Interpol bust online illegal pharmacy racket

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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=%2F2009%2F11%2F22%2Fnation%2F20091122165850

751 websites engaged in illegal online pharmacies selling dangerous and illegal drugs has been uncovered by Interpol. Singapore and Thailand were involved. According to Interpol secretary-general Ronald K. Noble, the agency's primary goal was to protect the public by removing counterfeit and illicit medicines from the market. It did this by shutting down those engaged in illegal sales on the web and by criminally prosecuting those potentially putting the lives of innocent consumers at risk. 72 websites were removed and 995 packages inspected by investigators and Customs officials, while 167,000 illicit and counterfeit pills such as antibiotics, steroids and slimming pills were confiscated.

United States alone for this illegal business was estimated at around US$30mil (RM105mil). In India, the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested three suspects in Hyderabad suspected of operating an illegal internet pharmacy, selling drugs that needed prescription. Indian investigators discovered drugs worth nearly RM3.7mil.

Comment on this issue:

In my opinion, I think people that distribute drugs and other dangerous stuffs such as steroid, pills and so on should be punished by violating the function of the internet and distributing drugs in Malaysia which could lead to death sentence. Those websites should be terminated totally globally and sources must be found by them who in charge. Operations must be launched on not only Thailand and Singapore but Malaysia as well. The reason is because Malaysia is in between both coutry that involved in this case, I think probably Malaysian involved in this as well but not as serious as both of these countries.

Victim's dad nabs kidnapper

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Summary of the article:
An ex-convict raped a 11-year-old girl, who was kidnapped and managed to convince him to take her home.This ex-convict was promptly arrested. According to the article, the girl told the suspect she was an only child and came from a poor family. The suspect kidnapped the victim to ride pillion on his motorcycle. The suspect was convinced by her story and dropped her at the doorstep of her house. She then got her father and neighbours to nab the man.

The girl said the suspect took her to a house in Ketereh about 40km from her house. State CID chief ACP Mazlan Lazim who confirmed the incident said police was investigating the case under Section 363 and Section 376 of the Penal Code for kidnap and rape respectively.

Comment on this article:

This ex-convict was investigated that he kidnapped and raped the child. In this case, he will be charged under Section 363 and Section 376 of the Penal Code for kidnap and rape which is the Punishment for kidnapping, whoever kidnaps any person from Malaysia or from lawful guardianship, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine and Punishment for rape, whoever commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than five years and not more than twenty years, and shall also be liable to whipping.

In my opinion, I think this ex-convict should face both of these punishments if he found guilty even he has the mercy of sending the child back to her home but at the very first moment when he decides to convince the child to follow him back and attempt to kidnap the child, he should know the consequences on everything that he had done.

Girl and stepmum held over bid to kill first wife

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Summary:
A 25-year-old stepmother said to be jealous of the husband’s first wife. A girl,15 year-old, the daughter of the first wife, who close with the younger wife tried to kill her mother, who is a staff member of the state Land and Survey Department.

According to Papar police chief Deputy Supt Nek Zaidi Zakaria after reading SMS exchanges between the stepmother and the girl, the 38-year-old mother was asleep in her house when she was awakened by a burning sensation on her face. The mother fended off her attacker and was shocked to discover that it was her own daughter. Family members and neighbours rushed the victim to hospital and she lodged a police report the next day.

Police first picked up the girl and subsequently arrested the stepmother. Supt Nek Zaidi said initial investigations showed that the stepmother had given the girl the formic acid on Nov 9 at a shopping centre and later sent her several SMSes ordering the girl to kill her mother.

Comment:

According to the article, this case falls under Public law which categorized in the criminal law. This girl is attempting to kill her own mother by using sarong laced with formic acid. BUT the one that actually plan the whole process is her stepmother who believed to be jealous of the first wife. Both the stepmother and the daughter were running the whole process. In this case, both of them must be arrested where the stepmother gave orders to the girl to murder the mother, while the girl arrested caused by the action that she made for attempting to murder her own mother.

The sanctions of this case probably will be imprisonment, fine or both and for the girl, she need to categorized into juvenile record because she is below 18 running a criminal prosecution.

A contract is a binding legal agreement which is enforceable in a court of law. Meaning, a contract is an exchange of promises for the acts of breaking the law where it provides a legal reparation.

Whenever there is an offer capable of immediate acceptance is met with a "mirror image" acceptance, an agreement is said to be reached. The parties must have the necessary capacity to contract and the contract must not be either impossible, indeterminate, unimportant or illegal.

below is the link to the article where a man charged with killing his mother:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=%2F2009%2F11%2F11%2Fnation%2F20091111140505

Summary:

22-year-old J. Saravanan was charged at a Magistrates Court here with murdering his mother K. Malilla, 47, using an iron rod at their home in Kampung MIC in Ulu Tiram. He stuffed his mother inside a travel bag. The accused J. Saravanan, 22, being brought to the Johor Baru magistrate's court.

Malilla’s body was discovered in the travel bag placed under the kitchen sink at their home after she was reported missing 24 hours earlier. The accused faces the death sentence if convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. No plea was recorded.

Magistrate Hafizah Johor Ariff Johor ordered the case to be transferred to the High Court. DPP Rashidah Abdul Radzaz prosecuted while the accused was not represented.

Comments:

According to the article with the summary that showed on top, this is a murdering case which falls under public law which belongs to the category of criminal law. According to what we've seen in the article, J. Saravanan would face the death sentence if convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. The article also stated that no plea was recorded which means there isn't any formal statement on behalf of J. Saravanan that statedguilt or innocence in response to a charge.

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Title: Group: Standardize Bumi Status

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Summary:
There are 3 definitions of bumiputra in Peninsula Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. Under the federation constitution, child born in peninsula would be bumiputra as long as one of the parents is bumiputra. For Sabah, a child is bumiputra if his or her father is a bumiputra. However at Sarawak,a child in Sarawak can be bumiputra if both of the parents are bumiputra.STU president William Abdul Ghani wants this issue to be rectified, they want this to be standardise as peninsula. He emphasize that the basis should be race but not religion.
Ghani also comment on several Sarawakian students who are not able to enter matriculation due to their mixed parental but not bumiputra.

Comments:
According to this article, this issue is actually falls under Public law where the administrative of the government towards bumiputra issues. In my opinion, I think bumiputra status in Malaysia should be standardized. This is because the fairness towards all of the Malaysians no matter single parents, only the father or both parents are bumiputra, the blood of the bumiputras' still flows in their body. I think all bumiputra should receive the same privilege instead of having the different method of distributing bumiputra into 3 different definitions.