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Drug dealer jailed 30

years in Thailand
BANGKOK: A 40-year-old Malay-
sian was jailed 30 years and fined
500,000 baht (RM50,000) for drug
trafficking and overstaying in Thai-
CPO confirms MACC chief
received death threat
land.
The Criminal Court, however,
halved the sentence due to David Goh
Chee Leong’s confession.
The Bangkok Post reported that Goh
was arrested on Jan 5 in an apartment
in Bangkok’s Laksi district with 2.58gm SHAH ALAM: Selangor CPO The hand-written letter contain- on the pretext of purchasing some-
of crystal meth (known as “ice”), 71.97g Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar yester- ing the death threat was addressed thing.
of Ecstasy, 44.71gm of ketamine and day confirmed that Malaysian to Ahmad Said and received by post “Today’s petrol stations are not
8.01gm of nimetazepam, a party drug Anti-Corruption Commission by the Selangor MACC office in Plaza like those of yesteryear. They now
marketed under the name Erimin. (MACC) chief commissioner Masalam here on July 24. have a convenience store, ATM
The daily reported that another Malay- Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Ham- The writer blamed Ahmad Said machines and a food kiosk. These
sian, aged 31, was arrested on Monday dan received a death threat and MACC officers for Teoh’s death attract robbers,” he said.
with a Thai accomplice in the southern over a week ago. and threatened to shoot them, besides Khalid said most of the robberies
province of Satun for allegedly smuggling He said a letter containing the using foul language in expressing occurred between 4am and 6am.
in 2.88gm of crystal meth. A number of death threat was sent to the Selangor dissatisfaction with the MACC for To prevent such incidents, he
Malaysians had been arrested in Thailand MACC headquarters and that police not taking action against the Barisan suggested that kiosk operators sta-
over the past few months for smuggling in were investigating the case under Nasional and MCA, but only chose to tion a guard in their premise, have
synthetic drugs, – Bernama Section 506 of the Penal Code. investigate DAP leaders. more staff during the late shift, install
Khalid spoke at a press confer- Earlier, Khalid disclosed that until CCTVs or alarm devices and estab-
Pirate cabby to hang for ence after attending a dialogue with the end of July, 160 robbery cases lish rapport with the local police for
cannabis trafficking Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Negri at petrol stations were recorded in exchange of information.
Sembilan Shell petrol station opera- Selangor, with Subang Jaya and Khalid said besides the normal
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court yesterday upheld the death tors, here. Gombak having the most number emergency lines, residents should
sentence imposed on a pirate taxi driver for trafficking in Freed The media reported yesterday of cases. also have with them the phone or
937.8gm of cannabis nine years ago. journalists Ahmad Said had received a death The robbers and thieves used hotline numbers of the nearest police
A three-man bench presided by Chief Judge of Sabah
and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, Chief Judge of Ma-
return to threat as revenge for the death of such methods as smashing the glass station or district police headquarters
political aide Teoh Beng Hock after door or glass-wall panels of the petrol which they could call in emergency
laya Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria and Federal Court Judge Datuk US with he was interrogated by Selangor stations and threatening the victims cases. The Selangor police hotline
Hashim Yusoff dismissed M.Kathavarayan’s final appeal to Clinton MACC recently. with a sharp weapon or pistol while number is 03-20529999. – Bernama
quash his conviction and death sentence.
Kathavarayan, now 60, was convicted and sent to
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the gallows by the Alor Star High Court on Oct 29, 2003,
after he was found guilty of trafficking the drugs in Jalan
Muktamar, Taman Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Star, on May
31, 2000. The Court of Appeal had, on March 12, 2008,
Teenage son of ISA detainee
dismissed his appeal to overturn the High Court decision.
– Bernama among demonstrators nabbed
by Charles Ramendran
newsdesk@thesundaily.com

KUALA LUMPUR: A 16-year-old

boy who was detained for allegedly
taking part in the anti-ISA protest on
Saturday is the son of ISA detainee
Mat Shah Mohd Satray who has been
languishing in the Kamunting camp
in Taiping for almost eight years for
suspected links with terrorist group
Jemaah Islamiah.
“It has been a horrible eight years
for us not knowing when my hus-
band will be released. How can we
ever not oppose a law which impris-
ons a person without trial,” said Mat
Shah’s wife, Norlaila Othman, who
was detained with her son along
KAMARIDUAN MOHD NOR/THESUN

At the Teoh inquest ...
father, sister and fiancee – in Shah Alam yesterday to attend the inquest into his death. Security
guard Siti Zabedah (right), was the first witness to testify at the resumption of the inquest.
Pilot and wife sue Selangor govt over landslide deaths
by Tan Yi Liang
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
SHAH ALAM: A captain with Firefly
Airlines and a housewife are suing the
Selangor government, the Hulu Selan-
gor district office, Yayasan Selangor,
and two developers, SAP Ulu Yam and
SLP Perunding, for the death of their
two daughters in a landslide that hit
their Ulu Yam house last November.
Teoh Beng Hock’s family members – brother, mother,
The siblings, Noratirah Roslan, 16,
and Nurul Intan Sarina, nine, were
killed while asleep in their room on
Jalan Belida 1. The landslide hit the
back of the house at 5.30am on
Nov 30. Their parents and siblings,
Norlisa Azira, eight, Anis Afina, six,
and Norman Afiq, three, who were
sleeping in the living room escaped
the landslide.
In the suit filed with the High
Court here yesterday, Roslan Mohd
Jalil, 49, and Azizan Madon, 42, are
seeking more than RM1.94 million in
damages for the loss of their home
and household goods as well as for
compensation for the deaths of their
two daughters and funeral costs.
They claimed the deaths were due
to the negligence of the five parties for
failing to take necessary precautions.
“The defendants had failed to
with many others opposite the Sogo
shopping centre on Jalan TAR.
At a press conference in the
central Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM)
headquarters in Taman Melawati,
the school teacher, who has been on
unpaid leave for the last two years
and is a familiar figure at anti-ISA
forums and protests, said her only
son has been growing up without
his father since age nine and
“there has not been a day they
had not prayed for the release of
Mat Shah”.
“I have exhausted all avenues
for the release of my husband
and learnt that other individuals
detained for the same reasons
as him had been freed over the
years,” she said.
JIM women’s wing head,
Professor Dr Harlina Halizah
Siraj, said: “With such a pre-
dicament faced by Norlaila,
her son and others whose
inform the homeowner that the
area being developed was unsafe
for development and habitation.
They also failed to ensure that any
development in the area would not
cause a landslide,” they said in their
statement.
It added the defendants had failed
to obtain an Environmental Impact
Assessment study and provide proper
drainage in the development area.
Norlaila ... familiar figure at forums
and protests
family members have been held
under the ISA, there is no doubt the
draconian law should be abolished.
“What else can a young teenager,
who has gone through a life of uncer-
tainty, do but join his mother in op-
posing a law which has robbed him
of his father’s presence for almost
eight years? The ISA is an outdated,
cruel law. It must go and justice must
be served fairly in a court trial.”
Asked about a statement by
Inspector-General of Police Tan
Sri Musa Hassan that police may
consider charging the parents of the
juveniles detained in the rally for
exploiting their children, Harlina
said: “If that is what the police plan to
do, then they should also go after the
parents of other juvenile delinquents
such as Mat Rempit (now known as
Road Thugs) and those involved in
gangsterism. Why only target those
whose kids were at the rally?
“The government should learn to
listen to our opinions and views. Do
not try to fool us, learn to listen.”
Norlaila, who was charged in
court on Monday with taking part
in an illegal assembly and also with
failing to produce her identity card,
said her son was handcuffed and
given lock-up clothing during his
detention. She said although police
sought a remand order against him,
a magistrate freed him following the
intervention of lawyers who had
come forward to help.