KL tightens security for OIC summit<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur will deploy some 9,000 police and troops
\nto ensure security for the world's Islamic leaders attending a
\nsummit here next week, an official said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
They have been specially trained "to face any form of threat"
\nduring the summit of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic
\nConference (OIC), internal security deputy director Arthur
\nEdmonds told the Bernama news agency.<\/p>\n
Terrorism is expected to be high on the agenda at the Oct. 16-
\nOct. 18 summit, the first since relations between the Islamic
\nworld and the West were shaken by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on
\nthe United States.<\/p>\n
A total of 30 heads of state have confirmed their attendance
\nat the summit, according to Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid
\nAlbar.<\/p>\n
The remaining countries would be represented by their foreign
\nministers at the talks in Malaysia's new government capital of
\nPutrajaya, south of Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Philippine President
\nGloria Arroyo will attend as observers, while the United Nations
\nwill be represented by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. -- AFP<\/p>\n
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\nMalaysia-terror-JI
\nCourt stops deportation of JI suspect
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN1<\/p>\n
Court stops deportation of JI suspect<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: A Malaysian court issued a temporary order on Wednesday
\nbarring the government from deporting a suspected Jamaah
\nIslamiyah (JI) leader to his native Indonesia, the suspect's
\nlawyers said.<\/p>\n
The order blocks the government from repatriating Mohamad
\nIqbal Abdul Rahman before the High Court rules on Nov. 11 on his
\nbid to stay in Malaysia, where he has lived for years with
\npermanent residency status.<\/p>\n
The government allowed a two-year order detaining Iqbal
\nwithout trial on security grounds to expire in August, but
\ninstead of releasing him from prison authorities transferred him
\nto Immigration Department custody, canceled his Malaysian
\nresidency papers and said he would be deported.<\/p>\n
The government gave no reason for not renewing the original
\ndetention order -- though the possibility of a bureaucratic error
\nhas been raised -- or say what was delaying the deportation after
\nhis residency was revoked on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has indicated Iqbal is not on authorities' wanted
\nlists there or subject to investigation for possible illegal
\nactivity.<\/p>\n
Iqbal launched legal action this week challenging the
\nwithdrawal of his Malaysian residency, arguing that the
\ngovernment had made procedural mistakes in the process and had
\ngiven no reasons for declaring him an "undesirable immigrant." --
\nAP<\/p>\n
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\nDoctor censured over pregnancy test
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN3<\/p>\n
Doctor censured over pregnancy test<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: A doctor was censured by the Singapore Medical Council
\nfor failing to diagnose an Indonesian maid's pregnancy when she
\nhad been carrying a fetus for three months, a newspaper reported
\non Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The council ordered Dr. Chong Ah Lek, who has been practicing
\nfor nearly 30 years, to pay a S$3,000 (US$1,600) penalty for
\nprofessional misconduct, The Straits Times said.<\/p>\n
Chong had certified to the Manpower Ministry that the
\npregnancy screening he conducted on the 22-year-old in December
\n2001 was negative.<\/p>\n
Erni Sepang, 22, gave birth at her employer's home about six
\nmonths later.<\/p>\n
She has since gone home to Indonesia with her baby.<\/p>\n
The council's disciplinary committee found Chong performed an
\nabdominal examination while Erni was seated upright instead of
\nlying down and also failed to take her menstrual history.<\/p>\n
The maid also cheated during the examination. She added water
\nto her urine so the test would turn out negative and she could
\nkeep her job in Singapore. -- DPA<\/p>",
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