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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Pua took a swipe at Immigration DG over 'ban based on
discretion' remarks</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Immigration director-general Sakib Kusmi's assertion that he
is empowered to bar any individual from leaving the country based on his
discretion calls into question whether Malaysia is ruled by law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the view of Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, who has
been barred from leaving the country since July 2015 without a reason given.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We are supposed to have rule of law. But what we have
is rule by ikut suka hati (follow one's fancy)...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Why am I barred? Because you don't like my face?"
he asked in a Facebook post, in reference to Sakib's statement this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pua, who filed a judicial review on the travel ban, added
that he was not under arrest or was a suspect in a criminal case.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The court will hear submissions over the legality of the ban
on July 28.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pua said the ban went beyond the jurisdiction of the
Immigration Department.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah was also barred from
leaving the country this month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed was initially quoted
as saying that those who ridiculed the government could be barred from leaving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He later clarified that the ban “is for those who are a
threat to national security or have committed acts that violates the Federal
Constitution".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Can or cannot according to 'ikut suka hati' discretion?

Pua took a swipe at Immigration DG over 'ban based on discretion' remarks Immigration director-general Sakib Kusmi's ...

Sabah man kills brother in Maggi Mee row

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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">An argument over instant noodles proved fatal for a Sabah
man who was killed by his elder brother with a homemade gun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Keningau district police chief deputy superintendent Douglas
Nyeging Taong said the incident last Saturday in Kampung Kabangawong, Nabawan,
some 180km from here happened when the victim went to his older brother’s house
to confront him for “bullying” his 14-year-old son by asking him to buy a pack
of instant noodles from the grocery store.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Based on our investigations, the deceased, Peridan Rawang,
was angry at his brother for asking Peridan’s son to go to the store to buy him
a pack of Maggi mee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Peridan went to the suspect’s house nearby with a samurai
sword and started arguing with him, claiming he was bullying his son,” he said
when contacted by Malay Mail Online today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Douglas said the incident was based on the 38-year-old
suspect’s statement to the police.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The suspect recounted that the argument worsened and in the
heat of the moment, he shot Peridan with the homemade gun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The gun apparently belonged to Peridan, but was kept at the
suspect’s house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peridan died on the spot due to gunshot wounds in his chest
around 4.30pm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A police team from Nabawan police station arrested the
suspect about 6.20pm and seized a the gun and sword.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The older brother has been remanded for investigation under
Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“The two brothers used to be close, and the suspect is
feeling remorseful now,” Douglas said.</span></div>
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Sabah man kills brother in Maggi Mee row

A Sabah man was killed by his elder brother with a homemade gun. ― AFP pic An argument over instant noodles proved fatal for a Sabah ma...

Auntie Bersih, 14 others fined for unlawful assembly, rioting

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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur found 15 activists guilty
of unlawful assembly and rioting during a protest against the 13th general
election results outside the Parliament gates in June 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They include outspoken PKR member Badrul Hisham Saharin,
better known as Chegubard, and activists Anne Ooi, better known as Auntie
Bersih, and Adam Adli Abdul Halim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Badrul Hisham, and two
activists Adam Adli Abdul Halim and Safwan Anang  together with seven other people were fined RM6,000 or nine
months’ jail in default for being participants of an unlawful assembly and
rioting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The remaining five people were fined RM2,000 or three
months’ jail in default for participating in an unlawful assembly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sessions Court judge Abdul Rashid Daud found the group
guilty and said the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt in the
prosecution’s case.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The offences were allegedly committed at Jalan Parlimen on
June 24, 2013, between 9.15am and 11.25am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The accused where accused with rioting on the road leading
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They were charged under Section 143 and Section 147 of the
Penal Code.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Auntie Bersih, 14 others fined for unlawful assembly, rioting

The Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur found 15 activists guilty of unlawful assembly and rioting during a protest against the 13th general...

Just resign if you want, don't threaten us - Umno Youth exco tells BN leaders

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threatened to resign over the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction)
(Amendment) Bill 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Claiming that these leaders failed to understand the issue,
Armand Azha Abu Hanifah said they might as well quit their positions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"What is the problem of certain party presidents in BN
with the bill to the extent they are threatening to resign? If they want to
resign, then just resign," he told Astro Awani.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Constitution clearly stated that Islam is the federal religion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Perhaps they have forgotten that they have undertaken
the oath to protect the constitution," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">MCA president and Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai, Gerakan
president and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mah Siew Keong as
well as MIC president and Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam have threatened to
resign their cabinet posts if the bill is passed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was fast-tracked by the government last Thursday, on the final day of the Dewan
Rakyat sitting for the May session.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as describing the resignation threat by the presidents of the component parties
as inappropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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China: Man's head gets stuck inside washing machine

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: "cnn" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "utkal" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">A man in southeast China's Fujian province got his head stuck inside a washing machine while trying to fix the tub on Sunday, May 29, 2016.</span></td></tr>
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responded to an unusual kind of emergency Sunday - a man had gotten his head
stuck inside a washing machine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Luckily, he was
pulled out by a team of firefighters after less than an hour, according to the
official Weibo social media account of Fuzhou City's Fire Department.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: "cnn" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "utkal" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The firefighers separated the drum from the washing machine to free the man.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This unidentified man accidentally got his head stuck inside
the machine while trying to fix the drum, the Fire Department's statement said.</span></div>
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first forcibly separated the drum from the washing machine frame, and then
carefully broke it while the man's head was still inside, according to the
statement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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New cinemas in Kota Baru in misery

<span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">PAS led Kelantan gov't are willing to approve cinemas if operators following guidelines, such as having separate seating for women and closing during Ramadan.</span></span><br />
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KB Mall here, but there is a lot of uncertainty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Paragon cinemas, with eight screens, would start operations at the mall from
July. It even had pictures of the proposed cinema outlet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Abdul Fattah Mahmood as saying last month that he did not receive any
application from the operator.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The most expensive handbag ever sold: Diamond-encrusted Hermes Birkin sells for over $300K

0 Article (English), 热点新闻 Hot News 11:35:00 PM

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This Hermes signature Birkin is made with white matte Himalayan crocodile leather, and features hardware made from 18k  white gold and diamonds. It sold for $300,168, making it most expensive handbag  ever sold.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(CNN) - It's been described as a piece of "fashion
history" by auction house Christie's.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A matte white Diamond Himalaya Niloticus crocodile diamond
Birkin 30 with 18k white gold and diamond hardware, was sold by a private Asian
collector for $300,168 on Monday, making it the most expensive handbag ever
sold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The diamond pieces created by Hermes are exceptional,
but none are nearly as iconic as the Himalaya," Christie's said in a press
release prior to the sale. "It is believed that only one or two of the
Diamond Himalayas are produced each year, globally, making it one of the lowest
production runs for handbags."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The results follow last year's record-breaking $222,000 sale
of a fuchsia diamond-studded Hermes Birkin, and further cement the bag's
celebrated fashion credentials.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Its rarity and exclusivity, the quality of leather and
craftsmanship, its style and the ability to customize," all contribute to
making this the most valuable bag in the world today, according to New
York-based appraiser Helaine Fendelman, of Helaine Fendelman & Associates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The fact they are instantly recognizable without a large
emblazoned logo only adds to their appeal, she added, although clever marketing
by Hermes also helps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"By not telling ladies how many are manufactured in a
year, the idea that these are scarce makes them more desirable. It is human
nature to want what others cannot get," Fendelman said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Both Christie's and Fendelman agree that even the most basic
Birkins hold their price, making them a sound investment as well as an
impressive fashion statement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I remember when I wanted to purchase a Birkin bag at
auction for about $7,500 and my husband thought I had lost my mind," she
said. "That same bag today sells for double that price, at least."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Interest in these aftermarket bags ("second-hand"
doesn't have quite the same ring to it) has grown rapidly, and Christie's now
includes an accessories and handbags section in many of it's major sales around
the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">While many women used to bid on the bags for their
practicality and style, the promise of increasing value has become an important
consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Christie's in Hong Kong, said the value of these types of auction items
generally increase, and that although Hermes leads the way, handbags from
Bulgari, Chanel and Gucci were also popular as investment pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"They are certainly an increasingly meaningful asset
class," Tsang added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and her own, in retrospect -- she missed out on the sale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Am I sorry I didn't purchase the bag? No, not really,
because I would be afraid to use it every day for fear of ruining it," she
said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 majority decision, today
upheld the sedition conviction of the late lawyer Karpal Singh – ruling that it
was a serious offence involving the sovereignty of a ruler and his prerogative
powers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Justice Datuk Mohtarudin Baki – who chaired a three-member
panel – said the court allowed Karpal Singh’s appeal against the sentence and
reduced the fine from RM4,000 to RM1,800, two months jail in default.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He made the ruling after dismissing Karpal Singh’s appeal
over his sedition conviction. Justice Datuk Kamardin Hashim agreed with Justice
Mohtarudin while Justice Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat dissented.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On 21 Feb 2014, Karpal Singh was found guilty of sedition
and fined RM4,000 by the High Court for questioning the Sultan of Perak’s
action in removing Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as the menteri besar of
Perak in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“It is most difficult to make this ruling (on sentence) but,
in view of the DPP’s submission, we set aside the fine of RM4,000 and
substitute it with a fine of RM1,800,” Justice Mohtarudin said, adding that he
had known Karpal Singh for a very long time, since 1978 when he was a
magistrate in Alor Setar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In his judgement, Justice Mohtarudin also held that the conviction
against Karpal Singh was safe and he clearly had intentions in making such
statements which had a seditious tendency within Section 3(1)(a, (d) and (f) of
the Sedition Act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“It was never denied that the appellant (Karpal Singh) had
acted in his capacity as a Member of Parliament and had given a legal opinion
based on his knowledge that he had in the legal field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“However, it is noteworthy that in making any statement,
especially in a press conference against the ruler and his prerogative powers, one
has responsibility to be absolutely sure that it has no seditious tendency as
laid out by Section 3(1) of the Act,” said Justice Mohtarudin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The judge said that the appellant’s continuous and repeated
averments that the ruler has no power and that he was not immune from being
taken to court only showed that he had crossed the line between uttering words
that are legally permitted and ones that have a seditious tendency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He stressed that it was unreasonable for Karpal Singh, who
was from a legal background with vast knowledge of constitutional law, to have
come up with such statements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tengku Maimun, in her dissenting ruling, had set aside
Karpal Singh’s conviction and held that the trial judge had failed to
appreciate Karpal Singh’s sworn evidence over his defence in relation to his
statements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“The High Court has failed to look at the appellant’s
defence independently,” she said, adding that Karpal Singh’s statements were
merely his legal opinion of public interest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rafizi report graft claim in Selangor govt to MACC

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with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and submitted evidence
pertaining to allegations of graft and ‘requests for women’ in dealings
involving the Selangor government. </span></div>
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members of parliament and Pakatan secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah,
arrived at noon today to submit the papers to the MACC. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He spent about an hour
submitting the report and evidence to MACC’s investigation division. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He said
details on the case cannot be disclosed once a report has been lodged. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I
submitted all the latest information on the complaints received pertaining the
Selangor government and an individual involved, to the MACC. “</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is one of
those rare case where a secretary-general of a party is lodging a report
against its own party, but this should be the way," he told the press
today. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He also urged everyone to be fair with their assessment of the state
government as well as the MACC with regards to the case. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Allegations against
the Selangor government surfaced after a leaked screen shot of Rafizi’s
conversation in a WhatsApp chat group made its rounds on social media and news
sites recently. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail then
instructed a report to be lodged to the MACC. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A verbal spat between Rafizi and
Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali ensued as a result of the leaked
conversation. Azmin had said that the allegations were “unsubstantiated."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ridhuan Tee to quit MCA after 20 years of membership

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His departure in protest of MCA being an 'enemy of Islam'</h1>
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being anti-Islam after it objected to the Syariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction)
(Amendment) Bill 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Chinese Muslim who held a lifetime membership in MCA
said the party was acting racially against Muslims when it opposed the Bill
proposed by PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and expedited to the
Dewan Rakyat last week, Ismaweb reported today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I do not want to bear the sins of being in a party
which has become the enemy of Islam. With this I declare that I will quit from
MCA," he was reported as saying in the newsportal of Islamist group Ikatan
Muslimin Malaysia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tee claimed he had waited for four years to become an MCA
member as he wanted to prove he was not trying to become a Malay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"But, this view of mine depreciated when this party is
racist and has become an enemy to Islam. Whoever that is an enemy to Islam is
also my enemy," he added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tee said he regretted MCA and Gerakan’s condemnation of the
hudud Bill, claiming it was the right of Malaysian natives to seek the
amendments, which the two had no standing to oppose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“If MCA and Gerakan want their own lives, they should seek
out their own land,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He then challenged MCA and Gerakan ministers to resign from
the Cabinet immediately rather than wait for the Bill’s passage, and mocked
their reliance on Malay support to be elected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When contacted for confirmation, Tee told Malay Mail Online
his decision to leave MCA was final.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I was a member for almost 20 years with them and now they
act like this. This is very disappointing, I am not changing my mind,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tee also urged the Malays to evaluate what the non-Muslim BN
components have contributed to their community in return for their support, and
told them their “enemies” were now openly cooperating to oppose them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last Thursday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department
Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said tabled a motion to expedite the tabling of
Hadi’s private member’s Bill in Parliament to amend the Shariah Courts
(Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, Hadi asked to defer the Bill to the next
parliamentary meeting in October.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Bill seeks to empower shariah courts to enforce punishments
― except for the death penalty ― provided in Shariah laws for Islamic offences
listed under state jurisdiction in the Federal Constitution, without
elaborating on the nature of the punishments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shariah court punishments are currently limited to jail
terms not exceeding three years, or whipping of not more than six strokes, or
fines of not more than RM5,000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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later sought to allay concerns about Hadi’s Bill, saying that it was not meant
to implement hudud law but merely to enable the Shariah courts to impose “a few
more” strokes of caning from the current maximum of six.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Big hearted Johor crown prince asked cops not to arrest his critics

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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has requested
the police not to apprehend those who insult him online, but instead be given the privilege of speaking out their thoughts to him in person directly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the latest post on the Johor Southern Tigers Facebook
page, the Tunku Mahkota of Johor popularly known by his initials TMJ was said
to be interviewed by an unnamed journalist who asked the royal his views on the
recent detention of those alleged to have made rude and seditious remarks
against him through social media.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I would humbly share my opinion with PDRM not to arrest
anyone making seditious remarks about me,” he said in the Q&A style
interview, using the Malay initials for the Royal Malaysian Police.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I prefer if the authorities can organise a meeting for me
to meet with these people and give them the privilege of saying what they want
to say to my face, man to man,” he added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tunku Ismail said he was not bothered by the criticisms
against him and was just thankful to God for his privileged life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Sometimes there are pages in the social media who are paid
to instigate the people to fight and quarrel amongst themselves so that their
attention is diverted from the problems and issues that matters,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He said this enables those in power to execute “missions”
without the knowledge of the people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“For example, I’ve questioned a certain important individual
(not mentioning names here) why can’t we improve the education level? The
individual answered that it was for two simple reasons. The first is to obtain
votes, and the second is to make it easy to control the minds of the stupid and
uneducated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“This is why I prioritise Johoreans’ education because I
don’t want my people to be easily manipulated by the system. People who twists
and turn from the truth as well as distract the people from the main issues,”
he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tunku Ismail who owns Johor Darul Ta’zim football club said
he has helped it win six trophies in three years, turned the footballers into a
brand and created millionaires in the football industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I’m also loved by the people, respected by other states and
countries, and feared by those who are selfish for money and power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I’m the most hated 31-year-old billionaire by those
suffering from mental illness. The truth hurts? Continue hating,” he wrote.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Killing of gorilla to save boy at Ohio zoo sparks outrage

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by Cincinnati Zoo.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">NEW YORK: The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo
after a 4-year-old boy tumbled into the ape’s enclosure triggered outrage and
questions about safety, but zoo officials called the decision to use lethal
force a tough but necessary choice.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">More than 2,000 people signed a petition on Change.org that
sharply criticized the Cincinnati Police Department and the zoo for putting
down the animal and called for the child’s parents to be “held accountable for
their actions of not supervising their child.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cincinnati police on Sunday said the parents had not been
charged, but that charges could eventually be sought by the Hamilton County
Prosecuting Attorney. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Authorities did not identify the child or his parents. The
family could not be reached on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Facebook page titled “Justice for Harambe” had more than
3,000 likes by Sunday afternoon, a day after the 400-pound (181-kg) gorilla was
shot dead about 10 minutes after encountering and dragging the child. The
animal, named Harambe, was a Western lowland gorilla, an endangered species,
and the zoo said it had intended to use him for breeding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“If we think it’s acceptable to kill a gorilla who has done
nothing wrong, I don’t think our city should have gorillas,” Manvinder Singh
posted on the Facebook page.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A blog post on the website for People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals questioned why it was necessary to kill the gorilla and
whether zoos could meet the needs of such animals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“A 17-year-old gorilla named Harambe is dead, and a child is
in the hospital. Why?” blogger Jennifer O’Connor wrote. “Western lowland
gorillas are gentle animals. They don’t attack unless they’re provoked.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Witnesses told local television that the boy repeatedly
expressed a desire to join the gorilla in the zoo habitat. Moments later, the
boy crawled through a barrier and fell about 12 feet (3.7-meters) into a moat
surrounding the habitat, where Harambe grabbed him, zoo officials said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was the first time in the 38-year history of the
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s gorilla exhibit that an unauthorized
person was able to get into the enclosure, zoo president Thane Maynard said on
Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“They made a tough choice and they made the right choice
because they saved that little boy’s life,” he said, adding that a member of
the zoo’s Dangerous Animal Response Team fired the shot that killed the ape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maynard said the team decided to use deadly force instead of
tranquilizers to subdue the gorilla because it could have taken some time for
the drug to take effect when an animal was in agitated state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The child was taken to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Hospital
officials, citing privacy laws, declined to say on Sunday whether the child had
been released or to disclose any details about his injuries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Western lowland gorilla numbers in the dense rain forests of
Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and
Equatorial Guinea have declined by more than 60 percent over the last 20 to 25
years, according to the World Wildlife Federation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Cincinnati zoo was open on Sunday, although Gorilla
World was expected to be closed indefinitely. Neither the zoo nor the fire
department responded to a request for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At other U.S. zoos, similar encounters have ended in tragedy,
including the 2013 fatal mauling of a 2-year-old boy by a pack of wild African
dogs after he fell into an exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A man who in 2012 jumped into an enclosure at New York’s
Bronx Zoo to be “one with the tiger” suffered bite wounds and other injuries
but survived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But there was a happy ending when a 3-year-old boy fell into
the gorilla den at Brookfield Zoo near Chicago in 1996, and an 8-year-old
female gorilla named Binti Jua picked up the unconscious boy and protected him
from the other primates. The act of kindness won Binti Jua national attention
as Newsweek’s Hero of the Year and one of People’s most intriguing people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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