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Tenom Cops Sold Weapons To Civilians?

by javis on July 23, 2009 in Interesting Stuffs

Two Tenom-based policemen have been selling police firearms to locals in the Sabah interior district without being detected for some time.
They have sold at least 30 various types of firearms since they started their illegal activity. Both men in their 30s and 40s and holding the rank of Lans Korporal were arrested earlier this week.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim said their illegal activity had been going on for some time but police only detected it a few months ago following an audit of the Tenom police station weapons store. ‘Our early investigations show that a policeman, in his 30s, who was in charge of the weapons store was the main person responsible for the sale of the firearms,’ he said.

27 people who purchased the weapons from the two policemen have been detained. They included farmers, government staff and teachers. Police believe the weapons were purchased to be used for hunting and guarding farms, he said, adding that they were not meant for criminal activities. Most of those who bought the weapons were unaware that doing so was an offence.

Those who purchased the weapons are liable to a jail sentence of up to seven years. There are 27 weapons seized and several more that have yet to be accounted for.

Source : The StraitsTimes Singapore | The Star
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Superman Drowned!

by javis on April 22, 2009 in Uncategorized

Superman failed swimming test! based on the report by the Daily Express

Tenom: An Indonesian’s impatience cost him his life when he swam across the Pegalan River instead of waiting for the boat to be reunited with his family, about nine km from here, last Sunday.

The 25-year-old man, identified as Superman@Super, who worked at a plantation in Kg Ansip, Keningau, had gone to the river at about 1.30pm, an eyewitness said.
Sukardi Sipon said the man, who was from Pari Pari in Sulawesi, Indonesia, could not wait for the boat and hastened into the river, near to the Lagud quarry, despite the strong current at the time.
“The man was just about 20m from the riverbank on the other side when he suddenly vanished,” said the quarry worker adding that no one was able to do anything to save him.
It was believed the man was swept away by the current.
The body was found floating about 200m downstream by the Fire and Rescue Department at about 12.30pm on Tuesday. District Police Chief, DSP Mazlan Haji Lazim said police have ruled out foul play.

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Hit and run caught on online cam

by javis on March 27, 2009 in Interesting Stuffs

Have any of you use Google Street View?, application under the Google Maps? Its not available for streets in Malaysia yet. But here is some controversy in the UK….

Launching its British version earlier this month, the online tool, which accompanies Google’s mapping service and satellite imagery, provides photographs of 22,360 miles of roads across 25 cities around the UK, unintentionally hit a crossing deer and posts the sequence of the incidents online.

The sequence of the incident was initially available to anyone who searched for images of the Five Points Road in Rush, New York. But Google took the pictures down after several users clicked to report them to administrators.

Photographs taken for Google’s Street View service showed the fawn dashing out of the way before being mown down on a road in New York state in the US. A second image shows the animal sprawled on the road with the shadow of the camera-mounted car passing by.

Hope its available sooner in Malaysia, so i can track down my way home. :) )

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Live Cattles for Pesta Kalimaran 2009!

by javis on February 5, 2009 in About Tenom, The Timugon

Those who intended to visit Tenom for the Kalimaran feast April this year will stand a chance to bring home not one but six livestock as part of the prizes attending the event on a given period of time.

They are offering six lucky individuals, who must arrived at the centre between 7am and 9am on April 4, to bring home lucky draw prizes of either a live cow, buffalo or goat. Visitors arriving during the period will be given lucky draw ticket. So you can bring your whole family of six or more, to attend the event at the same time in order to win all six of these livestocks. :)

Wearing a traditional Murut costume will boost your chance to win the prizes as the contest will be judged by a panel of judges.

Pesta Kalimaran is the annual cultural event for the Muruts that honours and celebrates the Murut people and their traditions. The Murut Ethnic is particularly from the largest sub-groups of the Tagol from Nabawan and Timugon from Tenom. These events will take place at the Tenom Murut Cultural Centre from 4 – 5 of April 2009. Lots of programmes have been lined up for the festival, including the Kalimaran Queen pageant, the Maginakan, traditional Murut dances and songs, handicraft and gong-beating competition.

The event will be highlighting the rich culture of the Murut people, through colourful and fascinating cultural performances, handicraft demonstrations and sale booths plus many other exciting activities.

Im looking forward for this one.

Picture courtesy of Julian from 81lions.blogspot.com

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