KLIA VIP ruckus: Tiong confirms he checked on detained Chinese tourist
Tourism minister claims such visits ‘customary’ to understand situations involving foreign visitors
Updated 15 minutes ago · Published on 30 Jun 2023 7:15PM
KUALA LUMPUR – Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has confirmed that he was the minister who was reportedly involved in a commotion at the international arrival hall of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) recently.
He said he had gone to check on a tourist who was detained without any reason given. He said there was a problem as the tourist and the immigration officers had a communication problem.
He claimed that it is customary for a minister to conduct such visits to understand the situation concerning the arrival of foreign tourists in Malaysia.
“This monitoring is part of my role as a minister to actively engage with the field.
“Initially, I intended to address this issue through practical channels, but due to its viral nature and media inquiries, I feel compelled to provide an explanation,” he said in a statement today.
Tiong called on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to conduct a large-scale raid at the international arrival gate. He added that he was accompanied by investigators from his ministry’s integrity unit when he went in.
“I was told that the tourist had a complete set of documentation. However, communication failure resulted in the immigration officers failing to obtain the relevant documents,” he said.
He stressed that he has raised the issue of such lack of communication since March, adding that there should be translators provided for tourists from the Middle East, China and India at entry points.
“The question is: why did they reject the translators provided by Malaysia Airport Holding Bhd (MAHB)?” he said
Meanwhile, Immigration Director-General Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said an immediate investigation will be carried out comprehensively covering all related aspects of the incident.
PETALING JAYA: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing says he had to personally step in to help an employee of a China-based media company after she was allegedly held up by immigration officers at KL International Airport (KLIA) on arrival from Shenzhen on Thursday (June 29).
The woman had alleged that although her travel documents were in order, she was denied entry by Immigration officers.
She alleged that she was asked to pay several thousand ringgit if she wanted to be allowed entry.
The woman had arrived in Malaysia with her superior, a senior official of a Chinese government-owned TV station.
It is learnt that while her superior was cleared and allowed entry by the Immigration Department, the woman who is the senior official’s personal assistant was denied entry and allegedly told there were discrepancies in her travel documents.
When contacted by The Star on Friday (June 30), Tiong said the station official called up the Consulate General of Malaysia in Guangzhou and sought help upon seeing her colleague in distress.
“I received a call from a staff member of the Consulate General’s office who related what allegedly happened.
“I contacted the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and together with its officers, we went over to KLIA at 3am to investigate. I met and spoke to both the vistors and Immigration officers on duty,” he said.
Tiong said the Immigration officers told him that, as there was a language barrier, the matter was a misunderstanding between them and the China nationals.
He said the women, believed to be in their 40s, also had their cellphones seized by the Immigration officers.
“What powers do they have to seize their phones? It was their first trip to Malaysia. The two women told me that they have never run into such problems in other countries.
“They are appalled by the incident, which has caused them great embarrassment. .
It was reported by a news portal Thursday night that a Cabinet minister had barged into the arrival hall at KLIA on Thursday and created a commotion in an attempt to “free” a Chinese national who was prohibited entry into Malaysia.
The news site also alleged that the minister had entered the restricted zone at the airport without a permit or pass.
These men really fight….this girl must be as beautiful as Helen of Troy… “the face that launched a thousand ships”…. Viral video of women being grabbed: Police arrest eight individuals
GEORGETOWN – Eight individuals, including a woman, were arrested to assist in the investigation regarding the incident of a fight that took place outside an entertainment center here, last Thursday.
North East District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Soffian Santong said, all of them aged 21 to 29 were arrested at three separate locations around the city between 7.30am and 12.30am.
According to him, a check was made and it was found that one of them had a previous criminal record and three of them were found to be positive for cannabis and eramin 5 drugs.
“The result of the investigation found that the cause of the incident was a verbal argument due to drunkenness and later resulted in a fight.
“All the suspects are now remanded for two days until Saturday for further action,” he said in a statement here, on Friday.
Soffian said his party received a report from a 27-year-old man who claimed to have been beaten by a group of men outside an entertainment center at about 2.15am. He said, further investigation regarding the case is being carried out according to Section 147 of the Penal Code for the offense of rioting.
Earlier, pictures and video footage of the fight went viral, which is believed to be the result of a fight over a girlfriend between two men.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer @IARCWHO has concluded that the artificial sweetener #aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic to humans” but that the evidence for this is limited in humans, specifically regarding hepatocellular carcinomahttps://t.co/eqoR1LWcUB
Exclusive: Aspartame, one of the world's most common artificial sweeteners, is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, pitting it against the food industry and regulators https://t.co/7Jv2XiJmAUpic.twitter.com/8bKuC53BMx
The discussion about these IARC decisions is a bit ridiculous, so I thought I'd outline why I am still perfectly happy personally to drink aspartame (and do it regularly) 1/n https://t.co/CWJgh1Z6Lk
3: No evidence it causes cancer 2b: Possibly (some evidence, usually slim) it causes cancer 2a: Probably (some evidence, a bit more robust) it causes cancer 1: Causes cancer (strong evidence)
7/n The epidemiological evidence is also quite good for aspartame, and in general does not show an elevated risk. For example, a large cohort from 2014 found no increased risk for NHL types and higher aspartame intake https://t.co/IOEi3HkfbW
10/n Now, these studies are limited. It's very hard to precisely estimate the intake of aspartame specifically in any one group of people. Mostly, we use estimates based on stated consumption of various artificially-sweetened foods
14/n I haven't reviewed every study on this topic in depth, but at least for the epidemiological evidence it's mostly of a similar quality – large-scale cohorts with longitudinal follow-up, and few if any associations found
16/n Personally, having read a fair bit of evidence on the topic, I don't find the association between aspartame (or other artificial sweeteners) and cancer at all convincing 🤷♂️
18/n If we take these results entirely at face value, it would mean that going from ingesting no aspartame at all to having a 'high' intake of aspartame (about a Diet Coke every 3 days) for a decade, your risk of cancer would go from 31/1000 to 33/1000
The Palaszczuk government has been attacked as "insane" by Pauline Hanson after reports revealed they are working on a proposal to rename Brisbane to its Indigenous name, Meanjin, ahead of the 2032 Olympics.https://t.co/TMMvUS34wA
BREAKING NEWS: @NewsTalk4BC is reporting that the Palaszczuk Government is in negotiations with "First Nations People and the Greens" to rename Australia's third largest capital city, Brisbane, to its Indigenous name, Meanjin, ahead of the 2032 Olympics.#auspolpic.twitter.com/dWfS2yKYUL
— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) June 28, 2023
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Australian Politics & Indigenous Issues: News reports this afternoon that the Queensland Labor Govt is in discussions with some Aboriginals to rename Brisbane as Meanjin & rename the current CBD streets, currently named after UK queens & kings… pic.twitter.com/C1gwjN9Iba
1. Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek will look into a claim that a 7-year-old pupil was locked in a makeshift cage by a teacher at a school in Negeri Sembilan, reports FMT. The boy’s father had lodged a complaint with the state education department.
2. Azuan Abd Ghafar had uploaded a screenshot of a conversation between a parent and teachers in the school’s WhatsApp group on Twitter. Azuan told FMT that the student was his friend’s son. “The boy’s father went to the school to confront the teachers,” he said.
2. Azuan Abd Ghafar had uploaded a screenshot of a conversation between a parent and teachers in the school’s WhatsApp group on Twitter.
Azuan told FMT that the student was his friend's son.
"The boy's father went to the school to confront the teachers," he said.
KUALA LUMPUR: A father took to Twitter, expressing his horror about his 7-year-old son, whom he claimed had been locked in a cage at a school in Negri Sembilan.
A tweet including a few photos of the alleged makeshift cage at the primary school and part of his WhatsApp message threads with one of the teachers was posted by a handle @AzuanMekanik who is believed to be the boy’s father.
The viral post was retweeted 4,451 times and gained nationwide attention with 695,000 views and counting.
Based on the screengrab posted, the makeshift cage seems to prevent children from getting close to the TNB fuse box inside it.
In a subsequent tweet, @AzuanMekanik said he had lodged an official complaint to the district education office for further action. .
Bukit Aman police informed the New Straits Times when contacted that they are looking into verifying the alleged incident.
Although the amount can’t be precisely tracked, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors recently estimated that foreigners held $950 billion in U.S. banknotes at the end of the first quarter of 2021, or about 45% of all Federal Reserve notes outstanding, including two-thirds of all $100 bills.
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) June 29, 2023
The U.S. dollar has been the most widely used international currency since 1945.1 The dollar is the most traded currency on international financial markets, dollars comprise 60% of official reserves (i.e., foreign exchange reserves), and many traded goods, such as oil, are commonly invoiced in dollars. In addition to these commercial uses of the dollar and dollar-denominated assets, individuals in many parts of the world hold U.S. currency, i.e., paper money, both as a store of value and as a medium of exchange.2 This blog post3 explains the widespread use of U.S. currency and provides some simple, back-of-the-envelope calculations on the size of some of the benefits to Americans.
The rest of the world holds a great deal of U.S. currency, i.e., cash. Although the amount can’t be precisely tracked, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors recently estimated that foreigners held $950 billion in U.S. banknotes at the end of the first quarter of 2021, or about 45% of all Federal Reserve notes outstanding, including two-thirds of all $100 bills. Overall holdings of U.S. currency have grown rapidly, however, and overseas holdings of Federal Reserve notes would now be worth closer to $1.1 trillion if such holdings are still half of all U.S. currency.
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