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Suksis trainees to be
absorbed as reserves
KUALA LUMPUR: Police Undergraduate
Voluntary Corp (Suksis) trainees who suc-
cessfully completed their basic training will
be appointed as police voluntary reserves,
said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri
Musa Hassan.
He said they would be posted in areas
where they lived depending on the avail-
ability of vacancies.
“If there are no vacancies, we will keep
them on our list for future postings.”
Musa disclosed this at the completion of
training of Suksis Corp members at Univer-
siti Putra Malaysia yesterday.
A total of 762 Suksis Corp trainees from
15 public institutions of higher learning
completed their training and received their
certificates at the event.
Musa said Suksis Corp trainees would
also be given priority to fill the post of police
inspectors should they choose to work in
the police force as their career. – Bernama
Five more rehab centre
inmates nabbed
BUTTERWORTH: Five more inmates, who
escaped from a drug rehabilitation cen-
tre in Kampung Selamat, Tasek Gelugor
during a riot on Friday, were detained
yesterday.
They were picked up in Kubang Se-
mang and Padang Serai between 8am
and 8pm, said Seberang Perai Utara
police chief ACP Zulkifli Ilias.
With the arrest, 16 of 30 inmates
who made their getaway were in police
custody, he said today.
“Thirty inmates escaped during the
riot and not 27 as reported. This means
we are hunting for 14 more inmates.
Two persons, who sheltered one of the
inmates, were arrested at 3am yester-
day,” said Zulkifli.
The riot erupted at the centre at
6.40pm on Friday due to a misunder-
standing between the inmates and the
wardens before calm was restored at
10.15pm.
The inmates made their escape by
climbing over the perimeter fence after
torching the administration and reha-
bilitation blocks, the sentry post and
several vehicles. – Bernama
MACC needs in-house
watchdog
by Tim Leonard
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
PETALING JAYA: The Malay-
sian Anti-Corruption Commission
(MACC) must have a mechanism
to carry out checks and balances
among its members, especially to
ensure there are no black sheep
in the commission.
Its Corruption Consultation
and Prevention Panel chairman
Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam told
theSun that an internal investiga-
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tions division should be set up
to prevent any malpractice or
abuse of power by commission
officers.
“We don’t want the guards to
become poachers,” Navaratnam
said, referring to officers who
might be susceptible to wrong
practices.
He said although most officers
of MACC uphold high standards
of moral ethics and integrity,
the fact that some officers might
compromise their values can’t be
ruled out.
“I don’t think the problem (of
corrupt officers) is widespread,”
said Navaratnam.
“But it could happen on an
individual basis. That is why we
must have a proper check and
Triple nine date for couples
THE date 09.09.09, which occurs
once in a century, is a hot pick with
couples getting married this year.
The number nine is pronounced
jiu in Mandarin which sounds like
and is symbolic of perpetuity and
permanence. The triple-nine date
– Sept 9, 2009 – is extra auspicious
for Chinese who wish for something
everlasting. To many courting cou-
ples, it is a chance of a lifetime that
is not to be missed.
According to a report in Sin
Chew Daily, the Klang Hokkien As-
sociation hopes to register a record
300 couples in a single day come
Sept 9.
Last year, the association saw
a record number of couples ex-
changing matrimonial vows on the
triple-eight date 08.08.08, which
was another auspicious day as eight
– ba in Mandarin – sounds like and
is symbolic of prosperity.
The daily said so far, 238 cou-
ples have already registered with
the association to confirm their
participation in the mass marriage
ceremony.
With more than two more
months to go, the association
believes its target of having 300
couples exchanging vows en masse
on Sept 9 is within reach.
‘Compel EPF contributors to
nominate their wives’
WANITA MCA urges the govern-
ment to consider making it manda-
tory for Employees Provident Fund
(EPF) contributors to nominate
their wives, especially those who
are housewives, as one of the main
beneficiaries, China Press reported
yesterday.
It chief, Datin Paduka Chew Mei
Fun, said statistics showed that on
average Malaysian women outlive
their spouses by five years, which
means women eventually end up
widows.
Once they lose their spouses,
those who are neither working
nor financially independent will be
cash-strapped unless they have
filial children to look after them,
she said.
Chew said the situation is made
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balance system.”
He said the MACC should es-
tablish an internal investigations
division to probe its own members
similar to the police, which has
a criminal inspectorate division
that sacks or suspends policemen
who commit any offence.
He said such a measure will
ensure the MACC projects a cred-
ible image to the public.
He told about 400 MACC of-
ficers at a meeting last week that
it was important for the com-
mssion to show a difference from
the days of the Anti-Corruption
Agency (ACA).
“The public expect MACC
to perform and there is no sig-
nificant evidence that the MACC
is performing better than the
ACA.”
Recently, there were news re-
ports that an officer from MACC
was under probe for malpractices
and abuse of power.
The MACC subsequently de-
nied the allegations.
“It is going to be a record mass
marriage registration ceremony,”
said a spokesman for the associa-
tion in charge of marriage registra-
tion.
Based on the responses received
by other associations tasked with
registering marriages, close to 1,000
couples will register their marriages
on 09.09.09 in the Klang Valley
alone.
Thean Hou Temple, another
popular venue for wedding couples
to exchange their vows, said it will
start to accept registration for its
mass wedding on July 9.
It targets to register 400 couples.
Hua Zong (Federation of Chinese As-
sociations of Malaysia), which has
signed up 35 couples so far, hopes
to register 99 couples for its mass
wedding ceremony.
Meanwhile, a renowned Hong-
kong feng shui master Mak Ling-ling
said 09.09.09, which is the 21st day
of the seventh lunar month in the
lunar calendar, is an auspicious
day to get wedded or hold other
celebrations.
She noted that 9am on Sept
9 is exceptionally auspicious to
exchange marriage vows especially
for those born in the years of the
Monkey, Ox and Rooster.
worse by the fact that only about
39% of Malaysians have life insur-
ance coverage for retirement and
non-working women do not usually
have retirement plans.
“Now is the time for the govern-
ment to make the consideration (for
EPF contributors to name wives as
beneficiaries) to protect the welfare
of women – especially those who
stay at home to look after the family
– and ensure that they do not be-
come helpless once their spouses
pass away,” she said at a function
jointly organised by MCA and EPF
in Puchong on Saturday.
Chew disclosed that there had
been cases of women discovering
on their husbands’ death that their
spouses had named other women
as beneficiaries.