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Former parliament secretary Awang Jabar dies in car crash

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:36 PM PDT

KUALA TERENGGANU: Former parliamentary secretary of youth and sports ministry, Datuk Awang Jabar,66, died in a car crash at KM26 Jalan Kuala Terengganu-Kuantan this morning.

In the accident at 7.10am, the car driven by Awang's driver collided with another car from the opposite direction which skidded when negotiating a bend
near Kampung Alor Tumang, Marang.

Former deputy human resources minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakar who is also
a close friend said Awang was on the way to Dungun to welcome Deputy Prime
Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin.

"Awang died at the scene from severe injuries and believed to have suffered
a broken neck while the driver escaped with light injuries," he told reporters

at the morgue of Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) here.

Meanwhile, State Public Order and Traffic Department chief Supt Alias Hashim
when met at the scene said, the crash involved a Mercedes in which Awang was
travelling in and a Perodua Alza driven by a Yemeni citizen.

A Yemeni woman, one of six passengers of the Perodua Alza traveling from
Dungun towards Kuala Terengganu was killed in the road accident.

"The deceased was identified as Nesma Nabil Abdul Karim Al-Saiban, 25, while
five others were injured and treated at HSNZ," he added.

Awang's remains was brought back to his house in Jalan Tekukur and then for
prayers at Masjid Al Muktafibillah Shah before burial after Zohor prayers at
Sheikh Ibrahim muslim cemetery.

The Deputy Prime Minister who is on a one day working visit to Terengganu is
expected to visit Awang's house and pay his last respect. - Bernama

Sarawak contractor loses RM20m due to dubious contract works

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 09:45 PM PDT

KUCHING: A contractor in Sarawak has been conned of RM20 million by a syndicate that forged a federal ministry letterhead from Kuala Lumpur for billboard contracts outside the state that never existed, said State Police Commissioner Datuk Mortadza Nazarene.

"The contract work purportedly awarded in April 2010 was completed by the victim in November of the same year and upon completion, he wanted to claim the
RM20 million but was never entertained, and this prompted the victim to personally check with the ministry," he said after a meeting with Sarawak
Commercial Crime Investigation Department Chief, Supt Mohd Firdaus Abdullah,

here today.

Mortadza said the victim was shocked to discover that the ministry was not only unaware of the contract but the letterhead of the ministry was forged, prompting him to lodge the police report this month.

"The contractor claimed that the letter of award for the job purportedly came from the ministry headquarters in Kuala Lumpur," he said, adding that the
suspects had claimed they were well connected to the ministry.

Refusing to name which ministry's letterhead had been forged, he said, police had identified the culprits and they would be nabbed soon.

On the trend of commercial crime cases in Sarawak, he said, up to the third
quarter of this year, there was a decline of 10.34 per cent or 161 reports with
a total of 1,398 commercial crime cases being reported compared with 1,559

reports for the corresponding period last year.

"Overall total losses suffered by the victims for the same period this year
amounted to RM27 million compared with RM30 million last year," he said.

For cyber crime cases, he said, from January to Sept 15 this year, a total
of 252 cases were reported with total losses amounting to RM4 million. - Bernama

Kredit: www.nst.com.my

Isnin, 19 September 2011

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