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Mum-in-law talks for first time about victim
'Not close to kids, always asked for money'
By Joycelyn Wong, Faith Teo and Esther Teo
October 29, 2005
By Faith Teo, Esther Au Yong , Joycelyn Wong
Riana Augustina and Lim Ah Seng in their wedding photo. --Pics/JONATHAN CHOO,MOHD ISHAK
JUST who is Riana Augustina?
A portrait has emerged of the 26-year-old Indonesian wife of murder suspect Lim Ah Seng, 37.
And it comes from his mother who broke her stoic silence to tell The New Paper about a family that was outwardly happy until Lim hit a jackpot.
This was the turning point, said the elderly woman who coaxed her son to surrender to the police on Tuesday after a dramatic stand-off.
We are not naming the woman or family members who spoke to us, at her request.
'They met in Batam more than eight years ago, when Riana was still a teen,' said Lim's mother, speaking in Hokkien. 'Initially she was a good girl, and their relationship was good. They held a customary wedding soon after.'
Checks with the Registry of Marriages & Registry of Muslim Marriages showed that Lim and Riana, a Singapore permanent resident, never registered their marriage.
The couple's children, sitting on Mrs Lim's lap, clutching the soft toys which their mum bought during her last visit.
'They had the two children, and I thought everything was fine although she never really paid much attention to the kids.'
Then things changed two years ago when Lady Luck smiled on Lim.
'My son won a lot of money from playing Toto.
'The family then rented a bungalow in Johor Baru for a year.
'He gave her everything he had, so much that she could even open a beauty salon there, ' said Lim's mother.
In her opinion, the blessing of free-flowing cash turned out to be a curse that affected the common-law marriage.
'At that time, he talked to me about his wife, and I told him to just give her whatever she asked for.
'They came back last year to Singapore so that the elder child could start her primary school education.'
That was when the couple bought the Bukit Merah flat.
BOUGHT WIFE A SPORTS CAR
Lim even bought his wife a Honda sports car, said the woman, a widow of four years.
The money was obviously running dry by then.
Lim, who had only primary school education and was working as a delivery man, borrowed money from his employer, a wholesaler. It would then be taken out of his next salary.
His mother said Riana asked her for money on occasions, and the old lady would appease her by giving her whatever she had.
Riana was very assertive, she claimed.
Riana and Lim's kids appeared to share this opinion of their mother.
Lim's two young children, who were present at the interview, told us that they were afraid of their mother.
Said the daughter: 'My mother always beat us.'
Almost matter-of-factly, the little girl told us about an incident that happened at her grandmother's house a few months ago.
Her mother had come to visit for the first time in months, and wanted to take the girl away with her.
'I didn't want to,' said the child and added that her mother tried to force her, demonstrating her mother's actions on her younger brother.
Another of the elderly woman's grandsons, a student in his late teens, witnessed the incident.
'My uncle's wife (Riana) came to the house, and insisted that she be allowed to take the child with her to her hometown in Indonesia.
'The girl cried, and this seemed to anger the wife a lot.'
She then grabbed the child, he claimed. 'The boy was so scared that he ran into the bedroom and hid under the bed.' Lim apparently then intervened.
The couple then left the house together, and the family heard nothing more about the matter.
Said Lim's mother: 'My son would come to my house almost daily for his meals and a shower, and to see the children.
'Once in a while he would talk about his wife and money problems, but he never told me that she'd moved out of the house.'
The children claimed that their mother visited them just once after the grabbing incident, and brought with her two soft toys, one for each child.
Today, the toys are grubby and worn, but still much-loved by the children.
It is their only token of love, now that their father is in police custody.
We asked what their father had told them when he finally opened the door the night of the alleged murder.
'My father hugged me very, very tight, and told me to study hard and be a good girl. He told me to listen to my grandmother, and to look after my brother,' the girl said quietly.
'My father's eyes were all red, and he told me to listen to my sister,' the boy said with a giggle, seemingly oblivious to the tragedy that has befallen his family.
She added softly: 'I miss my daddy.'
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She's sexy, says neighbour
THEY all wanted to catch a glimpse of the 'sexy woman' with her tight jeans and skimpy tops.
This was how many of the retirees hanging around the void deck of Block 132, Jalan Bukit Merah, remember Madam Riana Agustina.
One of them, Mr Liu, 57, said: 'The young woman was beautiful, and always dressed sexily.
'She was petite, with straight long silky hair and a made-up face. My friends all looked forward to catching a glimpse of her.' |
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Boy, 15, allegedly snaps naked pictures of neighbour, 35, then tries to blackmail her by making an:
Indecent proposal
October 29, 2005
NOT only did the 15-year-old claim to have sneaked around to take nude pictures of his neigbour while she was sleeping, he even tried blackmailing her into having sex with him.
He told the 34-year-old woman that he would publicise the pictures of her if she didn't comply.
The boy, who lives in Selangor, claimed in anonymous letters to her that had taken pictures of her with his handphone camera, reported the Malaysian papers.
He even referred to a mole near her private parts, in a bid to convince her that his demands weren't a bluff.
The teen, who is now in police custody, had slipped handwritten notes under the door of the woman's flat.
She had dismissed the first letter, which arrived about a month ago.
But when another appeared under her door earlier this week, she called the police.
In that letter, she was told to leave a condom near her door if she agreed to his suggestion.
On police advice to lay a trap for him, she placed a condom at her doorstep on Wednesday night.
It was taken some 15 minutes later.
She contacted the police, who went to her home.
An hour later, at about 1.30am, they found the boy perched on the ledge outside her bedroom window and caught him after a short chase.
Her flat is on the second floor of a four-storey block.
When the police searched the boy's home, in the next block, they found a condom and several letters, but no photographs of the woman.
The boy lives in the flat with his father, while his mother is said to be living in a different state.
According to reports, the boy had been expelled from school last year and has already played truant 36 times this year.
He will be remanded by the police for eight days. They are investigating the case as one of criminal intimidation. |
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Overweight woman looking for cleaner's job claims she was told:
You're too fat for our uniforms
By Shree Ann Mathavan
October 28, 2005
BIG is not beautiful.
--JONATHAN CHOO
That's the impression Madam Hasrina Md Halid, 26, got when she tried to get a job.
The 118kg Madam Hasrina claims she was brushed off during a walk-in interview at the ISS Facility office at Singapore General Hospital last month.
ISS (Integrated Service Solutions), a cleaning company, is not part of SGH.
Madam Hasrina claims she was told she was too large to fit into any of the uniforms - though no specific requirements were stated in the recruitment advertisement for the position of general worker/cleaner at the hospital.
She said she approached a staff member at the ISS office to ask if the vacancy was available.
While she was told the position was still open, Madam Hasrina claims she was 'rudely dismissed'.
'She (the staff member) stared at me up and down, and without saying sorry she said 'but our company doesn't have your uniform size', so I just walked off,' Madam Hasrina said.
BRIEF CONTACT
She wrote to Berita Harian about the incident on 8 Oct. And though she felt 'hurt and angry' initially, she said: 'When I thought back, there was no point in being angry, maybe some companies just don't want big people.'
Then, ISS responded in Berita Harian on 15 Oct, and she felt stung again.
ISS corporate communications director Faith Wong said in the letter that Madam Hasrina spoke in Malay, which interviewer Lilian Goh did not understand.
'As Lilian was not conversant in Malay (Madam Hasrina could only understand Malay) and given the brief contact, her explanations about the uniform concerns could be misinterpreted by her as discriminating,' the ISS letter said.
According to ISS, the inpatient housekeeping job in the hospital is 'quite physically challenging'.
'Some of the daily tasks include cleaning the toilets, beds and furniture, some of these tasks may even require squatting. We are concerned that she may have difficulty adapting to the job demands,' it said.
The letter added: 'Lilian offered her apologies about our constraints and even thanked her for her interest.
'Madam Hasrina was observed to be neither upset, nor have any unusual reaction when she departed.'
Madam Hasrina was upset on reading this. 'I broke down in tears, it's totally different from the experience I had,' she said.
'She (the interviewer) didn't describe the job details, she didn't say sorry, not at all, and I spoke to her in English.'
SHOCKED
Our interview with Madam Hasrina was conducted in English.
'I was quite shocked. Maybe she's referring to someone else,' she said.
When contacted, Ms Wong said: 'I think the best thing would be to sit down with her, to be fair to both sides. If she is keen, we can meet up with her.'
Madam Hasrina has since filed a report with the Ministry of Manpower.
According to her, this is not the first time she has been discriminated against, based on her size.
She said she received similar treatment in a job interview with a department store in 1998.
Then too, she was told she was too large for their uniforms.
She, her husband, Mr Samsuri Samon, 25, and her daughters, Nur Qamarina, 3, and Noor Hanisah, 8, get by on $400 to $600 a month.
Mr Samsuri works as a part-time cleaner, while Madam Hasrina has been hunting for a job since August, after a spinal operation in June.
He said: 'My job now is to encourage her. To me it's unfair, it's not that she wants to show her size, she just wants to earn some income.'
Madam Hasrina also has to put up with people staring at her, but takes it philosophically.
'I'm used to it already,' she said.
'I just have to say never mind, forget it, once they are tired of looking, they will stop looking.'
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MOM says
THE Ministry of Manpower says that if physical size is not important for the job, it should not be part of the selection criteria.
And it wants Madam Hasrina Md Halid to provide it with details of her complaint.
She has since done so.
The ministry also wants job-seekers with feedback of malpractices to contact it for assistance and advice.
'In instances where employers are found to have adopted discriminatory practices, we will take appropriate measures, including counselling and warning,' a spokesman said. |
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Family mistook dengue for flu
Man dies after on-off fever that wouldn't go away
By Tan Hsien Chong
October 27, 2005
DRESSED in a white T-shirt and black trousers, she looked tired and worn out.
Ms Goh said her father's fever went on and off for more than a week. --MOHD ISHAK
It was an ordeal she would not have wished on anyone - to lose a loved one.
Eyes red, a wan smile on her face, she spoke of the shock the family had when they were told their father, part-time cleaner K S Goh, 65, had died of dengue fever.
The latest dengue death toll in Singapore is 19 this year. (See report below.)
His younger daughter, Ms G N Goh, who is in her 30s, told The New Paper in Mandarin: 'We never imagined that it would happen to him. We thought it might be a serious flu.'
Mr Goh lived in Jurong West, a dengue hot spot. Unfortunately, the family did not know this.
If only they had checked the NEA website (www.nea.gov.sg), which lists where the new cases of the disease had been reported. Ms Goh now has a painful lesson to share with other families, especially those who live in dengue hot spots.
'If you have a fever that doesn't go away, you must go and see the doctor,' she said.
The family's ordeal began more than a week ago, when Mr Goh came down with fever.
Ms Goh said: 'His fever went on and off, on and off. He didn't get better.'
But neither he nor his family suspected that it could be dengue.
They did not realise how badly sick Mr Goh was because he did not make a big deal about his illness.
GOOD HEALTH
He did not want his family to worry.
And though he had diabetes, he was in good health otherwise.
But by Tuesday last week, he was so ill his older daughter insisted on taking him to the doctor.
He was given some medicine for his fever.
Ms Goh said: 'For the next few days, he rested at home and didn't go to work'.
Her father did not get better, but he did not go to see the doctor again.
The fever came and went and came back again.
Mr Goh lost his appetite and could take only drinks, not solid food.
By 8am on Monday, he had a raging temperature, and his face was deathly pale.
Worried, his older daughter, who is also in her 30s, called an ambulance, and he was taken to the National University Hospital (NUH).
His younger daughter said they were told he had dengue around 6pm the evening before he died.
His family members left the hospital that night extremely worried. But the worst was yet to come.
Around 4am the next day, they were told that Mr Goh had died.
Mr Goh's wife, a housewife in her 50s, cried non-stop after she heard the news.
The couple lived alone in a three-room HDB flat in Jurong West.
Mr Goh was a grandfather of two young girls, the children of his older daughter.
His younger daughter, a clerk, said: 'My mum and my older sister, we all still can't accept that he's gone.'
When The New Paper went to the wake at 2pm yesterday, his younger daughter was busy with the preparations.
Ms Goh spoke softly about her father, as she weaved in and out of the empty chairs and empty tables, laying out red string.
She said: 'My father was a quiet, gentle man. We were close.'
Two years ago, she moved from Teck Whye to a four-room flat in Jurong West two streets from her parents' home. She wanted to live near them.
They would pay each other visits now and then, or she would talk to her parents on the phone to see how they were doing.
Her older sister also spent the night at her parents' home every few weeks.
The younger Ms Goh recalled: 'Whenever he won money at the lottery, he would buy me things. He always did his best to give us what we wanted.'
KIND FATHER
When she was in her 20s, he bought her jewellery with his winnings, including a gold chain and bracelet, worth about $300.
The items are locked up in a safe at home now.
They remind her of him. But, 'I can't wear gold (at the wake),' she said.
She added: 'He was a kind father. I will remember everything he did with me, and for me.'
Mr Goh will be cremated at the Mandai Crematorium tomorrow.
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DENGUE UPDATE
THE dengue death toll has hit 19 this year.
Since 17 Oct, the disease has claimed another three lives.
A total of around 12,700 dengue cases have been reported so far, and 390 cases were reported in the past week, including 95 yesterday. The 17th reported dengue-
related death took place on 18 Oct.
A 69-year-old Malay man had been admitted on 1 Oct and diagnosed with dengue fever on the same day.
He died of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), a severe form of the disease.
The next reported victim was a 68-year-old Chinese man, who was admitted and diagnosed with dengue fever on Saturday. He died of DHF on Monday. According to the Ministry of Health, the lastest case was that of an elderly man who died yesterday of Dengue Shock Syndrome, a severe form of the disease.
There was also a previously unreported death last month.
A 49-year-old Malay man was admitted on 14 Sep and died of DHF on 17 Sep.
According to the NEA website, current dengue hot spots include various areas in Jurong, Tampines and Yishun.
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BAZAR RAYA TETAP ADA WALAU GEYLANG DIBANGUN SEMULA
Oleh
Khalid Khamis
PROJEK pembangunan semula Geylang Serai yang bakal dijalankan tidak lama lagi tidak bererti acara bazar dan penyalaan lampu Hari Raya adalah yang terakhir tahun ini seperti yang disangka sesetengah pihak.
Mentelah lagi, tiada sebab mengapa bazar dan penyalaan lampu tidak boleh diteruskan pada tahun-tahun mendatang.
'Kawasan sekeliling masih ada ruang dan kami juga sedang berbincang kemungkinan adakan bazar di sekeliling tapak pembangunan itu,' kata Anggota Parlimen GRC Marine Parade, Encik Mohamad Maidin Packer Mohd.
Pasar Geylang Serai dan beberapa blok perumahan sekelilingnya berada dalam kawasan undi Kampong Ubi, GRC Marine Parade.
Ia akan dirobohkan hujung tahun ini, digantikan dengan kompleks baru.
Menurut Encik Mohamad Maidin, bazar anjuran Kampong Ubi akan diteruskan tetapi mungkin dalam keadaan yang berbeza.
Dalam pada itu, bazar-bazar lain seperti di Tanjong Katong Complex dan Kampung Melayu akan terus dianjurkan tahun depan.
Mengenai penyalaan lampu Hari Raya pula, Pengerusi, Projek Penyalaan Lampu Hari Raya yang juga Timbalan Presiden Majlis Pusat, Haji Mohd Yahya Zakaria, berkata:
'Harapan kami ialah untuk teruskan penyalaan lampu Hari Raya di Geylang memandangkan bazar-bazar lain masih diteruskan dan kawasan ini masih menarik ramai pengunjung.'
Menjawab pertanyaan Berita Harian, Lembaga Pelancongan Singapura (STB), pula berkata belum ada perancangan bagi penyalaan lampu Hari Raya bagi tahun depan. Ia bergantung kepada projek pembangunan semula di Geylang Serai.
Pengurus Besar Kampung Melayu Geylang Serai, Encik Clarence Cheung, berkata beliau yakin suasana tahun depan tidak kurang hebatnya.
'Jika STB enggan mengadakan penyalaan, saya pasti pihak penganjur bazar di sini boleh berbincang dan menyumbang untuk mengadakan semacam penyalaan di sini,' katanya. |
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Singapore remains free from bird flu, dead mynahs found poisoned: AVA
ADVERTISEMENT
SINGAPORE : Singapore remains free from the bird flu virus, says the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), after a post-mortem on some dead mynahs found on Friday showed they had died of poisoning.
But some residents say that culling should be taken as a preventive measure since crows and mynahs can be carriers of bird flu.
Twelve dead birds found scattered across a carpark in Jurong West Street 41 caused concern among residents there.
Bobby Ang, a resident and hawker at Jurong West, said: "Now bird flu has spread all over the world, so we are concerned about the dead birds found here."
They called the National Environment Agency, which then sent officers to pick up the carcasses.
These were sent to the AVA's laboratories for tests.
K. Madhavan, Head of Animal Centre for Welfare Control at AVA, said: "The pathologists worked throughout the night and has determined that the birds are free from avian flu. They have detected it to have been poisoned. We will make further investigations as to the type of poison."
But research has shown that mynahs and crows can be carriers of the avian flu virus which is usually found in migratory birds.
In light of this, some residents there say culling should be carried out as a preventive measure.
Ravin Ragupathi, a resident of Jurong West, said: "To prevent avian flu I think we need to take all measures necessary and also mynahs and crows, especially crows. They are a nuisance to passers-by and the general public. I think culling would be good for two reasons - to prevent the spread of avian flu and to prevent nuisance to the public."
But there are also some who feel such measures may be too extreme.
Jeffrey Tan, a resident of Jurong West, said: "I'm glad and feel relieved that the birds are not having bird flu. Culling the birds are not the proper way to prevent the bird flu because it is cruel to animals."
Singapore is home to thousands of migratory birds, with the northern tip of the island a thriving sanctuary for birds migrating each year from Siberia and China to Australia and New Zealand, and back again.
For now, the government is monitoring the bird flu situation and the AVA has an ongoing surveillance programme to test for avian flu in wild birds at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.
And if the outbreak worsens and human-to-human transmission occurs overseas or in Singapore, precautions taken during SARS such as daily temperature screening in schools and monitoring at airports would be taken.
A deadly strain of the bird flu virus, the H5N1, has killed more than 60 people in Asia since late 2003. - CNA/de |
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Originally posted by SQ154 at 29-10-2005 04:16 PM
Mum-in-law talks for first time about victim
'Not close to kids, always asked for money'
By Joycelyn Wong, Faith Teo and Esther Teo
nauzubillah minzalik |
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Originally posted by Browneyes at 29-10-2005 06:14 AM
bersangka baik~ mungkin dia start kerja dari umur 16..
bersangka tak baik~ mungkin mamat tu tipu..
Oh Chic dah tau dah...Mak Chic cakap tu duit DPS dia.....:ah: |
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Originally posted by Browneyes at 30-10-2005 08:48 AM
baca pasal kehidupan dan kematian deksi sungguh menyeram kan.. nama betul dia sharifah diana augustina.. even mak dia sendiri tahu perangai buruk anak dia.. aku tgh bayangkan apa perkerjaan dia mas ...
Semua hanya kerana ingin hidup senang.....na'uzubillah minzalik... |
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Originally posted by chicsee at 30-10-2005 05:53 PM
Oh Chic dah tau dah...Mak Chic cakap tu duit DPS dia.....:ah:
Yup duit dps... |
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Out of work after Bali bombings, they now chat up foreign women to offer fun and company. Say hello to...
KUTA'S BEACH COWBOYS
By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
October 31, 2005
THEY swagger in hipster surf shorts, showing off their bronzed, well-toned abs.
Some flaunt their dyed golden locks, which are salt-licked from their daily ritual of sun, sand and sea.
These are the Kuta cowboys, young Javanese and Balinese men who hang around Kuta beach.
Their stomping ground: A stretch (1 to 2km-long) near Kuta Square, the main area of the 5km-long beach.
There, they comb the area for lonely foreign women in need of male company. Most of the cowboys are in their 20s to early 30s.
Many man surfboard rental stalls, give surfing lessons or run stalls selling drinks and other items.
A'an is one of them. The 25-year-old looks after a makeshift stall that rents surfboards to tourists.
But since the 1 Oct bombings at Kuta Square and Jimbaran, his business has dwindled. He had not got a customer for two days when we spoke to him.
With so much free time on his hands, the bored young man, who came from Java and has worked at Kuta for five years, spends his time chatting up foreign women on the beach, something he does easily.
GERMAN GIRLFRIEND
Like the other beach cowboys, A'an speaks a smattering of several languages such as English, Japanese and even German.
The women buy him gifts - he has received a watch, for example - and pay for his food and drinks.
One, a German in her 20s, has even become his girlfriend.
By December or January next year she will take him back home. If that happens, he will propose to her, he said.
'Hopefully, I don't have to live the hard life anymore when I'm in Germany,' he added.
Said A'an: 'Maybe it's our skin colour or our easy-going nature. Some of the boys have great bodies because they surf daily. Others are smooth-talkers.
'A local man and a foreign woman will meet in the morning, but by late afternoon, they will be walking with their arms around each other's waists. I guess foreign women find us exotic.'
'Exotic' is the word you could use to describe Joe, a Balinese who runs a drink stall on Kuta beach.
Unlike most of the other 'cowboys', Joe doesn't have a well-sculpted body or chiselled good looks.
But there is something charming about the 29-year-old that made two Caucasian women, who had been sun-tanning on the beach, talk to him like old friends within minutes.
Perhaps it is his Afro hairdo or his '70s rock star looks. Or maybe his hang-loose yet confident demeanour.
'You can't be shy,' he said. 'If you are, you will lose out.'
Joe added: 'You don't have to try hard. Just smile at the women and display a laid-back attitude. This is Bali, where every day is a holiday.
'If they smile back, I ask them 'How are you?'. Also, usually the women are fascinated with my hair.'
But don't call him and other like him gigolos.
Said A'an: 'We're not gigolos like how it is in Western countries. We do not advertise our services in a newspaper or magazine. I've never asked for money from any foreign girl that I have entertained in Bali.
'We offer a fun time when they're here on holiday. If at the end a foreign woman gives me money, I'll just accept it as a gift.'
But are these hunks as alluring as they believe they are?
Definitely, said three foreign women The New Paper on Sunday spoke to.
Japanese tourist Eri Okura, 22, can't say that her new Balinese boyfriend, Albar, is a charmer with words.
But what he lacks in language skills, he more than makes up for with his patience and understanding.
Said Ms Okura, who is from Hokkaido but works as a dancer in a strip club in Australia: 'He doesn't speak Japanese or English very well and I know only a little Bahasa Indonesia. But somehow we manage.
'He is patient and devotes time to me. I feel special with Albar because my ex-boyfriend in Japan never had time for me. He was concerned with making money.'
During the 20-minute interview, Ms Okura, in Bali for the first time, said that since her arrival two weeks ago, she has had fun with Albar every day.
Usually, the couple spend the day sun-tanning at the beach.
To Ms Okura, Albar is her tourist guide, lover and protector rolled into one.
SPECIAL PLACES
She confides in him and asks him how best to spend the $2,500 she had saved for her month-long holiday.
She said: 'He takes me to beautiful places in Bali where there are no tourists. Things like this make me feel good.'
She revealed that 'Albar gives good massage, he has strong hands'.
'If we're not at the beach, we're just lazing in my hotel. He is my best lover because he is full of stamina, maybe from all that surfing,' she added.
At night, the couple can be seen at local clubs like Apache Reggae club or the more exclusive MBARGO.
At the reggae club's dance floor, locals grind their bodies against their foreign partners to the rhythm of Bob and Ziggy Marley's songs.
It's one of the places where Briton Sally Lloyd, who is in her early 20s, likes to go to with her Balinese boyfriend, Komang Pande, who's in his 20s.
Ms Lloyd, on a two-month holiday, said there were advantages in dating men like Komang.
'The Bali boyfriends make sure you get local prices and not pumped-up tourist prices. They take care of your shopping and intimate needs.
'I never knew that at certain clubs in Bali, bartenders charge you more than the locals. I'm here for a long break, I need to stretch my money.'
Ms Lloyd went to Bali to accompany a friend, who has a Balinese fiance and intends to take him back to England with her once their immigration issues in the UK are sorted out.
Said Ms Lloyd on the romance: 'I've known my friend for many years and I've never seen her so madly in love like this before.'
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S'PORE WOMEN: Cowboys have gentle touch
SINGAPOREAN women too, are charmed by the Kuta Cowboys.
One Singaporean woman, a teacher who wanted to be known only as Siti, said the boys 'treat you like a lady'.
'They're gentle and young. Singapore guys won't be able to accept it when you pay for everything,' she said.
The 29-year-old admitted to getting intimate with two Kuta Cowboys she met while at Apache Raggae club and said she still looks up one of them whenever she visits Bali.
'You can say the Balinese men you meet are taking advantage of you. But you're also using them for companionship,' said Ms Siti.
Another Singaporean woman, Ms Tina Liew, 29, said she can understand why the Kuta Cowboys are attractive.
Said Ms Liew, a designer: 'In Singapore if you go to a club and have a one-night stand, it'll somehow come back to haunt you.
'But when you're on holiday, you let your inhibitions go. There's no strings attached... what you start there, ends there.'
Unless, of course, you catch a sexually-transmitted disease.
Still, the boys are not everyone's cup of tea. Some Singaporean women consider them to be pests.
Said one 30-something woman, a marketing executive who did not want to be named: 'I've been on the beach for three hours and seven men have approached me. One even said he wanted me to be the mother of his children. I told him to get lost.'
'UNSAFE'
Ms Shirley Lim, 26, a fashion retailer, even thinks they're 'unsafe'.
Said the frequent flyer to Bali: 'Why would you want to have that kind of Bali boyfriend when you know that he has probably slept with a lot of women?
'We can be friends, but I'm not going to put my lips anywhere near his (a Kuta Cowboy's).'
Her sentiment is shared by another woman, Ms Janice Tay, 32 a housewife: 'These boys have a reputation. If you want to party and have fun, you look for them.
'But people like me go to Bali to relax and learn about the culture.' |
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Malaysian man's plans to get a second wife take a nasty turn
'WIFE THROWS ACID,' GIRLFRIEND CALLS OFF WEDDING
October 31, 2005
THE acid attack has left him permanently disfigured.
Mr Tuan Azman Tuan Ludin, 31, was splashed with acid at his home in Kelantan on 31 July.
His wife allegedly did it after an argument because he had told her he wanted to take a second wife.
Now the wedding is off, reported Utusan Malaysia.
The army lance corporal said he and his girlfriend Normasalina, 22, broke up last week.
NO CONTACT AT ALL
Mr Tuan Azman said he decided to end the relationship after Ms Normasalina cut off all contact with him after his release from hospital on 12 Oct.
He said that Ms Normasalina had previously stated that she was ready to accept him even though he was disfigured.
However, she has not been returning his calls or responding to his SMSes.
SMS BREAK-UP
Mr Tuan Azman told Utusan Malaysia: 'I sent an SMS to her to break off the relationship last week after she did not return my calls and tried to avoid me.
'I felt that maybe she did not like me any more after seeing my disfigured face in the papers, or maybe she has found someone else.'
The latest pictures of
Mr Tuan Azman were published in Utusan Malaysia a day after his release from hospital after more than two months of treatment.
Mr Tuan Azman's face and body were badly burnt after acid was splashed on him while he was sleeping.
His wife, Siti Khalifah Sulong, 53, has been charged with causing grievous hurt. She has pleaded not guilty.
The acid attack left Mr Tuan Azman with permanent injuries. He has lost some of the sight in his left eye as a result of the attack. And he cannot close his mouth properly either.
But Mr Tuan Azman remains philosophical about the future.
He still wants to get married, and hopes to find a woman prepared to accept him as he is.
Marriage is fated, he said. |
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TEST DRIVE ENDS IN...
DEATH OF A SALESWOMAN
Silver Mazda goes over road divider, smashes head-on into black BMW, flips over and hits right side of mini van
By Faith Teo
October 31, 2005
SHE was in the passenger's seat as the sporty silver Mazda MX-5 was being taken for test ride.
Then, in the wink of an eye, tyres screeched, the test car crashed into another car and then flipped over.
The brand new Mazda was a total wreck, and the young woman in a blue and black Mazda showroom uniform lay unconscious in the mangled heap.
Picture:
Chua Puay Hoe
The driver, a man in his early 20s, walked out of the car by himself. He is now helping police with investigations.
The young woman, whom police later confirmed was a car saleswoman, died at 7pm after being taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
It is believed she suffered a broken neck from the impact.
Her identity was not disclosed.
The accident shocked a couple who were on their way to a relative's house in their mini van.
While driving along Upper Paya Lebar Road around 6pm, Mr Chng Hak Piong and his wife saw the powerful sports car going over the road divider and smashing head-on into a black BMW.
It then flipped over before hitting the side of Mr Chng's van.
STARTED TREMBLING
Mrs Chng, 52, said: 'We heard a very loud bang, and saw smoke coming out of the BMW, which was just in front of us on our right.
'Then we saw the Mazda flip over the BMW. I was so scared, I started trembling.'
All Mr Chng, 54, could do was to step on the accelerator and pray that the Mazda would not land on his vehicle. (See graphics above.)
But he could not avoid the sports car as it slammed into the right side of his van, causing his window to smash.
Once they got over their shock, the Chngs scrambled out of their vehicle.
In the black BMW, a family of five sat in shock.
A woman, believed to be the driver's wife, screamed in pain as the Chngs tried to help her out. She said her leg was injured.
An elderly man was bleeding from the face, while an elderly woman was speechless from shock.
The BMW driver and all four passengers, including a child, were later taken to Changi General Hospital.
When Mrs Chng later heard that the woman had died in the crash, her eyes reddened.
A pair of strapless, high-heeled shoes lay abandoned near the wreck.
Mrs Chng said: ''She was so young, such a small-sized girl.'
When asked if the saleswoman was from its showroom along MacPherson Road, Mazda Motor's marketing manager Philip Lu replied through a security guard at the showroom that he had no comment. |
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PUTUS ELEKTRIK, TERPUTUS REZEKI
Oleh
Nazri Hadi Saparin
PENIAGA di Bussorah Mall menanti-nantikan Jumaat malam dan hujung minggu lalu kerana menjangka perniagaan rancak sebelum Hari Raya Aidilfitri disambut Khamis ini.
Namun mereka berasa hampa kerana bekalan elektrik di kawasan itu terputus dan menjelas lampu-lampu jalan selama dua jam pada Jumaat malam dan juga Sabtu.
Walaupun bekalan elektrik di kedai-kedai tidak terjejas, beberapa peniaga berkata pelanggan menjauhi kawasan membeli-belah itu kerana ia terlalu gelap.
Lampu jalan itu di bawah bidang kuasa Penguasa Pengangkutan Darat (LTA). Ia biasanya mula dinyalakan pada 7 malam, tetapi pada dua hari itu ia mula dinyalakan hanya sekitar 9.30 malam.
Pemilik butik Mona J, Cik Mona Ali, berkata rancangannya untuk membuka butiknya sehingga lewat malam pada Jumaat lalu terbantut.
Menurut Cik Mona, beliau sendiri menghubungi LTA apabila menyedari lampu-lampu jalan itu tidak dinyalakan.
'Jiran saya pun telefon LTA juga. Kami tunggu sampai 9 malam tapi lampu masih tak menyala. Saya fikir mereka mungkin masih cuba menangani masalah itu jadi saya tutup kedai awal.
'Pada esoknya, perkara yang sama berlaku. Saya hubungi LTA sekali lagi dan minta mereka selesaikan masalah itu segera,' kata beliau.
Pemilik bersama kedai Grandfather's Collection, Encik Ting Chung Hua, berkata mujur kawasan Kampong Gelam bermandi cahaya lampu hiasan Raya tahun ini kerana jika tidak, ia gelap gelita.
Menurut Encik Ting, masalah bekalan elektrik terputus bukan baru di Bussorah Mall.
Ia sering berlaku selepas hujan lebat, kata beliau.
'Setiap kali LTA betulkan masalah ini, ia tetap berulang,' ujar Encik Ting.
Ketika dihubungi, pegawai khidmat pelanggan talian 24-jam LTA mengesahkan kejadian Jumaat dan Sabtu lalu itu tetapi tidak dapat menyatakan puncanya. |
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URA-URA JADIKAN MAKKAH BEBAS ROKOK
RIYADH - Pihak berkuasa Arab Saudi mahu menjadikan Makkah sebagai bandar raya bebas rokok dan jemaah dari seluruh dunia yang menunaikan umrah pada Ramadan ini merupakan kumpulan pertama terbabit dalam kempen ini.
Akhbar Arab News melaporkan, Perunding Kesihatan Masyarakat dan Keluarga Kementerian Kesihatan Arab Saudi, Dr Sameer Al-Sabban, berkata bermula akhir bulan ini, jemaah yang didapati merokok akan ditawarkan kayu sugi dan risalah antimerokok, untuk menggalakkan mereka berhenti merokok.
'Kira-kira 60 petugas dikerah di sekitar Masjidil Haram untuk meningkatkan kesedaran pengunjung ke masjid suci ini mengenai risiko merokok. Agak menyedihkan apabila melihat ada jemaah berkumpul di sudut masjid untuk merokok,' katanya.
Kementerian itu juga menubuhkan lima klinik antimerokok di Makkah.
Arab News melaporkan, Saudi menandatangani perjanjian antitembakau pada Mei 2005, ketika negara itu berada pada kedudukan keempat senarai pengimport dan pengguna tembakau tertinggi di dunia.
Menurut perangkaan, lebih 15 bilion batang rokok disedut oleh rakyat Saudi setiap tahun. - Agensi. |
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PERLU PERMIT JIKA MAHU BERKHEMAH
Renjer akan bantu pendaftaran di lima taman pada hari-hari biasa
Oleh
Soraya Salim
ORANG ramai yang ingin berkhemah di lima taman di sini pada hari-hari biasa kini perlu mendaftar dan mendapatkan permit mulai lusa.
Pendaftaran itu dapat dilakukan serta-merta di lokasi mereka mendirikan khemah.
Renjer taman akan pergi dari khemah ke khemah dan mengimbas kad pengenalan si pekhemah secara terus-menerus ke dalam komputer tablet.
Sekeping permit kemudian akan dikeluarkan untuk dipasang pada khemah mereka.
Lima taman yang terjejas oleh peraturan baru itu ialah Pantai Changi, East Coast, Pasir Ris, West Coast dan Sembawang.
Namun, permit itu tidak diperlukan bagi perkhemahan pada hujung minggu dan cuti umum.
Pengarah Divisyen Taman Lembaga Taman Negara (NParks), Encik Kong Yit San, semalam berkata langkah itu diambil untuk mengekang masalah pekhemah yang tinggal terlalu lama di taman dan para setinggan.
Pada 1 Disember lalu, NParks memperkenalkan kelonggaran dengan orang ramai tidak memerlukan permit untuk berkhemah di lima taman itu.
Hasilnya, jumlah pe khemah meningkat tujuh kali, daripada 1,000 kepada 7,800 orang bagi tempoh Disember tahun lalu hingga Mei tahun ini.
Namun, NParks turut memerhatikan terdapat kenaikan juga dalam jumlah mereka yang berkhemah terlalu lama.
Dari lewat September lalu hingga awal bulan lalu, seramai 70 setinggan ditemui di taman-taman itu, kebanyakannya di Pantai Changi.
Encik Kong menambah, permit yang dikeluarkan itu akan bertukar warna mengikut hari, supaya renjer taman mudah melihat sesiapa yang telah berkhemah melebihi tempoh.
Jika pekhemah tidak membawa kad pengenalan, renjer taman boleh mengimbas kad lain yang mempunyai kod jalur, seperti lesen memandu.
Seorang pekhemah yang ditemui di pantai East Coast semalam, Encik Jackey Ong, 34 tahun, mengalu-alukan peraturan baru itu.
'Langkah ini akan menjadikan kawasan pantai lebih selamat kerana terdapat pemantauan renjer taman dan membebaskan ruang bagi pekhemah lain,' katanya.
Setiap bulan, sekitar 160 orang berkhemah pada hari-hari biasa di lima taman itu. |
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ANAK 'HILANG' RUPANYA DI SEBERANG
Oleh
Soraya Salim
BAGI Cik Misliah Omar, hadiah istimewa pada Lebaran ini adalah bertemu semula dengan anaknya.
Ini kerana hampir tiga bulan beliau tidak tenteram menjalani kehidupan kerana terlalu bimbang akan nasib anak tunggalnya, Mohd Saheed Mohd Ismail, 18 tahun, yang menghilangkan diri setelah meninggalkan flat mereka di Yishun Street 73 pada 11 Ogos lalu.
Dia, yang waktu itu bekerja sambilan sebagai pengedar risalah, telah memberitahu ibunya bahawa dia perlu memulangkan risalah majikannya sebelum keluar rumah pada hari itu.
Dia membawa bersamanya pasport, wang saku $50 dan sehelai baju panas.
Berita Harian September lalu melaporkan Cik Misliah telah membuat laporan polis dan siasatan polis menunjukkan Saheed memasuki Semenanjung Malaysia pada malam dia dilaporkan hilang.
Namun, penantian Cik Misliah, 49 tahun, seorang suri rumah dan suaminya, Encik Mohd Yunus Samad, 49 tahun, seorang pegawai Taman Haiwan Singapura, berakhir tiga hari sebelum 1 Syawal - Isnin lalu - apabila Cik Misliah menerima panggilan daripada ibu saudara rakan wanita Saheed.
Ketika dihubungi semalam, Cik Misliah berkata wanita itu memaklumkannya bahawa anak saudaranya dan Saheed berada di Johor Bahru setelah pulang dari Kuala Lumpur.
'Katanya, mereka berdua terkandas di situ kerana pasport Saheed telah mati dan mereka telah melampaui tempoh yang dibenarkan untuk tinggal di Malaysia,' katanya.
Cik Misliah bergegas ke Johor Bahru pada malam itu juga, malah sanggup berjalan kaki dari Singapura hingga ke pusat kastam Johor kerana tidak mempunyai pengangkutan sendiri.
Beliau menemui Saheed, tetapi tidak dapat menghuraikan masalah di sana.
Keesokan harinya, Cik Misliah mendapatkan bantuan kumpulan sukarelawan Perpustakaan Jenayah, menerusi Setiausahanya, Cik Jolyn Chua, yang kemudian merujukkan hal itu kepada Kementerian Ehwal Luar (MFA).
Rabu lalu, Cik Misliah sekali lagi ke Johor, ditemani beberapa kakitangan perpustakaan itu dan pegawai MFA dan membawa Saheed dan rakannya pulang.
'Saheed terus mendakap dan mencium saya. Dia menangis meminta maaf, dia kata dia kesal,' ujar Cik Misliah.
Saheed berkata dia terlalu mengikut perasaan dan tiada rancangan untuk ke KL.
'Tak tahu kenapa, kami berdua terus menaiki bas ekspres dari Larkin hingga ke sana. Di KL, saya kerja mencuci pinggan. Tapi, kami tidak tahan kehidupan di sana dan ingin pulang.
'Saya memang kesal,' ujar Saheed. |
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TEMANITA TINGGALKAN ASKAR CACAT DISIMBAH ASID OLEH ISTERI
JELI (Kelantan) - 'Hidup yang saya lalui ibarat sudah jatuh ditimpa tangga,' luah Tuan Azman Tuan Ludin, 31 tahun, anggota tentera yang cacat akibat disimbah asid, sewaktu mengenangkan peristiwa yang dilaluinya itu.
Tuan Azman berkata beliau tahun ini beliau menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri bukan saja sebagai seorang yang cacat tetapi juga sebagai duda dan insan putus cinta.
Walaupun sukar untuk menempuh kenyataan itu, beliau menganggap apa yang berlaku itu ada hikmah tersendiri dan mengajarnya menjadi orang yang sabar.
'Saya sedih menyambut Hari Raya dalam keadaan berwajah cacat, apatah lagi apabila mengenangkan sikap teman wanita saya yang berjanji setia tetapi telah melarikan diri selepas wajah saya menjadi begini.
'Lebih menyedihkan lagi apabila mengingatkan sikap isteri yang sanggup mencurahkan cuka getah ketika saya nyenyak tidur sehingga saya menanggung kecacatan seumur hidup,' katanya dengan sayu ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Kampung Legeh, di sini.
Muka dan badan Tuan Azman disimbah asid itu dipercayai oleh isterinya, Siti Khalifah Sulong, 56 tahun, pada 31 Julai lalu selepas beliau menyuarakan hasrat untuk berpoligami dengan Cik Normasalina Mohd Noor, 22 tahun.
Mata kirinya kini kabur dan sepet manakala bibirnya pula tidak boleh ditutup rapat.
Menurut Tuan Azman, walaupun sedih beliau gembira masih ada ahli keluarga dan anak, Norsafida, 10 tahun, hasil perkahwinan lebih 10 tahun dengan isterinya itu.
Beliau menganggap antara hikmah yang diterimanya akibat kejadian itu ialah hubungannya dengan keluarga semakin rapat. - Utusan Malaysia. |
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Edisi KL : Maut disengat ratusan lebah
Oleh Hamid Salleh
SETIU: 揂rwah hanya sempat menunaikan solat Zuhur di masjid dan membayar zakat fitrah sebelum pergi ke kawasan ternakan haiwan.
揇ia kemudian disengat ratusan lebah kira-kira 300 meter dari rumah, |
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Edisi Nasional : Lelaki ditetak tegur remaja main mercun
KUANTAN: Seorang lelaki cedera ditetak dengan senjata tajam dipercayai parang selepas dia menegur seorang remaja supaya tidak bermain mercun, di Cenderawasih, di sini, awal pagi semalam.
Kejadian berlaku kira-kira jam 1 pagi ketika mangsa, Rohisan Yaakob, 31, tidak dapat menahan bunyi bising mercun berkenaan sebelum pergi menegur kumpulan remaja terbabit.
Bagaimanapun, Harian Metro difahamkan, kumpulan remaja terbabit dikatakan melarikan diri dengan menunggang motosikal selepas melihat mangsa menuju ke arah mereka.
Adik ipar mangsa, Mohd Nasrul Hisham Mohd Nawi, 32, berkata selepas itu, kumpulan remaja berkenaan dikatakan bermain semula mercun di kawasan terbabit apabila mendapati mangsa tiada di tempat kejadian.
揃agaimanapun, abang ipar saya sempat menegur separuh remaja daripada kumpulan berkenaan sementara seorang lagi melarikan diri dengan menunggang motosikal.
揝elang beberapa minit, remaja terbabit datang semula ke tempat kejadian sebelum menerkam abang ipar saya sambil mengeluarkan senjata tajam dipercayai parang danmenetaknya, |
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Category: Negeri & Negara
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Post time 29-10-2005 04:16 PM
