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What’s Hot? 15-10-2008

Posted on the October 15th, 2008 under News by Papa Bear

Here are the hot news in Malaysia as of 12:00pm today. One of the hottest news today is about the reduction of the fuel price. The Malaysian government have reduced the fuel price following the trend of the global fuel price. Starting today, the RON 97 has dropped from RM 2.45 to RM 2.30 per liter. RON 92 and Diesel is now RM 2.20 per liter.

Despite the reduced price, many people feel that the it will have little or even no impact to the current situation in the country as the price of good, unfortunately, did not go down along with the fuel. That is the bad part as these people would increase the price of goods when the price of fuel goes up but are very reluctant to drop it once the fuel price has dropped.

Picture from The Star

Is the government going to do anything about this? Read more at Fuel price cut will have ‘little impact’ and FUEL GOOD: Drop in pump prices reflects global reduction.

Crime related news have always been one the favorites among Malaysians. I did not know that Superman was in just released from a jail in Malaysia. However, sadly, he was found dead shortly after his release. To the Americans, do not despair as this Superman was not your superhero but he was a Sabahan better known as Super-man Awang. Go to Superman found dead, hours after leaving jail if you want to know more.

Next in the list is about the murder of a Thai couple in Kuala Krai. That was really cruel as the wife was three months pregnant. The body of the husband was dumped into a drum while the half naked body of the wife was recovered from a pond in the estate. Gruesome and cruel are my words to describe this.

The blue drum where the husband’s body was found
Picture from Harian Metro

More about this murder at Bodies of Thai youth and pregnant wife found in rubber estate.

There are two rape related case today and the first was about a 16-year-old pregnant girl was raped by a man entrusted by her boyfriend to look after her. This is what the Malay proverb “Harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi” or the modernized version, “Harapkan tin, tin makan biskut”. The thing is how in the world she is pregnant at 16 and why in the world her boyfriend left her with a friend that could not be trusted at all? That guy must have a thing about pregnant woman and should be kept in jail for good. Go to Pregnant teenager raped for more details.

The second case involves another irresponsible boyfriend and this guy was even worse than the first one. A 19-year-old girl was raped by a stranger and dumped by the road side. she called her boyfriend for help and instead of taking her to the police station or the hopsital, he took her to an undisclosed location and forced her to perfom oral s-e-x on him before sending her to the police station. I don’t know about you but is that guy sick or what? Read about this at Boyfriend only adds to rape victim’s distres.

Finally, Malaysian news would not be hot without any political stuffs. I would not elaborate to much about them. The hot ones are about Utusan Melayu vs Teresa Kok at Utusan demands apology and retraction from Kok and Pas Leaders vs Cheras Umno at PAS leaders condemn Cheras Umno over libel suit fund. Apart from that, there is a news related to the Dewan Rakyat that starts with Anwar and his famous “I-have-the-numbers” stuffs that you can read at DEWAN DISPATCHES: Anwar Ibrahim eggs on Najib but where is the FT Minister?

That’s all for now! Enjoy reading!