Snatch thief pays the price for preying on policewoman
KUALA TERENGGANU: A snatch thief who preyed on someone he thought was an easy target got a fist to his face from a policewoman instead.
The victim, who is a Lance Corporal, was riding her motorcycle at the Sultan Omar roundabout at 5.30pm on Thursday when the suspect, on another motorcycle, snatched her gold bracelet.
The suspect tried to escape but the victim gave chase and managed to punch the suspect in the face before forcing him to lose control of his motorcycle and crash into a divider some 5km from the crime scene.
The policewoman managed to recover her bracelet along with items stolen from other victims but the suspect ran off.
Terengganu CID chief Asst Comm K. Manoharan said the policewoman, who is attached with the state Narcotics Unit, called for help and managed to track down the suspect with the help of other police personnel.
“They managed to apprehend the suspect in a housing area near the city some 30 minutes after the incident.
“The 26-year-old suspect tested positive for drugs,” he said.
ACP Manoharan commended the policewoman's actions in courageously chasing after and eventually nabbing the suspect.
“The suspect thought he could get away easy after robbing a defenceless woman but I think he got the surprise of his life.
“It is really his bad luck that he chose a policewoman to rob,” he said.
He added that initial investigations revealed that the suspect was involved in multiple other snatch thefts in the city.
“The suspect has been remanded until Sunday,” he said.
Taken from The Star
Nowadays, criminals do not care if they hurt their victim to the extend of killing them.
So, in the eyes of the law, can the victims defend themselves to the extend of killing their assailant.
It's either them or us that will die. Hence, it's better for the assailant to die during the victim's defending their safety against crime.
But, will the victim suffer the unfair treatment as the woman who had run over her snatch thieves which made her being put in jail?
Therefore, since women nowadays are the target of snatch thieves who are mainly drug addicts, the women should learn some self-defence techniques.
When there is a will, there is a way
TWO months before retiree Madam Wong (not her real name) underwent a major operation, she transferred the ownership of her double-storey house to her son, in the hope that her property would remain within the family should anything happen to her.
The surgery was successful and the 75-year-old returned to her home where she lived with her son and daughter-in-law. A year later, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became so strained that Madam Wong's son requested that his mother leave the house and go to live with her daughter.
The distraught mother sought the help of Rockwills Corporation Sdn Bhd to have the ownership of the house transferred to her daughter's name.
"But there was nothing we could do as the house was already in her son's name. It was sad to see the old woman clutching a bag of receipts to prove that she had paid for the house with her hard-earned money and now she's homeless," says Rockwills International group managing director Saw Leong Aun, recounting the ordeal that many people go through when they do not plan their wealth distribution properly.
This happened in life so can you imagine how much more complicated things can become in death.
Many families have been left in the lurch upon the death of the breadwinner who did not leave a will. It does not only create family feuds and a problem of inheritance but also leaves the family in dire straits especially if there are debts to be settled, taxes to be paid or loans to be serviced.
Assets that are not claimed over a period of time -- including property, EPF contributions, dividends, insurance claims, deposits in banks and wages -- eventually end up as unclaimed monies in the Accountant-General's office. Recently, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein had said that the total amount of unclaimed monies in the country stood at RM4.53 billion.
Saw says having a will can help solve this problem otherwise the estate will be distributed according to the Distribution Act 1958 (amended in 1997), and this may not be compatible with the wishes of the deceased.
For instance, the deceased, who may not have been on good terms with his parents or siblings, may have wanted to leave his entire estate to his wife and children. But under the law, if he dies intestate (without leaving a will), his surviving parents will be entitled to a quarter of his wealth, while his wife and children will get 25 per cent and 50 per cent respectively.
Should the parents die later, the deceased's siblings can claim the parents' share.
Contrary to popular belief, Saw says writing a will is not something that only the rich should be doing.
"Everyone has something to their name whether it is a house, a car or a bank account. In fact, it is the average person who needs the will more than the super rich because they only have a limited amount of wealth which may mean the whole world to the family they leave behind.
"If they die intestate, then their assets would be frozen. Their loved ones will not have any access to whatever money until they have made the relevant application to the courts. And this can take years. How does the family survive in the meantime?"
Many Asians, especially the older generation still think it's taboo to talk about writing a will.
"When we started out 15 years ago, I remember we set up a booth at an exhibition in Batu Pahat and people would back away from our booth. They would not even pick up our brochure as they considered it taboo," recalls Low Wan Gem, CEO of Rockwills Corporation Sdn Bhd.
Now, he says, more people are warming up to the idea. He says the company usually sees a surge in people wanting to make a will following earthquakes, tsunamis or major accidents, disasters or outbreaks of infectious diseases.
"For example, during the SARS outbreak, many people called us. It is human nature for people to worry that the same fate may befall them."
Saw says there has been a 30-40 per cent increase in will writing among the public over the last 15 years.
Citing Madam Wong's case as an example, he says the advantage of having a will is that it can be re-written by the testator (person making the will) anytime he wishes as long as he is of sound mind.
"If you transfer a piece of your property to someone, you can't take it back. But if you have willed it to the person, you can always revoke your earlier will and write a new one."
Wills can also be used to keep your offspring on their toes as in the case of a wealthy businessman who was bothered by the very pampered and laid-back attitude of his sons. He told his children that although he had named them all in his earlier will, he had decided to re-write his will every year and apportion the bulk of his wealth to the most hardworking son. Now, the sons are going all out to prove their worth.
Interestingly, more than 60 per cent of Rockwills' clients comprise those aged between 30 and 55 years, with most having young children under their care.
Saw says there are even instances where people write wills before leaving for a holiday abroad while some couples travel separately to the same destination.
"They write a will just in case something happens to them during their trip," he says.
There are also those who write wills not to dispose off their estate but to leave specific instructions or messages for their loved ones.
This include expressing their love and affection for their loved ones or stating whether they want to be buried or cremated.
What's most important, Saw adds, is for the testator to keep the will in safe custody.
"Sometimes people write a will and keep it so secret that when they die no one even knows they left a will. This will cause inheritance problems."
Awareness low among Muslims
AS Muslims are governed by the faraid or Islamic law of inheritance which determines how their estate should be distributed upon their death, proper estate planning is crucial to ensure that loved ones are not left in the lurch.
"Unfortunately, only about one per cent of the 16 million Muslims in Malaysia have written their will or wasiat. The level of awareness on the need for a will is very low because they believe their estate will be governed by the faraid system upon their death, so writing a will is unnecessary," said Associate Professor Dr Siti Mashitoh Mahamood, Syariah law lecturer at University Malaya's Academy of Islamic Studies.
If a Muslim dies intestate, his property will be distributed according to the faraid system after payment of his funeral expenses and his debts. Any surplus after the distribution of his assets goes to the Baitulmal (the Muslim Treasury).
Under the faraid system, a widow with children would get one-eighth of her husband's assets. The rest of the property will be distributed among his children with the sons getting twice the portion given to the daughters.
If the man leaves a widow and a daughter, half his assets will be distributed to the daughter while his wife will receive a one-eighth portion. The rest of his assets will go to Baitulmal.
However, if the widow has no children, she only gets a quarter of his assets while the rest goes to Baitulmal.
As only the legitimate heirs of the deceased (ie his wife, sons, daughters and parents) are entitled to his assets under the faraid system, his other relatives such as his sisters, grandchildren or adopted children may not inherit anything.
Mashitoh said such situations could be avoided if Muslims plan their estate properly by writing a will or wasiat, spelling out how they would like their assets to be distributed upon their death.
"In fact, Muslims are encouraged to write a will to ensure that their loved ones who are non-heirs are taken care off. There is even a hadith narrated by Abdullah Ibn `Umar that the Prophet (p.b.u.h) said: "It is not permissible for any Muslim who has something to will to pass even two nights without having his last Will written."
In writing their will, Muslims can bequeath up to a third of their assets to anyone they wish, as long as the beneficiary is not a legitimate heir under the faraid system. The remaining two-thirds of his property will be distributed according to faraid.
Bequests can be made to relatives, friends, people in need or public welfare. A Muslim can also bequeath his assets to a non-Muslim, but not to anything or anyone who opposes Islam.
"So a Muslim convert can bequeath up to a third of his assets to his parents or siblings if he so wishes."
Mashitoh said instead of writing a will, Muslims could also use other instruments such as hibah (gifting), trust funds or wakaf (permanent dedication by a Muslim of a property for any religious, pious or charitable purpose) to distribute their assets among their loved ones.
"They can 'gift' their property to anyone they wish including their spouse, children, grandchildren, or siblings.
"For example, if a couple has an adopted child, the child will not be entitled to their property when the parents die. However, to safeguard the interest of the child, they can hibah the property to the child. But all this must be done while they are still alive and are of sound mind and good health so that it cannot be challenged later on. So, it is better to give what you want while you are still alive," she added.
Another option is to set up a trust fund for children which can be managed by parents while they are still alive and by an appointed trustee when they die.
"This is important especially if the child is a minor. The parent can determine the most qualified and suitable person to be the guardian of the child. Otherwise it will be left to the court and the guardian so appointed by the court may not be the most suitable or appropriate person to care for the child."
What you need to know about writing a will
1. A will must be in writing. It can be handwritten, typewritten or printed and it can be written in any language.
2. The testator (person making the will) must sign or affix his mark (for eg, a signature or thumbprint) at the end of the will, or place it in such a manner or position that it becomes obvious that it is intended to give effect to the writing as a will.
3. A will has to be witnessed by at least two persons present at the time of signing of the will by the testator himself, or the person signing on his behalf. Each of the witnesses shall then sign in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other.
4. A will can be revoked before the testator's death, voluntarily or by operation of the law when certain events happen such as:
a) Marriage -- If a person is single at the time of writing his/her will, the will is automatically revoked once he/she marries.
b) Destruction -- A Will is considered revoked if it is destroyed with the intention of revoking it.
c) Writing of a new will -- a new will always supersedes other earlier wills. Therefore a will must be dated properly to avoid confusion or dispute in future.
d) Execution in writing -- the testator can declare in writing his intention to revoke his will dated on a certain day and put his signature on the piece of paper in the presence of two witnesses.
e) Conversion to Islam - once a person converts to the Muslim faith, the distribution of his estate is government by Syariah laws.
Source: Guide to PlanningYour Will Effectively
Centralised wills registration system
MUSLIMS make up 91 per cent of the 543,908 Malaysians who have written a will with AmanahRaya, the government-owned public trustee, indicating a growing awareness among the community of the importance of having a wasiat (will).
As at May, 495,758 Muslims have used the services of AmanahRaya to prepare a will, said AmanahRaya group chief operating officer Alina Hashim.
She said many Malaysians now realised the importance of writing a will and sought the services of trustees such as AmanahRaya as it helped ease the administration of their estate after their death.
"The appointment of a trustworthy guardian helps guarantee the welfare and interests of your loved ones when you are no more around, making things easier for beneficiaries," she added.
To help make estate administration easier, she said AmanahRaya had established a Wills Register or Daftar Wasiat Malaysia (DWM), which is a centralised system for the registration of Muslim and non-Muslim wills.
The register will serve as a reference centre for custodianship and updating of both Muslim and non-Muslim wills.
"With the availability of this centralised wills registration system, the families or beneficiaries of the deceased can check to see if the latter has left a will. If they have, then it makes it easier for a beneficiary to trace the custodian of the will or wasiat," she added.
AmanahRaya was originally the Department of Public Trustee and Official Administrator. The department was corporatised on Aug 1, 1995 to provide trust, legacy management and will services.
Taken from New Straits Times
Parents should not transfer the ownership of their house to their children when they are still alive.
If they do that, they will surely be living in an old folk's house.
So, just make a will. It's as simple as that.
The point is that don't transfer your property to your children's name while you are still alive.
Happy fasting for all the Muslim readers.
Nation pays tribute to fallen heroes
KUALA LUMPUR: The nation paid tribute to its fallen heroes Sunday, with solemn ceremonies including parades and laying of wreaths held throughout the country.
Warriors Day 2011 was centred at the Merdeka Square here, an event graced by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein also attended the event.
Chief of Defence Forces Gen Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin and Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar were also present.
In his address at the event, Tuanku Mizan called on Malaysians to enhance the spirit of heroism, patriotism, loyalty, love and willing to sacrifice for the country.
He said this spirit had to be nurtured and promoted at all times in appreciation of the fallen heroes for their sacrifice.
"The nation is grateful to the fallen heroes. The peace, stability and prosperity the country enjoys will not have been achieved without their sacrifice," he said.
The king also called on the people, in the spirit of 1Malaysia, to unite and together show their appreciation for the heroes' sacrifice by contributing, in whatever form, to the warriors or the families of the fallen.
"I am grateful that the government never forgets the sacrifice and loyalty of these warriors. In recognition of their deeds and sacrifices, various accolades and bravery awards have been bestowed on them," he said.
At the same time, he said, the government also provided the necessary support and assistance to their families.
Tuanku Mizan said he hoped that the families of the fallen heroes would have the resilience and patience to carry on in life.
"We also pray that God will shower His blessings on the fallen heroes for their sacrifice," he added.
The king advised serving warriors to carry on with their noble deed, saying the people's expectation of them was high indeed.
He advised them to discharge their responsibilities as best as they could.
"Malaysia, as a unique Islamic state with its multi-racial society, is capable of showing the road ahead as well as playing the role of a catalyst for world peace," he said.
Soon after he arrived at Merdeka Square, Tuanku Mizan inspected a guard-of-honour mounted by 107 personnel of the Royal Malay Regiment led by Maj Amriza Mohd Ashari.
Various performances were staged at the event, including a "Pahlawan" (Warrior) poetry declamation.
A slight drizzle did not dampen the spirit of a pantomime on the nation's heroes by 200 police personnel and the performance by a choir, also from the police force.
Acclamation of "Daulat Tuanku" thrice in unison by the uniformed fraternity reverberated across the square to crown the day.
July 31 was declared Warriors' Day to mark the end of the Malayan Emergency in 1960 and was first observed on Aug 4, 1968.
Sunday's event was the second to be held at Merdeka Square following the shift last year from the site of the National Monument. - Bernama
It is good that some motherfuckers are trying to revive communism in Malaysia.
Our Malaysian police and army has not been at war with communists for some time.
I am sure that they are now trigger happy to shoot at the communist traitors now if they dared to wage a war against the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Malaysian Government.
This time the communists must be wiped clean from the roots. Don't let any of their family live because if they do, they will try to do the same thing to revive communism in Malaysia.
If there are no laws in this country, I too will shoot the communists until they are corpses since they had done that too towards the citizens of Malaya before.
Police will not be pressured into apologising to Mohamad Sabu - IGP
PUTRAJAYA July 28 - The police will not be pressured into apologising to Pas deputy president Mohamad Sabu over an incident during the July 9 illegal rally in Kuala Lumpur, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar.
He said police would first wait for the results of the investigation into Mohamad Sabu’s claim that he was knocked down by a police vehicle on that day.
"I do not want to be accused of lying. We must follow the law and procedures. I am responsible for enforcing the law. People have the right to say what they want. If he wants to sue, it is his right. We will maintain our professionalism,” he said.
He was speaking to reporters after witnessing the signing of a memorandum of understanding for strategic cooperation between the National Unity and Integration Department and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) here today.
Ismail was commenting on Mohamad Sabu’s demand for a public apology from the police over the alleged incident on July 9.
"We will present the results of the investigation to the Attorney-General for further action. People can judge for themselves.
"We have included the video of the location of the incident. That is the one thing to show who is telling the truth and who is not,” he added. - BernamaMohamad Sabu should be sued by the police for inciting the public to hate the police with his make up story to belittle the police force.
I think that Harimau Malaya loses 4-6 to Singapore to protest this as well...
And to show to the people that they hate BerSHIT.
Even though if Harimau Malaya won last night, politicians should not make this an issue and give a public holiday to the people like what Nik Aziz had done because that will only decrease the efficiency of the workers regardless if they are working for the government or the public sector.
Nik Aziz is dumb, so the Barisan Nasional especially UMNO leaders should not follow someone who is dumb.
Reading and listening to the news on TV of the court procedings of the murder case of Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya makes me so damn mad.
I bet most of the sane people out there are mad too. Except for those motherfuckers who are more into upholding the rights of the criminals like the opposition leaders and the NGOs like the illegal Bersih 2.0 who are actually their cohorts.
Criminals do have their rights. But what about the human rights of the victims who had been mercilessly murdered by those killers? Imagine being burnt with cow dung!
In Islam, there is an eye for an eye. So, being murdered and burnt with cow dung deserved another burning with cow dung for the murderers.
They are dead but they do have rights too so that the living can trial and give the punishment deserved by their murderers. The victims are dead so they can't speak for themselves.
I mean. Can the opposition leaders give a guarantee that the motherfuckers who had killed Sosilawati, 47, her driver, Kamaruddin Shamsuddin, 47, Ahmad Kamil Abd. Karim, 32, and CIMB Bank officer for the Kampung Baru branch, Noorhisham Mohamad, 38 will not repeat what they had done by conning wealthy people from their money and then killing them when they got their money?
This is because the police surely have to do whatever they have to, to get the confessions from the murderers or those pariahs who burn the murdered bodies.
But since now that the accused have a lawyer to represent him in court, he gave a different statement from the first he had given to the police while he was in custody.
That is why defence lawyers are actually devils who are helping crooks mostly consisting of murderers, those assisting the murderers, drug dealers and the scums of the Earth who will do the most nauseating crimes that is unthinkable to the ordinary folks like us.
What if there is a situation where someone is being attacked by someone else who wants to kill them! Then that someone defended themselves to the extend of killing the attacker.
That is definitely self-defence but why do some cases where one snatch theft victim ran over the criminals, it was her that was being charged in court? That is certainly unfair because many victims have died because they have head concussions when their head hit the tar when their bags were snatched.
Let the criminals die because this will lessen the number of those who commit crimes towards the innocent. And the reduction of criminals in society is good for the society.
If the criminals are heartless, then the police force have to be more heartless to defend the majority of the people who are at stake when they become victims of the criminals.
Only criminals will support other criminals. Therefore, the opposition leaders must have been criminals too because they are so excited about defending the criminals rights!
Just like the overseas gay associations who are so passionate about defending the sodomy case of Anwar Ibrahim. They will definitely support one of their own.
Nik Aziz: Biometric system cannot resolve phantom voters issue
KUALA LUMPUR (July 26, 2011): PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has responded negatively to the proposed introduction of the biometric voter verification system by the Election Commission (EC), contrary to the positive response from the party's spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.
Abdul Hadi said he did not think that the system would be a solution to resolving the issue of alleged phantom voters.
Nik Aziz had reportedly welcomed the proposed system and said the party was prepared for an explanation from the EC on the matter.
Abdul Hadi, in a statement posted on the party's official portal, claimed that the system was open to manipulation by those operating it because only a small number of people had the expertise to handle it.
"PAS insists that the EC use indelible ink to mark a voter's finger just before voting to get rid of phantom voters and those who vote more than once in an election," he said.
He also said that the EC collaborate with the National Registration Department in the automatic registration of voters.
"It is strange that the EC says it can collaborate with the National Registration Department in handling the biometric system but cannot do so in the automatic registration of voters," he said.
EC Chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said yesterday the EC would implement the biometric system to overcome the issue of alleged phantom voters often raised by the opposition political parties just before every election.
Last Saturday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government was agreeable to providing an allocation to the EC to establish a biometric system to verify genuine voters in an election. – Bernama
I think that the title of the Bernama news is not quite right. Nik Aziz welcomed the proposed system but only Hadi Awang rejected it.
PAS President lacks the grey matter. If he has any grey matter, surely the states under PAS administration will not be worst under PAS.
Surely, the use of the biometric system is more up to date than putting indelible ink to mark a voter's finger which is used in 3rd world countries.
We are moving towards making this country a developed one and Hadi Awang wants this country to remain in its developing status and not move forward.
We can't rely on a leader which had not make any improvements in Terengganu after PAS took over several years ago.
The sentence of "Kita akan tubuhkan negara Islam selepas ayam berkokok" just remain words which had not been realised even after PAS administered Terengganu.
Action speaks louder than words...
So, someone who cannot keep their promises to the people, should not be trusted at all and should be rejected because they will say anything but will do nothing.
If only some experts have the expertise to run the system, the system will be safer from being conned by the opposition leaders who kept crying wolf about phantom voters but will keep quiet about it when they won.
Do not trust the opposition leaders who are actually trying to revive communism in this country. They should all be hauled to the court for that.
