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17 year old banished under emergency ordinance!

June 3rd, 2010
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Can only wonder in amazement at the things we can do. Malaysia Boleh 🙂 Can he be added to the Malaysian Book of Records?

The story below is from The Malaysian Insider. I’m curious to know how this boy can end up in this situation. I thought you go to juvenile court. There must be some logical explanation (well, maybe a perverse one is possible) from the authorities on why an “alleged” motorcycle thief can be banished under Emergency Ordinance which practically kills his future. Two year of banishment. Can he get an education and job after this? Or would he end up deeper in crime and later end up dead after “being in the wrong place at the wrong time”?

Until that logical explanation is put forth, this looks like blatant abuse of power and perversion of justice.

Teenager Jiegandran Panir Selvam has been grounded. Not by his parents, but by the home ministry.

Arrested at 17, he was taken by the police and locked up for 60 days under the Emergency Ordinance before being banished. He was then brought to this sleepy hollow and left to fend for himself for the next two years.

“I am a labourer,” Jiegandran told The Malaysian Insider in a low voice.

In his first interview, the boy who should be getting ready to sit for the SPM examination this year but was expelled for being absent for three months from school, related his daily routine since being thrown out of his home state by the authorities.

The Selangor-born has been pulling 10-hour shifts at an oil palm estate for the last two months to earn RM15 a day.

The bulk of his wages go towards food. The rest of it is spent on paying for the calls home to his family on his prepaid cellphone. He no longer keeps in touch with his schoolmates.

He works daily, from 8am to 7pm, before returning to the company quarters he currently shares with two Indonesian workmates.

Jiegandran has to be in the house by 8pm and remain there until 6am the next day, under the strict terms of the banishment order.

He washes his clothes while they take care of dinner, which is usually ready by 9pm.

His kitchen skills are limited to making instant noodles and frying eggs, so he pays his housemates for his share of the evening meal. Breakfast and lunch are provided for by the “tauke” at the plantation.

“We eat rice, curry, vegetables. Sometimes fish,” the thin boy described.

“It’s OK,” he shrugged, but added, it was nothing like his mother’s cooking.

His eyes darted to his mother sitting across the table from him at a Malay food stall in what passes for Linggi town — two rows of double-storey shophouses huddled around a T-junction.

Sumathy Ramasamy, 44, who works as a cook in a university near Broga, looked away.

The mother of three last visited her middle child two weeks ago and promised him a slap-up meal to make up for missing his birthday, but failed to keep her word.

Jiegandran turned 18 on May 22.

His employer gave him an extra RM20 for the occasion and offered to buy him a birthday cake. Jiegandran declined.

All in, the working life is alright, the boy said. No one bullies him at the estate even though he is the youngest there.

But Jiegandran misses home.

“Life here is hard. I want to go home,” said the boy who — before this — had never before spent a night away from his family in Semenyih.

Jiegandran who has no history of causing trouble in school, let alone a criminal record, is challenging the home ministry’s harsh order, which is normally served on suspected terrorists and hardcore gangsters, in court.

But precedent may be against him.

Another 17-year-old boy from Pahang, who two years ago had been detained under the Emergency Ordinance (EO), had also taken the home ministry to court, but lost.

“I remember it because he was sent to Simpang Renggam the day before the general election,” Suaram co-ordinator, E. Nalini, told The Malaysian Insider.

The Pahang boy is now spending time in a prison in Machap, Kelantan.

The human rights watchdog has been championing the fight against detentions without trials.

Nalini is also not sure how many children under 18 have been detained and claimed the ministry has been very secretive over the statistics.

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family in Sungai Petani too poor until eat soil!

May 31st, 2010
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I was shocked to read this in the Star today. While people may question the parents (and rightly so), what about the social welfare nets that failed to catch this family?

This family has five children, the last just born 10 days ago. The father not working (reason not given, but pick your choice from: illiteracy, attitude, health problem (including alcoholism), social stigma (ex-convict perhaps?), physical disability). Why end up in this situation? Both self-help and external-help not available?

Why low income families seem to have more than the average number of children? I think there have been some research on this already.

Would the parents be charged for negligence?

The neighbors probably did what they could by giving food and stuff.

Just imagine the fate of the 10 day old baby or the education of the other four children.

Four siblings who allegedly ate soil for a week to stave off hunger are undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of a hospital here.

They had vomited and complained of stomach pain earlier.

The girls, aged seven, eight, nine and 10, were taken to the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital after one of them revealed their condition to Jerai MIC chairman R. Supra maniam last Friday.

The matter came to light when the eldest girl was taken by her 70-year-old grandfather to a medical camp organised by the division at Kampung Padang Lembu, some 20km from here.

The girl suddenly vomited when the doctor was about to examine her.

Supramaniam said he was about to send the girl to the hospital when she told him her three younger sisters at home were also in pain.

“She told me that they had eaten soil as they were very hungry and there was not enough food for them,” he added.

Supramaniam said he visited their house and found the girls groaning in pain.

“They were weak and could barely move,” he added.

The children’s mother, who had just given birth 10 days ago, and their father were at home then.

Supramaniam said he then took the children to the hospital and they were admitted to the intensive care unit.

“I was told by a doctor who examined them that the children must undergo blood transfusion since they had eaten soil for a week.

“The girls are in stable condition but have to be warded for a week,” he said.

It is learnt that their father, who is in his 30s, was unemployed and the family relied on food donated by neighbours.

However, the amount of food was insufficient to feed the family.

Supramaniam said he would monitor the health condition of the children and assist the family.

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15 months for an inquest!

May 22nd, 2010
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Won’t you be angry as well if something like this happens to you? I think the culprits should be sacked for gross inefficiency.

So, after this, another 15 months to deliver documents, 15 more months to fix actually start the inquest. I think judge also would have retired by the end of the inquest.

Some of you guys would remember this particular case as it was in the news for few weeks. The police did an operation during night time and shot dead the alleged criminals. It seems the were involved in robbery. Interestingly, one of the deceased is an OKU: L.J. Santana, 36, who was deformed and visually impaired. Maybe he was in the wrong company at the wrong time?

Hindraf did interview of the neighbors and victims’ family. Can find in the internet.

A sister of one of the six men shot dead by police 15 months ago burst into a tirade outside the coroner’s court here where the inquest into the deaths is to be held.

Upset that it took months for the inquest to be called, R. Malarselvi, 45, berated the police, saying that family members had been in distress. She cited her mother V. Visachi, 64, who was seen crying at the court premise.

Malarselvi is the eldest sister of scrap dealer Elango, 31.

Yesterday was the first date for the inquest into the deaths of Elango, scrap worker R. Dilipkumar, 20, L.J. Santana, 36, who was deformed and visually impaired, carpenter S. Kurusamy, 49, contractor R. Pannir Selvam, 28, and crane driver S. Vadivelan, 29. They were killed at Lot 157A Kampung Kemunting in Karangan here at 10.10pm on Feb 17, 2009.

The courtroom was filled with family members and relatives.

Bukit Aman believed that the men were members of a notorious gang said to be responsible for a series of robberies in the northern region. According to police, the suspects had opened fire on them.

When the case was called up at 9.35am yesterday, coroner Shamshol Azwa Martadza proceeded to record the particulars of the parents or wives of the men. DPP Melissa Mohd Akhir, who is assisting the court with DPP Nuraswan Aminuddin, then stood up to say that they were still awaiting the supplementary documents to the pathologist’s reports.

Jagdeep Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for the families, assisted by R.S.N. Rayer, said they had yet to be furnished with a set of the documents.

“We need the documents, especially the post-mortem reports,” said Jagdeep.

The court fixed June 3 for mention so that the documents can be served and a hearing date to be fixed. Out-side the courtroom later, Malarselvi made the outburst.Jagdeep told the press that family members had lodged police reports and made numerous requests to the Attorney-General to direct an inquest under Section 339 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

“We are pleased that the inquest was finally fixed for today but, as you can see, the family members are absolutely distraught that it had taken 15 months,” he said.

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Crime rate drops 15 percent

May 18th, 2010
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The Home Ministry announced that crime rate index for the first four months of 2010 has reduced by 15.3% while street crimes dropped 38.7%, compared with same period last year. This is beyond the target for the whole year, so we must congratulate the police for doing their jobs well. I’ve seen more police presence around my housing and commercial/business center areas. Their presence alone helps to create a safe feeling for the residents and public. Just by walking about, being inquisitive, and checking on people they can achieve much.

My only lament is that it should have been done much earlier. One wonders what the police were doing for last few years until crime rate increased yearly.

The Home Ministry’s success in reducing the crime rate index for the first four months has surpassed the initial target set for the first four months, its Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said.

The crime index has been reduced by 15.3% and street crimes dropped by 38.7% over the first four months, compared with the same period last year, he said.

“It was not an easy task considering the upward trend registered from 2006 to 2009. However, we were able to reduce the crime rate beyond the set target,” said Hishammuddin after launching the 1Malaysia logo during the ministry’s monthly assembly here Tuesday.

He added that the success was due to the ministry’s initiative in identifying crime hot spots quickly and efficiently as well as identifying reasons for an increase in crime through the five main principles of the Key Performance Index (KPI) and 55 initiatives drafted through crime labs.

Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala said the results of National Key Results Area (NKRA) for crime were outstanding for the first quarter and what the police and the ministry had done in the first quarter was totally beyond expectations.

“For the whole year, we are expecting the crime index, all crime put together, to drop by 5%, but in the first quarter, we have already seen the overall crime index drop by 15%.

“That is higher than the whole year’s target. For street crimes the target was a reduction of 20%, but in the first quarter we have already seen a reduction of 39%. This is a phenomenal reduction in crime rate,” said Idris Jala.

He said the deployment of 14,444 police, 3,160 Rela and Civil Defence Forces (JPAM) at 50 hotspots had enabled the radical reduction.

“We are now moving a step forward by, not only deploying more police and voluntary forces in the streets, we are also installing CCTVs at such spots,” he said.

He added that about 500 CCTVs would be installed by end of this year at all hotspots.

“I’m really pleased with what has been done by the Home Ministry. This is outstanding without a doubt. We must give credit where it’s due,” he said. – Bernama

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CSI by EWRF

May 17th, 2010
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A laudable effort by EWRF:

Malcolm (not his real name) was a drug pusher and a ganja user from the tender age of 12. By 15, he would skip school and spend his time gambling.

He started drinking alcohol at 15, was expelled from school and was brazen enough to steal a motorbike from a police station.

Another boy, Sam (not his real name) started creating problems in school when he was only 10 years old. He joined an infamous gang when he was 15, stole and got involved in fights.

Another underachiever Manuel (also not his real name) stole, smuggled goods and drugs for a syndicate and almost lost his life.

By 15, these Indian teenagers, like many others, were fully aware of infamous gangs such as “36, 08 and 77.” School was far from their minds with drinking, smoking, crime and drugs becoming a norm in their lives.

However, all was not lost for these problematic Indian youth who were often dubbed as a “lost cause.”

They were referred to the Education, Welfare and Research Foundation (EWRF), a non-governmental organisation which helped turn their lives around.

“I was paid for the drugs I pushed and even saw people get killed. But now, I have reformed and am trying to improve my life,” said Malcolm.

EWRF executive director S. Malar said many – including Malcolm, Sam and Manuel – had turned over a new leaf, acquired skills and obtained decent jobs.

Yesterday, EWRP mooted a Civil Society Intervention (CSI) to target the “bad boys” and Indian underachievers in schools nationwide and reform them with an initial focus on five schools in the Klang Valley and Johor.

“The children just need guidance. We need to go down to their level and help understand them better. Some come from broken homes or are just mixing with the wrong crowd, but there is hope,” she said.

The CSI module, she said, was comprehensive and would be implemented by professionally trained personnel.

“Our work starts right from breaking the teenagers’ ego, grooming them – including cutting their ekor (hair), sending them for empowerment classes, skills training and ensuring they get jobs,” she said.

According to police sources, Indians committed 18% of crimes over the last three years with theft, robbery and rioting.

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