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ISIS Abandon Capital City Of "Raqqa", US Playing Dirty

Things are coming to a head in Syria. The ISIS have been chased out of their 'self declared' capital of Raqqa in Syria.

Who will fill the vacuum? The US wants to help the Kurds create an independent Kurdish state in Syria.

The Syrian government with Russian assistance wants to reimpose Syrian rule over all its territories.

My view is after the ISIS are kicked out, new fighting will erupt between the different groups who want to control Syria. Here is some news :

1.  ISIS Leave Raqqa, Cross Euphrates

ISIS militants cross Euphrates in Syria from stronghold of Raqqa
despite being encircled by Kurdish and US-led coalition forces

SDF, US, UK, French special forces "blocked" Raqqa from north
SDF stopped offensive, ruptures in encirclement
ISIS cross Euphrates to southern direction of Syria

Russian do utmost to prevent ISIS breaking through from Raqqa

first ISIS convoy from Raqqa to Palmyra destroyed by Russian Air Force May 25
IS made another attempt on May 29 to 30
3 motorcades left Raqqa under darkness
destroyed 80 jihadists, 36 vehicles, eight fuel trucks and 17 pickup trucks

There are serious accusations that the US is "slowing" down the eviction of ISIS until their allies are in position to take territory vacated by ISIS :


2.  Double Game: ‘US Secretly Supports ISIS in Raqqa’

US actively supports SDF in Raqqa but secretly endorses ISIS
cooperation between these forces under US control
US has destroyed all bridges across Euphrates
intention to liberate Raqqa
next stage before establishing Kurdish state
Kurdish state will border oil fields of Syria

SDF are main allies of US and ISIS
ISIS are American soldiers in local clothes
US is coordinating between ISIS and SDF
agreements concluded under strict guidance of US

when US tell ISIS to leave they leave unconditionally
vacating a spot for another American ally

US can destroy ISIS within 24 hours
US weapons transfers to Kurdish (YPG) to consternation of NATO ally Turkey
Kurdish fighters recipients of US arms and vehicles to take Raqqa

Conclusion : The ISIS terrorists will be heading for home, to create more killing and chaos in their home countries.   The fighting in Syria will continue. Nothing much will have been achieved.
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Thursday, June 1, 2017
Nama Tak Kafir Tapi Bodoh Macam Tapir By Dean Kadeer
Someone sent this to me. I dont know who this writer is (Dean Kadeer) or if it is a real person but the points are interesting.



Ana dah malas nak cerita pasal benda lapuk ni, tapi sebab otak Melayu masih kat celah jub_r,  so ana ulang lagi sekali.

Lagipun ana prihatin dgn isu nama anak yang kedengaran macam nama "kafir", ramai Melayu yang sentap bila tengok nama anak orang Melayu macam mat saleh, lalu dikeluarkan fatwa nama sebegitu "tak sesuai",  tak Islamik kononnya.  Puii..!!

Pelik betul otak orang Melayu ni.  Bodoh sebesar Alam.  Katanya Jesus tu Nabi Isa, dalam Bible namanya Jesus, dalam Quran namanya Isa.  Perkataan Jesus pun berasal dari Hebrew,  ada yang sebut Yeshua.  Kalau Melayu pakai nama Jesus,  takkan jadi kapir pulak.  Kebanyakan nabi dalam Quran ada nama "kafir" mereka dalam Bible. Moses jadi Musa, Harun jadi Aaron, Ibrahim jadi Abraham, Jacob jadi Yaakob, Ishak jadi Isaac.  Kalau Melayu letak nama anak Isaac Newton,  tak Islamik ke?  (campuran nama Nabi dan tokoh fizik - tak bagus lagi?)

Nama sahabat nabi iaitu Umar Al Khattab sewaktu dia kafir ialah Umar. Selepas convert masuk Islam,  dia tak tukar nama jadi Najib atau Tengku Adnan.  Dia tetap guna nama Umar. Nama Abu Bakar As Siddiq sewaktu kafir ialah Abdul Ka'bah, selepas masuk Islam namanya ditukar menjadi Abdullah.  Gelaran Abu Bakar diberi oleh nabi kerana maksud Abu Bakar ialah "bersegera"  (masuk Islam).

Dua contoh nama tersebut ana tunjuk sebab mereka sahabat yang rapat dengan Nabi Muhammad. Umar tak tukar pun nama untuk nampak Islamik walaupun sudah Islam, walhal Umar kaki bunuh orang sewaktu kafir.  Dia tetap pakai nama Arab kafir.  Tak salah pulak.  Nabi tak bising pun.  Sikit pun tak jadi isu.

Nama Abu Bakar pulak  sewaktu kafir dah "Islamik"sungguh iaitu Abdul Ka'bah tapi kenapa tukar jadi Abdullah?  Patutnya teruskan guna nama Abdul Ka'bah,  tempat suci orang Islam.

Morale of the story,  nabi tak ambik pot pun nama Umar yang tak bertukar tu. Sepatutnya nabi suruh Umar guna nama "Muhammad Ibrahim" atau nama lain yang lebih Islamik  (kononnya).  Nama Abdul Ka'bah ditukar jadi Abdullah mungkin sesuai atas sifat dan jatidiri Abu Bakar sewaktu itu,  bukan sebab nama Abdul Ka'bah tak Islamik.  Nama Kaabah takkan tak Islamik kot?

Ini bukan persoalan besar, tapi contoh kebodohan Melayu dalam memahami teks2 agama.  Mereka suka memperbesarkan benda2 yang kecik jadi senjata memecah belahkan keharmonian sesama manusia.  Mereka cuma mahu tunjuk kepada dunia "Kami Islam,  kami guna nama Islam".  What the f_ _k?!

Mamang ada riwayat, nabi menggesa meletakkan nama yang "baik" kepada anak2, tapi bukan nama Arab. Janganlah jadi bodoh sangat.  Tak wujud isu "Nama Islam", sebab dalam Quran disebut "manusia dijadikan berbagai bangsa untuk berkenal-kenalan",  meaning nama manusia wujud atas dasar tempat, bahasa, budaya, keturunan dan bangsa.  Kalau Red Indian Islam,  takkan nak bubuh nama anak  Sitting Bull Khalid atau Ismail Crazy Horse.  Confirm kena gelak dengan cowboy kafir.  LOL

Akuilah, beratus juta pemakai nama "Muhammad" diseluruh dunia yang sudah masuk jel keluar jel,  yg makan rasuah,  yg sapu duit rakyat,  yg pecah amanah dll.

Dan kenapa pemakai nama "kafir" lebih maju ke hadapan berbanding pemakai nama "Islamik"?

Mana berkat nama "Islamik" tu?

So Melayu,  fikir guna otak,  bukan guna dot dot dot...

From OutSyed The Box Blog

Women, Please Don’t Shove Ground-Up Wasp Nests Up Your Vagina!

In Malaysia there are lots of products for tightening the vagina, and it shows that this practice is very popular. Recently, a top doctor has had to write a warning post of a sort to remind others to not use wasp nests as vagina tighteners. This is for many reasons, like one, it causes sex to be really painful for the user, and it removes healthy bacteria that helps with the vagina’s maintenance.

Another name for wasp nests here would be oak gall. It is called oak gall because it is made by a specific type of wasp: gall wasp. These oak galls contain the larva that are developing inside.

According to some traditional health sites, one would have to ground the wasp nest before it could be inserted into the vagina. Apparently it can tighten the vagina as well as dry it.

But also we should also know that there is an Etsy site that sells these things. And guess where it’s from?


Source: HeritageHealthShop @ Etsy

Of course the shop is based in Malaysia!

Regardless, here is the item details, for those who are curious:

Source: HealthHeritageShop @ Etsy

However, after checking on the shop again, it was found that the oak galls are no longer there. This is possibly because the oak galls are sold out. The shop now only sells candlenuts for cooking.

The recommendation not to use oak galls and not to buy it from the shop came from Dr Gunter. She is an obstetrics and gynecology specialist, and I would take her word for it!

For a re-statement, the reasons why you shouldn’t use oak galls:

it dries up the vagina, which will cause painful sex.
it will tighten the vagina.
it will destroy healthy bacteria that helps with vagina maintenance. The vagina is a self-maintaining organ!
it can also increase the risk of HIV.
applying the paste will burn.
And they also say that whatever hurts is bad for the part. This applies for the vagina too!

Family Moved Out Of Their Home For The Sixth Time Because Of Their Pet Pig’s Loud Snoring Sound

Chinese Family Moved Out Of Their Home For The Sixth Time Because Of Their Pet Pig’s Loud Snoring Sound

Imagine turning off the lights and tucking yourself into bed and all of a sudden your neighbors have their music on really loud. It will piss you off so much right? Well, I’m pretty sure we all go through that situation once in awhile.

Unfortunately, a Chinese family’s neighbor had to go through the same problem every single day. But it wasn’t because of the loud music. It was because of the snoring sound coming from the family’s pet pig. Yes, you read that right.

On Tuesday, a family from China moved for the sixth time because of their neighbor’s complaints about their pet pig’s super loud snoring.

According to SCMP, the family bought “Du Du” seven years ago from a pet shop when it was an adorable 4kg little piglet. They were promised by the seller that it would stay small forever. Hmm but that has not quite been the case.

Six months passed by and “Du Du” had quickly gained 20 kg, according to Sina News report.  The family realize they had been cheated, but that didn’t make them love their pet pig any less. They soon decided to just keep the Du Du, no matter how big it became.

Now some eight years later, Du Du ballooned up into a 150kg hogzilla that eats everything in the house, requires multiple showers per day, and of course, snores so loudly that the family’s been forced to pack everything up and change apartments six time. Yes, six freaking times.


The last time they moved at the end of May, the family was forced to hire five people to help carry their colossal piggy out the door.

From the land of road bullies and they are like Zoombies now and everywhere

[ROAD BULLY AGAIN?] Malaysian Couple Gives The Middle Finger After Illegally Reversing In A One-Way Street

What are you doing, people? Can’t you just be more patient while on the road?

A Facebook page posted another viral video regarding a pair of Malaysian couple, who believed are husband and wife has rudely showed their middle finger after they had a conflict with the Chinese couple who recorded the video. The video has went viral as there are similar cases had just happened few days ago.



According to the news source, the Malaysian couple who were with a baby, nearly had a car accident with the Chinese couple after they accidentally drove reversely in an one-way alleyway. However, the Malaysian couple who “supposed” to be fault do not think they are at fault have allegedly shown their rude actions to the Chinese couple who stayed in the car.

The husband who was wearing a black polo T-shirt has impatiently smacked the Chinese couple’s car window while requesting them to get down from the car. When the video comes to the passenger’s side, the wife who was carrying a baby has furiously shown her middle finger to both of the woman and man in the car.

Meanwhile, the husband has continuously smacking the car window and probably his patient level has come to the max, he fiercely kicked the car door and again, shown his middle finger.



I can understand how parents are worried about their child if accident really happens, but wait, we can settle the problem peacefully. There is no need to behave in such a rude way.

This is the car belongs to the Malaysian couple.


Readers will probably remember the case which just happened similarly with this case, where one of the ladies in the family has shown her ‘powerful’ middle finger and threw her slippers to the Chinese young lady driver’s car. We can understand that sometimes we will have bad days or emotional times, but hey, the strangers are not your rubbish bin who collects your ‘garbage’. Be respectful and be patient all the time when you are on the road!

Here’s the video!

Cyborg dragonfly spy takes to the sky: Researcher show off modified 'surveillance insect'

Operation DragonflEye is a go. Researchers have successful strapped a tiny backpack (inset) fitted with electronics, sensors and a solar cell to a live insect – and it has taken to the skies for its maiden flight. The DragonflEye is controlled by pulses of light sent through specific neurons in its brain, allowing researchers to remotely operate the drone-like bug to guide pollination or explore areas unfit for humans.

Now got spectacles and can record videos

£130 Snapchat Spectacles - able to record 10-second video clips - FINALLY go on sale in the UK: Here's where to buy a pair and how they work

Snapchat's glasses, which launched in the US in November, are on sale from yellow Snapbots in London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and Venice to mark the European launch. The £130 sunglasses (left) record 10-second video clips which are then sent to the user's Snapchat account, where they can be shared with friends. The glasses, which launched in the US in November, are the first piece of hardware built by Snapchat's parent company, Snap Inc. UK customers can currently find the yellow vending machine by the London Eye (right).

What's inside the 'pit of Mars'? Satellites spot strange 'Swiss cheese' area of the red planet next to a giant hole

New image from the HiRISE instrument reveals strange circular formation in Mars' southern hemisphere

It also shows a look at the 'Swiss cheese terrain,' with shallow pits dotting the carbon dioxide ice

Experts say the bizarre Martian pit could be either an impact crater or a South Polar collapse pit

By Cheyenne Macdonald For Dailymail.com

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A bizarre pit in Mars’ southern hemisphere has left scientists baffled as to how it formed.

The feature, which resembles the home of a fictional Star Wars beast that could swallow a person whole, may have been created from an impact with a rogue space rock – or, it could be the result of a collapse at the surface.

A stunning new image captured by the HiRISE instrument on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed a look at the strange circular formation and the surrounding ‘Swiss cheese terrain’ on the red planet.

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A bizarre pit in Mars’ southern hemisphere has left scientists baffled as to how it formed. The feature, which resembles the home of a fictional Star Wars beast that could swallow a person whole, may have been created from an impact with a rogue space rock – or, it could be the result of a collapse at the surface

The image was captured on March 25, during the late stages of summer in Mars’ southern hemisphere, researchers say.

At this time, the sun sits low in the sky, better revealing the subtle texture of the Martian surface.

‘We see many shallow pits in the bright residual cap of carbon dioxide ice (also called “Swiss cheese terrain”),’ wrote Alfred McEwen, of the University of Arizona’s Lunar & Planetary Laboratory.

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The stunning new image captured by the HiRISE instrument has revealed a look at the strange circular formation and the surrounding ‘Swiss cheese terrain’

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From the angle captured by HiRISE, the menacing-looking depression looks much like the Great Pit of Carkoon, which housed Jabba the Hutt’s carnivorous sarlacc in the Star Wars series (pictured left).

The expert says the pit could be either an impact crater or a collapse pit, both of which are common on Mars.

From the angle captured by HiRISE, the menacing-looking depression looks much like the Great Pit of Carkoon, which housed Jabba the Hutt’s carnivorous sarlacc in the Star Wars series.

It isn't the first time scientists have spotted an unusual crater on Mars.

Earlier this year, researchers investigated a bizarre scaly feature discovered on the South Polar layered deposits.

While it’s thought to be an impact crater, the icy terrain experiences processes that drastically alter the form of surface features such as these, causing uncertainty about its true origin.

The size and frequency of impact craters on Mars can help scientist paint a clearer picture of a landscape’s age, according to NASA.

But, as they flatten and morph over time, it’s sometimes difficult to ascertain an impact origin.

MARS: A WET PLANET 

Evidence of water on Mars dates back to the Mariner 9 mission, which arrived in 1971. It revealed clues of water erosion in river beds and canyons as well as weather fronts and fogs.

Viking orbiters that followed caused a revolution in our ideas about water on Mars by showing how floods broke through dams and carved deep valleys.

Mars is currently in the middle of an ice age, and before this study, scientists believed liquid water could not exist on its surface.

In June 2013, Curiosity found powerful evidence that water good enough to drink once flowed on Mars.

In September of the same year, the first scoop of soil analysed by Curiosity revealed that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain two per cent water by weight.

Last month, scientists provided the best estimates for water on Mars, claiming it once had more liquid H2) than the Arctic Ocean - and the planet kept these oceans for more than 1.5 billion years.

The findings suggest there was ample time and water for life on Mars to thrive, but over the last 3.7 billion years the red planet has lost 87 per cent of its water - leaving it barren and dry.

This is the case with the strange scaly indent captured by the HiRISE instrument.

An image of the feature projected at a scale of 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) per pixel shows how it dwarfs all the other pock-marks that dot the landscape.

It came just days after NASA revealed the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed 50,000 orbits around the red planet since 2006.

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Scientists are investigating a bizarre scaly feature on the surface of Mars that could be the site of a past impact. The circular structure was discovered on the South Polar layered deposits, and a stunning new image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE instrument reveals a close look at its strangely reptilian appearance

The space agency released a stunning animation that shows how the observations have accumulated over the last 11 years.

The mosaic shows the increasing coverage at just one frame per month, revealing how the orbiter’s Context Camera pieced together more than 99 percent of the Martian surface.

As the craft completed its 50,000th orbit this week, the space agency has revealed a stunning new animation that shows how the observations have accumulated over the last 11 years. The mosaic shows the increasing coverage at just one frame per month

The orbiter’s Context Camera (CTX) ‘exploits a sweet spot in the balance between resolution and image file size,’ according to NASA.

It achieves a resolution of roughly 20 feet (6 meters) per pixel, and in the years since it switched on, it’s imaged 99.1 percent of Mars – about the equivalent of the land area of Earth.

According to the space agency, no other camera deployed to the red planet has captured such detailed observations as this.

Over about a decade, the camera has taken roughly 90,000 images, with each one covering a swath of ground roughly 18.6 miles wide.

Despite the distance, it can capture features as smaller than a tennis court.

The camera has made a few return trips, observing 60.4 percent of the planet more than once to help scientists better understand the surface, and learn more about future landing sites.
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The orbiter’s Context Camera (CTX) ‘exploits a sweet spot in the balance between resolution and image file size,’ according to NASA. It achieves a resolution of roughly 20 feet (6 meters) per pixel, and in the years since it switched on, it’s imaged 99.1 percent of Mars – about the equivalent of the land area of Earth

‘Reaching 99.1 percent coverage has been tricky because a number of factors, including weather conditions, coordination with other instruments, downlink limitations, and orbital constraints, tend to limit where we can image and when,’ said Michael Malin, the Context Camera Team Leader, from Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego.

‘Single coverage provides a baseline we can use for comparison with future observations, as we look for changes.

‘Re-imaging areas serves two functions: looking for changes and acquiring stereoscopic views from which we can make topographic maps.’

The Context Camera has observed dramatic changes on the surface, including more than 200 observations of fresh impact craters, which have allowed scientists to calculate the rate of collisions from space rocks.

And, some of these craters have revealed material thought to be water ice.

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Its latest adjustment took place just last week, using a 45.1-second burn of six intermediate-sized rocket engines to shift the orbit so the craft can be in the right place to receive transmissions from NASA’s InSight Mars lander, as it descends to the surface on Nov 26, 2018. The image shows footprints from HiRISE in an analysis of eventual landing spot for InSight

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched August 12,2005, and began capturing images after reaching orbit in 2006.

It eventually revised its orbit after several months, using the friction with Mars’ upper atmosphere.

Its latest adjustment took place just last week, using a 45.1-second burn of six intermediate-sized rocket engines to shift the orbit so the craft can be in the right place to receive transmissions from NASA’s InSight Mars lander, as it descends to the surface on Nov 26, 2018.

‘After 11 and a half years in flight, the spacecraft is healthy and remains fully functional,’ said MRO Project Manager Dan Johnston at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

‘It’s a marvellous vehicle that we expect will service the Mars Exploration Program and Mars science for many more years to come.’

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Commentary: The week Trump kissed up to Saudi Arabia, kissed off Europe, and French-kissed the Philippines

Published on June 2, 2017

By Anthony L Hall

One of the many unseemly things about Donald Trump as president of the United States is his longing admiration for dictators. In “Hail Erdogan -- Nouveau Sultan of Turkey,” April 17, 2017, I ridiculed this as his dictator envy.

But even I was left stupefied as I watched him play über dictator on the world stage last week.

Anthony L. Hall is a Bahamian who descends from the Turks and Caicos Islands. He is an international lawyer and political consultant - headquartered in Washington DC - who also publishes a current events weblog, The iPINIONS Journal, at http://ipjn.com

Trump began his first presidential trip abroad at an “Arab Islamic American Summit” in Saudi Arabia, where he reveled among potentates as if they had just elected him their honorary Caliph. He ended it at a NATO summit in Belgium, where he treated Western leaders as if they were nothing more than ungrateful vassals of his “America First” state of mind.

What truly beggars belief, however, is the antic camaraderie Trump exhibited among those Muslim autocrats. I’ve already referenced his dictator envy. Therefore, his sociopathic tendency to project is the only other thing that can help explain it. This refers to his infamous habit of accusing others of traits, blame, behavior, etc. that inhere in himself. In this case, perhaps Trump is the closet Muslim he used to accuse Obama of being …

Trump clearly thought he was being fêted. But he was being fattened like a white cow for zabiha (slaughter).

After all, the 50 Sunni leaders at this summit clearly intended to lure him (i.e., the United States) to side with them in the Sunni-Shia conflict that has defined Islam for over a thousand years. They tried this with Obama to no avail for eight years. But Trump fell for it hook, line, and sinker in four months.

They fattened him up with hundreds of billions in arms and other deals. And Trump showed Pavlovian appreciation.

But the real price for his egomaniacal folly will be paid in the blood of more American soldiers on the killing fields of the Middle East, as well as that of innocent Americans on the streets of the United States.

His folly in this latter case is particularly insidious. Because Trump is siding with the very Sunni leaders who fund and/or inspire over 90 percent of the terrorism that plagues the world today. I commented more fully on this fateful irony just days ago in “WTF: Saudis Giving Islamophobic Trump the Royal Treatment…?” May 20, 2017.

Meanwhile, this is the same Trump who ridiculed Obama for bowing to the Saudi king. But, in his contradictory fashion, he also accused Michelle Obama of “insulting the Saudis” by not wearing a headscarf during her husband’s state visit.

As it happens, though, Trump’s contradictions are surpassed in their brazenness only by his hypocrisies. Therefore, it came as no surprise when a video of Trump curtsying to the king went viral last week. He also didn’t seem to mind his wife insulting the Saudis by not wearing a headscarf during his state visit.

Apropos of insulting hosts, Trump began insulting America’s European allies long before his arrival in Brussels on May 24. Therefore, it also came as no surprise when, on this occasion to reaffirm the ties that bind the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), his words reeked like a skunk at a garden party.

Specifically, he hurled patently misguided allegations about Europeans sponging off American taxpayers for their national defense, respectively. That was bad enough. But he added injury when he physically pushed aside the prime minister of Montenegro -- who happened to be standing where Trump felt he needed to be to preen as top peacock for a routine photo op.

Accordingly, he not only stunk up the place, but behaved like a bull in a china shop to boot, which probably gives bulls a bad name. Alas, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel telegraphed, the fallout might prove seismic and historic:

Speaking at a beer hall rally in Munich on Sunday, Merkel suggested that the era when Europe could rely on the United States may be coming to an end. …

‘I experienced that in the last a few days, and therefore I can only say that we Europeans must really take our fate into our own hands … we have to fight for our own future and destiny as Europeans.’

The dramatic announcement came after contentious meetings with Trump, who had used his first official trip to Europe to criticize German trade, scold world leaders about their NATO spending and refuse to commit to the Paris agreement on combating climate change.

(Washington Post, May 29, 2017)

In other words, Trump did in two days what Russian President Vladimir Putin has been trying to do for nearly two decades: He sowed discord in NATO -- the greatest military alliance in the history of mankind and the unassailable guarantor of peace on the Continent of Europe since WWII.

Not content with that, though, he also sowed discord over the global effort to combat climate change. In this case, he vowed to withdraw the United States from the Paris accord, which nearly every county in the world has signed on to. Indeed, it speaks volumes that, if he follows through, the United States will be in dubious company with only two other countries, namely Syria and Nicaragua. (This would easily be the most perverse of his “America First” (Earth in the Balance?) policies, but this is not the commentary to elaborate.)

More to the point, it’s a wonder he didn’t declare his intent to withdraw from the G7 -- the influential group of Western democracies that meets regularly to coordinate economic, security, and energy policy.

Yet despite all this, the preternaturally clueless Trump is hailing his trip as “a great success.” Of course, Putin must be laughing at his dumb luck. After all, he could never have imagined having an American president who seems almost as hell-bent as he is on undermining the democratic institutions, multilateral agreements, and military alliances that have reinforced America’s status as leader of the free world for the past 70 years.

This brings me to Trump’s blossoming bromance with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. In fact, the foregoing should explain why the following came as no surprise:
US President Donald Trump told his Philippines’ counterpart that he was doing a good job fighting an illegal drug epidemic in his country, an effort that has led to thousands of deaths and drawn international condemnation from human rights groups…

‘Any assertion by any world leader, including, US President Donald Trump, that Duterte is doing ‘an unbelievable job’ by cheerleading a murderous campaign that has killed more than 7,000 Filipinos is not only a gross insult to those victims and their family members, but sends a signal to Duterte and his willing executioners that their lawless killing spree can continue with a vengeance without fear of international criticism and repercussions,’ said Phelim Kline of Human Rights Watch…

When former US President Barack Obama’s administration said Obama would raise the issue during a meeting between the two, Duterte called his former US counterpart a ‘son of a bitch.’

(CNN, May 24, 2017)

Frankly, Trump might be lauding Duterte again very soon. This time for imposing martial law in the Philippine city of Marawi, where pro-ISIS forces are trying to create an Islamist sanctuary. It is especially noteworthy that, in exhorting government forces to “drive them out,” Duterte offered this perverse incentive:
Duterte has sought to reassure soldiers who might be accused of committing abuses under martial law and jokingly said that if any of them were to rape three women, he would personally claim responsibility for it.

(Reuters, May 27, 2017)

Actually, the joke’s on anyone who thinks he was just joking. After all, this is the same Duterte who reportedly joked during his presidential campaign about murdering drug dealers. Yet nothing has distinguished his presidency quite like his murderous anti-drug campaign.

Indeed, this is why Duterte’s “jokes” should put him in legal jeopardy. Hell, even Trump might have advised that, instead of raping, he should have exhorted his soldiers to limit their predatory behavior to aggressively kissing women and grabbing them by the pussy.

Except that Trump is facing criminal and congressional investigations up the wazoo over relatively benign allegations of colluding with Russians to win a presidential campaign. Whereas Duterte is getting away with all kinds of high crimes and misdemeanors:
Lawmakers in the Philippines on Monday threw out an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte that accused him of orchestrating the mass murder of thousands of people in his crackdown on drug use…

Mr Alejano, a former Marine captain, accused Mr Duterte of bribery, murder and crimes against humanity. He said that Mr Duterte had also encouraged police officers to kill as part of his antidrug campaign.

(New York Times, May 15, 2017)

Given this, Trump could be forgiven if his longing admiration for Duterte were laced with dictator envy.

In any event, it’s worth recalling in this context what putatively sensible Republicans (most notably Senator John McCain of Arizona) insisted was Trump’s only saving grace. It was his decision to nominate cabinet members like Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.

Those Republicans assured the world that these secretaries would have an enlightening effect on Trump. But am I the only one who has yet to see any of that effect? Even worse, there’s often no difference between what we hear from them and what we hear from White House press secretary Sean Spicer and Trump’s other PR flaks. These secretaries and those Republicans have some ‘splainin’ to do.

And don’t get me started on the moderating effect his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared were supposed to have on him. I pooh-poohed that liberal fantasy long ago in “Trumpasites Already Gagging on Big Lies (aka Alternative Facts) and Outrageous Pledges They Swallowed,” January 30, 2017.

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*The commentary was originally published at The iPINIONS Journal on Tuesday, May 30

MAN SLASHES FRIEND WITH CHOPPER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN PENANG ROAD

Facebook user See Hean Tan posted a video of a man attacking another with a chopper in his neighbourhood on his homepage.

The incident reportedly took place on Tuesday, (30 May) at around 11am.

In the video, two men were seen fighting in front of a house gate in Penang.

One of them was holding a chopper while the other was vividly seen trying to avoid the blade.

It was claimed that this incident had happened near Penang Westland School.

Road users that were present slowed down and sounded their horns at the attacker.

The clip is believed to have been taken by a woman staying across the road, and she could be heard screaming for the assailant to stop the gruesome attack.

She could also be heard telling another person off-screen that a police report should be lodged.



The woman then shouted at the attacker, “the police are here”.

According to The Star Online, the two were Burmese, and friends who worked in the same restaurant.

Their housemate, also a Burmese, told reporters that the 28-year-old attacker had came to Penang around five years ago, while the 27-year-old victim came three years back.

Said the housemate:

“Both are friends and they work in a restaurant.

“I have no idea what triggered the attack.”

A spokesperson from the police said the victim, whose left ear was nearly severed, was sent to Penang Hospital in critical condition.

The victim also sustained injuries on his neck, arm and legs.

He said:

“We arrested the 28-year-old suspect and recovered the cleaver used in the attack.

“We are trying to determine the motive but the suspect refused to cooperate with us.

“Several witnesses have been interviewed including the wo- man who took the video clip.”

The case is being investigated under Section 326 of the Penal Code for causing grievous hurt.

– http://stomp.straitstimes.com/

Any jobless new part time job helping out at the Sea Games in Malaysia

PROSTITUTE, WHO HAD SEX WITH 30 POLICE OFFICERS, WINS $89MIL IN DAMAGES

PROSTITUTE, WHO HAD SEX WITH 30 POLICE OFFICERS, WINS $89MIL IN DAMAGES
Social | June 2, 2017

A FORMER underage prostitute at the centre of a sex scandal that rocked seven police forces has been awarded $1 million.

Jasmine Abuslin, also known as Celeste Guap, began having sex aged 17 with more than a dozen officers from around San Francisco’s East Bay.


In total, she had sex with 30 cops from Oakland, Richmond, Livermore and Alameda and Contra Costa County sheriff’s offices, and said three paid her.



 Asked by ABC7 why she had sex with those who didn’t pay, she said: “I don’t know, I just look at them like information. Their perks become your perks, you know.”
Now 19, Ms Abuslin’s settlement is far less than the $89 million figure she and her original lawyer requested, but she told the news station she was satisfied. “I feel happy that I can close this chapter and move on with my life,” she said.
The young woman said she “never came up with those numbers, those large numbers.”
The teenager, who has been open about her difficult upbringing and struggle with drug addiction, said she feared for her life after telling her story.

Jasmine Abuslin was just 17 when she began having sex with police officers, some of whom paid her.

Ms Abuslin said she feared for her life after revealing she had slept with 30 cops from seven law enforcement agencies.


After comments on social media and online, the young woman messaged an ABC7 journalist: “They’re scaring me that I’m a get killed.” Her then-lawyer placed Ms Abuslin in safe houses with 24-hour armed security guards and had her wear a bulletproof vest when she went outside.

In a late-night session on Wednesday, Oakland City Council approved a $US989,000 ($1.3 million) settlement with Ms Abuslin, about a third of which will towards lawyers’ fees. She posted a photo of her and her legal team on Facebook, with the caption: “BIG THANK YOU to my legal team #grateful.”

The 19-year-old said she was satisfied with the settlement, and wanted to leave this chapter behind.

Five of the police officers involved in the sex scandal will face criminal charges.


Her lawyer John Burris said that most importantly, the case was about the “outrageous behaviour on the part of people who are police officers, who were sworn to uphold the law and engage in regular contact violating the oath of law enforcement they had taken.”

He said the officers had “somehow believed they were above the law or that no one would care because perhaps Jasmine’s credibility would be called into question.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said it was in the best interest of the city to settle the matter quickly and fairly and focus on “rebuilding the public trust that was so damaged by this incident.”
Five of the Oakland officers allegedly involved with Ms Abuslin are facing criminal charges.
– News.com.au

MBI BOSS TEDY TEOW & SON PREVIOUSLY JAILED & FINED BEFORE OVER A CAFE CHAIN SCHEME

It will be interesting this time and what excuse will the authorities get to help these conmen escape again. I bet money is already set aside to buy over the authorities same like Johnson Lee

Business | June 2, 2017

GEORGE TOWN: MBI Group International founder Tedy Teow Wooi Huat, 51, is no stranger to controversy – he was a key figure in the Island Red Cafe franchise from 2008 to 2010.

Teow, whose company is currently under the spotlight for its virtual money scheme, and his son Chee Chow, 28, have been jailed before for cheating and misleading investors in the cafe chain scheme.

In August 2011, the Ampang Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur sentenced both father and son to a day’s jail each and fined them a total of RM160,000.
Read more here about his previous con game Red Cafe Francise sdn Bhd
Teow, who was Syarikat Island Red Cafe Franchise Sdn Bhd executive director then, and his son, also a director of the company, had pleaded guilty to fraudulently inducing 93 people to invest a total of RM1,040,400.

Face of conman and thief and do not forget this face when you see him in the street Mr. Tedy Teow FOUNDER OF MBI GROUP

They committed the offence at the company’s premises in Pandan Indah in Ampang between Jan 1, 2008, and Feb 28, 2010.

MBI has come under the spotlight after it was red-flagged by Bank Negara on May 22 for having a questionable financial scheme.

The authorities then raided M Mall, a shopping mall which MBI runs here, and its M Square logistics centre in Ampang, Selangor, on Monday, and froze 91 bank accounts containing RM177mil linked to the company on Wednesday.

MBI has since urged its members to keep a low profile and not discuss the probe in public.

Members put money into its scheme and get a number of virtual coins in return.

After an “incubation period” of over a year, they can then convert these coins into loyalty reward points to spend on goods and services at retail establishments under the MBI umbrella, such as M Mall.

The scheme is said to give substantial returns each year and is believed to be the longest-running financial scheme founded in Penang.

Its membership is said to be in the millions, from countries such as China, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia.

Teow is believed to be from Penang.

According to the company’s website, Teow set up MBI Group International in 2009.

A hotel in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah and a Chinese restaurant in Jelutong here are also said to be “closely associated” with the company as its members could spend their points at both places.

A check with the Companies Commission of Malaysia showed MBI International Sdn Bhd is registered under Teow Mooi Goay, 47, and Teow Ee Meng, 26, with Khoo Kien Hor, 47, as secretary.

The shareholders are Ee Meng and Chee Chow, with capital of RM1mil.

Ee Meng is also believed to be the son of Tedy Teow.

Meanwhile, it was business as usual at M Mall yesterday. There did not seem to be a rush by MBI members to use up their points there.

Merchants there were still accepting the points for purchases.

An MBI member, who wished to be known only as Kumar, said he came to the mall after hearing talk that it would be closed down but was assured by an employee at the information counter that there was nothing to worry about.

MBI management official Teow Ling Ling, when contacted by phone, said the mall was operating as usual.

Asked about the latest developments in the company following Monday’s raid, she hung up after saying: “We have no comment.”

Efforts by reporters to get comments from the mall’s management office drew a blank.

ANN

And one of the victims story below

The love between two siblings has been torn to shreds – all because of money games.

A clerk, who wished to be known only as Ah Choo, said she would never forgive her younger brother for getting their 75-year-old mother involved in the MBI money game.

“When he told me he wanted to invest in early January, I advised him not to.

“Today, after reading news about MBI, my mum admitted that she had invested about RM22,000 through my brother.

“She is now worried about her investment. She’s a retiree and it was her life savings,” she said yesterday.

Ah Choo, 44, urged the task force investigating the JJPTR scheme to also probe MBI since Bank Negara Malaysia had added the company to its financial consumer alert list.

“My mum opted for the one-year investment package where you get nothing in the first 12 months.

“You can cash your profit only from the second year onwards. Now, my mum can’t withdraw it even if she wants to,” the Penangite said.

Ah Choo also urged the authorities to verify all the businesses linked to MBI and its subsidiaries.

The Star reported yesterday that two more popular financial schemes in Penang had been red-flagged by Bank Negara.

A check on the financial consumer alert list showed MBI Interna­tional Sdn Bhd and Mface Interna­tional Sdn Bhd to be the latest additions.

Both are subsidiaries of MBI Group International, a company with investors worldwide, many of them from China.

To date, 302 companies have been listed under the financial consumer alert list for suspicion of not adhering to relevant laws and regulations administered by Bank Negara.

Under the Financial Services Act 2013, individuals or businesses involved in illegal financial activities can be fined up to RM50mil and jailed for 10 years.

When contacted by a Chinese daily recently, MBI International chairman Tedy Teow’s special assistant Alfa said he did not think the company would face any problems.

FROM MULTIPLE MURDERS TO GRAND THEFT: HOW CAN RELEASING NAJIB’S AMBANK STATEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC BE ‘PREJUDICIAL’ UNLESS HE IS GUILTY AS SIN

Politics | June 2, 2017

We are in the middle of Ramadhan so I don’t like to write about things that will upset anyone, including the Prime Minister or his lawyers. But their Press statement yesterday that they need to intervene in my case against AmBank Islamic Berhad on the grounds that me getting his bank statements would be gravely prejudicial to the PM needs explanation.

The Prime Minister’s Office should be sensible enough to know that what I am doing is actually going to clear the PM’s name. Getting his bank statements out in the open will clearly show the truth of the allegations that have been made against him. Through this magical bank account — the PM was apparently unaware that SRC money was credited into it — millions were paid out to so many people, some of whom were well-known and others less so. When we have sight of the accounts the whole matter can be resolved quickly, after which we can move on to talking about an alcohol ban, TN50 or whatever else is important for the country. How can such a disclosure be deemed prejudicial?


It will be gravely prejudicial to the Prime Minister only if the account shows that those payments, including the big one to Special Prosecutor Muhammed Shafee Abdullah, were made and that the monies in that account came from taxpayers. It will be gravely prejudicial if the payments to Shafee can then be traced to other well-known personalities. It will also be gravely prejudicial if the disclosure of the account reveals other payments to Barisan Nasional leaders. In other words, it will be “gravely prejudicial” to the Prime Minister if it proves that what the Sarawak Report says is all true.

Does anyone in the country know the meaning of “cover-up”? It means a planned effort to hide a dishonest, immoral or illegal act or situation. It is an action that is meant to prevent people from knowing the truth about something. I have been in and out of court in the last year or so simply because I don’t want any cover-up of any illegal or dishonest acts by our leaders. That’s why I took this action against Ambank. I also sought a declaration for judicial review of the Attorney-General’s decision not to take any action against the PM because I did not want the courts to be used as an instrument for a cover-up. I have not been successful so far, but I will continue.

I may not succeed in the end, but as good Muslims, I think we should not just be interested in halal food but halal conduct as well. Having leaders who are dishonest is one thing, but having them engaged in cover-ups is the red line. It’s pathetic and shameful that in this holy month, Muslims can only show how hypocritical and shallow they have become when they do nothing about cover-ups.

My friend R. Sivarasa was reprimanded for talking to his constituents in a mosque, but it’s okay if you are a BN Minister. Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor was happily doling out goodies and praising the Prime Minister in another mosque. Some Malays are arrested and shamed for eating in public, but the Islamic establishment does not seem to care about or understand the meaning of a cover-up.

– Zaid.my

And then

GUILTY OR NOT – SHAFEE’S RM9.5MIL QUESTION: UMNO LAWYER WAS AT NAJIB’S HOUSE WITH SAIFUL, HE WAS PICKED SPECIALLY TO PROSECUTE ANWAR & HELD ‘SODOMY TOURS’ TO JUSTIFY ANWAR’S JAILING

Politics | June 2, 2017

The recent exposé by Sarawak Report on Najib Razak paying Anwar Ibrahim’s prosecutor, Shafee Abdullah, RM9.5 million in two payments with the most recent being two weeks prior to Anwar’s conviction has come as a shock to the country.

The money was transferred from Najib’s own personal AmBank account, the same account that has been funded by 1MDB’s subsidiary, SRC International, which also borrowed money from the civil service pension fund (KWAP).

Shafee is known to be extremely close to Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor, and his appointment as the legal prosecutor in the sodomy case against Anwar raised more than a few eyebrows, as the government had opted to appoint a defense lawyer as a special prosecutor when it is also well known that Shafee has in fact made disparaging remarks to condemn and slander Anwar on several occasions.

Not only that, it is also widely reported that Shafee Abdullah was at Najib’s residence when Saiful Bukhari met the Prime Minister to make an alleged “complaint” against Anwar.

Upon Anwar’s conviction, Shafee took matters a step a further by holding roadshows to explain the sodomy case and make new allegations against Anwar that were not even brought up in court. Such malicious attempt by the special prosecutor is not only in contempt of court, but clearly shows his intentions to bring down Anwar on behalf of Najib.

With this revelation by Sarawak Report, it is rather clear that there were indeed suspicious dealings between Najib and Shafee, and that his appointment as the special prosecutor is clearly politically-motivated.

Why else would you transfer to the lawyer’s account such vast amounts of money?

I urge Najib and Shafee to come out and explain the dealing. Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali must also reveal what action he will take.

NIK NAZMI NIK AHMAD
KEADILAN YOUTH LEADER
– MAILBAG

And then again

NAJIB’S LAWYER SHAFEE ‘UNWELL’ AS RM9.5MIL 1MDB-LINKED PAYMENT FROM NAJIB EXPOSED: ANWAR’S DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST KHAIRY DEFERRED AS SHAFEE, WHO ALSO ACTS FOR KHAIRY, ON MEDICAL LEAVE

Politics | June 2, 2017 

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has postponed for the third time the hearing of the RM100 million defamation suit brought by jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against Minister for Youth and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin.

This is after the court was notified that Khairy’s counsel Muhammed Shafee Abdullah was unwell, also for the third time.

Justice Azizul Azmi Adnan has fixed the next hearing for Aug 7, two months after Shafee’s medical leave ends on June 7.

In ruling that this will be the final postponement, the presiding judge said if Shafee cannot attend the proceedings on Aug 7, another lawyer will have to step in for the senior lawyer.

On April 17, the court ordered Khairy to pay RM3,000 in costs to Anwar because Shafee failed to abide by the court directive to file his written submission to include an additional defence of “fair comment” in time.

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SHAFEE SPEECHLESS: WAS RM9.5MIL PAYMENT TO HELP NAJIB JAIL ANWAR, TAKE CONTROL OF ‘BODY & FUNERAL’ OF MURDERED AMBANK FOUNDER AS PART OF 1MDB-LINKED COVER UP

SHOCK EXPOSE – EVIDENCE GROWS NAJIB ‘FRAMED’ ANWAR FOR SODOMY II: 1MDB MONEY TRAIL SHOWS NAJIB PAID ‘SODOMY TOUR’ LAWYER SHAFEE RM9.5 MIL FROM HIS AMBANK SLUSH FUND A/C

Shafee’s colleague informed the court that he had suffered a hamstring injury and could not attend the proceedings.

The court then postponed the submission of the trial to May 19.

Shafee, who was present at court on May 19, said he was unwell and the court again postponed the trial.

– Mkini

Excuse and excuse .Can find these type of rude people at the parking areas and they come in all races

AFTER DECADES OF UMNO BRAINWASHING, EVEN IN RAMADAN, MALAY HATRED FOR THE CHINESE BLOWS UP: HUSBAND OF WOMAN IN TUDUNG IN PARKING LOT FIGHT APOLOGISES

The husband of a woman seen in a viral video showing an obscene gesture, throwing her slippers at a car, and hitting the car parked near a Ramadhan bazaar has came forward to apologise on her behalf.

Muhammad Jefry Sudin, 33, reportedly said that he wishes to clear the air over the incident involving his wife, Siti Khadijah Awang, 28, and another woman driver.

According to Jefry, the incident occurred shortly after he parked their car near a Ramadhan bazaar in Kuah town, Langkawi, on Wednesday.

“I was driving our car and there was another car in front of us with three women inside. We were both searching for a parking space.

“There was one space but the car in front of me had overshot, so I entered the spot to park my car,” he said as quoted by Harian Metro.

Commenting further, Jefry said the car’s driver had insisted that the parking spot was hers, aside from hurling expletives which angered his wife, triggering her to show an obscene gesture and to throw her slippers.

“On that point I was apologising on behalf of my wife and I did not expect that she would react in that manner.

“I view it as a small incident but it became viral when the woman, believed to be the one who recorded the incident, uploaded it onto social media and attracted various responses,” he said.

Jefry, however, urged all who had viewed the video to not lay the full blame on his wife, without finding out the real reason behind it.

A woman in the front car who was later identified as Ann Lim had uploaded a video on her Facebook account, showing how they were attacked by Siti Khadijah at about 7pm on Wednesday.

The 42-second video had since gone viral with over 3,000 likes and 11,000 shares.

According to the FB post, the driver had claimed that she was the first to see the parking spot and was waiting for another car to vacate it.

She also said that she had turned on her signal to indicate that she wanted to park at the spot, but was overtaken by the couple’s car.

The incident led the driver to honk her car horn but she was allegedly ignored until Siti Khadijah came towards her car in rage.

– M’kini

Wow Malaysia ranking in world football now 155 and Papua New Guinea 153 and tie with Maldives at 155

Malaysia climbs to 155th spot in latest FIFA ranking

Malaysia climbs to 155th spot in latest FIFA ranking
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia moved up three spots in the FIFA ranking from 158 to 155 in the latest list released today.

According to FIFA’s official website www.fifa.com, Malaysia accumulated 148 points despite not having played any international games for the past two months, with the last match resulting in a goalless draw against the Philippines on March 22.

Malaysia is now on par with minnows like Papua New Guinea (153), Chad (154), Maldives (155) and Singapore (156).

Malaysia can further improve their standing if the squad under newly-appointed Portugese coach Nelo Vingada achieves positive results in the 2019 Asian Cup qualifying match against Lebanon on June 13.

Meanwhile, no big changes were recorded among the top 10 teams this month, except Poland that climbed one rung to share 10th spot with Spain, while Brazil topped the table ahead of neighbour Argentina, followed by Germany and Chile.

The monthly ranking involves 206 countries. – AFP



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Watch videos of Robbery gone bad - 34 bodies found at Resorts World Manila casino after gunman attack

Many of the dead suffocated in the chaos as guests and staff tried to flee choking smoke at the complex

MANILA: At least 34 bodies were found at the Resorts World Manila casino in the aftermath of an attack by a gunman on Friday, Philippine media reports said, citing local authorities.

Many of the dead suffocated in the chaos as guests and staff tried to flee choking smoke at the complex, according to a report by ANC News channel, quoting Bureau of Fire Protection sources.

Resort owner Travellers International Hotel Group Inc said authorities were still seeking details.

Gunman torches Manila Casino leaving 36 people to suffocate to death 

“We have been informed of several casualties, the number and identities of whom have yet to be determined,” it said in a statement. Its shares were down 7 percent.

CCTV SCREENSHOT OF GUNMAN AT RESORT WORLD MANILA 

The gunman killed himself after bursting into the casino, firing shots and setting gaming tables alight, Philippine police said. His motive was likely robbery and not terror-related, police added.

National police chief Ronald dela Rosa told DZMM radio the lone gunman had not aimed his assault rifle at people at the Resorts World Manila entertainment complex during the hours-long drama that began shortly after midnight, and may have been trying to steal casino chips.

Around dawn, the body of the suspected gunman was found in a hotel room in the complex, which is close to Ninoy Aquino International Airport and an air force base.

Police said it appeared the suspect had killed himself after firing at armed officers searching the still-smoking building.

ANC Live: Security lapses? Resorts World Manila explains 

“He burned himself inside the hotel room 510,” dela Rosa told a media conference. “He lay down on the bed, covered himself in a thick blanket and apparently doused himself in gasoline.”

One security guard at the complex had accidentally shot himself, he said. His condition was unknown.

Officials said at least 54 people were hurt, some seriously, as they rushed to escape what at first had been feared as a militant attack.

A staff member at the emergency room in the San Juan de Dios hospital said patients were suffering the effects of smoke inhalation and some had injuries such as fractures. None had gunshot wounds, she said.

Kimberly Molitas, a spokeswoman for the capital’s police office, said 113 million Philippine pesos (US$2.27 million) worth of casino chips stolen during the raid had been recovered.

Reuters

‘SAD DAY FOR RESORTS WORLD’: MALAYSIA’S GENTING CONDEMNS ‘COWARDLY ACT’ AS MANILA ATTACK DEATH TOLL HITS 37

MALAYSIAN gaming conglomerate Genting Group has slammed last night’s attack on its casino in Manila as a “cowardly act” and said its security team is working with local authorities to conduct search and rescue operations on its building where so far, 37 bodies including the suspect, have been found.

“This is a sad day for Resorts World Manila,” said a statement issued by the company shortly after news broke of the attack on its casino.


“It is with deep regret that we have been informed of several casualties, the number and identities of whom have yet to be determined.

“As soon as this information becomes available, we shall be informing their loved ones.”

 At midnight, Philippines police said a gunman, who appeared to be acting alone, walked into one of the gambling rooms at the casino and fired his rifle at a large television screen, then poured gasoline onto a gambling table and set it alight.
The gunman initially disappeared into the chaos of smoke and running people, leading to a manhunt throughout the complex that ended just after dawn when he was found dead in a hotel room.

Police have said the victims died from suffocation from the smoke.

Genting’s statement said that their team on the ground has extended medical assistance to the 54 people who were taken to nearby hospitals after they suffered injuries in the attack.

“This cowardly act if a deranged mind will not defeat the spirit on which resorts World Manila was built.

“With your prayers, we will overcome this tragedy.”

Before the gunman was killed and police had confirmed any motive, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility and US President Donald Trump also branded it a “terrorist attack” .

However, police have insisted that it was most likely a robbery gone wrong, saying the man did not shoot at anyone and appeared to be intent just on stealing gambling chips.

THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT

Brit who insulted MAS flight attendant found guilty

Drunk Maxine Williams had called stewardess Teoh Ming Lee, “a Malaysian pig” and yesterday told the court that her behaviour was “normal”

KUALA LUMPUR: A British passenger who hurled insults at a Malaysian flight attendant in January, has been found guilty of assault and being drunk on board an aircraft.

Britain’s The Sun reported that Maxine Williams, who was drinking throughout her Heathrow-bound flight from Kuala Lumpur, had called stewardess Teoh Ming Lee, 36, “a Malaysian pig” and yesterday told the court that her behaviour was “normal”.

During the incident, the 57 year-old had screamed profanities at the Malaysia Airlines flight attendant, forcing the captain to declare a security alert at 30,000ft.

The report said her actions led Williams to have her hands tied behind her back with plastic hoops and that things worsened after as she kicked the stewardess in the bottom, which resulted in her having her legs bound with gaffer tape

The magistrate’s court in Willesden, North West London heard on Thursday that Williams had gone into the first class compartment, demanding more alcohol.

The accused, who is a hospital receptionist, had also kicked a meals trolley, snapped an arm rest and fallen on another passenger.

Her actions made children cry and one family is reported to have moved to another deck.

Teoh told the court that Williams, who used a lot of profanities, could not stand properly.

“She couldn’t stand up properly and kept leaning to the side.

“She kicked my meal cart, the water on the cart spilled onto the passenger.

“I told her don’t kick the cart so she started swearing,” she was quoted by The Sun as saying.

Williams, from Fulham, was convicted of assault and being drunk on board an aircraft.

The magistrate’s court has sent the case to the Crown court for sentencing.

Costly slip up for The Star; open season for some and good exposure of the Bad drama by UMNO and MCA

This time at the ballot box is the final time BN will be on the ballot box as they will be wiped of the map forever

The star Newspaper is owned by Barisan Nasional component party MCA. The BN-UMNO is out off issues to inflame and rally the Malays against the Non-Malays and thus uniting the Malays to vote for BN-UMNO. The non-malays are sensible people and peaceful who get along famously with Malays and will do nothing to hurt their feelings. So now the ruling government party have no issues than have to create some issues and who else can help except their Chinese or Indian lackey parties MCA and MIC to stir up racial and religious issues to pit Malays against non-Malays. The general population have seen thru this drama and are not the least getting exicited and not diverting from their march to the ballot box to defeat the most evil party and never let it be part of the lives of Malaysians for a million years.

Good try UMNO and MCA but still a foolish move as the tickle have turn to a flood , with so many and even the safe Malays who always vote BN-UMNO and saying that you have crossed to many red lines and this is the straw which broke the camel's back. No more voting BN-UMNO, MCA, MIC, Gerakan PPP as these are political cannibals who feast on their own people

Smoking prohibited on flights, so why not alcohol? because Smoke affects all and alcohol only the person who drinks

Another simplistic answer if cannot smoke than why can drink Alcohol. First when a person smokes , he inhales and blow the smoke and all round him are engulfed in smoke whether you like it or not and it sets off the Plane fire alarm sensors. The poor kids and babies are getting their first dose of the poison tobacco smoke and are more likely to develop cancer first. Have you been to a Children’s ward full of young kids who have cancer and never smoked a cigarette? But when the doctor looks at their background, they notice that these kids were exposed to cigarette smoke due to smokers in their surroundings, at homes and elsewhere.

Alcohol does only harm or make the drinker only happy and during flights it is somewhat of calming the nerves for nervous or passengers who are afraid to fly and also relax the passenger and can have a good sleep while flying.

So no need to tell all that you are naive , stupid and only good for small talk

And smoking Kills but Alcohol only makes you crazy for a few hours at a time

For the good of everyone, it is best to stop serving alcohol completely – less arguments, less disorderliness and better safety during flights.

I refer to a news item, “Serving alcohol not the problem, says Nur Jazlan” when commenting on serving alcohol during flights.

I am not sure whether the passenger who caused trouble on flight MH128 recently was drunk or mentally unstable. But the issue now seems to have gravitated towards “serving alcohol during flights”.

Personally I have no idea whether serving alcohol is an important “marketing tool” for any airline.
But for safety and orderliness, I would prefer that airlines stopped serving alcohol during flights.
At one time smoking was allowed during flights but now all airlines have banned it without causing much of an issue. Presently, I don’t think anyone would want to travel in the same cabin with others who smoke away during the flight.

I think it is time to do the same with alcohol.
Hundreds of people are confined in a small space during flights and it is not a good idea to have some people come “under the influence” in such situations.

Of course some would argue that most are able to control the amount of alcohol they consume. But the cabin crew generally have no means in which to know whether passengers are able to control themselves or not. They have no idea how some passengers react after a few drinks.
It can be quite intimidating when some passengers become rowdy even though they are not violent. They could be disruptive to other passengers sitting nearby with their loud talking and laughing.
It is true the cabin crew have the right to refrain from serving more alcohol when the first signs of drunkenness emerge. But by then it is usually too late. It is always arguable how “drunk” is drunk.

For the good of everyone, I think it is best to stop serving alcohol completely – less arguments, less disorderliness and better safety.

By the way, I think it is inappropriate for Nur Jazlan Mohamed to say, “Maybe it’s the cheap fares that MAS offers that are attracting a different crowd … attracting such characters.”
I think the deputy minister has just insulted many less affluent passengers. Getting drunk or suffering from mental illness has nothing much to with “cheap fares”, neither has the economic status of a traveller anything to do with “such characters”.

T K Chua is an FMT reader.

With a firm belief in freedom of expression and without prejudice, FMT tries its best to share reliable content from third parties. Such articles are strictly the writer’s personal opinion. FMT does not necessarily endorse the views or opinions given by any third party content provider.

36 students held in murder probe over navy cadet’s death and my condolences to the Cadet's family

No surprises here as too many students have died in Government intuitions and nothing have been done to solve this problem but only encouraged to continue the bullying. It is now part of the Malay culture to bully in groups as afraid to do it one to one. In numbers only they are brave but when by themselves they are like a mouse. They get wild during fasting and this is due to low sugar level in their bodies just like a werewolf on a full moon night going crazy

FMT Reporters | June 2, 2017

Defence Minister Hishammuddin also orders immediate investigation by the armed forces and National Defence University, warning that no one found guilty will escape the law.
marine-cadet-officer-ZulfarKUALA LUMPUR: Police have detained 36 students of two public universities to assist investigations into the death of a Malaysian National Defence University (UPNM) cadet who was suspected to be have been abused with a steam iron.
The investigation will be made under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
Selangor CID chief SAC Fadzil Ahmat said 32 of the students were from UPNM and four from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten), all aged from 20 to 21, according to an Utusan Online report.
Fadzil said in a statement today they were detained last night and had been remanded for seven days.

The victim, navy cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, 21, was pronounced dead at Serdang Hospital about 10pm yesterday after he was sent there for treatment by several friends.
It was understood that Zulfarhan arrived at the hospital with injuries on his body caused by suspected scalding and bruises.

In a tweet, Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said he had ordered the armed forces and UPNM to launch an investigation immediately.

“No one will escape action under the law if found guilty,” he said.
“Innalillah…sad and dismayed to learn of the death of navy cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain. Al Fatihah.”