Man leaves foreign wife – A MAN in Ranau, Sabah left his foreign wife of three months as he was worried his first wife would find out about the second marriage.
The man in his 50s did not give her legal status after their ‘marriage’ in Southern Thailand, which is against local Syariah laws.
The woman, 53, married the man in July last year because he is the chairman of an Islamic charitable organisation in Ranau.
The man gave various excuses for his not signing marriage documents and failed to deliver the promised dowry of RM15,000. – Harian Metro
Baby kidnapped by grandaunt – A BABY was kidnapped by her grandaunt in Serdang over a week ago reportedly because the latter was jealous of the love and attention showered on the four-month-old by her parents.
The relative, 41, said she was bringing the baby to a friend’s party and would return after two days.
When she could not be located, the family filed a police report.
The woman had been staying with the family for a very long time and had been like the matriarch. — Harian Metro
Teacher robbed at knifepoint – A TEACHER was robbed by two men who held a knife to her neck at Kampung Gelam, Arau on Tuesday.
The victim, 47, suffered minor cuts to her neck and arms in the incident which saw her lose a necklace worth RM4,000 to the men who were on motorcycle. — Harian Metro
She was preparing for a cooking class when the two men appeared and pushed her to the ground before stepping on her back and threatening her at knifepoint.
She shouted for help but the thugs ran away before villagers could come to her aid. A grave mistake to appoint Mafrel, claims MEO-Net
KUCHING: The Malaysian Election Observers Network (MEO-Net) yesterday expressed its displeasure over the failure of the Election Commission (EC) to appoint the body as its accredited observer for the coming state election.
The Penang-based MEO-Net’s national coordinator Ong Boon Keong said that the EC should have accredited as many election observers as possible, instead of just one.
He wanted to know why the commission appointed Malaysians for Free Elections (Mafrel) when they are aware that one of its members is a Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) member at the national level.
“My argument is since EC wants election observers to be genuinely independent groups, that are non-partisan, why take Mafrel when there is a political party member inside there,” asked Ong.
He urged the EC to look into this matter seriously if it wanted to ensure that the coming Sarawak state election is really clean.
Ong told The Borneo Post this soon after the announcement of the nomination and polling dates by the EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof at Pullman Hotel here yesterday.
He said that despite not being accredited by the EC, MEO-Net would still deploy its members to observe the election in around 17 constituencies where the chances were 50-50.
“There’s no point going to areas where we know that Barisan Nasional (BN) is too strong or vice-versa,” he disclosed.
He said that they have trained about 200 members here since 2009 and they would all be deployed to selected constituencies and report on any shortcomings and irregularities in the conduct of the election.
“Our main objective is to uplift the country’s electoral democracy,” he said, adding that it would only be possible if every citizen, political parties, and EC play their role.