Mat Rempit beat up executive
The Star, Tuesday October 31, 2006
A GANG of Mat Rempit attacked a company director who had stopped at a traffic light junction, Harian Metro reported.
The daily said the victim, who was alone in his luxury car, had stopped at a traffic light at Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, at 4am on Saturday and was suddenly surrounded by 20 Mat Rempit.
Quoting police sources, the daily said the youths broke the car windows with their helmets, dragged the man out, beat him and forced him to hand over his wallet and hand phone.
Brickfields Deputy OCPD Supt Arjunaidi Mohd confirmed the incident but declined to elaborate, the daily said.
In a Berita Harian report, Cuepacs and the Chief Secretary to the Government had denied allegations that public servants would be fired or transferred to the interior regions if they criticised the Government.
Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan told the daily that he had not heard of any case where action was meted out against civil servants as claimed by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Dr Mahathir had claimed that the country was now experiencing a climate of fear, as those who questioned or criticised the Prime Minister would face action, including being fired and threatened by the police.
In refuting the allegations, Cuepacs president Omar Osman told the daily that they too had not received any complaints, or any official circulars ordering them not to criticise the current administration or barring them from attending Dr Mahathir’s talks.
“We are of the opinion that government servants can make criticisms as long as these are constructive,'’ he told the daily.
Some 242,195 or 3.8% of the 6.3 million students nationwide have dropped out of school and failed to complete Form Five, Utusan Malaysia reported.
The daily also said that of the 437,896 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school-leavers, 28% were clueless about their future after failing to continue their education at a higher level.
The numbers were based on a report entitled Blue Print Modal Insan, which was submitted to the National Implementation Directorate (NID) meeting in June.
The directorate is headed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
NID executive director Datuk Dr Sulaiman Mahbob said the difference in the education quality and facilities between urban and rural areas was responsible for them dropping out.
