Wakaf Selangor Muamalat Donates Medical Equipment To Kajang Hospital

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) -- Wakaf Selangor Muamalat (WSM) has donated several medical equipment, worth RM68,635, to Kajang Hospital.

Its chairman Tan Sri Abd Rahman Arshad said WSM hoped the contribution could help provide comfort, improve service quality and the welfare of the patients.

"It is also hoped it can foster cooperation between WSM and other government agencies as well as bring awareness to the public about the health care services," he said in a statement here Thursday.

The donated equipment, including drip stand, oxygen concentrator, syringe pump and powerheart professional machine, were received by Kajang Hospital director, Dr Kuldip Kaur Prem Singh.

-- BERNAMA

Kajang council orders three dirty eateries to close

The Star, Thursday October 29, 2015

by jade chan

THREE eateries under the Kajang municipality have been temporarily closed for being dirty and unhygienic. Two are located in Sungai Long while the other is in Bandar Mahkota Cheras.

“These three were found to be dirty in terms of the premises and food preparation,” said Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) president Mohd Sayuthi Bakar.

“They have each been slapped with a RM1,000 compound and will be asked to close for 14 days for a thorough clean-up.

“If the operators clean up their premises immediately and have it inspected by us, the shop can be reopened before the two weeks are up.”

The council’s Business Control, Food Quality and Public Health Unit had started a campaign to inspect all food outlets in the municipality earlier this month.

“It’s a two-in-one operation to check on cleanliness and to grade the premises,” said Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Department director Mohd Rashidi Ruslan of the campaign that was conducted by his section.

“We have inspected all the eateries in Sungai Long and Bandar Mahkota Cheras and will move on to Balakong after this,”

Of the 82 food outlets in the two townships, 24 were graded A in terms of cleanliness while 43 were graded B and 12 graded C. Three failed the inspection.

Asked if there had been any typhoid cases in Kajang, Mohd Sayuthi said, “Only one has been reported and it was an ‘imported case’.

“The victim fell ill after eating at an eatery in Kuala Lumpur and sought treatment at a clinic in Kajang. There are no local cases in Kajang so far,” he said.

On a different matter, Mohd Sayuthi said the council had confiscated 33 lorries during an operation on illegal dumpsites this month.

A total of 223 lorries have been confiscated since the operation started in January.

“The lorries were found dumping rubbish in unauthorised or illegal dumpsites.

“They were confiscated under the Waste Collection, Removal and Disposal Bylaw (MPKj) 2007,” he said.

Eleven were nabbed at Jalan Kuari in Hulu Langat, eight at Desa Bukit Cahaya in Cheras and seven at the exit to Twin Palms Sungai Long in Cheras.

The rest were caught at Kampung Simpang Balak in Kajang (three), Kampung Sungai Ramal in Kajang (three) and Jalan Batu 14 in Hulu Langat (one).

To councillor Bryan Lai’s enquiry on the status of the i-Kajang app, Mohd Sayuthi said the council hoped to have it launched in December.

“It’s an interactive app that will serve as an additional channel for the public to lodge complaints and check the status of their complaints.

“The complainant is required to provide their name and phone number to enable the council to respond to their complaints,” said Mohd Sayuthi.

He said MPKj was unable to launch the app immediately because of funding issues.

“We need to pay about RM60,000 per year to the app developer for developing and managing the app, as well as for storage space.

“The app will be launched in stages. We will get the councillors to test it first, before it is opened to the public,” he added.

Cops question DAP men over toll hike demo

Free Malaysia Today, October 29, 2015

Sheith Khidhir Bin Abu Bakar

They say they'll wait to be charged in court before responding to any allegation.

KAJANG: Police today questioned five DAP leaders over their involvement in a demonstration against toll hikes on October 17.

Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming, Selangor Exco Ean Yong Hian Wah, Balakong assemblyman Ng Tien Chee, DAP Selangor Youth head Teh Hoong Kiat and Senator T Chandra Mohan were at the Kajang police headquarters this morning, but they were not charged with any offence.

Ong said the police wanted them to reveal the identity of the organiser of the protest, but they refused to do so, saying they would answer any allegation only in court.

Ong also said he suspected that the police wanted to charge the organiser for not giving adequate notice to the police about the demonstration.

He said the Peaceful Assembly Act gave Malaysians the right to demonstrate their unhappiness over government policies or actions.

“We will not be cowed by these tactics by the police,” he said.

Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai, who accompanied the five to the police station, said the police were “wasting manpower and tax payers’ money.”

He criticised the increase in charges at the Batu 9 Cheras toll gate, saying the concessionaire for the highway was already making “fantastic” profits.

“The highway connects Kajang to Cheras and there are no other proper alternative routes,” he said.

Ng said the government had already paid the concessionaire RM284.55 million in compensation between 1995 to 2012.

“The government has already covered the cost of construction,” he said. “There’s no reason to increase the toll.”

Kajang family thanks cabbie Hanizan in advert

FMT Reporters, October 25, 2015

Father of kidnapped boy buys advertising space to help clear taxi-driver Hanizan's name.

KUALA LUMPUR: Taxi-driver Hanizan Mohamad has been thanked in a press advertisement for driving a kidnapped boy home to his family earlier this month.

The father of the boy bought advertisement space in a Malay-language daily to thank him and to help clear Hanizan’s name and reputation, according to Star Online.

Hanizan, 41, had been hailed as a hero in press reports when he brought the boy home on the evening of Oct 9, with photographs showing emotional scenes at the boy’s home.

However the taxi-driver was arrested later that night and held for questioning about the kidnap, together with three other men who were arrested separately elsewhere.

Speculation arose about Hanizan’s involvement, but the boy’s father said in the advertisement that he and his family were confident that Hanizan was not involved in the kidnapping, and stated that he wanted to ensure that Hanizan’s reputation was not tarnished by the incident.

The father said Hanizan had acted nobly and he sincerely hoped his support would bring justice to Hanizan and his family, and he expressed regret that their lives had been affected.

In thanking Hanizan, the father said that he was very grateful to the taxi-driver for safely bringing home his son.

The boy was kidnapped outside his kindergarten in Sungai Chua. The family paid a ransom and the boy was freed later that day. Hanizan had said he had seen the boy wandering on the streets and recognised him from the notices and photographs that had been spread on the Internet.

Police freed Hanizan from custody a few days later, and cleared him of being involved in the kidnapping. They said no link had been found between the alleged kidnappers and Hanizan. He is expected to be called as a key witness in the case.

Playful boy gets his head stuck in gap in wall

The Star, Friday October 23, 2015

nicholas cheng

In good hands: Fire and Rescue Department officers working on freeing the boy at his house in Semenyih.

KAJANG: With school out because of the haze, what is a young boy to do around the house? One got his head stuck in his house wall.

Luckily, Fire and Rescue Depart­ment officers were quick to respond to the child’s cry for help and got his head dislodged.

The seven-year-old boy was playing at his house porch at about 8am yesterday. Then, he began sticking his head in and out of the gaps of the wall for fun.

Unfortunately, he got his head stuck between one of the gaps and could not free himself.

Semenyih Fire and Rescue Department station chief Khairul Anuar Yaacob said the boy’s father phoned for help.

“We sent our officers to the house in Bandar Tasek Kesuma. They covered the boy’s head with a canvas tarp and then used percussive rescue tools to smash the wall plaster to wriggle his head free from the gap,” said Khairul.

“We got him out in about 15 minutes.”

The child suffered from autism, Khairul added.

“He was restless while we were working to free him,” he said.

“So, we distracted him by letting him wear our goggles and talked to him about himself while we tried to free him.”

Shelter residents in distress pending eviction

The Star, Saturday October 17, 2015 

by farah fazanna zulzaha

Rumah Caring is a home for the elderly, those with Down Syndrome, disabled and those suffering from depression.

RESIDENTS of Rumah Caring in Taman Muhibbah are fearful about their future as the home has received several eviction notices from the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj).

The first was issued in 2012 following complaints from a neighbour that the home’s residents were noisy.

To make matters worse, the council has rejected their plans to build a new home in Sungai Tangkas following protest from another group.

Rumah Caring founder Wendy Yap said the home would have to find a place to house the residents temporarily if MPKj forced them to leave.

“Otherwise, we will have to close the home,” she said, realising that charity organisations were not supposed to be located in a residential area.

“We are disappointed that our building plans for the new home in Sungai Tangkas have been rejected. Where else can we go?” asked Yap.

The home had bought the land in Sungai Tangkas for RM573,000 and planned to build a four-storey building so that they could help more needy people.

The new facility was supposed to house an old folk’s home, orphanage, office as well as recreational space.

The home currently has 23 residents, and Yap said she did not want to take in more people as she was unsure of the home’s future.

She is appealing for help to find a new place to build the home. She said Rumah Caring needed an area of about 20,000 to 30,000 sq ft.

To help, visit Persatuan Rumah Caring Kajang Selangor, 11, Jalan Muhibbah 7, Taman Muhibbah, Kajang, Selangor or call Yap at 012-238 0043.

Three charged with kidnapping five-year-old boy in Kajang

The Star, Friday October 16, 2015 

by maizatul nazlina

KAJANG: Three men were charged in a magistrate's court here Friday with abducting a five-year-old boy to obtain a ransom of RM300,000. 

Labourer Riduansyah Yahya, 32, lorry driver Mohd Saifulamry Jarkasi, 28, and businessman Siow Kek Keong, 44, were accused of kidnapping the boy by the roadside of Jalan Seroja next to a house in Taman Setia, Sungai Chua here on Oct 9.

The trio were charged under Section 3(1) of the Kidnapping Act. 

No plea was recorded and no bail was offered.

Magistrate Abdul Jalil Salam Muhamad fixed Nov 21 for mention pending a report from the chemist.

S. Abirami was the deputy public prosecutor while lawyer Mohd Fadli Yaakob acted for Saifulamry and Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent for Siow. 

Recounting the kidnapping drama, Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said about an hour and a half after the boy was abducted, the victim’s father received a call from the alleged kidnappers asking for RM300,000.

He said the ransom was paid at about 5pm the same day by the father after he dropped the cash off near a shopping centre at Saujana Impian, Kajang.

Three men were nabbed within 24 hours after the alleged kidnapping. Police also recovered almost all of the RM300,000 ransom money that was paid.

Taxi driver Hanizan Mohamed Radzi, who was arrested along with them, was released with a bond on Friday. 

Hanizan said he found the boy wandering around the street after recognising the child from viral social media posts.

The boy was reunited with his family after going missing for eight hours. Police cleared Hanizan of any involvement.

Tears in court as cabbie meets Kajang kidnap boy's family

The Star, Friday October 16, 2015

by nicholas cheng

KAJANG: There was not a dry eye in the courthouse as two families, tied by a cruel kidnapping and an unconditional good deed, met for the first time to witness taxi driver Hanizan Mohamed Radzi walk out a free man. 

Hanizan had been remanded by the police after he showed up in front of the house of a five-year-old who was kidnapped in Sungai Chua, and returned the boy to his family last week. 

The taxi driver said he had found the boy wandering around the street after recognising the child from viral social media posts. 

But this made Hanizan suspect No. 1 for the police, who later cleared him of any crime, and was seen apologising profusely to the 41-year-old at the Kajang court complex.

Hanizan, who was freed at about 10.30am Friday, said he had no regrets.

"I did all this because I did it for the community. Don't care about race. I don't regret helping that boy. I will always help. 

"I want to thank my family for their support throughout my time in lockup, though I was treated well by the police.

"I admit I made a mistake by not making a police report. I hope this will not make people afraid of working with the police," said Hanizan.

Emotions ran high as the family of the kidnapped boy and Hanizan's family met here. 

Though some from Hanizan's family wanted compensation for the trouble that had befallen them, the family's patriarch said there was nothing to forgive or ask forgiveness for.

"I am proud of my son. I am happy he is finally free. I know my boy. When the news came out, I didn't believe it. He is not a bad person," said Hanizan's father, Mohamed Radzi Itam Ibrahim, 75.

Mohamed Radzi said he and his family, especially Hanizan’s teenage children, had been through a ringer of emotions made worse by deprecating social media comments against their loved over the past week.

Hanizan was arrested by police, along with three other men within 24 hours following the brazen kidnapping of the boy in front of his Sungai Chua kindergarten on Oct 9, which was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV).

The kidnappers had allegedly asked for a RM300,000 ransom in exchange for the boy.

Eight hours after the child was taken, Hanizan was seen driving the boy back to his home at about 5.35pm and handing him over to his family.

After nearly a week, police officially cleared him of involvement in the kidnapping, saying they found no links between Hanizan and the three other suspects.

He was released with a bond under Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The three others detained over the incident will be charged at the Kajang court Friday under Section 3(1) of the Kidnapping Act 1961 for abduction, wrongful restraint or wrongful confinement for ransom.

Cabbie to be released, no links to kidnappers of Kajang boy, say cops

The Star, Thursday October 15, 2015 

by nadirah h. rodzi

SHAH ALAM: The taxi-driver detained over the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy in Kajang will be released later Thursday.

Police said the man, who found the boy and returned him to his family, had no links to the kidnappers.

He will be released with a bond under Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

"So far, we couldn't find any links to him," Selangor CID chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah (pic) said here, Thursday.

He said three others detained over the incident will be charged at the Kajang court Friday morning under Section 3(1) of the Kidnapping Act 1961 for abduction, wrongful restraint or wrongful confinement for ransom.

The four, including the taxi driver, were picked up less than 24 hours after the kidnapping last Friday.

The boy was back in the arms of his family some eight hours after a video recording of his brazen abduction went viral on social media.

The Star reported Selangor police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Abdul Samah Mat saying that almost all of the RM300,000 ransom money paid out was recovered.

The boy was snatched from his mother outside his kindergarten in Sungai Chua, Kajang.

Investigation papers on Kajang kidnapping to be submitted to DPP

The Star, Tuesday October 13, 2015

by farik zolkepli

DCP Abdul Rahim (second from right) posing with participants of the cycling convoy.

SHAH ALAM: Investigation papers on the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy in Kajang will be submitted to the deputy public prosecutor in two days.

Selangor deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar, however, said that no more arrests will be made.

"We have four suspects currently in custody, including the taxi driver.

"We are not expecting to make any more arrest," he told a press conference after launching the Road Safety Awareness Cycling Convoy at the state police headquarters on Tuesday.

DCP Abdul Rahim also reminded the public not to spread news on kidnapping cases so as not to jeopardise the safety of victims.

"There is more harm than good when information on a kidnapping goes viral.

"Kidnapping is a delicate case, where the kidnappers might do something rash to the victim if they know the police are on to them," he said.

Four detained, ransom recovered in Kajang kidnap

The Star, Saturday October 10, 2015

by m. kumar

SHAH ALAM: Four men have been detained in connection with the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy in Kajang yesterday.

The four, including a taxi driver who returned the victim to his family, were picked up less than 24 hours after the kidnapping, that had gone viral on social media.

Selangor police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said police have also recovered almost all of the RM300,000 ransom money that was paid.

They boy was back in the arms of his family some eight hours after his brazen abduction went viral on WhatsApp messaging service and social media.

The boy was snatched from his mother outside his kindergarten in Sungai Chua, Kajang.

Kidnapped boy reunited with family in Kajang, thanks to cabbie

The Star, Friday October 9, 2015 

KAJANG: A five-year-old boy, who was kidnapped by two men near a kindergarten in Sungai Chua, has been reunited with his family.

A taxi driver, who only wanted to be known as Nizam, drove up to the family’s home in Taman Cahaya here at 5.35pm Friday, with the child in the back seat and called out to the parents in the house. 

It was an emotional scene as the family members ran out of the compound with tears to embrace the child after he had gone missing for eight hours.

"I just found him walking on the road and I recognised him from the WhatsApp messages being circulated," said Nizam.

The boy, who was reportedly in healthy condition, was then whisked into the house.

Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Willey Richard said the boy would be sent to the Kajang Hospital for a medical checkup.

"The hunt for the culprits is still on," he added.

On Friday morning, one of the two kidnappers had stopped the boy’s mother on the pretext of asking for directions. 

While she was in the midst of explaining, the man’s accomplice grabbed the boy and headed to a black Proton Saga. 

It is believed that the mother managed to get into the kidnappers’ car but they later dumped her at the side of the road near a market in Sungai Chua. 

Since then, a video of the incident has gone viral on social media. 

The picture of the boy has also been shared, with netizens asking members of the public to keep a lookout. 

However, false information had also circulated, alleging that the boy was found while the culprits had been apprehended.

CCTV footage of a child being kidnapped in Kajang goes viral

Astro Awani, October 09, 2015 

The video and photo of her child are now being shared widely on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: A CCTV footage showing a five-year-old child being kidnapped has gone viral on social media today.

The 20-second video captured two men wearing black shirt talking to the mother of the child, pretending to be asking for directions, before one of them snatched the boy and immediately left the scene in a car.

The mother was seen trying to save her child but failed to when she fell to the ground.

In a desperate attempt to seek help, she quickly uploaded her son’s photo to her Facebook account, under the name of Cammi Lim Ker Shing.

In the posting, she wrote that the incident happened at a kindergarten in Sungai Chua, Kajang and that his son was taken away in a black Proton Saga.

The video and photo of her child are now being shared widely on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.

Astro AWANI's attempt to contact the Kajang police station for confirmation on the incident had not been successful.