productions in the awards frame at the start of the journey to the Oscars, most notably "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005 and "The Wrestler" three years later. This year's frontrunners for jury president Michael Mann to pick from include the ultra-violent Korean film "Pieta", Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology story "The Master" and French 1970s drama "Apres Mai". Italy has a reasonable chance of a first home win in Venice since 1998 with "Bella Addormentata" (Sleeping Beauty), the well-received account of Eluana Englaro, centre of a 2009 right-to-die case that deeply divided opinion in the Catholic country. And "wild card" possibilities include Russian adultery tale "Betrayal" and raunchy American teen romp "Spring Breakers", which features former Disney starlet Selena Gomez and Oscar-nominated James Franco as an over-the-top gangster rapper. The world's oldest film festival, which celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, has been seen as a low-key edition with too few stars to generate the kind of media buzz it thrives on. But incoming director Alberto Barbera did present a slimmed-down selection of movies that had enough quality to make the trip to the notoriously expensive Canal City worthwhile. "Despite falling audiences due to the economic crisis, a not always glamorous red carpet and grey sky, it held its own with a lineup that may not have been impressive but was still pretty good," said La Stampa film critic Alessandra Levantesi Kezich. Violence, religion, upheaval, death Dozens of movies have screened outside the main competition, including opening film "The Reluctant Fundamentalist", serial killer drama "The Iceman" and Robert Redford's political thriller "The Company You Keep". In The Iceman, Michael Shannon gives a memorable performance as real-life mobster hitman Richard Kuklinski, while in The Company You Keep, Shia LaBeouf shines as a reporter hot on the trail of Redford's character, a former leftwing militant. But as the curtain comes down on the festival, it is the 18-film competition that is the main focus. Kim Ki-duk would be a popular winner if Pieta scoops the top prize. Although hard to watch for scenes of brutality, it is an absorbing study of the relationship between a cruel yet needy young man and mysterious older woman claiming to be his mother. The Master features two standout performances by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix which could put them both on the road to Oscar recognition early next year. Anderson's story, set during the early days of the Church of Scientology and featuring Hoffman as founder L. Ron Hubbard, has the added advantage of dealing with a subject matter many directors in Hollywood would consider taboo. Apres Mai, which has the English title "Something in the Air", follows a group of students caught up in the aftermath of the French protests of 1968. Some veterans came away from Venice with reputations dented. American Brian De Palma brought "Passion", which has its world premiere on Friday, but the sexual thriller starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace as rival executives drew jeers after it was screened to the press. And compatriot Terrence Malick presented "To the Wonder", an impressionistic portrayal of love with virtually no dialogue which some critics defended but many panned. The reclusive American does not attend events to launch his movies, but the fact that lead actors Ben Affleck, McAdams and Javier Bardem did not make the trip to Venice contributed to the sense of anti-climax. Barbera said the low star wattage was a matter of timing more than a sign of Venice's longer term decline, in the face of growing competition from the bigger and cheaper Toronto film festival with which it overlaps. "I'd be happy if every evening we could have 10 stars on the red carpet, but there isn't always a Brad Pitt film available," he told a press conference. He also introduced a small market in Venice to make the festival more commercially attractive to studio executives buying and selling films, and, although few deals were done, participants said it had potential for the future. — Reuters

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Research says being fat and fit is possible Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:39 AM PDT A study has found that people can be obese yet physcially healthy and fit as long as they are "metabolically fit." — AFP pic MADRID, Sept 7 — New research finds that people can be obese yet physically healthy and fit and at no greater risk of heart disease or cancer than people of normal weight. The key is being "metabolically fit," which means no high blood pressure, cholesterol or elevated blood sugar, and exercising, say scientists. Their study was published online September 4 in the European Heart Journal. To reach their findings, the researchers looked at data from more than 43,000 Americans, more than a third of who were obese. Of these 18,500, half were assessed as metabolically healthy after a physical examination and lab tests. In the study, this group of people didn't suffer from diabetes, high cholesterol or high blood pressure, and exercised more than the other obese subjects. In addition, their risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer was identical to people of ideal weight and was half that of "metabolically less fit" obese people. According to the BBC, lead researcher Dr. Francisco Ortega from the University of Granada in Spain stated the findings show that getting more exercise can keep you healthier, even if you're still overweight. "This research highlights once again the important role of physical fitness as a health marker," he stated. In a separate study from 2010, obese people without metabolic risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, were found not to have the elevated cardiovascular risk typical of obesity, but they represent only a small percentage of the obese population, according to a long-term study. — AFP/Relaxnews

Censors monkey with China art show before 18th Party Congress Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:07 AM PDT An art piece from Beijing-based artist Chi Peng which is deemed unfit for display by government officials from the cultural bureau is pictured prior the inauguration of the SH Contemporary Art Fair at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, September 6, 2012. – Reuters pic SHANGHAI, Sept 7 — The pot-bellied official in a tan golf shirt paused in front of a poster-sized image for a few seconds, asked a member of his entourage to make a note of it, then continued to lead the group on its awkward march through the Shanghai Exhibition Centre. A few hours later, the digitally manipulated photo of China's legendary Monkey King facing Tiananmen Gate, by Beijing-based artist Chi Peng, was pulled from the wall, one of several works at the SH Contemporary Art Fair deemed unfit for display by Shanghai's culture police. Censorship of political content has long been a feature of the Chinese art world under Communist Party rule, but gallery owners and artists at SH Contemporary were told yesterday that city officials were being extra careful ahead of a once-a-decade leadership transition set to take place in Beijing next month. "It's especially sensitive this year because the 18th Party Congress will start soon," said a fair organiser after trying to convince another booth to remove a painting that censors didn't like because it appeared to include images of Mao Zedong. The last-minute removal of art works, some of which had passed initial vetting for the fair, underscores the party's reach and the pressures building in the political system ahead of the secretive conclave that will anoint new leaders. To participants at the art fair, though, it was met mostly with rolled eyes and the sense that, to some extent, the ham-fisted effort was backfiring. Chi Peng's Monkey King photo, with a massive gorilla and a wall of grey smoke coming from inside the Forbidden City, had passed vetting in Beijing for a show in May and was initially approved for the SH Contemporary. Yesterday, though, the officials had apparently changed their mind and wanted it gone. No benchmark Steven Harris, director of M97 Gallery, taped paper over the offending work. But that was not enough. Eventually workers came to pull down the 120,000 yuan (RM58,700) image, leaving an empty frame. "In China, the winds blow in different ways at different times and I don't think anyone really knows what the benchmark is for what's acceptable and what's not. I think that's the benchmark: you never really know," said Harris. Censorship is an "important issue" but should not be overblown, said Massimo Torrigiani, Director of SH Contemporary. "I'm more worried when I go around the world to fairs when there is allegedly no censorship whatsoever and I don't see anything that's worth censoring," he said. Controversy is a part of art. And it can create buzz. "If things become big, if there are rumours about it, it can partly increase the value," said Enrico Polato, executive director of the Galerie Urs Meile in Beijing, which works with Ai Weiwei, one of China's most controversial artists. Last year, an image of M97's that was censored sold on the first night, Harris said. Yesterday, even the empty frame was garnering interest. "It makes people think: So, where are we, really? What is reality here? What are people thinking about here? What's acceptable, what's not?" he said. "Actually, finding an empty frame on the wall is arresting more people sometimes than a big beautiful colourful piece." Upstairs, censors ordered the removal of a giant print of a beehive shaped like China and peppered with small images of people. A tiny version of the photo was in the art fair's catalogue, prompting them to ban the book's distribution as well. Three hours later, with opening night in full swing, a work crew came with a ladder and a bed sheet to cover the piece. A crowd gathered, snapping pictures on mobile phones. "Congratulations," one woman said to the gallery director. — Reuters

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Want the women’s vote? Take public safety seriously Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:09 PM PDT SEPT 7 — Our women and girls are under attack. Both literally and figuratively.   For a society which recognises and makes use of the role and incredible contribution made by women towards the development and progress of this country, we seem incredibly lackadaisical in our attitudes towards safeguarding their rights and safety.   I get the feeling and perception that when it comes to issues affecting women, they are often considered not mainstream enough or are strictly under the purview of whichever women representative running for public office.  Women continue to be under-represented in Parliament and in the Cabinet. Rather than lead in their own right and capacity, the role of women in mainstream Malaysian politics appears to be to play second fiddle to the men.   Consider these facts: women voters account for over 40 per cent of the total 13 million registered voters in Malaysia; that women from all sectors and eligible age groups consistently participate in the electoral process; that they play their cards close to the vest and are more likely to be in the undecided column compared to their male counterparts; that in many constituencies, they are the margin of victory.   Hence, you would think that the women's agenda would be a major consideration by all parties out to get and secure the female vote.  Though women and men both experience and are concerned about cross cutting and mainstream issues such as public safety, the quality and cost of living, education and employment, women experience these issues differently and will have concerns and issues separate to that of men.   We need to drop the paternalistic and sexist attitude of "men know best." If we are serious about getting the respect, support and vote of Malaysian women, we need to do a better job of listening, being inclusive and responding to their concerns and issues.   One such concern is public safety and security.  Of late, there is increasingly overwhelming evidence that not everyone takes violence against women and girls seriously. Over the past year, we have been inundated by news in the print and social media, of attacks which have targeted and threatened the personal safety and wellbeing of countless women and girls.   Despite what the home minister and the Inspector-General of Police may say, people today are feeling incredibly vulnerable and unsafe. Just a few days ago in Kelantan, a woman's hand was almost severed during a snatch theft. Several separate incidents around the Klang Valley have involved women being left battered and bleeding during day-time robberies which occurred in mall car parks. In Johor, someone had her car carjacked with her toddler still inside. According to Bukit Aman statistics, every 2.5 hours somewhere in Malaysia, a woman or girl is raped.  Almost every day there is a crime reported in the news which has targeted women and girls.   The government's efficiency unit, PEMANDU, claims success in crime prevention efforts by pointing to Malaysia being ranked as Southeast Asia's safest and most peaceful nation and the fourth safest in the Asia-Pacific. (1)   However, though it may comfort those in government to beat their chests and say so, it does nothing to the average Malaysian woman on the street who feels anything but safe. It is not enough to say that the statistics indicate that there is less crime on the streets. And no, it is not only those living in the urban areas who feel that way. Rural women and girls daily face threats and circumstances similar to those living in the cities.  Even our children aren't safe. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police indicated that from 2006 to 2010, 73 per cent or 11,809 out of 16,159 rape victims were children. (2) According to the police Sexual Crimes Unit, 50 per cent of all rape cases each year involve victims aged 16 and below, while another 19 per cent were aged 16 to 18. This does even include cases of abuse as classified under the Child Act 2001. Based on the large volume of cases ranging from paedophilia and rape to purse snatching, robbery and carjacking, it is not hard to conclude that we are not doing enough to prevent and address such crimes. I cannot help but think that among the reasons why this is so are due to the fact that they are occurring to women and girls and to societal attitudes towards certain crimes.   How else do we explain the comments from some of our politicians and people in authority who have blamed women for wearing provocative clothing, for carrying large handbags, for being oblivious and careless henceforth making themselves targets for perpetrators?   How do we explain the recent verdicts surrounding the two statutory rape cases which have resulted in public outrage? Or the recent conclusion by the judge in the case of the kindergarten co-owner previously convicted of the alleged rape of a four-year-old girl? The esteemed judge reportedly stated that "… we must not forget who is involved in this rape allegation, even if she is an adult, in which women have a tendency to exaggerate about a sexual act..." (3)  The fact that this has involved three separate judges indicates that these are not isolated cases. There is clearly something wrong with the system. It is sobering to realise that in 2009, only 162 rape cases were prosecuted. (4) Rape, especially if it involves an underage victim, is seemingly a crime that is committed with impunity, where perpetrators escape the law and get a "get out of jail free card".  In this coming general election, we have the opportunity to influence real change on how we treat the issues affecting women and girls. These are issues which must be taken seriously and should not be treated as an afterthought or something we can do later.   The Agenda Wanita Malaysia (Malaysian Women's Agenda) initiative recently announced by Pakatan Rakyat is a great start. However, I can't help but wonder whether it will be long on rhetoric but short on details. Thus far, there is nothing similar as yet from the Barisan Nasional side. I hope that this will soon change.  In Malaysia, male politicians rarely, if ever, engage on women's issues. Why do we allow them to get away with it? Women's issues are everyone's issues. The kind of society we want to build is dependent on how we respond to the needs of women and girls. That is how we earn their support. That is how we earn their vote.  To the politicians and political parties out there planning to participate in the upcoming 13th general election: make no mistake. The women's vote isn't just half your constituency; it's your margin of victory. We would do well to remember that.  1. 2011 PEMANDU Annual Report. Pg 54. 2. The Star, 4 July 2011. "Police: Majority of rape victims are children". 3. The Star, 5 September 2012. "Kindie owner in rape case freed". 4. Malaysian Millennium Development Report 2010. Pg 58.  * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

It was a different Malaysia Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:54 PM PDT SEPT 7 — Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Tunku Ahmad Nerang, the son of the late Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's first prime minister.  At 79 years old, slightly over six feet in height, and with a booming voice, one could get carried away that one is actually with the former prime minister himself.  My chat with him made me realise many things. I realised that Tunku Nerang and his family feel a sense of pride being of Tunku Abdul Rahman's lineage.  And this should rightfully be. Tunku Abdul Rahman was a great man who contributed and sacrificed a lot for the country.  I also realised that it was a different time then compared to now. It was a time when things were much simpler and happier.  "My father used to say that he was the poorest prime minister and also the happiest prime minister," said Tunku Nerang.  Although I never met the man, from the stories I heard of him, it sounded like he was a very carefree person, yet very honest and sincere.  And because of him, it gave me the impression that the country of Malaysia (or the Federation of Malaya) at that time was one that was carefree, honest and sincere too.  The mingling of different races seemed natural and symbiotic, instead of feeling manufactured, based on tolerance and superficiality.  Tunku Abdul Rahman himself was of mixed Malay and Thai parentage, whose first wife was Chinese, and, after her premature death, he married a Caucasian. Now talk about 1 Malaysia!  It seemed like it was a time when a Malaysian (or Malayan) could be just as comfortable and proud speaking English (or any other language), as he or she was speaking Malay.  It really made me wish that I was around during those times, instead of in the Malaysia that I see and live in today.  Instead, the Malaysia that I see and live in today seems to have an underlying resentment existing amongst the different races.  The late Tunku Abdul Rahman had his vices and it wasn't a secret. Yet, somehow these vices actually made him human instead of a hypocrite.  "My father left office a poorer man (in terms of wealth) than when he first entered it," said Tunku Nerang.  In the Malaysia that I see today, many of the politicians seem to thrive financially once they enter office. And they do all that it takes to stay there.  According to Tunku Nerang, his late father sold his own land and property to support his political party that had no money in the early years.  Today, what I hear people saying is that the best opportunity to make money and become rich is to join that same party that Tunku Abdul Rahman sacrificed for.  When Tunku Abdul Rahman died in 1990, I was only 12 years old and wasn't even living in the country so his death didn't really have an affect on me then.  But now that I'm older (and forced to do research!) I found one photograph of the funeral that has stuck in my mind.  It was a photo of people paying their last respects and right in front of all the people were several religious leaders of different faiths all standing in a line praying together.  There was one question that I asked Tunku Nerang right at the end of my interview with him. His answer clearly rings in my head as I write this article.  I had asked him what he thought his late father would say if he were alive now and seeing Malaysia as it is today. Tunku Nerang let out a loud guffaw.  "Pak would say 'I have no idea what's going on now!'"  * Watch out for the documentary "Tunku" on Astro Awani during the coming Malaysia Day celebrations. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

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Sang Saka Malaya: Dua ditahan polis Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:48 AM PDT Orang ramai mengibarkan bendera Sang Saka Malaya semasa perhimpunan Merdeka di Kuala Lumpur. — Gambar dari singaselatan.blogspot.com KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Sept — Dua orang lelaki yang didakwa mengibarkan bendera Sang Saka Malaya dalam perhimpunan Janji Bersih pada malam ambang merdeka minggu lalu ditahan polis. Timbalan Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Kuala Lumpur Assistan Komisioner Aziz Zakaria berkata kedua-dua suspek 24 tahun itu ditahan pada jam 2.35 petang di ibu pejabat polis daerah (IPD) Dang Wangi hari ini. Kedua-dua lelaki yang ditahan disiasat bawah Seksyen 9(1)(a) Akta Hasutan, tambah Aziz lagi. "Kedua-dua suspek kini masih disiasat untuk tindakan susulan selepas mengibarkan bendera Sang Saka Malaya.  "Berkemungkinan akan dibebaskan malam ini dengan jaminan polis. Kedua-dua mereka hadir bersama peguam," katanya dalam sebuah kenyataan. MENYUSUL LAGI

Hentikan ‘kekasaran’ ke atas pelajar pijak gambar, kata peguam Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:32 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Sept — Pihak berkuasa perlu menghentikan "kekasaran" ke atas mereka yang memijak gambar pemimpin negara minggu lalu ketika sambutan ambang Kemerdekaan ke-55, kata peguam. Seorang gadis semalam memohon maaf atas tindakannya memijak gambar perdana menteri, sehari selepas dia ditahan dan digari, yang mana pembangkang melihatnya sebagai tindakan "melampau." Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah (JSJ) Bukit Aman, Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin sebelum ini berkata polis akan menyiasat insiden berkenaan di bawah Akta Hasutan – walaupun Putrajaya telah memutuskan untuk menyemak semula akta berkenaan kerana dikatakan digunakan untuk menyekat lawan politik. Tambah beliau, memijak gambar Najib dan isterinya dianggap sebagai kesalahan di bawah Seksyen 290 Kanun Keseksaan kerana menimbulkan mudarat serta Seksyen 504 Kanun Keseksaan dengan sengaja mengaibkan dengan niat hendak menganggu keamanan. Mereka yang didapati bersalah di bawah Seksyen 290 boleh didenda sehingga RM400 manakala di bawah Seksyen 504 boleh dipenjarakan sehingga dua tahun, denda, atau kedua-duanya. Peguam Syahredzan Johan berkata, "saya merayu agar pihak berkuasa menimbang kembali tindakan kasar terhadap remaja berkenaan." "Walaupun saya tidak menyokong tindakan mereka, kita jangan lupa bahawa mereka hanyalah remaja yang menyuarakan apa yang mereka rasa." "Mereka mungkin tidak menyedari perbuatan itu tidak dapat diterima, namun layanlah mereka dengan adil dan tidak menggunakan kekasaran terhadap mereka," katanya. Faisal Moideen yang juga merupakan seorang peguam turut menyuarakan pendapat sama, dan berkata," kita tidak perlu menyokong, namun saya rasa kita tidak perlu menghukum." "Kerajaan juga perlu mengabaikan tindakan kebudak-budakan ini," katanya dan menambah, tiada faedahnya kita menghukum mereka." "Dengan keadaan politik semasa ... dan menghukum mereka, kita menjadikan mereka mangsa, kepada hero." Beliau turut menjelaskan hukuman hanya akan menyemarakkan emosi mereka yang menyokong tindakan remaja berkenaan, dan mereka yang menentang akan terus menetang dan akan memecah belahkan rakyat. Edmund Bon, juga seorang peguam, menggelarkan tindakan itu sebagai "tidak menyenangkan" namun "mereka hanya melakukan tindakan yang tidak ganas yang mana dilindungi di bawah kebebasan bersuara." "Jadi saya merasakan kita tidak perlu begitu serius berkenaan perkara ini, lebih baik kita fokus kepada mengurangkan kadar jenayah dan jenayah seksual." Beliau juga menambah semua ahli politik adalah "public figure" yang harus beredia menerima sebarang kritikan termasuk pujian. Semalan, Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein menggesa tindakan keras diambil terhadap mereka yang memijak gambar pemimpin negara.

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