Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Polis pernah setuju laksana hudud - Presiden PAS


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KUALA LUMPUR: Pihak polis didakwa pernah menyatakan kesediaan jika Undang-undang Jenayah Syariah mahu dilaksanakan di negara ini.

Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang berkata, ketika isu itu timbul pada tahun 70-an, ketua polis negara pada masa itu Tun Hanif Omar menyatakan pihaknya bersedia jika undang-undang itu dilaksana.

"Saya masih ingat lagi satu seminar yang diadakan di UKM (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) melibatkan professor Ahmad Ibrahim dan Tun Salleh Abas. Saya juga hadir dalam seminar itu.

"Pada masa itu timbul kefahaman tentang undang-undang jenayah syariah sehingga ketua polis negara pada masa itu Tun Hanif Omar memberitahu polis tidak ada masalah untuk melaksanakan undang-undang syariah islam," katanya dalam temubual bersama Harakahdaily semalam.
Sejarah panjang
Perjuangan melaksanakan hukum syariah ini kata beliau bermula sejak zaman awal kemerdekaan negara lagi selepas pendakwah yang datang ke Malaysia membawa islam yang sempurna.

Malah bukti kewujudan undang-undang ini katanya boleh dilihat dengan warisan sejarah iaitu Batu Bersurat di Terengganu, dan undang-undang jenayah negeri Melaka yang tersimpan dalam sejarah dan diamalkan sehinggalah kedatangan penjajah pada 1511.

"Saya sempat bersama orang tua yang pernah menyaksikan undang-undang hudud dilaksanakan di Terengganu dan mereka menerima bagaimana wujudnya keamanaan semasa syariat itu dilaksanakan.

"Dan hilangnya kuasa syariah di Terengganu pada tahun 1928, kerana jatuhnya kerajaan. Bagi Terengganu mereka berusaha selama 80 tahun," katanya lagi.

Selepas itu kata Ustaz Hadi, isu tersebut timbul semula pada sekitar tahun 50-an namun mendapat cemuhan daripada Masyarakat yang ketika itu terpengaruh dengan fahaman sekular yang menyerap masuk dalam pentadbiran, pendidikan dan media.

Sehingga kata beliau, ada yang mencemuh, 'kalau laksanakan hukum Islam ini maka ramailah yang kena potong tangan, ramailah yang akan cacat'.

"Maka ketika itu berlaku pertembungan dalam masyarakat Islam itu sendiri sehingga mereka-reka cerita menimbulkan kafir mengkafir ketika itu.

"Sepatutnya penjelasan bukannya isu kafir-mengkafir," kata beliau.

Kemudian daripada itu, PAS menyertai kerajaan campuran bersama BN pada 1974.

Ketika itu PAS katanya telah berusaha memperkenalkan Islam khusus dalam undang-undang jenayah sehinggalah ditendang keluar 1978.
Umno tak hadir

Selepas PAS menang kali kedua di Kelantan pada tahun 1990, PAS sekali lagi berbincang untuk menggubal undang-undang jenayah syariah dan berjaya menggubalnya melibatkan qisas dan takzir.

Menurut beliau, sebelum dilulus di Kelantan melalui Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun), terlebih dahulu dianjurkan satu seminar untuk didedahkan kepada umum dengan kerjasama Parti Melayu Semangat 46 di Hotel Concord tahun 1993.

"Kita menjemput parti-parti politik, kerajaan dan pembangkang, NGO Islam dan bukan Islam. Umno tidak hadir. Dan berlaku dialog dalam seminar itu. Saya dan Almarhum Haron Taib ditugaskan untuk membentangkan draf rang undang-undang itu," kata beliau.

"Kita menerima pandangan-pandangan, kritikan dan berbagai-bagai, kita menjawab semua persoalan dan hujah yang dikemukakan dan kita buat semula kepada jawatankuasa ini. Maka akhirnya setelah dikemaskini maka diluluskan dalam DUN Kelantan, saya difahamkan Tuanku Sulatan Kelantan tandantangani kelulusan cuma tidak digazetkan," katanya.

Langkah sama katanya dibuat di Terengganu selepas PAS menang pada Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) 1999.

"Akhirnya kita lulus di DUN Terngganu dan Tuanku Sultan Terengganu tandatangan dan digazetkan pada 1 Ramadan. Malaangnya PAS tidak menang di Terengganu pada 2004," jelasnya.

Sambut baik tapi hati-hati
Menurut beliau lagi, Isu hudud tidak wajar menjadi isu politik kenara ianya adalah tanggungjawab orang Islam.

Mengulas sambutan baik Umno setakat ini, beliau berkata PAS menerimanya secara positif namun tetap perlu berhati-hati.

Tegasnya, Umno yang menguasi kerajaan pusat perlu menggunakan segala kemudahan untuk memberi ruang kepada Kelantan bagi membolehkan undang-undang Islam ini dapat dilaksanakan.

"Isu ini adalah isu orang Islam, dan orang bukan islam jangan rasa bimbang dan rasa takut kerana ini berkait dengan orang Islam sahaja.

"Adapun orang bukan Islam sepatutnya tunggu, lihat dan faham. Kita bersedia untuk memberi penjelasan," katanya.

Menurut Ustaz Hadi lagi, undang-undang syariah kini satu keperluan kerana negara sedang menghadapi gejala jenayah yang sangat parah, khususnya jenyah yang berat dan tidak ada kehebatan undang-undang boleh membendungnya.

"Kehebatan undang-undang kena ada, malangnya kita dapati tidak ada kehebatan undang-undang, penjenayah tidak takut. Jadi perlu kepada satu undang-undang yang mendidik penjenayah supaya gerun.

"Dan perlu difahami konsep undang-undang jenayah Islam ialah mendidik masyarakat bukan menghukum masyarakat.

"Oleh sebab itu, konsep kehakiman Islamnya seorang hakim mesti mencari jalan untuk membebaskan orang yang dituduh, bukan hendak hukum semata-mata," katanya.
Beliau juga turut mengingatkan rakyat Malaysia supaya tidak mempolemikkan isu hudud ini sehingga melupakan penentangan terhadap isu Cukai Barangan dan Perkhidmatan (GST) dan Perjanjian Perkongsian Trans-Pasifik (TPPA). - HARAKAHDAILY 7/5/2014

Dun Sarawak lulus usul tuntut 20% royalti minyak


BERNAMA
KUCHING: Dewan Undangan Negeri Sarawak semalam meluluskan usul untuk memohon Kerajaan Persekutuan menambah bayaran royalti minyak dan gas kepada negeri ini daripada lima peratus sekarang kepada 20 peratus.
  
Usul yang dibentang Abdullah Saidol (BN-Semop) itu mendapat sokongan sebulat suara daripada 68 anggota dewan yang hadir.
  
Ketika membentangkan usul tersebut, Abdullah berkata semakan semula bayaran royalti itu akan membolehkan negeri ini mendapat hasil tambahan untuk disalurkan secara khusus bagi melaksanakan pembangunan luar bandar.
  
"Sudah tentu Kerajaan Persekutuan akan mendengar dan menerima permohonan kami ini kerana kami, sebagai Barisan Nasional Negeri, adalah rakan akrab mereka, yang mempunyai wakil majoriti dalam kerajaan yang memerintah sekarang," katanya.
  
Abdullah berkata beliau sedar permohonan penambahan kadar royalti itu memerlukan semakan semula dibuat terhadap undang-undang dan perjanjian tertentu antara kerajaan negeri dan Kerajaan Persekutuan.

Abdullah berkata semakan semula bayaran royalti itu akan membolehkan Sarawak mempercepatkan rentak pembangunannya agar setanding dengan tempat lain yang sudah maju di Semenanjung.
  
Katanya untuk mencapai tujuan itu, kewujudan dana lebih besar sahaja tidak memadai kerana ia juga memerlukan negeri ini berada dalam keadaan aman dan stabil.
  
"Tiada gunanya bercakap tentang royalti jika tidak ada kesetiaan dalam kalangan rakyat kita terhadap makna sebenar keamanan dan semangat bersatu-padu," kata beliau.
  
Sementara itu, Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa), ketika menyokong usul itu menyuarakan harapannya agar dana tambahan yang diterima kelak akan diguna  secara telus, adil dan saksama.
  
"Melalui sokongan kuat sebulat suara dewan ini, (kejayaan mendapat bayaran royalti lebih tinggi) boleh memberi manfaat besar kepada Sarawak," katanya. - Bernama

Sekat di masjid, kuliah Ustaz Azhar di gelanggang futsal


HARAKAHDAILY |

HULU TERENGGANU: Buat pertama kali di negeri sendiri, Ustaz Azhar Idrus menyampaikan kuliah di gelanggang futsal setelah tidak dibenarkan berbuat demikian di Masjid Kampung Butut, Kuala Berang, malam tadi.

Difahamkan, beliau telah menyampaikan kuliah dua bulan sekali di masjid itu sejak dua tahun lalu tidak pernah dihalang sebelum ini.

Begitupun, dipercayai arahan tersebut dibuat oleh orang politik yang menggunakan pihak berkuasa agama supaya tidak dibenarkan Ustaz Azhar menyampaikan kuliah di masjid berkenaan.

Walaupun diadakan dalam gelanggang futsal, namun tidak menjejaskan kehadiran muslimin dan muslimat termasuk anak-anak muda untuk mendengar kuliah daripada ustaz idola mereka.

Menurut sumber, jumlah para hadirin untuk mendengar kuliah semakin bertambah sehingga pihak masjid menyediakan kawasan meletak kenderaan yang selesa. - HARAKAHDAILY 7/5/2014


Friday, May 2, 2014

British marine archaeologist claims to have found flight MH370 3,000 miles from the search zone after spotting debris painted in the colours of Malaysia Airlines


  • Tim Akers believes he has discovered MH370 debris off the coast of Vietnam
  • He says satellite images appear to show tail, wings and other debris
  • Claims it is more likely plane crashed in South China Sea than Indian ocean
  • Authorities have been searching for aircraft off coast of Western Australia
  • Mr Akers had previously been studying Australian waters off Perth for years in search for remains of lost WWII ship - the HMAS Sydney
  • It comes as airline boss tells relatives of passengers onboard MH370 to go home and wait for further news
A British marine archaeologist claims to have found the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 more than 3,000 miles from where authorities are currently searching.
Tim Akers, 56, had been studying Australian waters off Perth for years in a search for the remains of the country's lost WWII ship - the HMAS Sydney.
The search for the vessel was in the same waters that are believed to contain the missing flight MH370 off the coast of Western Australia.
British marine archaeologist Tim Akers believes he has discovered debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 more than 3,000 miles from where everyone has been looking
British marine archaeologist Tim Akers believes he has discovered debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 more than 3,000 miles from where everyone has been looking

Satellite image shows an oil rig next to a piece of debris which Mr Akers believes could have come from the missing flight MH370
Satellite image shows an oil rig next to a piece of debris which Mr Akers believes could have come from the missing flight MH370

A boat and oil rig are pictured where Mr Akers believes NASA pictures showed debris of the plane
A boat and oil rig are pictured where Mr Akers believes NASA pictures showed debris of the plane

A massive search operation involving satellites, aircraft, ships and sophisticated underwater equipment capable of scouring the ocean floor has failed to turn up any trace of the Boeing 777, which disappeared on March 8.
But Mr Akers, of North Yorkshire now thinks he might have discovered where the flight, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, went down after it went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
He claims to have identified what he believes is part of the tail of the jet off the coast of Vietnam - just around 1,000 miles from where the plane took off.
 
His findings appear to support reports this week from a US former pilot Michael Hoebel, from New York, who believes he found the wreckage of the flight off the coast of Thailand.
Mr Akers - who is referenced as an independent researcher with the National Maritime Museum - said he has now identified sections of the aircraft close to where Vietnam authorities received a report from oil workers who saw a plane burning coming out of the sky.
He said it was more plausible the jet crashed in the South China Sea than making it to the south Indian Ocean.
Mr Akers believes he spotted debris off the coast of Vietnam - thousands of miles from the official search area and where Australian company GeoResonance also claimed it had found possible wreckage in the Bay of Bengal this week
Mr Akers believes he spotted debris off the coast of Vietnam - thousands of miles from the official search area and where Australian company GeoResonance also claimed it had found possible wreckage in the Bay of Bengal this week

Mr Akers has studied Australian waters off Perth for years in a search for the remains of the country's lost WWII ship - the HMAS Sydney
Mr Akers says the colours visible on the debris match the red and blue curved stripe on the Malaysian plane
Mr Akers has studied Australian waters off Perth for years in a search for the remains of the country's lost WWII ship - the HMAS Sydney. It has been claimed the colours visible on the debris (right) match the red and blue curved stripe on the Malaysian plane

The arrow is believed to show two plane windows in aeroplane debris, which Mr Akers said could be from flight MH370
The arrow is believed to show two plane windows in aeroplane debris, which Mr Akers said could be from flight MH370

Mr Akers said he has identified sections of the aircraft close to where Vietnam authorities received a report from oil workers who saw a plane burning coming out of the sky. Pictured is debris believed to be from flight MH370
Mr Akers said he has identified sections of the aircraft close to where Vietnam authorities received a report from oil workers who saw a plane burning coming out of the sky. Pictured is debris believed to be from flight MH370

Images taken by Mr Akers from satellite scans appear to show what he claims are a 'tail', 'wings' and other debris.
He said: 'The problem with the debris field in the southern Indian Ocean is that it has to be considered - what other material could be mimicking the debris?
'The only material that could be giving off signals randomly and persistently and multi-coloured debris is remnants from the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 which is still trapped in currents.
Mr Akers (pictured at his graduation) is referenced as an independent researcher with the National Maritime Museum
Mr Akers (pictured at his graduation) is referenced as an independent researcher with the National Maritime Museum

'The Japanese earthquake was the same magnitude and its debris is still travelling across the Pacific Ocean - it too will have things which are making noise on scans in the sea.
'The very fact that no debris from a crashed aircraft has been seen or found at sea or on land or beach in Australia so far gives good reason to doubt there's any truth in it ever having been there.
'Reports from the pilot in the US that the plane is seen off Thailand would back up my findings because the plane would break up soon afterwards and the currents in that region are strong.'
Mr Aker said he believes in the South China Sea there have been witnesses, debris, aviation fuel and what he believes are jet aircraft parts.
He said it also appeared on his images that ships registered to Vietnam have been in contact with the wreckage.
He said: 'There's no question it could be anything else, because aircraft parts are very distinctive.
'Having seen the oil rig worker's report of the crash and NASA's satellite images of the area it would seem strange the Malaysian authorities have dismissed the area out of hand.
'Logically they should have checked it out by aircraft at low altitude and by a surface warship, but it looks like they chose not to. That in itself is very odd.
'Fortunately the water there is shallow as it's on the continental shelf and there will be debris all over the sea floor.'
Earlier this week, Australian tech firm GeoResonance said it had found what it believed was wreckage of a plane in the Bay of Bengal that should be investigated as potential debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, but the possibility was dismissed by search coordinators.
The Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) managing the multinational search for the missing plane said it believed that the plane came down in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia.
Australian geophysical survey company GeoResonance said it had been conducting its own search for the plane and had found what appeared to be plane wreckage in the Bay of Bengal, thousands of miles from the current search area.

Malaysia: Possible plane wreckage claim assessed

Malaysia's defense minister says Flight 370 investigators are working to assess the credibility of a survey company's claim to have found possible plane wreckage in the Bay of Bengal.

PREVIOUS 'SIGHTINGS' BY INVESTIGATORS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD

Marine archaeologist Tim Akers is not the first who believes he may have found debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
From tech firms to web sleuths, there have been a number of possible sightings put forward by those investigating the disappearance.
On Tuesday, Australian private company GeoResonance claimed its sensor technology had found the wreckage of a plane in the Bay of Bengal, 118 miles south of Bangladesh.
The company said images taken of the same spot five days earlier showed it had appeared between March 5 and March 10. The plane disappeared on March 8.
A graphic from GeoResonance shows images depicting underwater 'anomalies' suggesting deposits of various metals in the approximate formation of a passenger airliner on the floor of the Bay of Bengal
A graphic from GeoResonance shows images depicting underwater 'anomalies' suggesting deposits of various metals in the approximate formation of a passenger airliner on the floor of the Bay of Bengal

'The company is not declaring this is MH370, however it should be investigated,' GeoResonance said in a statement.
The company's director, David Pope, said he only went public with the information after he felt the authorities were disregarding it.
On Monday meanwhile, it was reported that a pilot from New York believed he had found the wreckage off the coast of Thailand after searching thousands of satellite images online.
Michael Hoebel, 60, spent hours trawling through the images made available to the public on a crowd-sourcing website, TomNod.com, before coming across what he believed was the plane.
The recreational pilot from Tonawanda said he was shocked to discover that the aircraft appeared to be in one piece beneath the water off the northeast coast of Malaysia, just west of Songkhla in Thailand. The image was taken days after the crash.
Michael Hoebel is pictured showing an image of what he believes is the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. He found the image on a website that shares satellite images
Michael Hoebel is pictured showing an image of what he believes is the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. He found the image on a website that shares satellite images

He told WIVB that he used the scale at the bottom of the map on TomNod and compared them to the specifications on Boeing's website to establish that the white figure he saw was the perfect size.
Soon after the plane went missing, internet investigators from across the world were joining in the search by turning to TomNod.
Singer Courtney Love was just one of the website's users who seemingly spent hours poring over images.
She posted a photograph of satellite imagery from the site on her Facebook page and suggested: 'I'm no expert but up close this does look like a plane and an oil slick.'
Elsewhere, users of social networking site Reddit posted an image which they claim appears to show debris from the plane in the Strait of Malacca.

Mr Akers said it was more plausible the jet crashed in the South China Sea rather than making it to the southern Indian Ocean
Mr Akers said it was more plausible the jet crashed in the South China Sea rather than making it to the southern Indian Ocean

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (left) and Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston announced on Monday that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 would move to a new phase as it is now 'highly unlikely' that wreckage will be found on the ocean's surface
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (left) and Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston announced on Monday that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 would move to a new phase as it is now 'highly unlikely' that wreckage will be found on the ocean's surface

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday the chance of finding floating debris was now remote, and a new phase of the search would focus on the seabed northwest of the Australian city of Perth.
Mr Akers has been searching for the missing aircraft by processing data from satellite images from Landsat 7 - NASA's primary photographic satellite and the basis for Google Earth
In August 2006 Mr Akers claimed to the local press in Wetherby, North Yorkshire, to have found HMAS Sydney - despite 60 years of government and international searches.
His claim was then seemingly verified in March 2008 when the wreck was discovered by American marine scientist David Mearns near the same location Mr Akers had predicted off the coast of Australia.
Mr Akers said he uses a method of combining images from different parts of the light spectrum. Using software he developed he said he is able to look underground 75ft under the Earth and 10,000 feet under the sea.
Mr Akers has published his claims on his site australias-titanic.com.

First official report into missing MH370 reveals nobody noticed the plane was missing for 17 minutes and no search was launched for another four hours

Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia's military radar tracked the jet making a turn-back in a westerly direction across Peninsular Malaysia after playing back radar data the next morning
Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia's military radar tracked the jet making a turn-back in a westerly direction across Peninsular Malaysia after playing back radar data the next morning

Air traffic controllers did not realise Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was missing until 17 minutes after it disappeared from civilian radar, according to the official preliminary report on the plane's disappearance.
The report, released today by Malaysia's government, also said Malaysian authorities did not launch a start and rescue operation until four hours later.
In addition to the five-page report, dated April 9, the government released other information from the investigation into the flight, including audio recordings of conversations between the cockpit and air traffic control, the plane's cargo manifest and its seating plan.
Malaysia also released a map showing the plane's deducted flight path as well as a document detailing actions taken by authorities in the hours after the Boeing 777 disappeared from radar. The reports were mostly information that has been released since the jet disappeared while flying near the border separating Malaysian and Vietnamese airspace.
The plane went off Malaysian radar at 1.21am on March 8, but Vietnamese air traffic controllers only queried about it at 1.38am, according to the report, which was sent last month to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
The report also said Malaysian authorities did not launch an official search and rescue operation until four hours later, at 5.30am, after efforts to locate the plane failed.
A separate report listing the actions taken by air traffic controllers showed Vietnamese controllers contacted Kuala Lumpur after they failed to establish verbal contact with the pilots and the plane didn't show up on their radar.
That report also showed that Malaysia Airlines at one point thought the plane may have entered Cambodian airspace.
The airline said in the report that 'MH370 was able to exchange signals with the flight and flying in Cambodian airspace,' but that Cambodian authorities said they had no information or contact with Flight 370.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, pictured at a press briefing on April 4, last week appointed a team of experts to review all the information the government had regarding the missing plane, and to decide which information should be made public
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, pictured at a press briefing on April 4, last week appointed a team of experts to review all the information the government had regarding the missing plane, and to decide which information should be made public

It was unclear which flight it was referring to that exchanged signals with MH370.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak last week appointed a team of experts to review all the information the government had regarding the missing plane, and to decide which information should be made public.
'The prime minister set, as a guiding principle, the rule that as long as the release of a particular piece of information does not hamper the investigation or the search operation, in the interests of openness and transparency, the information should be made public,' Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in a statement today.
Hishammuddin said Malaysia's military radar tracked the jet making a turn-back in a westerly direction across Peninsular Malaysia after playing back radar data the next morning, nearly seven hours after the plane vanished from civilian radar.
He said he was informed about the military discovery two hours later and relayed this to Najib, who immediately ordered a search in the Strait of Malacca. He defended the military's inaction in pursuing the plane for identification.
Commander James Lybrand, Mission Commander ADV Ocean Shield (left), and Chris 'Sharkie' Moore (right), Phoenix Team lead, watching the launch of the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Artemis off the deck of ADV Ocean Shield in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean
Commander James Lybrand, Mission Commander ADV Ocean Shield (left), and Chris 'Sharkie' Moore (right), Phoenix Team lead, watching the launch of the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Artemis off the deck of ADV Ocean Shield in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean

'The aircraft was categorized as friendly by the radar operator and therefore no further action was taken at the time,' Hishammuddin said.
The preliminary report ends by noting that although commercial aircraft spend considerable amounts of time operating over remote areas, there is currently no requirement for real time tracking of the planes.
The report recommends that the International Civil Aviation Organization 'examine the safety benefits of introducing a standard for real time tracking of commercial air transport aircraft.'
The cargo manifest includes a receipt for a package containing lithium ion batteries, noting that the package 'must be handled with care.' Some questions had been raised in March about the batteries, but Malaysia Airlines said then that they were in compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Air Transport Association requirements and classified as 'non-dangerous goods.'

RELATIVES OF MH370 PASSENGERS TOLD TO GO HOME AND WAIT FOR NEWS

The boss of Malaysian Airlines last night told desperate relatives of passengers who were on the missing MH730 flight to go home and await any further news based on the 'hard reality' that the fate of those on board remains unknown.
In a statement in Kuala Lumpur, Mr Ahmad Yahya, group Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Airlines, said the company was 'acutely conscious of, and deeply sympathetic to, the continuing unimaginable anguish, distress and hardship suffered by those with loves ones on board the flight.'
But he said it had been decided to adjust the mode of services and support given to families since the aircraft disappeared on March 8 and 'instead of staying in hotels, the families of MH370 are advised to receive information updates on the progress of the search and investigation and other support by Malaysia Airlines within the comfort of their own homes with the support and care of their families and friends.'
Relatives of Chinese passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane listen to a briefing by members of the team tasked with searching for the plane at a hotel in Beijing, on Tuesday
Relatives of Chinese passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane listen to a briefing by members of the team tasked with searching for the plane at a hotel in Beijing, on Tuesday

Referring to the multi-nation search which had continued for 55 days, Mr Yahya said that 'despite such intensified search operations, probably the largest one in human history, we have to face the hard reality that there is still no trace of the aircraft and the fate of the missing passengers and crew remains unknown till this day.'
The airline, he said, shared the same anguish and distress as the relatives and it had been doing whatever it could to ease the pain of the families and provide comfort to them.
He pointed out that in a new phase of the search operation, the Malaysian Government, working with the Australian and Chinese governments, other international partners and specialised companies, planned to intensify the undersea search by deploying more technologically advanced equipment.
An international investigation team, led by Malaysia, will include representatives from the UK, the US, Australia, China, France and Singapore.
Air crew members from China, Malaysia and Japan involved in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, wait for an official photograph as they stand on the tarmac at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pearce Base in Bullsbrook on Tuesday
Air crew members from China, Malaysia and Japan involved in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, wait for an official photograph as they stand on the tarmac at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pearce Base in Bullsbrook on Tuesday

From past experience, said Mr Yahya, this will be a prolonged process and in the meantime the mode of services and support for families would change so they could go home and await news.
'In line with this adjustment, Malaysia Airlines will be closing all of its Family Assistance Centres around the world by 7 May,' he said.
The families will be kept in close touch with updates through phone calls, messages, the internet and face-to-face meetings.
And he said that the airline would make advanced compensation payments as soon as possible to the nominated next-of-kin who are entitled to claim compensation, in order to meet their immediate economic needs.
'At this very difficult time, we wish to once again thank everyone for their understanding and support, especially from the families of the passengers and crew on board,' said Mr Yahya.

Source dailymail.co.uk

Thursday, May 1, 2014

19 perkataan diharamkan untuk bukan Islam di Brunei

Brunei
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - BRUNEI. Kerajaan Brunei mengharamkan penggunaan 19 perkataan, termasuk ALLAH dan masjid, oleh orang bukan Islam di negara itu.

Brunei Times melaporkan, pengharaman itu berkuat kuasa bulan ini di bawah Kod Penal Syariah.

Lain-lain perkataan diharamkan adalah azan, baitullah, al-Quran, fatwa, firman ALLAH, hadis, haji, hukum syarak, Ilahi, kaabah, kalimah syahadat, kiblat, imam, mufti, mukmin, solat dan wali.

Pegawai Undang-Undang Syariah Kanan Unit Undang-Undang Islam Hardifadhillah Mohd Salleh berkata, Kod Penal Syariah juga diguna pakai kepada bukan Islam, termasuk kesalahan berzina dengan pasangan Islam, minum arak di tempat awam dan khalwat dengan pasangan Islam.

“Jika sabit kesalahan, hukuman adalah denda sehingga B$4,000 (RM10,400) dan/atau satu tahun penjara. Bagi pesalah zina yang dilakukan oleh seorang Muslim yang sudah berkahwin dan yang sudah berkahwin tetapi bukan Islam, kedua-dua mereka boleh dikenakan hukuman rejam sampai mati jika kesalahan itu dibuktikan oleh pengakuan atau kesaksian empat saksi,” katanya.

Menurutnya, mana-mana pihak yang menghasut lelaki atau wanita Islam bercerai atau tidak menjalankan kewajipan terhadap pasangan masing-masing, boleh dikenakan denda sehingga B$4,000 (RM10,400) dan/atau penjara setahun.

“Mana-mana ibu atau bapa beragama Islam yang ikhlas menyerahkan anak mereka dipelihara oleh orang bukan Islam, boleh dikenakan denda sehingga B$20,000 (RM52,000) dan atau penjara lima tahun,” katanya.

100,000 sertai Himpunan Bantah GST


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KUALA LUMPUR: Kota raya Kuala Lumpur dibanjiri para peserta Himpunan 501 Bantah GST anjuran NGO 89, juga disertai komponen parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Dengan memakai baju berwarna merah, mereka mula berkumpul sejak subuh lagi.

Beberapa tempat ditetapkan penganjur sebagai tempat perkumpulan awal sebelum bergerak menuju ke Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka. Antaranya termasuklah, Masjid Negara, Dataran Maybank, KLCC dan Sogo.

Perhimpunan hari ini turut mendapat kerjasama pihak polis dan penganjur dibenarkan berhimpun di Jalan Raja berhadapan Dataran Merdeka.

Polis bagaimanapun menegaskan peserta himpunan tidak boleh memasuki padang Dataran Merdeka kerana ia sedang dalam proses menaik taraf.

GST diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pada pembentangan bajet 2014 Oktober lalu, akan dilaksanakan pada April 2015.

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4.30 PM: Penganjur mengumumkan himpunan tamat. Ia diakhiri dengan bacaan doa oleh Ketua Dewan Ulamak PAS Johor yang juga Adun Puteri Wangsa Ust Abdullah Husin. Peserta dinasihatkan bersurai secara aman.

4.18 PM: Anwar Ibrahim mengambil pentas diambut sorakan daripada hadirin.
"Hari ini kita dikejutkan dengan kebangkitan rakyat. RTM, TV3 lapor tak lebih 1000 orang hadir," katanya.
"Kita terharu dengan dokongan rakyat. Kita rasa apa yang rakyat rasa. Sebab itu kita guna jalan raya
"Menteri BN faham? mereka tak faham," katanya lagi.


Beliau juga berkata perjuangan rakyat belum selesai. Pilihan Raya masih lagi kotor. Selagi ia kotor, rakyat katanya tidak akan menang sampai bila-bila.
"Kita tak nak tunggu PRU akan datang. Kita tuntut perubahan dilakukan sekarang. Kita tidak mahu tunggu empat tahun lagi," kata Anwar.
4.15 PM: Tian Chua berucap. Beliau ucap tahniah kepada BN.
"Kerana sikap pemimpin BN kita disini bersatu semua kaum," katanya.

Katanya, rakyat bukan hanya menolak GST, tapi menolak semua dasar yang zalim.
4.10 PM: AJK PAS Pusat Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad berucap. Terdahulu Ambiga dan Syed Shahir berucap. Dzulkefly melaungkan GST "Gasak Sampai Tertunggeng".
"Najib kata, mereka sangat perihatin kepada rakyat. Dia kata dulu dua cukai sekarang satu.
"Dia tanya apa lagi rakyat mahu. Mereka akan dapat RM20 bilion hasil memerah keringat rakyat," katanya.


4.05 PM: Adun Changkat Jering Mohmmad Nizar Jamaluddin berucap. Beliau berkata Umno akan tumbang kerana kezaliman mereka. Rakyat akan lawan sampai Umno tumbang.

4.00 PM: Setiausaha Agung PKR Datuk Saifuddin Nasution berucap. Beliau mengimbau kembali kisah zaman reformasi tahun 1998. Beliau juga menceritakan semula pengainayaan terhadap Anwar Ibrahim.
Beliau juga mengucapkan tahniah kepada Mohamad Sabu selaku penganjur di atas kejayaan himpunan kali ini.
Beliau turut menggelarkan Mohamad Sabu sebagai "Imam jalan raya".
3.55 PM: Mohamad Sabu sekali lagi berucap sebagai selingan. Beliau meminta peserta tunggu sehingga majlis selesai dengan berkata, "kita selesai, sempat solat Asar".
"Kita tunggu sehingga ucapan Anwar. Mungkin ini kali terakhir ucapan Anwar kepada kita," katanya merujuk hukuman penjara yang dikenakan kepada Anwar.


3.52 PM: Ahli Parlimen Kuala Nerus Dr Khairuddin Aman Razali mula berucap. Beliau memulakan ucapan dengan berkata "GST adalah zalim".
Ini kerana cukai ini katanya dikenakan kepada semua orang termasuk orang miskin. Dalam masa yang sama kerajaan pula terus berboros.
"Himpunan ini adalah jihad. Pertemuan kita hari ini adalh jihad. Jihad menentang pemborosan".
"Jihad ini perlu diteruskan sehingga BN tumbang pada pilihan raya akan datang," katanya.


3.50 PM: Keadaan langit mula gelap, guruh mula berbunyi. Dataran Merdeka masih penuh dengan lautan manusia.

Peserta tidak berganjak walaupun ada tanda-tanda menunjukkan akan hujan.
3.47 PM: Ahli Parlimen Batu Gajah V Sivakumar pula berucap.
"Hujan, jangan turun dulu," katanya memulakan ucapan.
Beliau turut menggesa semua beserta tidak berganjak sekalipun hujan turun.

3.45 PM: Pengerusi majlis mengumumkan ketibaan kumpulan daripada KLCC baru sahaja tiba.


3.40 PM: Ahli Parlimen Bukit Gantang Idris Ahmad mengambil giliran. Beliau berkata himpunan hari ini tanda penyatuan kaum membantah GST.
"GST dilaksana ini kerana duit kita tak ada. Satiap tahun laporan ketua audit negara kata berlaku pembaziran, tapi kerajaan ambil pengajaran atau tidak? soalnya disambut laungan 'tidak' oleh hadirin.
"Kalau macam ini punya gaya, air di lautan atlantik pun boleh habis," katanya.


3.30 PM: Naib Presiden PKR Nurul Izzah Anwar berucap. Beliau berkata himpunan hari ini adalah satu kejayaan besar selepas beberapa kali himpunan besar yang dilakukan sebelum ini.

3.25 PM: Wakil Dewan Muslimat, Aiman Athirah berucap. Beliau mengajak rakyat untuk terus mendesak kerajaan agar menghapuskan GST.

3.20 PM: Pengerusi Majlis, Nasaie Ismail menyatakan himpunan hari ini akan berlangsung panjang dan meminta peserta bersabar dan akan diisi dengan program oleh penganjur.

3.18 PM: Naib Presiden PAS Salahudin Ayub berucap. Beliau berkata, himpunan hari ini lebih daripada 100,000 orang. Ini mendakan bukti rakyat menolak apa yang BN lakukan.

3.15 PM: Mohamad Sabu sekali lagi berucap sebagai Timbalan Presiden PAS. Beliau berkata kerajaan tidak faham bahasa rakyat dan kali ini rakyat menggunakan bahasa jalan raya.
Kaedah jalan raya ini katanya telah berjaya mendesak kerajaan sebelum ini dalm isu ISA dan PPSMI.

3.12 PM: Sepanjang Jalan Raja dipenuhi dengan lautan peserta berpakaian merah. Dianggarkan hampir 50,000 sudah berada di sini ketika ini.
Kumpulan dari KLCC akan tiba di sini sedikit masa lagi.
Wartawan Harakahdaily di Jalan Raja melaporkan talian komunikasi mula terganggu.
3.10 PM: Azmin Ali pula berucap. Beliau berkata perhimpunan rakyat hari ini sesuatu yang luar biasa, semua rakyat bangkit untuk tolak umno BN, bukan sahaja menentang GST tetapi kita tentang seluruh dasar zalim yang menekan rakyat.

"Umno mendakwa mereka mendapat RM3.8 bilion dari GST, tetapi syarikat besar dikecualikan dari cukai...Najib kena jawab," kata beliau.

3.05 PM: Presiden PKR, Datuk Dr Wan Azizah Ismail mula berucap. Beliau berkata kaum wanita turut terasa jika GST ini dilaksanakan.
"Kita akan tentang gst sampai habis-habisan, kita akan guna kuasa rakyat untuk tentang pelaksanaannya," katanya.

3.00 PM: Suhaizan berkata, kita berhimpun kerana hendak tolak GST, kita ingin desak kerajaan tarik balik gst. Kita berhimpun untuk tentang GST yang zalim, menindas rakyat. Kita akan tentang....BN zalim sebab ingin laksanakan GST. Kita akan tentang mereka pada pru14 nanti.
2.55 PM: Giliran Mohamad Sabu selaku komander himpunan memberi ucapan. Beliau berkata peserta tidak akan masuk ke padang, tetapi akan penuhkan jalan raya di sini, dan meminta peserta menunjukkan disiplin.
Mereka akan menunggu kumpulan dari KLCC tiba sedikit masa lagi.
"Kita akan berada di sini sampai arahan bersurai. Kita berhimpun secara aman. Sekarang semua di bawah arahan saya," katanya.
2.50 PM: Lebih 40,000 dianggar sudah memenuhi Jalan Raja di Dataran Merdeka ini. Bagaimanapun beberapa kumpulan lagi belum tiba termasuk kumpulan dari KLCC.

2.45 PM: Mahfuz dalam ucapannya berkata, perhimpunan hari ini merupakan sesuatu yang bersejarah. Ia bukan sahaja bagi rakyat menyatakan bantahan terhadap GST, tetaoi menjadi sebahagian daripada produk pelancongan.
"Kita harap setiap 1 Mei akan ada himpunan dan pihak kementerian pelancongan boleh setuju," katanya.
2.43 PM: Kelihatan Datuk Seri Anwar dan Wan Azizah juga tiba dan memasuki Jalan Raja menuju ke pentas.
2.40 PM: Dj Jalan Raja, berhadapan Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad kelihatan Suhaizan, Mahfuz, Khalid Samad serta Azmin Ali berada di atas lori.
Mereka dijangka antara pimpinan utama yang akan berucap awal.
2.36 PM: Kumpulan dari Masjid Negara juga tiba di Jalan Raja Dataran Merdeka sebentar tadi.Kumpulan peserta yang berarak dari Sogo juga mula tiba di Dataran Merdeka.
Persimpangan Jalan Tun Perak, Jalan Raja dan Jalan Tunku Abdul Rakmah dipenuhi dengan lautan peserta.
2.30 PM: Peserta mula memasuki kawasan Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka. Kumpulan pertama tiba di sini adalah dari Masjid Jamek dan Dataran Maybank.
Mereka menuggu kehadiran kumpulan dari beberapa lokasi lain.

2.25 PM: Pasukan dari KLCC sedang bergerak menuju ke Dataran Merdeka. Turut bergerak dari sini Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan. Beliau turut menyampaikan ucapan sebentar tadi sebelum perarakan dimulakan.



2.20 PM: Peserta dari Sogo mula bergerak menuju ke Dataran Merdeka. Beberapa pepimpin utamamengetuai perarakan dengan pasukan Unit Amal mengawal laulintas.
2.17 PM: Jalan Tun Perak yang ditutp kini dilimapahi peserta yang bergabung dari Masjid Jamek dan Dataran Maybank. Dianggarkan hampir 10,000 dar jalan tersebut sedang bergerak ke Dataran Merdeka.
Suasana di sini agak meriah dengan kehadiran peserta dari pelbagai kaum. Mereka menggunakan kreativiti masing-masing bagi menyampaikan mesej bantahan.
2.15 PM: Kumpulan dari menara Maybank yang bergerak sebentar tadi mula bergabung dengan kumpulan di Masjid Jamek. Mereka kini menuju ke Dataran Merdeka.

2.13: PM: Di Masjid Negara, peserta mula bergerak ke Jalan Raja, Datara Merdeka. Dianggar lebih 10,000 berarak dari sini.
2.11 PM: Di Sogo, orang ramai mula tidak sabar untuk bergerak ke Dataran Merdeka.
Ada di kalangan mereka menjerit kepada penganjur;
"Tak payah ceramah panjang dah, jom kita gerak terus,".
Peserta himpunan hampir melimpah jalan menyebabkan lalulintas sesak. Hanya dua laluan dibuka. Pasukan unit Amal mengawal lalulintas.

2.10 PM: Di Masjid Negara, Suhaizan dalam ucapannya berkata ;
"Jika ada provokator, sila tangkap dan serahkan kepada pimpinan atau pihak berkuasa. Dan jika ada di kalangan peserta di luar kawalan, mohon kenal pasti dan beri nasihat," katanya.
2.09 PM: Di KLCC, lebih 3,000 berkumpul di sini. Seramai 200 anggota marshal SAMM berkawal dan akan mengepalai perarakan dari sini.

2.08 PM: Di Sogo,peserta masih menunggu arahan sebelum bergerak ke Dataran Merdeka. Sementara menunggu, ada yang menyanyi dan melaungkan laungan Hidup Rakyat.
2.06 PM: Di Dataran Maybank, lebih 5,000 peserta berada di sini. Mereka mula bergerak menuju ke Dataran Merdeka. Pelbagai pelekat mengandungi mesej bantahan dipamerkan peserta.

2.05 PM: Di Sogo, dianggarkan lebih 3,000 berada di sini.
Antara pemimpin yang ada di sini termasuk Mohamad Sabu, Salahudin Ayub, Hanipa Maidin, Mazlan Aliman, Sivarasa Rasiah dan Fuziah Salleh.
Sebahagian peserta dari sini sudah bergerak menuju ke Dataran Merdeka.

2.00 PM: Pihak polis menutup lalulintas di Jalan Tun Perak menuju ke Dataran Merdeka selepas peserta himpunan memenuhi sepanjang jalan itu.
Aliran trafik dipesong ke arah lain. Kelihatan juga para peniaga tidak melepaskan peluang menjual barangan mereka.

1.58 PM: Di Masjid Negara, beberapa pimpinan utama Pakatan Rakyat di sini memulakan ucapan awal sebelum bergerak ke Jalan Raja.
Antara yang berucap membakar semangat termasuklah Datuk Mahfuz Omar, Dr Hatta Mohd Rami, Khalid Abdul Samad Dr Khairuddin Aman Razali, Suhaizan Kaiat serta Datuk Saifuddin Nasution.
Suhaizan bertindak sebagai komander bagi kumpulan di sini.
1.55 PM: Setakat ini, tiada sebarang insiden tidak diingini dilaporkan berlaku. Pihak polis memberi kerjasama sepenuhnya, manakala pasukan unit amal dilihat berkawal mengendalikan peserta himpunan di tempat-tempat perkumpulan.
1.50 PM: Pelekat provakasi terus ditemui di kawasan Masjid Negara. Antara lain menyebut 'Hudud for all muslim and non muslim'.
1.45 PM: Di Masjid Jamek, sekumpulan anak muda mengenakan lilitan di kepala sebagai tanda bantahan terhadap GST. Kedengaran juga bunyi tiupan Vuvuzela sepanjang jalan menuju ke Dataran Merdeka. Dinggar lebih 3,000 berada di sini.
1.40 PM: Jalan menuju ke Dataran Merdeka dari Masjid Jamek mula sesak. Peserta dari sini meula bergerak ke Jalan Raja.
1.35 PM: Di Masjid Negara, beberapa pemimpin muda berucap. Mengarahkan peserta berkumpul dan menunggu rakan-rakan lain tiba sebelum bergerak ke Jalan Raja.
1.30 PM: Di Masjid Jamek, orang ramai terpaksa bersolat Zohor di kaki lima masjid ekoran ruang dalam masjid penuh. Orang ramai mula berkumpul di sini sejak jam 12 tengahari tadi.

Di sini, mereka baru sahaja selesai solat, dan berkumpul di kawasan perkarangan masjid, malah ada yang sudah bergerak ke Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka. Peserta muslimat turut menunaikan solat di sini.
Ada peserta mengatakan suasana solat zohor di sini hari ini sama seperti solat Jumaat.

1.25 PM: Kawasan perkarangan Masjid Negara mula dipenuhi orang ramai. Dianggarkan lebih 2000 orang sudah berada di sini. Mereka melaugkan takbir sejak dari selesai solat Zohor sebentar tadi.
1.20 PM: Peserta di Masjid Negara selesai menunaikan solat Zohor. Mereka kini turun berkumpul di perkarangan masjid sebelum berarak menuju ke Jalan Raja.


1.18 PM: Kelihatan pasukan Unit Amal PAS, yang terkenal dengan jolokan tentera merah, mengambil lokasi masing-masing di sekitar Dataran Merdeka yang menjadi tempat utama Himpunan Turun 501 hari ini.
Mereka diberi tanggungjawab berkerjasama dengan pihak polis dalam menjaga keselamatan peserta himpunan hari ini.

1.15 PM: Sebahagian peserta dilihat memenuhi setesen komuter dan LRT menuju ke kawasan perkumpulan sebelum menuju ke Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka.

Di kawasan sekitar Dataran Mereka, ada yang sudah tiba awal dan berkumpul di situ sementara menanti kehadiran peserta dari tempat-tempat perkumpulan awal yang ditetapkan penganjur.



1.13 PM:
Laungan Azan berkumandang di Masjid Negara, peserta dengan berpakaian merah dilihat mula bersiap untuk solat zohor.

1.10 PM: Jabatan Undang-undang dan Hak Asasi manusia (Juham) membuka bilik gerakan sempena himpunan kali ini.
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1.05 PM: Dewan Ulamak PAS Pusat memaklumkan lebih kurang 63 orang ulamak dan ustaz dari dewan itu menyertai himpunan hari ini.

Ketua Penerangannya, Datuk Dr Khairuddin Aman Razali berkata, kesemua pasukan kepimpinan ulamak berhimpun di Masjid Negara.

Mereka kini sedang diberi taklimat untuk pergerakan ke Jalan Raja.

Mereka akan bergerak ke Jalan Raja, Datan Merdeka sejurus selesai solat Zohor.

1.00 PM: Peserta himpunan mula memenuhi kawasan pra perhimpunan yang ditetapkan penganjur iaitu termasuklah, Masjid Negara, Dataran Maybank, KLCC dan Sogo.

Peserta yang beragama Islam dilihat sedang membuat persiapan untuk menunaikan solat zohor.

Penganjur menasihatkan Orang ramai yang mahu meyertai himpunan ini menggunakan pengangkutan awam. - HARAKAHDAILY 1/5/2014