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Sarawak State education director Rabiah Johari clarified that Wee Yim Pien, has not gone on leave, as reported.

“She is not on leave, she is back teaching at the school. A police report has not been lodged. For disciplinary cases involving teachers, we have certain procedures which we will follow in deciding what action to take,” she added.”

She further added,

“We don’t want teachers to not discipline students as this will lead to social problems. In a case like this, we do not look only at the teacher’s actions but also whether she was feeling pressured or stressed. After all, according to reports she had been trying for three years to get the students to dispose sanitary pads properly and not clog the toilets. So maybe she felt stressed by the situation.”

There has been a subtle shift in opinion about the students allegedly being asked to soak in a pond for supposedly an hour. In Bawang Assan, Sungai Sedit, Sungai Bidut and in Sungai Maaw, the tides have changed. Even in Sibu, the older generation especially have started revising their views on this issue. The truth is starting to emerge after the initial uproar caused by an article in a local newspaper reproduced in the NST which caused an uproar in the country.
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Jimmy Kiu is defiant and insists his conscience is clear. He said what he did was for the benefit of the students. He insists he has no personal vendetta against the teacher or the principal. Perhaps he felt he had to make this clarification.
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Video Jess out on bail
Finally Jess Teh Hooi Wen is out on bail. To me that is a wonderful thing because it means that the police don’t hold her responsible for the death of her daughter.

Her family posted bail. The charge is for jointly possessing 1.5gm of cannabis at an apartment in Bandar Baru Air Itam with her boyfriend Ong Chee Leong. Her family also posted bail for lodging a false missing person’s report and another RM3,000 for consuming methamphetamine.
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Pic courtesy of the BBC

Malaysia’s Petronas Towers at 452m (1,483 ft) will soon go one rung lower in its position on the list of the tallest buildings in the world. A new building in Dubai, the Burj Dubai is expected to be more than 690m tall when finished in 2008.
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When Mrs Bengbeng pointed out this front page article, schoolgirls ordered into fishpond for an hour over sanitary towel in toilet bowl in The Borneo Post to me, I was stunned.

A single lady warden could force 200 boarders against their will to
squat in murky water for over an hour with their heads just above the water. There was supposed to be lightning too at that time.
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This week’s theme ‘tiny’ is really a difficult one for me with my limited photography skills. So this week I share with you a hobby of mine-recycling waste materials. I don’t sell it or anything who would be crazy enough to buy it haahah but it is still a hobby nevertheless

I present to you my tiny man. I made it from discarded wires

strong tiny man
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I came upon this link in the BBC. It shocked me to the core mainly because I am so out of tune with the people who perpetrated the crime of killing a woman in what has been loosely termed ‘honor killing.

Her crime: she had a boyfriend.

She had gone to the police to seek help but the police did not take her seriously.

I just want to share this link with you.
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Yin Yin’s mother’s boyfriend , ex-karaoke lounge manager Ong Chee Leong, 28 was charged with the murder of Shearwey Ooi Ying Ying

The murder is alleged to have occurred at the Sri Impian Apartment, Lengkok Angsana, Bandar Baru Air Itam between 7.30am and 6.30pm on July 5, 2007. He is jointly charged with Jess Teh Hooi Wen, Ying Ying’s mother, with possessing 1.5gm of cannabis at another apartment in Solok Angsana, Farlim, Air Itam.

Bail of RM4000 was allowed for the drug charge. The cases would be mentioned on Sept 14 pending a chemist report and a post mortem report.

Video Day 21-The Star
Video Day 22-The Star

A witness tells how the accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri led cops to the murder site where Mongolian national Altantuya Shariibu was shot and then blown up. Bone fragments and skeletal remains were found.