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| Teacher, two children die in car crushed by concrete beams Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:53 AM PST MUAR, Jan 23 — A teacher and her two children were killed after the car they were travelling in was crushed by concrete beams which fell off a lorry in an accident at Km22.4 of Jalan Muar-Parit Sulong in Air Hitam, here, today. Ngaisah Redzuan, 46, wife of Bakri Umno division committee member, Mohd Ghazali Salamon as well as her two children, Mohd Nurullah Al-Azim, 12, and Puteri Balqis Sofea, 10, were killed in the incident at about 1.30pm. Muar police chief, ACP Mohd Nasir Ramli said the incident took place when the car driven by Ngaisah was turning towards their house after picking up her two children from Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Naning, Batu 15. "Suddenly, a lorry carrying concrete beams rammed into the victim's car before the load fell onto the car, killing the victims instantly," he said when contacted, here, today. According to the initial investigation, the lorry was believed to have lost control while trying to overtake the victim's car which was turning into her house compound on the left from Air Hitam to this town. He said all the victims' bodies were sent to Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital. He called on members of the public who witnessed the accident to contact the Muar police headquarters to assist in the investigation. Meanwhile, Muar Fire and Rescue senior officer, Ismail Mahmood said the department took more than an hour to extricate the bodies trapped in the car. — Bernama |
| World judges condemn Sri Lanka on chief justice sacking Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:52 AM PST  Supporters of Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse protest in front of the country's chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake's official residence after parliament voted to impeach her in Colombo January 11, 2013. — Reuters pic The 44-strong group, all members of the Geneva Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL), called for the immediate reinstatement of Shirani Bandaranayake. At the same time, the head of the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), which works to promote the rule of law, said the move had set Sri Lanka on the path toward authoritarian rule. The judges' strictures were issued in a letter to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, the speaker of parliament Chamal Rajapaksa from the ICJ and the CIJL. It was the latest of a series of criticisms from independent organisations and United Nations officials in Geneva since President Rajapaksa last week dismissed Bandaranayake as chief justice and appointed one of his allies in her place. "We are gravely concerned that the recent action to remove the chief justice have been taken in contravention of the (Sri Lankan) constitution, and international human rights law and standards, including the right to a fair hearing, and the rule of law," the letter said. Former attorney general Mohan Peiris, whom Rajapaksa named as new chief justice, was widely known "for consistently blocking efforts to hold state officials accountable for gross human rights violations," it said. The parliamentary impeachment of Bandaranayake, on which the president based his decision to remove her, and her dismissal "disregarded international standards of judicial independence and minimum guarantees of due process and fair trial," it added. ICJ Secretary General Wilder Tayler, a Uruguayan lawyer, said in a statement the Rajapaksa administration "has brought Sri Lanka within steps of authoritarian rule, dismantling the system of checks and balances and eviscerating judicial independence." — Reuters |
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