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Security guard poser for mamak restaurant

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:11 PM PDT

SEREMBAN - President of Indian Muslim Congress Malaysia (KIMMA) Senator Datuk Syed Ibrahim Kader proposed that mamak restaurants employ armed security guards to deter robberies.

He said police and the restaurant operators would meet soon to find the best approach to check robberies involving mamak restaurants which became rampant of late.

"Among the proposals include shorter operating hours for mamak restaurants especially those in risky areas or by employing armed security guards," he told reporters at his Aidilfitri open house here last night.

He said the proposal was suitable and the right thing to do and that he would bring it up at the meeting with the police.

"Employment of security guards is better as the fees are not much compared to the high risk faced by restaurant operators if robbed," he added. - Bernama

Japan’s new PM faces early trouble after minister gaffes

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:14 PM PDT

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's new government ran into trouble after just a week in office with calls for one of his ministers to quit over gaffes on the sensitive topic of radiation from the tsunami-hit Fukushima plant.

Trade Minister Yoshio Hachiro faced pressure to resign on Saturday after reports that he joked with a reporter about radiation from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

Hachiro was quoted in Japanese media as attempting to rub up against a reporter saying "I'll give you radiation" after visiting the Fukushima plant on Thursday.

Ruling Democratic Party policy committee chief Seiji Maehara said it is "very serious" if the report was true.

"It is important for him to explain clearly his true intentions by today," Maehara said.

Main opposition Liberal Democratic Party's policy chief Shigeru Ishiba demanded the minister's resignation.

"He should resign ... If he does not, PM Noda should dismiss him." Hachiro has already been rebuked by Noda and apologised on Friday for calling the deserted area near the plant a "town of death", a comment seen as offensive to victims of the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years. - Reuters

Kredit: www.nst.com.my

Jumaat, 9 September 2011

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