Penulis lirik Seri Bayu meninggal dunia

Penulis lirik, Seri Bayu atau nama sebenarnya Jamaludin Sulik, meninggal dunia pada 8.15 malam tadi di Hospital Port Dickson selepas menderita sakit saraf selama enam tahun.

Menurut sahabat baik penulis lirik itu, Azmi Zahari, Allahyarham meninggal dunia akibat jangkitan kuman pada paru-paru.

"Beliau dimasukkan ke hospital di Port Dickson kerana semasa kejadian, Seri Bayu tinggal bersama abang angkatnya di Kampung Teluk di Port Dickson. Sebelum ini, Allahyarham dijaga oleh adik angkatnya di Serdang," kata Azmi yang juga Exco Pertubuhan Insan Prihatin kepada Bernama.

Allahyarham yang berasal dari Singapura akan dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Batu 12, Kampung Teluk di Port Dickson, selepas waktu Zuhur.

Seri Bayu pernah mendirikan rumahtangga sebanyak dua kali dan dikurniakan lima anak dengan isteri pertama.

Beliau pernah mencipta lagu untuk Jamal Abdillah dan Anita Sarawak serta ramai lagi artis tempatan yang lain.

Pelajar batal parti kerana 180,000 orang mahu hadir

MELBOURNE, Australia - Seorang remaja yang hanya dikenali sebagai Jess terpaksa melupakan hasrat untuk mengadakan majlis ulang tahun kelahirannya akibat menerima respons bahawa 180,000 orang akan hadir selepas dia membuat undangan di laman jaringan Facebook, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Menurut laporan media, undangan majlis hari jadi ke-15 Jess secara kecil-kecilan itu yang akan diadakan di rumahnya tersebar meluas sehingga dia menerima maklum balas mengejutkan selepas disiarkan di laman tersebut.

Remaja itu difahamkan mengambil keputusan untuk membatalkan majlisnya selepas maklumat jemputan itu dapat dilihat oleh semua pengguna Facebook.

Pelajar itu pada awalnya membuat jemputan tersebut hanya kepada rakan-rakan sekelasnya tanpa menyedari mesej yang dihantarnya boleh dibaca oleh orang lain dalam Facebook.

Undangan itu juga telah digodam oleh sebuah kumpulan sembang di laman sosial tersebut yang menggelar diri mereka sebagai Anonymous sehingga majlis itu boleh diketahui di seluruh dunia.

Sebuah laman web mengambil kesempatan mendapatkan wang ekoran populariti segera Jess dengan menjual baju berharga AS$15.50 (RM47.32) yang tertera nama Jess dan tarikh majlis tersebut. - Agensi

Panggilan kedua MRSM untuk tingkatan 1 & 4 2011

Semakan kemasukan panggilan kedua MRSM untuk tingkatan 1 & 4 untuk tahun 2011 sudah boleh dibuat di http://www.mara.gov.my/web/guest/home semoga berjaya.

FERNANDO TORRES has vowed to respect Liverpool's fuming fans by NOT celebrating if he scores against his old club on Sunday.

Chelsea's £50million record signing was unveiled by Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti today.

He faced questions about his decision to quit Anfield on transfer deadline day, which left angry supporters on Merseyside burning replica shirts bearing his name. n a twist of fate, Torres is set to make his Stamford Bridge bow against Liverpool this weekend.

The Spanish striker has scored on both his debuts in his career so far — at Atletico Madrid and for the Reds.

But he said: "First I have to play and then I have to score, but I have big respect for Liverpool fans so I don't think I will celebrate.

"I only have good things to say about Liverpool people. They made me feel really good there for 3½ fantastic seasons.

"I understand they will be angry and will not understand my decision. Maybe in a few days or weeks I will explain all the reasons.

"When I was an Atletico Madrid fan growing up I couldn't understand it when a big player left.

"I'm not asking them to understand me but I'm sure over time they will see what I did there.

"Football is like this. From one day to the other people can love you or hate you."

Asked if he considered pulling out of Sunday's match, Torres added: "Why? I'm a Chelsea player.

"I'm fit and if the manager wants me to play I will. I don't have a problem with that."

Torres revealed it was his desire to win trophies that was behind his decision to leave Liverpool.

He said: "Things had changed a lot there in the last year.

"I think they have great ambition and they are doing the right things to get back but it will take time. I didn't have that time."

Ancelotti claims he has not yet decided if Torres will start on Sunday.

The Italian said: "Fernando is in good condition and is fit. He has no problem and trained very well.

"He is available to play against Liverpool obviously. I don't know if he will start or maybe come on during the game.

"It is my decision and I will take the decision before 4pm on Sunday."

Former AC Milan manager Ancelotti admits he may have to shuffle his side to fit Torres into his line-up.

He added: "Fernando is not a winger, he is a striker and we have to find the right shape to put him and the other players to play together.

"I never had a problem to put together players with quality.

"We have to try to use the training sessions to improve our combination up front but I don't think this is a problem.

"Playing in a team with the other players the most important thing is to use his ability and quality for the team.

"These are our expectations, he is an unselfish player and doesn't have a problem to play for Chelsea.

Meanwhile, Torres has been called up by Spain to face Colombia in Madrid next Wednesday.

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas, Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina and Manchester City's David Silva are the only other English-based players in the squad.

ROMAN ABRAMOVICH may have spent £50million on Fernando Torres - but there are three other Chelsea men who will pay a bigger price for his arrival tomo

There has been much debate about who in Carlo Ancelotti's squad will make way for the record buy as he makes his debut against ex-club Liverpool.

But I do not think just one player will be left out to accommodate Torres - I reckon there will be THREE.

The unfortunate Salomon Kalou, John Obi Mikel and Florent Malouda will form the first and most unwanted hat-trick of his Chelsea career.

It is tough on those three casualties, who have served the club with nothing other than distinction.

And they will not be the only ones to be affected by El Nino's inclusion.

Didier Drogba must get used to no longer being the centre-piece of the club's strike-force.

That is now bestowed upon Torres.

In times of yore, a new signing would have had a few matches on the bench before being blooded.

As much as I question the logic of disturbing a Chelsea team that have won their last three Premier League matches, scoring 10 and conceding twice, it seems unlikely Ancelotti would be allowed to blood Torres by letting him simmer on the bench.

Especially with Red Rom looking down from the stands expecting an immediate return on his investment.

And why wouldn't you play Torres?

He showed what a class act he was at Liverpool where, after joining from Atletico Madrid for more than £21m in July 2007, he netted 81 times in 142 appearances for the Merseysiders.

Despite being deprived of an out-and-out strike partner for much of his time at Anfield, he developed a great understanding with Steven Gerrard.

Torres looked at his best when he had somebody else alongside him, as he does for Spain when David Villa supplies his ammo and carries some of the burden.

But while Torres may look better in a 4-4-2, Chelsea play better in a 4-3-3 and he could also thrive in this.

Especially with Drogba on the left of him and Nicolas Anelka on the right.

Drog may want to play in the middle but his new team-mate has to start in that berth. And before the Ivorian starts one of his famous strops, it is not as though their starting positions are set in stone.

Torres may be a predator but he is also an unselfish player, inside and outside of the penalty box.

He will drop into the hole and drag his marker out wide. In fact, his crossing is as good as any winger's.

And when that happens, Drogba and Anelka can move into the space created and vacated by Torres.

They did this time and again with Liverpool and will do it with Chelsea.

But while the Kop may not have had the other strikers around him to fill the box during his sabbaticals into deep and wide areas, the Blues most certainly do, with Drogba and Anelka capable of cashing in from the advantages of what is potentially the Prem's most exciting three-pronged attack.

Rosyam bengang dengan pengkritik

MALAM Pentas Pilih Kasih musim kedua minggu kelapan pada malam Sabtu lepas kecoh dengan komen hangat yang disifatkan agak melampau daripada pengkritik tetap program itu iaitu Prof. Madya Dr. Abu Hassan yang seakan-akan berada dalam dunianya sendiri.

Abu Hassan dilihat seringkali mengeluarkan komen-komen yang agak keras dan penuh puitis sehingga sukar untuk memahami apa yang cuba disampaikan olehnya seperti: "Kamu seperti tiang lampu yang hanya tahu melakukan tiga reaksi sahaja" atau "Anda seperti bot yang akan karam bila-bila masa sahaja."

Komen pedas daripada Abu Hassan itu dilihat kurang membina dan dikhuatiri akan menjatuhkan lagi semangat para artis Pilih Kasih yang masih mentah dan memerlukan bimbingan.

Paling terbaru, dia dilihat seringkali membandingkan antara peserta Pilih Kasih sebagai contohnya: "Jay, monolog awak ini jika diberikan kepada Raffamie Karama sudah pasti beliau dapat melakukannya dengan lebih baik."

Sebelum ini Abu Hassan juga pernah membandingkan Jay dengan Sofian Bujang, peserta Pilih Kasih dari musim pertama mengenai watak yang dibawakannya sebagai penagih dadah dalam teater pada minggu lalu.

Ini sedikit sebanyak telah menyebabkan Rosyam Nor bangun untuk menegur Abu Hassan pada malam Sabtu lalu atas komennya yang agak tidak diperlukan itu.

Wajah tidak puas hati jelas terpancar di wajah Rosyam Nor semasa menegur beliau menandakan tidak bersetuju sama sekali dengan pendapat Abu Hassan itu.

Namun begitu setelah seketika, isu tersebut berjaya diselesaikan dan persembahan diteruskan pula dengan teater yang menghiburkan dari kesemua peserta Pilih Kasih yang berjudul, Dilema Hantu.

Menurut Rosyam, dia melihat komen Abu Hassan tersebut sebagai pembakar semangat para peserta Pilih Kasih musim kali ini, tetapi pada masa yang sama dia tidak mahu mereka sering diberikan komen yang terlalu pedas dan bersifat menghentam dan bukan membina, kerana dikhuatiri ia boleh menyebabkan bakat dan semangat mereka akan terpadam begitu sahaja.

Ada apa dengan Erma Fatima?

Masuk minggu ini sudah masuk enam minggu berturut-turut kerusi pengarah teater tidak diisi oleh Erma Fatima semasa Pentas Pilih Kasih sedang berlangsung.

Nampaknya ada yang tidak kena dengan pengarah terkenal itu. Dia dilihat lebih gemar bersendirian di tempat duduk lain berbanding duduk berdekatan dengan Rosyam Nor seperti yang telah ditetapkan sebelum ini.

Perkara ini merungsingkan banyak pihak yang memikirkan adakah kemungkinan Rosyam Nor dan Erma Fatima bertelagah?

Walau apapun diharapkan segala permasalahan dapat diselesaikan secepat mungkin kerana industri hiburan kita ini tidaklah sebesar mana dan kita pasti akan bertemu antara satu sama lain walau bagaimana cuba dielak sekalipun.

Masing-masing perlu memainkan peranan dan bertolak-ansur untuk memahami antara satu sama lain agar segala yang keruh dapat dijernihkan semula.

Minggu demi minggu kita tidak pernah lekang dengan kejutan yang ingin diberikan oleh Rosyam selaku penerbit Pilih Kasih.

Pada minggu kelapan ini, kejutannya ialah apabila berlaku penyingkiran dua peserta serentak - mengulangi penyingkiran serentak Leyla Krisya dan Afiq Meadin yang juga disingkirkan serentak pada minggu ketiga yang lalu.

'Mangsa' kali ini ialah Bil Azali dan Kris Cempaka. Bil dan Kris yang disenaraikan sebagai tiga peserta yang meraih undian paling rendah pada minggu kelapan bersama seorang lagi peserta iaitu Nur Jannah.

Bila dan Kris dilihat semakin menyinar melalui lakonan drama dan teater yang disampaikan setiap minggu, namun, ia nampaknya tidak memadai untuk memastikan mereka terus kekal berada dalam pertandingan ini apabila malam 29 Januari 2011 yang lalu menjadi tarikh terakhir mereka bersama Pilih Kasih.

"Jika diberikan pilihan, saya tidak mahu menyingkirkan mana-mana dari anda pada malam ini kerana ketiga-tiga anda adalah di antara yang terbaik," kata Rosyam Nor yang bagaimanapun masih mengekalkan Nur Jannah untuk terus berasa dalam Pilih Kasih.

Setelah dua lagi tersingkir, tinggal lapan sahaja lagi peserta Pilih Kasih yang akan berentap mempertaruhkan lakonan mereka untuk minggu ini.

Nampaknya Pilih Kasih musim kedua sudah hampir ke kemuncaknya. Tanggal 20 Februari depan yang hanya tinggal lebih kurang tiga minggu lagi.

Tarikh itu sudah pastinya dinanti-nantikan buat semua peminat Pilih Kasih untuk mengetahui siapa yang bakal menggondol gelaran pelakon pilihan Rosyam Nor untuk musim yang kedua ini, selepas Pilih Kasih musim pertama dimenangi oleh Iqbal Mazlan.

ALEX FERGUSON has set Manchester United's record-chasing squad a target of 10 more wins to win the title.

His current crop will complete the longest unbeaten run in club history if they avoid defeat for a 30th straight match at Wolves today.

But Fergie is looking beyond the trip to Molineux and has another 30 in mind - the number of points he wants from the last 14 games.

That would give them a total of 84 which the Old Trafford boss is convinced would be enough to nick the title back off Chelsea.

It will be a tall order considering eight of those games are away - and United have won only three times on their travels this season.

But Ferguson said: "If we can do that then we're in with a chance. Whether it's winning at home or away, it's about getting enough points to get over that line.

"I think 84 points would definitely win the title. I'm almost sure of that, so we've got another 30 points to find." Our stats show United have hit that mark in 11 of their previous 18 seasons - and average just over 30.5 in their final 14 games.

Fergie has always dismissed the notion of being the new 'Invincibles' by going through the league season unbeaten.

But he has highlighted the characteristics which he feels have helped them go unbeaten since Chelsea won at Old Trafford back in April.

Gary Neville may have hung up his boots this week, but Fergie feels some of the defender's qualities remain in the United dressing room.

He added: "The consistency we've shown in the past few months has been very good.

"That's the thing that gives them the extra yard or belief in situations we've found ourselves in in the last couple of weeks.

"They trust each other. They look around the dressing-room and there are some good pros there.

"They see professionals who have been round the course many many times and we're going to need that during the run-in."

FERNANDO TORRES employed all his obvious mental toughness to fight his corner yesterday.

Answering the taunts and cries of treachery from former club Liverpool, he knew he was on difficult ground.

For he might have recalled that on his first day at Anfield in 2007 he had talked of "a beautiful new adventure, a unique opportunity with one of the best clubs in Europe."

Now the articulate Spaniard was saying the same about Chelsea.

That "in life sometimes there are trains that only come your way once. You have to take that train."

All depending on British Rail, of course.

Defending himself, he used all the intellectual dexterity he could muster - and what he hoped we would see as honesty - to avoid accusations of hypocrisy.

And an admittedly frank admission that, unfortunately, loyalty is a thing of the past. Especially when ambition comes into it - though Liverpool fans might claim an increase in basic salary from £110,000 to £150,000-a-week might have played a part.

Sitting alongside Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea's Cobham training complex, Torres said: "I never once kissed the Liverpool badge. Never.

"And I never kissed the Atletico Madrid badge, even though I was one of their biggest fans.

"Some players do it within five minutes of joining a new club. That's their way. But it's not mine.

"Football is different these days. Players come and go. That is why, for me, much of the romance has gone out of the game.

"So no kissing from me.

"All I want to do is my job. That means scoring goals and achieving all the targets the team has."

Whether this was a new awareness or a convenient excuse is a subject for lengthy discourse between natural cynics and those who want to give the guy a break.

But it was a generally-agreed conclusion that football these days - especially in the Premier League - is about itinerant players. The day of the one-club man is drawing to a close.

The ones that spring to mind - Giggs, Scholes, the recently-retired Gary Neville, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Torres' new Chelsea skipper John Terry - are all the other side of 30.

It's the same at Barcelona with Xavi and Iniesta.

Torres is one of the new, modern breed. A soldier of fortune, maybe, but one who is undoubtedly driven by an enormous desire for success.

He understood and appreciated the plans of the new owners at Anfield but, at 26, felt it was going to take a little too much time. As soon as he knew Liverpool were prepared to sell him, his mind was made up.

He had also looked round the Spanish dressing-room and seen Xavi, Iniesta, Carles Puyol and most of his other World Cup-winning colleagues loaded down with domestic and European club medals.

Of the 14 Spaniards who appeared in last summer's World Cup final, he was one of only four not playing Champions League football - and, after 82 caps, the most high-profile.

He said: "Most of my Spanish team-mates have won all the trophies available to them in the last two years.

"I was lucky to share with them the World Cup and European Championship. But I haven't won titles and the Champions League.

"I'm not jealous of them. In fact, I'm very happy for them. But I want to do the same thing, especially in Europe.

"When I get to 40 or 45, I want to want look at those pictures of me as a club champion. That is my driving ambition."

And that is why he is at Chelsea.

Yet when he returned from South Africa he was hoping it could be with Liverpool.

He added: "Yes, there were problems with the owners and the fact the club had a new manager.

"But I had big expectations and was very excited about the new season, especially after my personal experience at the World Cup.

"Yes, we won it but I wasn't happy with my performance.

"Soon enough, though, it became clear the expectations were not that high.

"It's best to be honest about what you can achieve. People were talking about winning the League or finishing in the top four but within a month we were almost in the relegation zone.

"I wanted to help - and think I did because the club are now nearer the top.

"With John Henry, the club have started to move in the right direction. They have ambition, they know how to do things and how to get Liverpool back to what they were "But they need time. They have to go slowly, step by step.

"When I heard Liverpool were talking with Chelsea, I explained my feelings and was honest with everyone.

"When you have the opportunity of playing for a team in the Champions League, a team who have a chance to win it, and are the right age to do that and compete with the best, you have to go.

"Maybe I felt I didn't have that much time and needed to recover, if not the enthusiasm the knowledge that I still have the goals in me. Chelsea give a more realistic opportunity.

"Chelsea really pressed for me, they really wanted me. Transfer fees are on the way down in football right now but Roman Abramovich paid big money for me. That shows the confidence he has in me.

"He still has plans and ambitions for the future, building a great team, competing with the Manchester clubs and Arsenal and being the best in Europe.

"And that's what I want. I like new challenges. This one is perfect.

"Yes, Liverpool wanted me to stay. But I think they understand. Like I understood when Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano left. They wanted a new life."

As for facing his old team tomorrow, he added: "I won't be nervous. I'm not normally nervous. But it will certainly be strange and difficult emotionally."

And, no, he won't be celebrating if he scores.

I'm sure Liverpool fans will take that into consideration...

RAFAEL BENITEZ has claimed Liverpool could have sold Fernando Torres for £70million when he was boss.

The Spaniard, who left Inter Milan in December, also said he would like to return to Anfield.

Torres made a £50m switch to Chelsea on transfer deadline day.

But Benitez said: "People were talking about maybe you will receive an offer, they were talking £70m."

He added: "To be manager of Liverpool is a dream. When is the question but I have to move forward anyway."

Harga minyak bakal melambung

KUALA LUMPUR – Krisis politik di Mesir jika dibiarkan berpanjangan dibimbangi mengakibatkan harga minyak dunia terus melambung sekali gus akan turut memberi kesan buruk kepada ekonomi negara.

Pakar ekonomi, Datuk Mohd. Salleh Majid (gambar) berkata, krisis tersebut yang sudah pun berlarutan lebih seminggu telah mengakibatkan kenaikan harga bahan bakar dunia kepada kira-kira RM310 setong ketika ini.

Menurutnya, keadaan itu berlaku apabila aktiviti ekonomi menerusi Terusan Suez, Mesir yang merupakan laluan tunggal perdagangan yang menghubungkan Eropah dan Asia sudah mula terganggu.

“Jika terusan itu terganggu, ia sudah pasti menimbulkan masalah paling besar iaitu harga minyak dunia terus meningkat termasuk di negara kita,” katanya ketika dihubungi Kosmo! semalam.

Artifak purba Mesir terancam

KAHERAH - Barangan artifak dan khazanah purba Mesir berada dalam bahaya berikutan kekecohan dan tunjuk perasaan yang berlaku di negara itu.

Muzium di Mesir berada dalam situasi terancam selepas kebanyakan artifak purba Mesir dimusnahkan dalam satu kejadian di Kaherah, minggu lalu.

Sekumpulan ahli arkeologi bergegas pulang ke Mesir untuk menjaga keselamatan khazanah purba di muzium berikutan kejadian pencerobohan ke atas muzium di negara itu.

Ratusan penduduk membuat rantaian manusia di sekeliling muzium di Kaherah bagi melindunginya selepas penunjuk perasaan menceroboh ke dalam muzium dan merosakkan dua mumia firaun yang disimpan sejak lama.

"Kami semua akan membantu usaha menghentikan kegiatan pencerobohan di tapak arkeologi, kedai dan muzium di Mesir dengan menumpukan perhatian kepada pertukaran barangan antik antara Mesir dan negara lain," kata ahli arkeologi Mesir di Muzium Petrie di London.

Pelajar diacu pistol di kepala

SEPANG - Pengalaman diacukan pistol ke kepala ketika berada di Mesir bakal menjadi sejarah yang tidak akan dilupakan seumur hidup kepada seorang pelajar tahun pertama jurusan pergigian Universiti Al-Azhar.

Siti Nabilah Mohd. Azaman, 20, memberitahu, kejadian menakutkan itu berlaku ketika dia dan empat rakannya keluar ke kedai berhampiran untuk menambah nilai prabayar telefon bimbitnya bagi menghubungi keluarga di tanah air.

"Sedang kami berjalan kaki menuju ke kedai, kami terkejut apabila seorang warga tempatan yang tidak dikenali mengacukan pistol ke kepala kami dan menyuruh kami pulang ke rumah.

"Tanpa melengahkan masa kami yang ketakutan terus berlari pulang," ceritanya sejurus tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) di sini semalam.

Artifak purba Mesir terancam

KAHERAH - Barangan artifak dan khazanah purba Mesir berada dalam bahaya berikutan kekecohan dan tunjuk perasaan yang berlaku di negara itu.

Muzium di Mesir berada dalam situasi terancam selepas kebanyakan artifak purba Mesir dimusnahkan dalam satu kejadian di Kaherah, minggu lalu.

Sekumpulan ahli arkeologi bergegas pulang ke Mesir untuk menjaga keselamatan khazanah purba di muzium berikutan kejadian pencerobohan ke atas muzium di negara itu.

Ratusan penduduk membuat rantaian manusia di sekeliling muzium di Kaherah bagi melindunginya selepas penunjuk perasaan menceroboh ke dalam muzium dan merosakkan dua mumia firaun yang disimpan sejak lama.

"Kami semua akan membantu usaha menghentikan kegiatan pencerobohan di tapak arkeologi, kedai dan muzium di Mesir dengan menumpukan perhatian kepada pertukaran barangan antik antara Mesir dan negara lain," kata ahli arkeologi Mesir di Muzium Petrie di London.

Potret Mona Lisa sebenarnya lelaki?

ROME - Penyelidik di Itali yang melakukan pengkhususan menyelesaikan kes misteri hasil seni menyatakan bahawa mereka telah membongkar identiti sebenar wanita dalam potret Mona Lisa yang dihasilkan oleh Leonardo da Vinci pada abad ke-16.

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Warisan Budaya Kebangsaan Itali, Silvano Vinceti berkata, kajian yang dilakukan oleh mereka mendapati Mona Lisa adalah seorang lelaki dan bukannya Lisa Gherardini, iaitu isteri kepada Francesco del Giocondo.

Bagaimanapun, dakwaan itu dinafikan oleh Muzium Louvre di Perancis.

Jurucakap muzium itu menyatakan bahawa usia potret itu menyebabkan kesan merekah timbul pada permukaan lukisan itu, sekali gus menghasilkan bentuk yang mungkin memberikan tafsiran tertentu.

Bagi menjawab persoalan kumpulan penyelidik itu, Vinceti bersetuju untuk melakukan ujian semula tetapi masih belum menerima maklum balas dari pihak muzium tersebut.

Kanak-kanak 8 tahun lemas

PASIR PUTEH – “Kakak jangan pergi dalam tu,” itulah kata-kata terakhir yang dijeritkan bapa kepada anak sulungnya yang lemas ketika mencari kepah di lagun maut, Kuala Semerak, dekat sini semalam.

Rabiatul Adawiyah, 8, yang berada beberapa meter dari bapanya, Razni Tahir, 39, kemudiannya tenggelam di tengah lagun.

Razni tidak menyangka kemeriahan mencari kepah dan lala bertukar tragedi apabila Rabiatul maut di dasar lagun tersebut yang meragut 26 nyawa sejak kawasan berlumpur itu terbentuk awal 80-an.

Razni berkata, kejadian tersebut berlaku dengan pantas sekali kerana anak kesayangannya itu hilang begitu sahaja apabila sampai di kawasan air yang dalam itu.

“Saya menjerit sebagai memberi amaran kepadanya, tapi sudah terlambat, dia tiba-tiba hilang,” katanya.

Menurutnya, mereka sekeluarga ke Kuala Semerak kelmarin dan datang semula semalam sebelum kejadian sedih itu berlaku kira-kira jam 10.30 pagi.

Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Pasir Puteh, Kaharuddin Yahya berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan kira-kira jam 11.55 pagi dan terus bergerak ke tempat kejadian bersama lima anggota dari Pasir Puteh, lima anggota daripada unit skuba Kota Bharu serta dibantu bomba sukarela dan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM).

“Kami mengambil masa selama lebih kurang 20 minit menyelam serta mencari di kawasan persekitaran lagun itu sehinggalah mayat ditemui dalam keadaan tertiarap di dasar sedalam tiga meter,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, mayat lengkap berbaju dan seluar itu kemudian di bawa ke tanah lapang sebelum di serahkan kepada ayahnya, Razni dan ibunya, Wan Rohani Wan Hashim, 31 yang sedia menunggu sepanjang operasi itu dijalankan.

Kaharudin berkata, Rabiatul Adawiyah merupakan anak pertama daripada lima adik beradik dan mereka sekeluarga tinggal di Klang, Selangor dan pulang bercuti di rumah keluarga mereka di Kampung Laklok, Machang.

Menurutnya, kejadian tersebut merupakan kali ke-26 berlaku di kawasan lagun maut tersebut dan sehingga kini masih ramai yang tidak mengambil kisah tentang bahaya di kawasan tersebut.

“Kebanyakan mereka yang datang ke sini adalah orang luar dan bukan penduduk tempatan, mereka tidak tahu bahaya menanti.

“Papan tanda bahaya sebelum ini ada diletakkan di pintu masuk ke kawasan tersebut tetapi ia kini sudah hilang angkara manusia yang tidak bertanggungjawab,” katanya.

Ketua Polis Daerah, Deputi Superintendan Mohd Kamal Zainal sebelum ini menasihati orang ramai agar tidak lagi mengunjungi lagun tersebut kerana tempat itu terlalu berbahaya.

Katanya, orang ramai tidak menghiraukan papan tanda dan terus mengunjunginya bersama keluarga tanpa rasa takut malah kawasan itu seakan-akan pesta khususnya pada musim cuti sekolah.

Wanita warga emas nyaris maut diserang babi hutan

JELI – Seorang wanita warga emas nyaris maut diserang babi hutan di Kampung Gemang, dekat sini, ketika memetik limau madu untuk keluarga di kebunnya pagi Isnin lalu.

Berikutan kejadian itu, Bunga Musa, 70, kini dirawat di Hospital Jeli kerana cedera parah di beberapa bahagian badan dalam kejadian kira-kira jam 8 pagi di kebun yang terletak kira-kira empat kilometer daripada rumahnya.

“Makcik sudah biasa ke kebun, selain menoreh getah, makcik juga ada menanam limau madu dan pada hari kejadian, makcik sebagaimana biasa, berseorangan keluar ke kebun untuk memetik buah limau madu yang sedang masak,” katanya, semalam.

Beliau berkata, dengan tidak semena-mena, babi hutan itu keluar daripada semak berhampiran dan terus menyerangnya walaupun ketika itu membawa sebilah parang panjang untuk menebas rumput.

“Ketika itu, makcik memang tak mampu berbuat apa-apa makcik sudah rebah dan haiwan itu berterusan menyondol dan menggigit makcik hanya mampu berdoa,” katanya.

Selepas hampir setengah jam menggigit badannya, Bunga berkata, haiwan itu secara tiba-tiba berhenti sebelum berlari ke dalam hutan dan beliau kemudian menggagahi diri berlari keluar daripada kebun itu untuk meminta bantuan penduduk terdekat.

Belanja lebih RM5 juta bantu mangsa banjir

KUALA LUMPUR - Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) membelanjakan RM5.81 juta setakat ini untuk mengu-ruskan pusat pemindahan di empat negeri terlibat banjir kali ini.

Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil berkata, jumlah itu meliputi penyediaan bantuan makanan dan keperluan asas kepada mangsa banjir di Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan dan Pahang.

“Sepanjang tempoh banjir kali ini, sebanyak 430 pusat pemindahan dibuka JKM yang mana 194 pusat masih beroperasi menempatkan 44,672 mangsa,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan, di sini, semalam.

Menurutnya, JKM menyediakan 1,147 petugas dan 2,150 sukarelawan untuk membantu dalam kerja pengu-rusan pusat pemindahan mangsa banjir dan urusan penyaluran bantuan. - Bernama

Wartawan Malaysia selamat: Shahlan

KUALA LUMPUR - Semua wartawan Malaysia yang membuat liputan proses pemindahan pelajar Malaysia dari Mesir berada dalam keadaan selamat walaupun ada antara peralatan seperti kamera dan perakam video mereka dirampas di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kaherah.

Setiausaha Politik Perdana Menteri, Datuk Shahlan Ismail, berkata pihak Imigresen Mesir merampas peralatan tersebut dari kru media elektronik dari TV3, Astro AWANI dan TV Al Hijrah sebaik sahaja tiba di lapangan terbang itu.

"Kemungkinan pihak berkuasa negara itu tidak mahu media asing membuat liputan mengenai pergolakan politik di negara itu," katanya. - Bernama

Pergolakan di negara Arab: rakyat mahukan perubahan

KUALA LUMPUR - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata revolusi dan pergolakan di beberapa negara Arab menunjukkan rakyat mahukan perubahan kerajaan atau pemimpin kerana mereka tidak gembira dengan pemerintahan autoritarian.

Bekas Perdana Menteri berkata revolusi telah berjaya di Tunisia dan sekarang dunia sedang menyaksikan pergolakan di Mesir.

Sekiranya revolusi ini berjaya, katanya akan terbentuklah kerajaan baru, dan menambah adalah berbaloi untuk juga mengingati bahawa tidak semua perubahan itu akan membawa kepada kebaikan.

Sehubungan itu, beliau menegaskan adalah menjadi kewajipan bagi mereka yang mahukan perubahan mempunyai idea tentang jenis pemerintahan yang mereka inginkan atau sebaliknya mereka mungkin mendapat bentuk kepimpinan kerajaan yang sama, yang selama ini mereka cuba singkirkan.

"Ini kerana kebanyakan pemimpin sebaik mendapat kuasa akan berubah dan akan mudah lupa tentang segala kesusahan dan pengorbanan yang membolehkan mereka berkuasa. Kuasa adalah rasuah, seperti yang kita ketahui," katanya. - Bernama