Kejohanan Sepak Takraw Siri Super Istaf Malaysia 2015

Hari ini menyaksikan pasukan sepak takraw negara masih lagi berbisa. Kerana sebentar tadi berjaya merangkul kejuaraan Siri Super Istaf 2015 kategori regu lelaki dengan mengalahkan pasukan regu Thailand dengan dua set.
Kemenangan penuh bergaya tersebut telah memadamkan segala kritikan terhadap pasukan sepak takraw negara sejak sekian lama.
Bukan itu saja, badi kekalahan pada Thailand telah di padamkan hari ini.  Tahniah kepada pasukan negara.

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Zaid Ibrahim hopes for Anwar’s freedom

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia would be ripe for another political tsunami if Anwar Ibrahim is found guilty of sodomy this February 10, says Zaid Ibrahim in his latest blog posting.

“For the first time since independence,” he writes, “we would be sending someone to prison for five years for what is a moral offence, at best.”

He says the February 10 decision “will tell the world a few things about Malaysia”.

“If the case is acquitted (as I hope it will be), then it means the justice system upholds the basic tenet of giving the benefit of reasonable doubt to the accused. Much has been made about why Anwar’s alibis did not materialise or why he elected to give his statement from the dock and not under oath. But those are his choices and he has a right to make them. We may draw any inference from them that we want but they do not amount to evidence against him.

“The primary evidence, on the other hand, is all in tatters. The DNA samples were tampered with, although some will point out that what was tampered with or torn was just the plastic bag the samples were kept in and not the samples themselves. Well it’s clear that the person who was responsible for this tampering was a policeman investigating the case, and not a chemist or someone not involved with the prosecution.

“I hope the judges will view the investigating officer’s conduct with suspicion and draw an adverse inference on this point and release Anwar Ibrahim. A good criminal lawyer can give other valid reasons why he should be acquitted.”

He says it would be wrong to condone a guilty verdict on Anwar and at the same time not be revolted by the way Altantuya Shaariibuu was murdered.

“How can we feel no necessity to explore the motives behind the heinous killing?”

Zaid supports a public inquiry into the murder. “It can reveal to us how the system of government operates, as well as how the police and our justice system will manage such cases— where there is some connection to top leaders—in future.

“Understanding what happened to Altantuya holds the key to understanding many things that are wrong with our country.”

He suggests an inquiry panel made up of retired judges to carry out a detailed examination of the case.

“It’s unlikely that any key witnesses will come forward with any new information, and this panel will not have the powers to compel attendance,” he says. “Still, such an inquiry can help lift, even if only slightly, the cloak of secrecy that engulfs our government.

“Critics will say that this inquiry will only be able to unearth hearsay and double-hearsay. They will label it all rubbish speculation to a straightforward murder. It’s true that such an inquiry may not reveal the whole truth or bring us any closer to know the motives or circumstances of Altantuya’s murder. But the inquiry is not aimed solely at discovering what happened to Altantuya; more importantly, it’s to show that the secrecy by which this government operates will not be tolerated by the people of this country.

“It’s an opportunity to show that there are enough Malaysians who are willing to stand up to accomplish this. If the people of this country have the conviction to want a democracy, transparency and accountability, and feel enough revulsion for the current secret style of governing, then Altantuya would have contributed immensely to the cause.

“Let’s not let her death be in vain. Let’s have a public inquiry funded by the public for the benefit of the public, so that one day we will have a government that is willing to explain anything strange that may happen. At the moment they do not have to, because we the people tolerate secret operations and a secret system of government.”

From FMT

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Veterinar - Cara - cara diagnosa

1. Melalui pemeriksaan klinikal
   : mengambil latar belakang kes.
   : keadaan alam sekitar.
   : pemeriksaan fizikal haiwan.

2. Pengambilan sampel yang berkaitan penyakit;
: sampel tinja, darah, calitan darah, rectal pinch, kikisan kulit, biopsy dll.

3. Melakukan ujian sampel ;
: pengiraan telur parasit( cacing), serum agglutination test, staining dll.

4. Membuat post mortem serta hantar sampel yang berkaitan.

5. Membuat kebarangkalian diagnosis dari tanda tanda klinikal atau post mortem.

6. Melalui pengalaman dan kemahiran dalam menjalankan tugas.

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Hukum ke atas orang hilang (al-mafqud) merujuk kepada kes MH370

Sejak 8 Mac 2014 yang lalu, negara kita hangat membahaskan isu kehilangan pesawat MH370 bersama 227 penumpang dan 12 anak kapal. Di kalangan penumpang dan anak kapal penerbangan tersebut, ada sebahagiannya beragama Islam yang mempunyai harta dan keluarga sendiri.

Maka dalam situasi ini, timbul persoalan di kalangan masyarakat mengenai status penumpang atau anak kapal tentang beberapa perkara seperti:

Adakah hilang itu dianggap sebagai mati dalam Islam? Apakah status perkahwinan mereka? Adakah boleh dilakukan solat jenazah ghaib ke atas mereka? Adakah harta mereka perlu dibahagikan kepada waris? Bilakah orang hilang ini akan diiktiraf mati? Dan pelbagai lagi persoalan lain.

Saya akan cuba menerangkan apakah yang dimaksudkan “orang hilang” dan implikasinya di dalam kefahaman Islam secara mudah difahami untuk bacaan masyarakat umum. Moga tulisan ringkas ini dapat memberi kefahaman serba sedikit dalam menilai isu yang sedang berlaku ini dari dimensi syarak.

“Orang yang hilang” menurut Islam

1. Di dalam Islam, perbincangan mengenai orang yang telah mati adalah sangat penting, kerana matinya seseorang itu akan memberi implikasi yang sangat besar seperti berkenaan status perkahwinannya, pembahagian hartanya, wasiatnya dan lain-lain.

Maka perbincangan mengenai orang yang hilang juga sama pentingnya, kerana situasi orang yang hilang ialah tidak diketahui mati atau hidup. Atas dasar itu, kesemua imam 4 mazhab dan ulamak-ulamak terdahulu telah meletakkan satu tajuk khusus di dalam fiqh yang membincangkan mengenai orang yang hilang yang disebut sebagai al-Mafqud.

2. Yusuf Ata Muhammad Hilwa telah menyatakan maksud al-Mafqud yang jamik manik(ringkas dan padat) dari segi istilah ialah apa yang disebut oleh Ibnu Maudud  iaitu :

“Orang yang telah hilang dari ahli keluarganya dan negaranya, ataupun menjadi tawanan kemudian tidak diketahui tempatnya dan situasinya samada dia masih hidup atau mati dan ianya berterusan untuk suatu tempoh.”

Berdasarkan takrif diatas, jelas akan penilaian akan al-Mafqud itu pada 3 perkara:

i)        Tidak diketahui tempatnya.
ii)       Tidak diketahui situasinya hidup atau mati.
iii)     Berlalu suatu tempoh zaman.

3. Kemudian di dalam perbincangan al-Mafqud, ulamak fiqh telah bersepakat (mahal ittifaq) bahawa :

i. Hukum ke atas orang yang berada dalam situasi al-Mafqud adalah diiktiraf sebagai orang yang masih hidup. Maka pasangannya akan kekal diiktiraf sebagai status berkahwin dengannya, hartanya tidak akan dibahagi dan tidak perlu dilakukan solat jenazah ghaib keatasnya kerana dia diiktiraf sebagai masih hidup walaupon mafqud (hilang).

Perkara ini selari berdasarkan kaedah fiqh :

الأصل بقاء ماكان على ماكان

Asal kekal sesuatu itu mengikut apa yang ada sebelumnya.

Dan juga kaedah fiqh:

اليقين لا يزال بالشك

Suatu yang telah diyakini, ianya tidak akan hilang dengan perkara yang syak.

Kerana pemilikan harta dan hubungan perkahwinan itu berlaku secara pasti (yakin), maka tidak boleh tidak hanya perkara pasti (yakin) sahaja yang boleh mengubah status asal perkara tersebut. Sedangkan orang yang hilang atau mafqud ialah berada dalam situasi tidak pasti (syak) iaitu tidak pasti dia hidup atau mati. Hukum diiktiraf sebagai orang yang masih hidup ini juga diistilahkan oleh Imam Maliki sebagai sinnu ta’mir (umur yang terus bertambah).

ii. Al-Mafqud boleh dinilai sebagai orang mati oleh hakim dengan dua cara, samada:

(a) Terdapat bukti terhadap kematian orang tersebut (bayyinah ala mautihi). Maka jika terdapat bukti yang sah disisi syarak akan kematiannya dan hakim iktiraf bukti tersebut, maka orang tersebut boleh distihar mati walaupon tempoh menunggu yang munasabah belum lagi sempurna.

(b) Berlalunya suatu tempoh menunggu yang munasabah bahawa orang tersebut telah mati. Maka apabila habis tempoh tersebut dalam keadaan tidak dijumpai sebarang bukti yang sah, hakim boleh mengiktirafkannya sebagai mati.

iii. Hanya hakim (qadhi) sahaja yang boleh menentukan seseorang itu mati samada dengan cara pembukt

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Ringgit terus jatuh

Sejak tahun lepas, sehinggalah ke hari ini nilai ringgit terus lemah berbanding dolar Amerika.
Tidak hairanlah kerajaan terpaksa menilai semula kadar pertumbuhan ekonomi negara tahun ini.

Kejatuhan RM seiring dengan kejatuhan harga minyak mentah di pasaran antarabangsa di mana Malaysia sebagai pengeksport bersih minyak akan terkesan dengan penurunan harga minyak kerana pendapatan daripada hasil eksport minyak ke luar negara dan juga pendapatan melalui dividen, cukai dan royalti daripada syarikat minyak negara Petronas akan merosot seterusnya meningkatkan risiko sasaran defisit 3% berbanding KDNK tidak akan tercapai.

Sudah tentu yang akan terjejas ialah sandaran bon selain aktiviti import eksport negara. Akibat daripada sasaran defisit fiskal yang mungkin tersasar itu, pelabur mula menarik keluar modal pelaburan (portfolio) daripada pasaran modal Malaysia seperti pasaran saham dan bon.

Pelabur-pelabur asing mula menarik keluar pelaburan portfolio (saham, bon, matawang) dari Malaysia contohnya seperti yang dilaporkan MIDF Research menyebakan RM jatuh pada paras terendah sejak 2009 BERBANDING US Dollar.

Kesan penurunan nilai Ringgit juga agak ketara pada kuasa beli rakyat. Ini boleh menyebabkan sedikit penurunan permintaan domestik atau perbelanjaan (consumption) kerana barangan dan perkhidmatan tempatan dan juga yang diimport semakin mahal seterusnya menyumbang kepada kelembapan ekonomi.

Meskipun kejatuhan RM akan memberi kesan positif kepada eksport negara kita tetapi kesan penurunan RM kepada eksport hanya terhad kepada barangan atau produk yang sensitif kepada harga (price sensitive) seperti komoditi termasuk minyak mentah, minyak kelapa sawit, produk minyak sudah ditapis dan lain-lain.

Setakat ini RM yang jatuh tidaklah dikategorikan sebagai terlalu berlebihan sehingga akan menyebabkan krisis kewangan dan ekonomi pada akhir 90-an yang dahulu.
Seandainya keadaan ini terus berlarutan, saya tidak menolak andaian kerajaan mungkin ambil beberapa langkah drastik termasuklah fix kadar tukaran mata wang.

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Zeti on 1MDB missing repayment: No single entity's debt will affect system

PUTRAJAYA - Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has given its assurance that no individual entity's debt will systemically affect the overall financial system and the economy of the country.

"We have arrangements to deal with it, so that no individual entity is going to have systemic implications on the overall financial system and on our economy. That's the basic principle that will prevail," BNM Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz told reporters after the signing ceremony between the Malaysian government and the World Bank Group to establish a knowledge and research office in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Replying to questions on 1Malaysia Development bhd, she said the central bank does not comment on individual entities.

"In the case of any extension being provided, that is not by BNM, it is by the lenders who are the commercial banks. They make those decisions," added Zeti, referring to the extensions of 1MDB's debt until end-January despite 1MDB missing the repayment of its RM2 billion loan twice that was originally due in end-November.

Meanwhile, she said the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing (QE) will have a positive impact if it provides stability to global financial markets and supports the recovery, growth and development in Europe.

"We've already experienced QE from the US. Most of us (emerging markets) demonstrated that our financial system has reached a maturity whereby we can ride out that kind of experience. I believe that in this case, we'll do the same."

On the ringgit hitting a six-year low, Zeti said: "We've seen these levels before. This reflects the events that are unfolding in the global environment and we believe it doesn't reflect our strong underline fundamentals. We believe when these events settle down and stabilise, the ringgit will trend towards reflecting our underline fundamentals."

Earlier, the government of Malaysia and the World Bank Group signed an agreement to establish a knowledge and research office in Kuala Lumpur.

The office will combine both operational expertise and research. It will facilitate the sharing of Malaysia's successful development experiences with countries around the world. It will also allow Malaysia to further leverage global knowledge and expertise from the World Bank.

Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah said Malaysia has achieved significant progress in reducing poverty, creating a business friendly environment, developing SMEs, ensuring financial stability and promoting Islamic finance, which will be some of the areas for knowledge sharing.

The office will also undertake research in key development areas as well as global indicators for the World Bank Doing Business report.

The World Bank Group office in Malaysia will be housed in Sasana Kijang, BNM's centre of excellence in knowledge and learning in central banking and financial services.

Full article: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=449502:zeti-on-1mdb-missing-repayment-no-single-entitys-debt-will-affect-system&Itemid=3#ixzz3Q4MIaY4n
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Sabah to scrap ‘lain lain’ in forms too

KOTA KINABALU: The state cabinet decided in a meeting held here yesterday to abolish 

the word ‘lain lain’ in the race column on government forms.


State Secretary, Tan Sri Sukarti Wakiman, in a statement issued yesterday, stated that the 

state cabinet had decided for all government forms to have the column for ‘Race’ to be left 

blank to be filled accordingly by the applicant.

“This way, the applicant can state their own race in the space provided in the form,” the 

statement read.

The state government will be preparing a list of all races or ethnic groups in Sabah to be 

presented to the National Registration Department for its reference when processing 

applications to register birth certificates and identification cards from Sabah.

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