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4,500 sent home,

11 NS camps shut
by Himanshu Bhatt
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
CLOSED!
1. Kem Tangkas Kendiri, Perak (July 27 to Aug 2)
They are:
»
No more community
Two men caught assaulting
a staff member at a
scratch-and-win centre.

2. Kem Lagenda Asahan, Malacca (July 27 to Aug 2) service programmes or

GEORGE TOWN: Eleven 3. Kem Merang Suria, Terengganu (July 28 to Aug 4) inter-camp contests will be
National Service training
camps in seven states, with
4,500 active participants,
4.
5.
6.
7.
Kem Bina Semangat YPJ, Johor (July 28 to Aug 4)
Kem Syruz, Penang (July 28 to Aug 4)
Kem Rachado Bay, Negri Sembilan (July 28 to Aug 4)
Kem Seri Impian, Penang (July 29 to Aug 4)
held until further notice;
»
Weekly visits by
parents and family to NS
Scratch-and-win
staff roughed up
8. Kem Jiwa Murni, Perak (July 29 to Aug 4)
have been closed for a 9. Kem Peladang Setia, Terengganu (July 29 to Aug 4)
camps are discouraged;
week after suspected 10. Kem Geo Kosmo, Selangor (July 29 to Aug 4) . and
cases of A(H1N1) infections 11. »
NS staff have to ensure
Kem Hutan Rekreasi Ayer Keroh, Malacca (July 29 to Aug 4)
were detected. their health status. by Charles Ramendran two male staff demanding for a car
Defence Minister Datuk In another develop- newsdesk@thesundaily.com they were told they had won,” said
Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ment, three educational Nadzim, adding that he did not know
said yesterday all the institutions were ordered KUALA LUMPUR: Two staff members the men.
participants, including the closed in Penang yesterday of a scratch-and-win company were The assault of the staff members,
200-odd trainers and work- after students developed roughed up by several men believed both aged 24, went on for several
ers, were ordered to go flu-like symptoms. They to be disgruntled customers at minutes. The group of four men also
home for self-quarantine are the Tuanku Bainun Danau Desa, off Jalan Klang Lama, smashed up the premises. They left
during the period. Teachers Training College, yesterday. without speaking to those present.
The camps comprised SMK Permatang Pasir and The incident took place about Nadzim said he advised the staff
two each in Penang, Sekolah Agama Al Iqwan 1.30pm on the first floor of a shop- not to go on misleading the people
Malacca, Terengganu and in Teluk Kumbar. house, witnessed by reporters and who have lost their hard-earned
Perak and one each in Johor, Selangor and Negri State Health, Welfare and Caring Society photographers who had turned money.
Sembilan. Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said a up on the invitation of Malaysian To date his association had
They were closed starting from Monday to meeting of all government agencies and depart- Muslim Consumers Association received about 200 complaints of
Wednesday. There are 87 NS training camps in the ments was held earlier yesterday to formulate a executive secretary Datuk Nadzim scratch-and-win scams and police
country. plan to stop the epidemic from worsening. Johan. reports have been lodged.
Ahmad Zahid told reporters during a visit to the Since July 22, 16 other schools and institutions Nadzim had called the press as The injured staff told police, who
Tun Razak army camp that similar action will be have been closed to contain the epidemic in he wanted to resolve a complaint by arrived at the scene on being alerted
taken at other camps if necessary. Penang. a 41-year-old woman who claimed by reporters, that they had lost cash
He assured parents of children in NS camps Health dept officials involved in H1N1 she was cheated of RM6,000 by the of about RM17,000 and a gold chain
that the ministry and the health authorities are operations have also been quarantined in company. to their attackers.
monitoring the situation. Seberang Perai Selatan. Phee also expressed “We have nothing to do with the Kuala Lumpur CID chief SAC II
In a statement, National Service Training regret that the education department did not send attack. We came to amicably settle Datuk Ku Chin Wah said the workers
Department director-general Datuk Abdul Hadi a single representative to the meeting. the matter but on reaching the office, lodged a police report and the case
Awang Kechil said it was found that trainees in He also lamented that one college had failed to we saw several men shouting at the has been classified as assault.
the camps had fever after they returned on July inform the authorities until it had about 200 cases
24 after a four-day holiday. of flu-like symptoms.
“Trainees were requested to report at assem-
bly areas before returning by buses provided by
the department, while others were picked up by
Penang has recorded 58 confirmed cases,
with 361 people quarantined since the first was
recorded on May 1.
Council seizes beer
their parents,” he said. TWO officers from against that ruling.
He said several measures have been put in » Time to clean up & How the Shah Alam City A task force set
place to ensure that the disease does not spread. serious is swine flu Page 21 Council seized 70 up by the state
cans and bottles of was expected
beer from a retail to come up with
outlet in Section guidelines to
8, Shah Alam, on regulate the sale
Wednesday. of beer by the
State execu- end of August.
tive councillor for “No local
local government, council is bigger
research and de- than the state
velopment Ronnie government.
Liu, on being told Nobody should
of the enforcement do anything before
action, said before the guidelines the guidelines are out,” he said.
on the sale of beer are announced, The seized beer was later
beer sales are allowed in any part returned.
of Selangor and nobody should go » Full story on Page 8