KL tightens security for OIC summit
KL tightens security for OIC summit
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur will deploy some 9,000 police and troops
to ensure security for the world's Islamic leaders attending a
summit here next week, an official said on Wednesday.
They have been specially trained "to face any form of threat"
during the summit of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC), internal security deputy director Arthur
Edmonds told the Bernama news agency.
Terrorism is expected to be high on the agenda at the Oct. 16-
Oct. 18 summit, the first since relations between the Islamic
world and the West were shaken by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on
the United States.
A total of 30 heads of state have confirmed their attendance
at the summit, according to Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid
Albar.
The remaining countries would be represented by their foreign
ministers at the talks in Malaysia's new government capital of
Putrajaya, south of Kuala Lumpur.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Philippine President
Gloria Arroyo will attend as observers, while the United Nations
will be represented by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. -- AFP
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Court stops deportation of JI suspect
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Court stops deportation of JI suspect
MALAYSIA: A Malaysian court issued a temporary order on Wednesday
barring the government from deporting a suspected Jamaah
Islamiyah (JI) leader to his native Indonesia, the suspect's
lawyers said.
The order blocks the government from repatriating Mohamad
Iqbal Abdul Rahman before the High Court rules on Nov. 11 on his
bid to stay in Malaysia, where he has lived for years with
permanent residency status.
The government allowed a two-year order detaining Iqbal
without trial on security grounds to expire in August, but
instead of releasing him from prison authorities transferred him
to Immigration Department custody, canceled his Malaysian
residency papers and said he would be deported.
The government gave no reason for not renewing the original
detention order -- though the possibility of a bureaucratic error
has been raised -- or say what was delaying the deportation after
his residency was revoked on Aug. 18.
Indonesia has indicated Iqbal is not on authorities' wanted
lists there or subject to investigation for possible illegal
activity.
Iqbal launched legal action this week challenging the
withdrawal of his Malaysian residency, arguing that the
government had made procedural mistakes in the process and had
given no reasons for declaring him an "undesirable immigrant." --
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Doctor censured over pregnancy test
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Doctor censured over pregnancy test
SINGAPORE: A doctor was censured by the Singapore Medical Council
for failing to diagnose an Indonesian maid's pregnancy when she
had been carrying a fetus for three months, a newspaper reported
on Wednesday.
The council ordered Dr. Chong Ah Lek, who has been practicing
for nearly 30 years, to pay a S$3,000 (US$1,600) penalty for
professional misconduct, The Straits Times said.
Chong had certified to the Manpower Ministry that the
pregnancy screening he conducted on the 22-year-old in December
2001 was negative.
Erni Sepang, 22, gave birth at her employer's home about six
months later.
She has since gone home to Indonesia with her baby.
The council's disciplinary committee found Chong performed an
abdominal examination while Erni was seated upright instead of
lying down and also failed to take her menstrual history.
The maid also cheated during the examination. She added water
to her urine so the test would turn out negative and she could
keep her job in Singapore. -- DPA