Two charged - RMAF stolen engine

Left: K. Rajandran Right: Sgt. N. Tharmendran

Now it is reported by the Star on 6 January 2010

A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) sergeant and a company director claimed trial in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday in connection with the missing two F5E jet engines.

N. Tharmendran, 42, who is still serving in the Air Force, allegedly conspired with Senior Airman Mohamad Shukri Mohamad Yusop at the Subang RMAF Air Movement Section to steal the two J8521-type engines from the Kuala Lumpur RMAF Material Processing Shed, MATRA 1, in Sungai Besi in Kuala Lumour.

The jet engines, worth an estimated RM100mil and belonging to the 12th Squadron (Scorpion) based in Butterworth, were stolen in 2007 from the RMAF godown in Kuala Lumpur.

The RMAF only discovered the jet engines missing on May 22, 2008 and a police report was lodged on Aug 4 the same year.

Also missing were maintenance and service records.

Tharmendran allegedly committed the offence in December, 2007 and was charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code, which is to be read with Section 109 of the Penal Code.

If found guilty, he could be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.

Company director K. Rajandran Prasad, 37, however was charged under Section 414 of the Penal Code for intentionally disposing of the two F-5 jet engines.

If found guilty, he could be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

Wow! A Sergeant can steal jet engine!
Wonder what a General can do?



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Now it is reported by the Star on 5 January 2010

The two stolen RMAF jet engines “left” Malaysia for Argentina but were off-loaded to another vessel bound for Uruguay, said Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail.

“We are using all our resources and cooperation between the police, the RMAF and the A-G’s Chambers to trace and try to recover the missing engines.
“The Interpol is also well aware of this. All efforts will be made. There will be no compromise on this,” vowed Gani.


Gani said police had completed its investigations “to a large extent”, which indicated that no senior military personnel was involved in the scandal.

“It is only those from the rank and file. We shall be announcing our decision on this case very soon,” he said, adding that his chambers were checking to see if there were enough evidence to charge those responsible.

Can it be believe? Rank & File!

And reported by the Star on 25 December 2009

The 41 Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) personnel including a brigadier-general were not sacked due to the theft of two RM50mil turbojet engines.

In a statement released yesterday, the RMAF said the 41 were sacked due to incompetency issues and poor working performances.

“The decision to sack them was taken before the engines were discovered missing,” said the RMAF.

Meanwhile, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail had ordered the police to conduct further investigations into the missing jet engines.

Not convincing. Gave a 1/2 star for the story plot.


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Sani Express Bus Accident 10 Killed

Headline of road accidents are often report especially there is a long weekend or festival holiday. When everyone go back to their hometown or for vacation. The biggest new of the week 10 people killed when an Express bus skidded and ram into the side railing

Reported in the Star

Driver Mohd Kamil Mohd Ra shid was feeling sleepy as his bus was leaving the Tapah rest area.
 He had planned to have his co-driver take over at the next stop — the Sungai Perak rest area.
 They never made it that far.
 The double-decker express bus skidded and crashed into a road divi der, killing 10 passengers less than an hour later, just 5km before the Jelapang toll plaza.
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The double-decker bus, owned by the Klang-based Sani Express Sdn Bhd, skidded before hitting a road divider at the 272nd kilometre stretch of the the North-South Express way at 1am yesterday.
All the 10 victims were seated on the lower deck of the bus, which departed from Klang at 9pm on Friday for Kangar in Perlis with 48 passengers.

It is very sad to hear such news. Especially the first one that can be prevented. A rickless driver that sleepy cause 10 innocents people killed.


He should be prosecuted by the laws. 


Driver let it be bus driver, taxi driver and others has a heavy responsibility. It is not only their live are at stack but those they carried. 

RMAF Loss 50 Million F-5E Engine

The most recent breaking news in Malaysia - our air force (RMAF) lost two jet engine when the sent for maintenance. Two jet engine for F-5E that cost RM 50 million

Now it is reported by the Star on 24 December 2009

It is learnt the General Electric J85-21A afterburner turbojet engines (the power plant for the single-seater F-5E Tiger 11 and RF-5E Tigereye) were shipped off from Port Klang to a third country before ending up in Argentina.
All documents on the sale and shipping of the parts are said to be originals.
It is believed that the engines are in the possession of an individual. A quick search over the Internet revealed that the Argentina military does not use the F-5E Tiger 11 and RF-5E Tigereye.

The missing jet engines have been “found” — they are in Argentina.
Wow! Argentina! Half a globe away. Those who steal it definitely have connection. Military engine not normal car engine been exported without notice.

In the New Straits Times on 22 December 2009

Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail said the two engines were discovered stolen in May last year. RMAF had lodged a report with the police on Aug 4 last year.

Stolen last year, but is know by the Public this year. And it seems actions only start from now.

Report in the Star on 22 December 2009

There is no cover-up of the theft and sale of the RM50mil fighter jet engine last year, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

He said the Defence Ministry and Royal Malaysia Air Force reported the theft to the police immediately after it was discovered and co-operated fully with the authorities to ensure that the matter was thoroughly investigated.

“To the credit of RMAF and Mindef, there was no intention of covering up (the theft) at all. I was the minister in charge at the time and I decided it should be reported to the police.

“Mindef took the position that we have to address this and take the necessary action, even criminal action, against those involved,” he told reporters after a special meeting with the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology and chairing the Malaysian Aerospace Council meeting yesterday.

.....It was reported that a brigadier-general and 40 other armed forces personnel had been sacked over the incident.

.....On why the brigadier-general continued to receive his pension and other retirement benefits despite having been sacked, Najib said such decisions would depend on the wrong that was committed and that it would be up to the armed forces to decide.

Yet our PM said there is no cover up. He was the Defence Minister that time. What happens from August 4 2008 to recently? Either he was sleeping, or the Police and MINDEF was sleeping.

Report by Bernama on 21 December 2009

The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) 12th Squadron (Scorpion) at the Butterworth air base, where the F-5E jet fighters are based, is operating as usual despite being linked to the loss of one of the jet engine, Armed Forces chief Gen Tan Sri Azizan Ariffin said.

"The missing jet engine does not affect RMAF operations because we have more than 16 F-5E jets and only seven are used for tactical missions," he told reporters after the annual parade and prize giving at the Royal Military College here Monday.

Why we need more than 16 jet where we need 7 for tactical mission? No wonder when it lost we cannot immediate know. The most 8 or 9 jets is sufficient.

Report by the Star on 22 December 2009

Action will be taken against high-ranking officers overseeing the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) fighter jet at the time when its RM50mil engines were stolen, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

He said the action to be taken will be decided during the next meeting of the Malaysian Armed Forces Council of which he was the chairman.

On 20 Dec 2009 from the Star

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that a group of low-ranking officers were in cahoots with civilians in the well- planned theft and sale of the RM50mil engine.

Zahid said the thieves had sold the engine to an international company based in South America which was believed to have hired an agent to bring it out of the country.

“The international company was interested in buying the engine because it was cheap as it was categorised as faulty spare part and was to be under repairs.

Earlier our Defence Minister said low-ranking officer do it. Next he what to take actions against those high rank officer. It seems our Defence Minister do not know about it. He must sleeping too.

I do not know what is going wrong but I definite think we will never get to the Truth

150m-long skylight comes crashing down at new bus terminal

By R.S.N. MURALI and M. AZHAR ARIFF

Terminal gone bust: Shattered glass are strewn all over the soon-to-be-opened bus terminal after the 150m-long roof came crashing down. — M. AZHAR ARIF / The Star

Unsafe zone: What’s left of the collapsed skylight reflector of the bus terminal in Kuala Berang.

KUALA BERANG: Another roof of a public building has collapsed in Terengganu, just six months after the roof of the state’s main stadium gave way.
Yesterday, the 150m-long glass roof of the soon-to-be-opened express bus and taxi terminal here collapsed, sending hundreds of sheets of glass crashing down. Read More

Are the quality of our contractor getting worse? Just Six months after Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof collapse incident in Terengganu. Not to forget the Batu Burok Aquatic Complex & Sultan Mahmud Airport Terminal. Million has been spent and this is what we got.

Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

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Baby for Sale

What has become of today's society? Even babies are manufactured like any product to be sold. Are we so desperate to look for money that we loss our senses?

Reported in the newspaper - Malaysia police busted a syndicate for selling babies. Foreign women are brought to have slept with mens. Their babies will then be harvest 9 months later to be sold for RM 15,000 to RM 20,000. Read more here

Trio charged for baby-for-sale

Airbus A400M

The Airbus A400M is a military transport plane. It has major setback with delay and over cost. Our country order 4 of these big birds. They cost billions, we will get them in 2016.

Wing Span: 42.4 m (139 ft)
Length: 45.1 m (148 ft 1 in)
Height: 14.7 m (48 ft 2 in)
Max. Take-off Weight: 141,000 kg (310,851 lb)
Max. Landing Weight: 122,000 kg (268,963 lb)
Maximum Payload:37,000 kg (81,571 lb)
Internal Fuel Weight: 50,500 kg (111,330 lb)
Max. Operating Altitude - Normal Operations: 11,278 m (37,000 ft)
Cruise Speed Range (Mach): 0.68 – 0.72 M
Engines 4 x EuroProp International TP400-D6
Engine Power Rating 11,000 shp class
Cargo Hold Length (excluding ramp): 17.71 m (58 ft 1 in)
Ramp useful Length: 5.40 m (17 ft 9 in)
Cargo Hold Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 7 in)
Cargo Hold Height aft of wing: 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in)
Cargo Hold Width: 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in)
Cargo Hold Volume (gross): 340 m (12,007 ft³)

Below video of its maiden flight

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Stop Subsidy to reduce Sugar Usage

Government planning to end sugar subsidy to promote healthy living

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government may remove its subsidy on sugar as a way to get Malaysians to become more healthy.

The removal of the subsidy could increase the price of sugar by almost 70%, and this should discourage people from consuming so much of it.

Currently, the Government spends about RM720mil a year subsidising sugar.

The move has been proposed by various consumer groups.

The National Health and Morbidity Survey in 2006 revealed that 43.1% of Malaysian adults were overweight or obese, double the number from a decade ago.

Some 25% of deaths in government hospitals were due to circulatory diseases and strokes linked to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar content and obesity.

Stopping the subsidy for sugar will to promote healthy lifestyle. Whether will they use less sugar or not is just a perception. It is not easy to change overnight for someone who loves a sweeter coffee that those bitter ones. It takes time and determination. I change mine 3 years ago. Today it is no soft drink, low sugar coffee or tea and milder taste food for me after operation. 
In current bad economical situation, an increase in sugar price will definite affect those lowly income group further whether they are using sugar less or not. Those unethical trader of food and drinks that contain sugar will definite raise they prices as the cost has gone up, regardless whether they sweet one or not . We consumer will definite need to face another small inflation.
The 760mil was spend on sugar subsidy yearly is either pay by the Government or our pocket directly. After Government monies come from the Rakyat. I think the subsidy is not a good things in the first place as it create a burden to Government budget and make us too dependent to subsidy. But the subsidize must be done in stages to avoid unacceptable inflation.
Lets reduce sugar intake regardless there is a subsidy or not. Live healthy.

Legal Action on Pregnant Newlywed

Wednesday December 2, 2009

Newlywed who gave birth faces legal action

A WOMAN who gave birth to a baby girl barely 24 hours after her akad nikah is now in trouble with the Malacca Religious Department (JAIM) for having the child out of wedlock, reported Harian Metro.

The 21-year-old girl married her 28-year-old partner at her family home in Malacca, knowing she was pregnant.

The daily said a group of enforcement officers led by JAIM chief enforcement officer Rahimin Bani went to the Malacca Hospital to take statements from the couple. Read More

Wells, it is wrong to have sex prior to marriage for Islam. But think again it is the 21th Century is all the couple today really have their first intimate on their weddings night? 


This couple understand their wrong doing and the taken action to correct it by their marriage vow. How many that does not do so? How many that are pregnant and abort the child? How many secretly abandon their child? Some newborn survive becomes orphans but some die.


At one hand we try to prevent intimate out of wedlock but it could bring forth a man-made tragedy. Do we really have sympathy for the innocent child?

BTN Ban for Selangor

Shocking news to here that the banning of Biro Tata Negara (BTN). It suppose to be a national program to promote unity, patriotisme, good values. Is it really so slanted as news report?

Selangor government bans civil servants, students and workers from Biro Tatanegara courses

By EDWARD RAJENDRA

SHAH ALAM: The Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor government has ordered that its civil servants, students in state-owned universities, and workers with the state subsidiaries be banned from attending nation-building programmes approved out by the National Civics Bureau or Biro Tatanegara.

State exco chairman for Education and Higher Education Dr Halimah Ali said the order that took effect immediately.

“We will issue a written letter to all, to comply with the order,” she said at the state weekly exco press conference on Wednesday.

She claimed that those who attended the five-day training courses revealed that Barisan Nasional was using such activities to indoctrinate the younger generation aged between 23 and 30 with ideas that could create racial uneasiness. Read More

Namewee - TNB Video

Well, do not really agree with his style but he has his points.
He is bold enough to make such a video and post it.

Namewee raps TNB over outages, insists on apology

By IZATUN SHARI

KUALA LUMPUR: Rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, is adamant that Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) apologises to consumers for frequent power outages.

“TNB must come out and say sorry to Malaysians. TNB is not going to improve. There’ll always be breakdowns. There’ll always be shutdowns and they’ll never inform us,” claimed the controversial rapper yesterday,

Wee gained notoriety in 2007 for his rap song, Negarakuku.

Wee said punishing him would not change things when it came to TNB’s services.

He was reacting to a statement by Information, Communications, Cul ture and Arts Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim that the Govern ment would examine the lyrics and content of Wee’s rap music video which poked fun at TNB. Read More

Remorse Now, After Suicide

Published: Saturday November 14, 2009 MYT 9:34:00 PM

Housewife who fed weedkiller to children is remorseful

By WANI MUTHIAH

KLANG: Housewife R. Seetha, who consumed weedkiller with her four children on Thursday, is remorseful about feeding weedkiller to her children and drinking some hereself.

He husband, lorry driver M. Manimaran, 35, said Seetha had asked him for forgiveness Saturday.

“She kept on asking me to forgive her but refuses to say much other than that her stomach is very painful,” said a visibly distraught Manimaran.

Seetha, 33, had given her children Darshini, nine, Usha Rani, seven, Yugendran, five and Navina, three, drinks laced with weedkiller before downing a cup of the concoction herself.

Seetha, who came to Klang from Gemencheh to attend her younger brother Surenthiran’s funeral earlier in the week was said have been very depressed over his death. Read more

Seetha is lucky that she can still remorse. Her four children are not dead. But how could a mother do so to here in the first place. Is it that sometime we just over our sanity? Whatever the reason Children should not be involved. Related News: Suicide - Who involved children?

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“Remorse is the pain of sin” Theodore Parker

Saturday November 14, 2009

Jilted man takes former lover hostage

By ANDREW SAGAYAM

KUALA LUMPUR: A 23-year-old jilted boyfriend held his beautician girlfriend at gunpoint to win her back in a two-hour hostage drama.

In the incident at Taman Kosas, Ampang, the man arrived at the hair salon, owned by the 35-year-old woman who ended their relationship several weeks back, at about 9.30am.

He waited for her in his car for over an hour before storming into the salon, demanding to speak to her. When she refused, a shouting match broke out and a struggle ensued with the woman being assaulted by the former boyfriend who used to work as a caretaker at the salon.

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Suicide - Why involved children?

I was sadden today to read a new article on the papers a housewife committed suicide with her four children.

Shootout aftermath: Grief-stricken woman and her kids in suicide bid

By WANI MUTHIAH and CHRISTINA TAN

KLANG: Unable to stand the grief of losing her youngest brother in a police shootout recently, a housewife and her four children consumed poison so that they could “all go and meet him.”

R. Seetha, 33, is said to have given her children drinks doused with weed-killer, before downing a glass of the deadly poison herself. Read More

What wrong doing has the four innocent children? Did Seetha gave them a chance to choose. You can choose to live or die but you do not need to involve them. They are young, barely understand anything, what right you have to take their lives?

Others News related: Five killed in shootout with cops