It's been raining a little in Kuching and my Weather widget is down. The sun only came out for a few hours today!
Should shine tomorrow.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Here comes the Sun!
It's been raining a little in Kuching and my Weather widget is down. The sun only came out for a few hours today!
Should shine tomorrow.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Mandela is 90 today
" Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism ..."
Nelson Mandela
[From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1991-1995, Editor Irwin Abrams, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1999]
Nelson Mandela was 44 years old when he was arrested in 1962, and subsequently imprisoned for leaving South Africa without a passport. Two years later, while serving this sentence, he was infamously convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to launch violent revolution, and spent his prime in prison as a result.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
I walked up there today
You did not walk with me
Of late to the hill-top tree
By the gated ways,
As in earlier days;
You were weak and lame,
So you never came,
And I went alone, and I did not mind,
Not thinking of you as left behind.
I walked up there today
Just in the former way;
Surveyed around
The familiar ground
By myself again:
What difference, then?
Only that underlying sense
Of the look of a room on returning thence.
hardy
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Anwar UPDATE
Anwar released on bail after arrest ...
A F P
UPDATE 18:00 hrs
The arrest and the night with the Police has cause recurrence on Anwar old back injury.
PAS, meanwhile is standing firm with the PR. Lim Kit Siang, of DAP thinks Police actions these few days gave them their own "black eyes"
- "Anwar tidak membenarkan Hospital Kuala Lumpur mengambil sampel DNA beliau kerana dikhuatiri ia akan dimanipulasi oleh pihak berkuasa."
- "Anwar dibebaskan pukul 9.45 pagi ini dengan ikat jamin polis."
- "Katanya, Anwar mengadu sakit belakang selepas tidur di atas lantai simen sewaktu ditahan malam tadi."
Harakah
- "Salahuddin yang juga Ahli Parlimen Kubang Kerian mengingatkan penyokong-penyokong Pakatan Rakyat supaya bersabar dan tidak melakukan sebarang tindakan yang bercanggah dengan undang-undang.
Katanya, penahanan Anwar itu tidak akan menjejaskan hubungan kerjasama antara KeADILan dan PAS."
Harakah
When Management lacks Integrity
When creativity, talent and skill are present in a management that's sorely lacking in integrity, the simple solution of SOCIETY is - SEND THE BUGGER TO PRISON!!!
Reactions to the problem:
mobieus:
There are two sides to every story :-) Regardless, to architect an infrastucture where a singel person has the ability to threaten or disrupt - shame on management.+++
Jack K1 :
I bet the "performance" issues dealt with Childs pestering managers about the network's poor security implementation - and the managers figured it would be easier to fix him than fix the problem.
I see a Dilbert strip in the making.+++
buddesatva:
There should be a method to tag idiots who do this type of thing. The penalty must include, no future employment in IT for Terry Childs. Building and creating takes brains, creativity and work ethic. This guy is officially out of the club.+++
The Story:
July 15, 2008 11:07 AM PDT
San Francisco IT worker arrested in hijacking of city network
Posted by Elinor Mills 19 comments
A network administrator for the city of San Francisco has been arrested on charges of taking control of the city's computer network and locking administrators out, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Terry Childs, 43, was due to be arraigned on Tuesday after his arrest Sunday. He remains in jail on $5 million bail.
Childs, who has worked for the city for five years, is accused of tampering with the new Fiber Wide Area Network after allegedly being disciplined for poor performance. He is accused of electronically spying on his supervisors and their attempt to fire him, according to authorities.
Officials told the newspaper they were making some headway into regaining access to the system, but they fear that Childs has rigged a system to remotely destroy data.
Meanwhile, the network is up and running despite the fact that administrators have limited to no access.
cnet.com
Anwar arrested - Police affirms Anwar safe
Royal Malaysia Police affirms Anwar's safety in Police custody.
He is expected to be released today at 13:00hrs[GMT+8hrs] today, July 17. Pakatan Rakyat MPs in Parliament yesterday expressed regrets and disgust on the incident.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Official Press Release from Anwar Ibrahim's Office
Please Click image for bigger view.
"He will probably be released on police bail tonight," said the police source who declined to be identified. "Hopefully."
...National Post, Canada
SMS - Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim arrested
SMS from Raja Petra Kamaruddin
Malaysia-Today.net
Some news ...
"...About a dozen policemen, some of them wearing balaclavas, cordoned off the road leading to Anwar's house and stopped his car, said his lawyer Sankara Nair.
Anwar can be held in custody for up to 14 days as a suspect without charge.
He was bundled into a police car with dark tinted windows and driven to the police headquarters where a crowd of opposition lawmakers including his wife Azizah Ismail gathered outside. They were not allowed inside, and there was no trouble or violence.
Azizah said Anwar called on her cell phone after being arrested.
"I feel apprehensive because my husband ... is not that well. He has a bad back, he's had surgery. And (during our) the brief conversation he said they (police) were not gentle," she said.
It was not clear why Anwar was arrested a little before 1 p.m. since he had said he would present himself for interrogation before the Wednesday 2 p.m. deadline set by the police...."
Int.Herald Tribune
the Rotten Fuel Hike - debated
It's still rotten! The Cheek didn't make "rotan" out of it.
With the (Shabery) Cheek's main thrust of the debate being personal attacks and everyone is hiking prices, therefore hike is good and normal. That speaks a lot about the proponent of being civilized!
The Cheek is sick. He was foaming at the corner of his mouth! Wonder whether there's an epidemic amongst the Ministers!
Shabery: Anwar hasn’t changed much. Those who built Petronas - Razak, Mahathir, Abdullah - Anwar has opposed them. If we continue to ask more money from Petronas to subsidise the country, we could end up poorer and Petronas could end up being taken over. Our GDP growth is 6 per cent, much better than many others. The debate now shows how open the government has become.
Anwar: Among oil producers, our price is high. If we want our economy to be strong, if we continue in this direction, our economy will be severely undermined. That’s why I am committed to explaining to the people. I will not respond to Shabery’s personal attacks. I don’t have space on RTM after this. I give you my assurance that i will contest in a by-election in the shortest time.
anilnetto.com
Anilnetto sums up the main debate issue. Check it out there.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
IN THESE TIMES - what we need
Malay Comic Books, Strips, Etc.
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Di Mataku : pengeboman atomik de bandaraya Hiroshima :
cerita benar seorang mangsa bomb atom yang terselamat /
oleh Keiji Nakazawa. -- Pulau Pinang, Malaysia : Sahabat
Alam Malaysia, 1985. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. --
Translation of: Ore wa mita. -- Originally published in
black and white in a special issue of the Japanese comic
book Shonen Janpu, in September 1972.
1. Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--Bombardment, 1945--Comic books,
strips, etc. 2. Japanese comics. 3. Malaysian comics. I.
Nakazawa, Keiji. II. Ore wa mita. Malayalam. III. I Saw It.
Malayalam. IV. Sahabat Alam Malaysia. Call no.:
PN6790.J33N3419 1985
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Gelagat. -- Kuala Lumpur : Galeri Cipta Enterprise, . --
ill. ; 28 cm. -- Malay comics. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 86
(1994) -- Call no.: PN6790.M354G4
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Good Morning Malaysia / Reggie Lee. -- Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia : Sun Media Group, 1998? -- ca. 200 p. : chiefly
ill. ; 21 x 28 cm. -- Cartoons and some comics. -- Call
no.: NC1729.L44M3 1998
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Better Lat Than Never. -- Kuala Lumpur : Berita Pub., 1989.
-- 146 p. : ill. ; 19 x 22 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Publishing. Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4B4 1989
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
It's a Lat, Lat, Lat World / by Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur :
Berita Publishing, 1985. -- 146 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Publishing. Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4I7 1985
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Kampung Boy / Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur : Berita Publishing,
1979. -- 142 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Publishing. k. Boys.
Call no.: PN6790.M353L4K3 1979
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Lat and Gang / by Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur : Berita Pub., 1987.
-- 107 p. : ill. ; 18 x 21 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Pub. k. Gangs. Call
no.: PN6790.M353L4L29 1987
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Lat and His Lot Again! -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Berita
Publishing, 1983. -- 114 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 28
cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Publishing. Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4L3 1983
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Lat Gets Lost / Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur : Berita Pub., 1996.
-- 142 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm. -- Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4L295 1996
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Lat with a Punch / by Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur : Berita Pub.,
1988. -- 157 p. : ill. ; 19 x 21 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Pub. k. Punches. Call
no.: PN6790.M353L4P8 1988
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Lat's Lot / Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Berita Pub.,
1978. -- 140 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Publishing. Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4L6 1978
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Lots More Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Berita
Publishing, 1977. -- 154 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Publishing. Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4L62 1977
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Lots of Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Berita Pub., 1977.
-- 139 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Pub. Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4L63 1977
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Mat Som / by Lat ; English translation by Adibah Amin. --
Subanj Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia : Kampung Boy, 1990.
-- 187 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm. -- Translated from Malay.
1. Malay comics. 2. Malays (Asian people)--Comic books,
strips, etc. I. Lat. II. Amin, Adibah. III. Kampung Boy.
Call no.: PN6790.M353L4M3 1990
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Meena : a Plantation Child Worker / story & research, Jomo
K.S. & Josie Zaini; artwork, Mithradir. -- Petaling Jaya,
Malaysia : INSAN ; Bangkok, Thailand : Child Workers in
Asia Support Group, 1985. -- 24, 24 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. --
Bound with: Shamsul and the Ice Crushing Machine : a true
story of a child worker in a fish packing factory,
Malaysia. -- Educational comic about child workers from the
Institut Analisa Sosial (Malaysia). -- Call no.:
HD6250.M4J6 1985b
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Meena : a Plantation Child Worker from Malaysia / story &
research, Jomo K.S. & Josie Zaini ; artwork, Mithradir. --
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia : INSAN ; Bangkok, Thailand : Child
Workers in Asia Support Group, 1985. -- 24 p. : ill. ; 26
cm. -- "For private circulation only." -- Educational comic
about child workers from the Institut Analisa Sosial
(Malaysia). -- Call no.: HD6250.M4J6 1985
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
Town Boy / Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Berita Pub.,
1981. -- 190 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Pub. k. Boys. Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4T6 1981
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MALAY COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.
With a Little Bit of Lat. -- Kuala Lumpur : Berita Pub.,
1980. -- 111 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
1. Malay comics. I. Lat. II. Berita Publishing. Call no.:
PN6790.M353L4 1980
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Malay Comic Books, Strips, Etc.--Articles About.
"Comics In Malaysia" p. 96-101 (Comics Journal #94 October
1984) -- Data from Pete Coogan.
I. Rifas, Leonard. 1. Malaysian comics--History and
criticism. Call no.: PN6700.C62no.94
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Malay Comic Books, Strips, Etc.--Articles About.
"Lat : Drawings from Memory" / by Ng Suat Tong. p. 33-35 in
The Comics Journal, no. 187 (May 1996) -- (Scattershots) --
"An introduction to Lat including selections from The
Kampug Boy, Lots of Lat, Town Boy, Kampung Boy Yesterday
and Today."
1. Lat. 2. Malay comics--History and criticism. I. Tong, Ng
Suat. II. Drawings from Memory. Call no.: PN6700.C62no.187
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Malay Comic Books, Strips, Etc.--Miscellanea.
"Kirby Around the World : Malaysia" / by Tham K. S. p. 24
in Jack Kirby Collector, no. 12 (Oct. 1996)
1. Malay comics--History and criticism. I. S., Tham K. II.
Malaysia. Call no.: PN6727.K53J28no.12
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Malay Comic Books, Strips, Etc.--Miscellanea.
Southeast Asian Cartooning : Comics in Philippines,
Singapore and Indonesia / by John A. Lent. -- 1993? -- 18
leaves ; 28 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references. --
A conference paper?
1. Philippine comics--History and criticism. 2. Malay
comics--History and criticism. 3. Indonesian
comics--History and criticism. I. Lent, John A. II. Comics
in Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia. k. Singapore. Call
no.: PN6790.P47L4 1993
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Malay Humor Magazines.
Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning : Cute, Cheap, Mad,
and Sexy / edited by John A. Lent. -- Bowling Green, OH :
Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1999. -- 212
p. : ill. ; 24 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references.
-- Contents: An overview of Malay humor magazines / Ronald
Provencher ; Global division of cultural labor and Korean
animation industry / Kie-Un Yu ; Islam, animation and
money: The reception of Disney's Aladdin in Southeast Asia
/ Timothy R. White and J. Emmett Winn ; Singapore's Mr.
Kiasu, Kiasu Krossover, Kiasu Max, and Kiasu the Xtraman:
Comics reflecting a nation's personality and popular
culture / Linda K. Fuller ; Cute but deadly: Women and
violence in Japanese comics / Kanako Shiokawa ; Dimensions
of desire: Sex, fantasy and fetish in Japanese comics /
Setsu Shigematsu ; Goddess/demon, warrior/victim:
Representations of women in Indian comics / Aruna Rao ; The
social production of gender as reflected in two Japanese
culture industry products: Sailormoon and Crayon Shin-Chan
/ Mary Grigsby. -- Call no.: NC1680.T48 1999
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"The Malay Penguin" (Batman) 17 p. in Detective Comics, no.
473 (Nov. 1977). -- Repinted in Batman: Strange Apparitions
(New York : DC Comics, 1999). -- Title is an allusion to
the Maltese Falcon. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.N3D4no.473. Call
no.: PN6728.B37E57 1999
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Malaya.
Index entry (p. 474-475) in The World Encyclopedia of
Comics, ed. by Maurice Horn (New York : Chelsea House,
1976). Call no.: PN6710.W6 1976
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Many thanks to: http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/mrri/malaysia.htm
Talking and walking the "Walk"
Voting with their feet … opposition MPs walk out of the People's Hall in
protest after a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister was
rejected.Photo: AP
The story at the Sidney Morning Herald
The 'Cheek' chickened out
Now that the big debate on the rotten fuel hike is on tomorrow, BN's got "Cheeken" feet and forbid RTM1, RTM2, TV3 and NTV7 from casting the event that should be watched by the whole nation, which means people in the longhouses and kampungs.
To Bernama, Bernama TV, Astro Awani and TV9 is wide national reach and impact!
Monday, July 14, 2008
Nazir disagrees with Najib's, DPM, claim
KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Group Sdn Bhd's chief executive Datuk Seri Nazir Razak disagreed with the government which said that international investor confidence is not swayed by the current cloudy political outlook.
"It is very important for the political situation to settle down. I’m sorry but I disagree with the deputy prime minister (Datuk Seri Najib Razak) saying that international investor confidence is not affected,” the younger brother of the DPM told reporters on July 11.
Last Tuesday, Najib said that the global economic outlook was the factor that caused investors to think twice about investing in Malaysia, not the current local political situation.
The Edge Financial Daily reported last Monday that the combination of political uncertainties, soaring inflation and weaker economic growth had led to a downward revision on the outlook of the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) for the second half of the year. The confluence of negative news has prompted at least one foreign research house to forecast a year-end target for the KLCI at below the psychologically 1,000-point mark.
CLSA Research downgraded its rating for the KLCI to underweight from neutral, and cut its year-end target for the index by 13% to 980 points from 1,150 previously. At the same time, the research house also expected corporate earnings growth to weaken on higher inflationary pressures next year.
http://www.theedgedaily.com
Sunday, July 13, 2008
A Minangkabau folk song - ayam dan lapeh
I have often wondered what the Minang folk song, Ayam dan Lapeh says and means. Heard it sung by S Effendi ages ago. Got the meaning with a few clicks, left it as it is, as the translator is a Minang:
| Ayam den Lapeh (My chickens ran away) | |
Luruihlah jalan payakumbuah babelok jalan kayu jati dima ati indak karusuah ayam den lapeh ai...ai...ayam den lapeh Mandaki jalan padangsikek basimpang jalan ka biaro dima ati indak kamaupek awak takicuah ai...ai...ayam den lapeh Sikucapang sikucapeh sa'ikua tabang sa'ikua lapeh tabanglah juo nan karimbo oilah malang juo Pagaruyuang batusangka tampek bajalan urang baso duduak tamanuang tiok sabanta oi takanang juo ai...ai...ayam den lapeh | The straight road is to Payakumbuh The twisty path to Kayu Jati How is my heart not suffering? My chickens ran off Ai ai, my chickens ran off The uphill road to Pandai Sikek The junction, to Biaro How is my heart not regretful? You don't care. My chickens ran off Ai ai, my chickens ran off Sikucapang sikucapeh, such a to do! One flew, the other just ran Both into the jungle How unlucky I am! Pagaruyung and Batusangkar where the people of Baso make merry Still I'm brooding now and then Still remembering... My chickens ran off Ai ai, my chickens ran off! |
| English translation from : http://rozniy.blogspot.com and http://annyss.blogspot.com | |
Ayam dan Lapeh with an Angklong Band, sung by powerful lead voices.
perfomer performer.
Oslan Hussein version
System on the blink - "Help save our home"
Kuching, Sarawak: A woman whose husband went missing at sea last year is struggling to raise their two daughters as a single parent and her ordeal is further aggravated by the sword of Damocles hanging over their roof
WHERE do you go when there is nowhere to turn to? What do you do when all the possessions you hold dear suddenly disappear?
Many of us go through life oblivious to the challenges that many of our fellow citizens face everyday. We often look down, especially on the single mother struggling to feed her family or the homeless soul on the street corner trying to earn a few dollars to buy a hot meal.
We sometimes think we could never be in that kind of situation but actually, many of us are one paycheck away from it.
So where would you be if that life-sustaining paycheck were suddenly gone? Where would you be if your sole breadwinner were not there to put food on the table? And where would you be if that dream home were destroyed by a natural calamity or repossessed?
For single mother Rosnah Abas, 45, most of these grim scenarios have been all too real. Life is one constant arduous struggle as she goes through each day trying to find just enough money to raise her two daughters in their low-cost house at Taman Bandar Baru Semariang in Petra Jaya.
Before Aug 28, 2007, Rosnah had everything she could ever dream of — a loving husband and two beautiful children.
However, when her husband went missing and had not been seen again since, she not only found herself struggling to keep the family together but also having to service her housing loan with the sword of Damocles hanging precariously over her roof.
Just 11 months ago, she thought life couldn’t get any harsher. Now, after losing her husband, the sole bread winner, she concedes life is anything but easy.
Her husband, Mohd Noor The, was reported missing after the deepsea fishing vessel he was working in, capsized in Paloh, Tanjung Sirik Belawai, Sarikei around 2pm on Aug 28 last year. There were four crew members on board. The other three — a local, Sazali Sapiee and two Indonesians, Ari Utoyo Sugiman and Wawan Subani — were rescued.
A police report was made by Sazali at Belawai Police Station the following day for a search and rescue operation to be mounted. Till today, the body of Mohd Noor has not been found.
Throughout the entire ordeal, Rosnah kept her faith in God, trying to carry on the best she could even as hopes faded of ever finding her husband alive.
According to her, it’s her children, aged seven and two, who are giving her the strength to go on.
“There[they] are the reason I get up every morning, selling kuih (cakes) to get by. I manage to earn between RM12 and RM15 a day.”
In the morning, she sells kuih in front of her house while in the evening, she goes from house to house in the neighbourhood.
Rosnah is still able to provide her girls three square meals from her meagre daily earnings. But the one thing she fears most is getting thrown out of her house and becoming homeless.
“Actually, we are just one step away from that now … and I’m getting very worried. I already have outstanding instalments for three months. The bank is coming after me and I have nowhere to turn to,” she said.
Rosnah pays RM343 monthly installment for her RM42,000 intermediate single storey terrace house. Short of a miracle, the only one way for her to get out of her housing loan debt is through her late husband’s life insurance claim. And to do that, she has to furnish the insurer with a certified true copy of the full and final police investigation report into the death of her husband, the inquest and the Court Order on ‘Presumption of Death’.
It has almost been a year, yet Rosnah said she was still unable to even obtain the police report.
“I have sought police help already but have always been told to wait ‘after seven years’. The insurance claim is our only hope to save our house. If I had to wait seven more years, probably we’d be homeless by then.”
Rosnah said she had tried to seek help from Petra Jaya Member of Parliament Fadillah Yusof but failed to meet the YB in person.
“When I went to the office the other day, YB was not in, so I spoke to the secretary and passed him all the necessary documents. Until today, there is still no news from them,” she claimed.
“I’m just appealing for a police report to confirm the death of my husband in order to claim his insurance … nothing more. I need to service my bank loan to keep our home. That way, my family can still depend on me at least for our daily meals.”
According to Rosnah, the insurance company is more than prepared to help expedite the claim.
She said the branch manager here was following up on the case with her regularly.
“In fact, I didn’t know my husband had bought a life insurance policy until the insurer contacted me about two months after he (husband) was reported missing. I’m not sure about the actual amount of claim but the branch manager told me I’m entitled to it.”
Rosnah finds all the red tapes rather distressing. Even the sole local witness to the tragedy, who made a statutory oath [declaration] on her husband’s death, had passed away recently.
“The only witness is gone, and I’m still getting nowhere,” she lamented.
Rosnah said all she was asking for was the police report into the death of her husband.
She does not believe her husband is still alive today, having sought the help of tabib (dukun or medicaster) from the Chinese, Malay and Iban communities who all believe he is dead.
Rosnah said she even dreamt of meeting her husband once and he told her he had died and was living permanently at the place of the tragedy.
She claimed she had gone through almost every channel, including the courts, to seek help but all in vain.
“I just want my due … that’s all. I need the insurance claim to pay for my housing loan. Home is most important to me and my children. What is life without home. It’s the only place I can bring up my two daughters,” she added.
The insurance company confirmed to thesundaypost that Rosnah is entitled to a claim of more than a RM50,000 over her husband’s death.
Meanwhile Fadillah advised Rosnah to come to his office at Petra Jaya with all the necessary documents as soon as possible so that he could find some way to help her.
“If I’m not be around, she can submit to my officer. I’ll try to help get her welfare assistance. I can’t comment further until I see all the documents,” he said.
Fadillah who is also Science, Technology and Innovation Deputy Minister, noted it was required by law that a Court Order on Presumption of Death could only be issued seven years from the day a person was reported missing.
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