Car ploughs into family

Religious ceremony turned ugly. While walking in a procession, three family members were killed as a car ploughed into them in Banting. The dead were identified as former plantation supervisor Krishnan Govindasamy, 76, his daughter K. Krishnaveni, 41, and granddaughter Tanusha Jeyamany, 11.

Two family members', indentified as Sureshkumar Jeyamany, 15, broke his legs while her niece Renuka Gunasegaran, 10, sustained a knee injury.

According to the Sri Maha Mariamman temple secretary P. Arumugam, he said that the family from Pandamaran Jaya, Klang, had return to the temple for the annual fire-walking ceremony. Arumugam said based on initial information from witnesses, the driver had lost control of the car and ploughed into the crowd. The driver was arrested.


Week 3 - Analysis 1
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To good to be true

Was it wrong what the 41-year-old, Alias said regarding his sex life? For me, it is not wrong. Alias who is a Bahasa Malaysia teacher at SMK Menerong, was the inaugural recipient of the state-initiated Tokoh Nilam award to honour an ourstanding teacher.

During his speech, he said his secret to remaining active was to read, have an intellectual discussion with his wife and having sex nightly. Rather than congratulating him and being proud that we have a dedicated school teacher in our community, some parties that discredited him for openly saying about his sex life in the public.

The world is changing people. It's high time to come out from that squared box. People should stop taking sex as a taboo topic. If we are not open, then how will our teenagers discuss about sex to their elders?

In addition, Alias's eldest son also mention that their dad is a sporting person and discusses matters that are taboo in other families. Parents should take this as a starting point to start taking about matters like this. This also can strengthen the relationship between parents and children. If parents don't talk to their children about taboo matters, their children will then talk about that particular matter among their peers and seek wrong advices.

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Don’t read too much into hubby’s book and sex story, says wife

Loving couple: Alias busy in his small study while his wife attends to him at their house in Kuala Berang yesterday.

Honesty the best policy? 41-year-old housewife, Rosmawati Abdullah, is proud of her 42- year- old husband's honesty, for telling the public of how reading and having sex every night has kept him energetic during the day.

She said, "“Through reading and having a cordial relationship, we managed to raise our children to be caring and disciplined. What’s wrong if my husband shares his formula with others?”

Her husband, Alias, a Bahasa Malaysia teacher at SMK Menerong, was the inaugural recipient of the state-initiated Tokoh Nilam award to honour an ourstanding teacher.

Alias, her husband, was disappointed by certain parties who were attempting to discredit him.


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China dolls on offer via MMS

As they could no longer afford to lose their China dolls in raids carried out on budget hotels and entertainment outlets, sex syndicates are offering China dolls to customers using the multimedia message service (MMS).

The picture would contain the information regarding the dolls, which consist of their age, what kind of sex service menu they give, working hours and contact numbers of the pimps and only selected customers were sent this MMS.

Once a deal was struck between a potential customer and the pimp, sources said the women would be sent to a hotel to meet up with the customer, with each customer charged at least RM200 per session.

“I dread what would happen if such MMSes are sent to teenagers and students,” said a reader who received several of such MMSes said he was shocked when he saw the contents and the pictures.


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Robber rapes woman in front of hubby and daughter

Isn't taking away cash and valuable items from a house enough? Four disreputable Indonesian robbers broke into a house in Tangkak. Despite taking cash and valuable belongings, the robbers also raped the owner’s 50-year-old wife in full view of the man and his teenage daughter.

This incident took place at their home at Kampung Sengkang near Bukit Gambir at about 3.30am on Tuesday.

“They tied them before ransacking and taking RM1,300 and jewellery worth about RM5,000,” said police.

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Girl dies after eating glue ‘jelly’ in school prank

Nine-year-old Nor Awatif Azzalayla, of SK Alor Mengkudu in Alor Star collapsed and died after she had “eaten” glue, after her classmate told her that it was jelly.

The nine-year-old collapsed immediately after swallowing the substance. Her classmate who became panic, alerted a teacher and immediately rushed her to a nearby clinic. Nor Awatif was pronounced dead before the doctors could conduct any medical check up on her.


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It tasted like chocolate, says girl who ate stones

“It tasted like chocolate, that was why I ate them,” said Year Four I. Yogeswary from Sungai Petani. She did not do it alone, but also together with her two younger sisters, Nageswari, eight, and Ganggadevi, six and their cousin N. Vikneswary, nine. They are now been admitted in Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital.

The girls were hospitalised after they vomited and suffered stomach pains for eating stones collected from the compound of their house in Kampung Padang Lembu, some 20km from here. Yogeswary, who admitted that she was the one who had introduced the stones to the three girls, said she had started this bad habit since last year adding that the stones were very crunchy and tasted like chocolate.

Asked why Yogeswary why they ate the stones, the answered, " “My sisters, cousin and I are never full after eating food prepared by my mother. We will only feel full after eating the stones.


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