Dulu masa saya kecik-kecik, saya selalu dapat no 1 dalam kelas tadika dan sekolah rendah...
Semua orang puji saya dan ibu saya akan gembira dan peluk cium saya....
Dulu saya dapat 5A UPSR...
Semua orang puji saya dan ibu saya akan gembira dan peluk cium saya....
Dulu saya dapat tawaran masuk MRSM...
Semua orang puji saya dan ibu saya akan gembira dan peluk cium saya...
Dulu saya dapat 8A dalam PMR...
Semua orang puji saya dan ibu saya akan gembira dan peluk cium saya....
Dulu saya dapat tawaran buat kursus medic kat Indonesia...
Semua orang puji saya dan ibu saya akan gembira dan peluk cium saya....
Tapi bila saya buang semua keduniaan itu dan berikrar untuk turut berjuang menjadi kebanggaan Rasulullah, saya bawa beg dan merantau ke seluruh dunia, saya berhenti di Afrika untuk belajar ilmu agama, dan balik ke Malaysia dengan kesan-kesan Sunnah Rasulullah di badan saya...
Semua orang mencemuh dan memandang rendah kepada saya....
"Ada ke patut budak lulusan MRSM masuk pondok? Dah la sijil tak diiktiraf, belajar jauh-jauh sampai Afrika pulak tu? Nanti nak makan apa? Bodohnya... Memalukan mak bapak, peluang besar jadi orang besar dilepaskan pulak..."
Kata mereka....
Tapi...
Pada suatu Subuh...
Saya pergi ke masjid bersama ibu saya di mana saya merupakan imam di masjid itu...
Saya bacakan surah Abasa...
Dan sebak ketika sampai ayat:
Yaumayafirrul mar'umin akhih.....
Wa ummihi...wa Abih....
Selesai solat, semasa perjalanan pulang...
Ibu bertanya kenapa saya sebak ketika sampai di ayat itu?
Saya jelaskan....
Ayat itu menceritakan tentang huru hara mahsyar sehinggakan seorang insan itu akan lari daripada saudaranya...
Ibunya...
Ayahnya....
Isterinya...
Anak-anaknya...
Saya katakan...
Di dunia ini, bila kita jadi kaya, orang puji kononnya kita berjaya...
Bila kita gunakan dunia untuk mengejar akhirat, orang akan kata kita gila...
Sedangkan di mahsyar nanti, semua "kata-kata orang" tu langsung tak bernilai kerana ibu, bapa, anak, isteri, saudara yang di dunia ni sangat rapat dengan kita pun, kelak di mahsyar mereka akan saling melarikan diri daripada berjumpa kerana takut dituntut......
Maka saya sebak kerana saya risaukan apa keadaan saya di mahsyar kelak...
Pujian orang ramai selama berbelas-belas tahun tu langsung tak bagi manfaat pada saya...
Kejian selama bertahun-tahun kerana mengorbankan dunia demi agama juga tak bagi mudarat pada saya...
Lalu kenapa manusia masih mengejar pujian orang ramai dan takut dengan celaan mereka?
Ibu sekali lagi memeluk saya, tersenyum sambil menangis dan berkata....
"Sejuk perut mama dapat anak macam bangcik..."
Maka itulah kali pertama dalam hidupku saya berasa sangat gembira akan "pujian" ibuku...
Pelbagai pencapaian demi pencapaian yang saya dapat DULU, saya tidak pernah merasa gembira seperti ini walaupun dulu juga saya dipeluk cium ibu dan dipuji....
Wahai hamba Allah...
Apa sebenarnya yang kalian kejar?
Apa pula sebenarnya yang kejar kalian?
Mengapa kalian masih mengejar pujian sia-sia manusia...
Sedangkan malaikat maut pula tidak pernah lelah siang malam mengejar kalian?
Wahai saudaraku...
Apakah kalian sedar nafas kalian hanya berbaki beberapa lagi?
Sebelum lubang kubur kalian akan digali?
Apa yang aku dan kalian ada.. untuk Allah dan Rasul bangga?
*self-reminder* Masalah KITA yg masih bernyawa ni....dah ambik bekal kah belum...atau masih leka dengan mainan2 sekeliling kita.....
Bak kata kalam saiyidina Ali r.a...."Hidup di dunia ini ramai yg terlena, akhirat nanti baru terjaga."
Jangan kita masuk dalam golongan yg "ramai" tu....sebab yg ramai tu kononnya 'normallah' di akhir zaman ni...
Masuklah dlm golongan yg sedikit...sbb yg sedikit itu akan masuk syurga...selama2nya... "pesanan utk KITA...saya sekali yg banyak dosa ni"
Selain telinga, terapi lilin juga dilakukan pada muka.
Teknik rawatan alternatif bersihkan kotoran dalam telinga, muka
Terapi lilin antara kaedah ditawarkan di kebanyakan spa dan pusat kecantikan.
Terapi ini juga dikenali terapi pembersihan kerana berupaya menyerap keluar toksin dan bau dalam telinga, selain membantu melancarkan peredaran darah, pernafasan, membuang angin serta memberikan kelegaan otot mahupun saraf yang tegang di sekitar leher
Ada yang mempercayai ia teknik rawatan alternatif untuk membersihkan kotoran di dalam telinga, selain membantu menyembuhkan beberapa penyakit telinga.
Kaedah rawatan ini dipercayai berasal dari Amerika Selatan dan diamalkan oleh suku kaum asli, Red Indian, lebih 4,000 tahun lalu. Ia juga dikenali dalam kalangan masyarakat India kuno dan Tibet.
Mereka menggunakan lilin herba terpilih, khusus untuk rawatan seperti madu lebah asli, kulit kayu manis dan herba tradisi Cina yang dipercayai dapat memberikan ketenangan, merehatkan minda serta menyembuhkan penyakit.
Mudah dan pantas
Bagaimanapun, pada masa sama, masih ada yang kurang mempercayai penggunaan terapi lilin ini dan menganggap ia hanyalah gimik untuk mengaburi pelanggan yang mendapatkan perkhidmatan ini. Apa pun, menariknya rawatan dilakukan sangat mudah, pantas dan tidak memerlukan pembedahan. Hanya perlu baring mengiring dan sebatang lilin khas akan dibakar hujungnya dan diletakkan pada hujung telinga.
Prosesnya juga mengambil masa tidak terlalu lama dan tidak menyakitkan langsung. Pada akhir rawatan, hanya hasil yang dinantikan dan dianggap sebagai kekotoran yang keluar dari telinga.
Pakar Aestetik dan pemilik Ananaz MediSpa, Samsinar Mashood, berkata kaedah ini antara alternatif dan usaha yang boleh dilakukan, manakala penerimaannya bergantung kepada individu.
Samsinar berkata, kebiasaannya corong lilin yang digunakan diperbuat daripada kain yang direndam dengan madu dan campuran herba seperti kulit kayu manis, memandangkan ia bahan antiradang.
Katanya, individu yang mendapatkan rawatan berasa lega sedikit selepas menjalani tiga sesi. Tiada kajian saintifik berhubung faedah rawatan ini.
Artikel ini bukan untuk membanggakan zionis tetapi adalah untuk mengetahui, memahami dan mempelajari kekuatan dan kelemahan Zionis.
Cybersecurity in Israel involves a lot more than repelling hackers on the Internet.
While the Israeli Defense Forces are known for their effectiveness and resourcefulness, as you approach the Palmahim Airbase south of Tel Aviv you might be surprised to discover that this is a world-class military facility.
Exiting the highway to a road that is only occasionally paved, there's an abandoned cinderblock facility surrounded by a wire fence with tires and metal objects strewn across the open grassy area. It looks more like something you'd expect in a post-industrial town in Pennsylvania or Ohio than on the base of one of the most high tech fighting forces in the world.
As we drive past the building and head toward our rendezvous, our two IDF handlers turn around and smile and remind us of the rules. The person we're going to meet can only be referred to as "Major S," for safety and security reasons. While our handlers are both young ladies with an air of sweetness and optimism about them, on this point they speak with an unequivocal authority and finality—despite the smiles.
Both are wearing green military fatigues and in the spare moments between their duties as communications reps they are happy to unfold the berets strapped to the shoulders of their uniforms and explain how the colors represent the division of the IDF that they serve. Slender, petite, and energetic, in the U.S. they would likely be preparing for a soccer game or a senior prom. In Israel, the two conscripts are leading a small group of journalists to meet a military officer who runs an operation that protects millions of citizens.
When Major S enters, he looks barely older than the two conscripts. His green uniform is a one-piece flight suit. The sleeves are pushed up his forearms and the zipper on the front is open down to mid-chest, showing a gray t-shirt underneath. His shy smile makes him look even younger. But when his face straightens, it unmasks a care-worn look in his eyes that reflects all the Israelis in constant danger that he must help protect.
Major S stands in front of a UAV. | Image: Jason Hiner
These kids have old souls.
Major S is the deputy commander of the First UAV Squadron, a division of the Israeli Air Force. Despite his babyface smile, he's actually 30 years old with over a decade of service in the military. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that he manages are the eyes in the sky that keep watch on Israel's borders as well as some of its aggressive neighbors who would love nothing better than to push modern Israel into the sea and pretend it never existed. Israel relies on the UAVs to run at least 50 hours of operations every day, according to Major S. Obviously, that means they are running multiple drones in multiple locations at all times. That's a lot of data.
"The most important thing is to collect information... every day of the year," says Major S.
A UAV hovers at 10,000 feet, he says. "You can't hear it and you can't see it from the ground."
Of course, the cynical view is that Israel uses UAVs to spy on its neighbors and invade their airspace. But, Israel has been facing existential threats from its neighbors since the day the modern State of Israel was founded on May 15, 1948 as a result of a UN resolution. Israel has had a bitter peace with Egypt since 1979. It's had a slightly more cordial peace with Jordan since 1994. Lebanon and Syria remain sworn enemies. And, the country's tenuous relationship with the Palestinian territories (the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) is well known.
For the moment, Gaza is the biggest problem spot. When Israel withdrew its occupying forces from Gaza in 2005, the radical elements of Palestine used it to seize power and have been firing rockets at Israeli cities ever since. Israel has, of course, retaliated and civilians have been caught in the crossfire on both sides, but Israel has been losing the PR war. The Palestinians have done a far better job of publicizing the attacks against them and helping create a narrative in the international media that paints Israel as a callous oppressor.
Image: IDF
Major S opens his laptop and plays a video from the bird's eye view of the drone. In this case, a UAV has identified a suicide bomber and is tracking it. The UAV operator is communicating with ground forces to intercept it. Just as they are about to pounce on it, the UAV operator frantically interrupts and tells them to wait as he spots Palestinian kids up ahead of where the bomber’s vehicle is heading. After it clears the area, we see the IDF vehicles cut off the car bomber and the IDF soldiers jump out and surround the car. A soldier with body armour approaches the suicide bomber in the driver's seat, gets hit with several bullets, but pulls the driver out of the vehicle and the soldiers apprehend him. No harm done.
"In the Gaza Strip there are 1.5 to 2 million people and most of them are not terrorists," says Major S. "They just want to live their lives like me and my family. But our enemies know that and they try to [hide near civilians]."
He shows a couple more videos where disasters were averted and Palestinian and Israeli lives were saved from potential attacks. But, he won't let us publish the videos. He says they have released very few of these to the public in the past and he's always reluctant to allow it, because every video will be studied by terrorists and used to figure out how to evade the UAVs.
His implicit message is that his job is not to feed information to the press to make Israel look more sympathetic to the international community. His job is to protect lives. As polite as he is, it's clear that every moment he spends with us is a moment he's not doing his real job, and he needs to get back to it.
He says there is a warehouse that the UAVs have been continually tracking for three weeks. They know there is "bad stuff" being stored in there. As soon as that stuff starts to move then there's going to be a big problem that will need to be handled. His team is working with Israeli intelligence to make sure it doesn't turn into a tragic incident.
"It's a race. Everybody tries to get more capabilities and better technology." Major S
He walks us out to the hangars where the UAVs are located along with the command stations where the UAV operators run them. The command stations are like a whirlwind marriage between a sit-down arcade video game and a server room.
"The wars we have today are not the same as what we had 20 years ago," he says. "It's a race. Everybody tries to get more capabilities and better technology."
He gestures toward one of the newest drones. "If everyone is using this, then the one with the best technology wins."
Israel, the innovator
Israel bewilders you with its contrasts and contradictions.
The Old City of Jerusalem mercilessly floods your senses with its history. Whether you seek out its stories or not, this ancient place will not allow you to remain indifferent to the countless millions who across 60 centuries have streamed here in search of answers to big questions.
The Old City of Jerusalem has a lot of stories to tell. | Image credit: Jason Hiner
Not far away, the modern cities of Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Be'er Sheva pulse with the resistless energy of people searching for answers to smaller questions that fill every day, every hour, every moment.
Israel is a land of mystery, science, faith, reason, tension, and peace. Today, it is most widely known for its long-smoldering geopolitical conflict and its religious sites held sacred by four world faiths. But, the aspect of modern Israel that is having the most significant impact on global civilization in the 21st century often goes under the radar.
Since the rise of the personal computer, Israel has been quietly making major contributions to the technologies that are transforming humanity and giving people tools to solve age-old problems in powerful and exciting news ways. And, these contributions to the global technology ecosystem have accelerated in the past two decades.
Israel was one of the progenitors of the PC revolution in the 1980s when Intel's lab in Haifa designed the 8088 chip that powered the original IBM PC. Intel's Israeli team later created the Pentium chip that helped spread PC computing to the masses.
In the middle of the last decade, Intel's innovators in Israel pushed past objections from their U.S. counterparts and got the company to focus on power-conservation rather than raw speed and delivered the Centrino chip that fueled the growth of laptops. Then the Israelis pioneered multi-core processors to deliver Intel's groundbreaking Core product line that turned Intel around at one of its most difficult moments. Now, it's the Israeli team at Intel that is leading the company's charge into mobile processors.
Intel's new facility in Haifa sets a high standard for green buildings. | Image: Intel
The world's most important tech companies run Israeli research centers, including Cisco, Microsoft, Google, Apple, IBM, Oracle, SAP, EMC, Motorola, HP, Facebook, and eBay. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer famously said that Microsoft was an Israeli company almost as much as an American company since Microsoft has so many workers in Israel and the work they are doing is so important to the company's future.
Intel and IBM opened research centers in Israel in the 1970s and hired lots of Israeli engineers. More often, tech giants have bolstered their presence in Israel by acquiring startups. Cisco alone has purchased at least 10 Israeli startups (that we know about), including Intucell in January 2013 for $475 million. In July 2013, Google bought the popular Waze mapping software for $1 billion, shining an even brighter spotlight on Israeli startups.
Israel has been dubbed "The Startup Nation" because it has the highest density of startups per capita in the world—one for every 1,844 citizens (or 2.5 times the U.S. rate). More Israeli companies are listed on the NASDAQ than from all European companies combined. Israel ranks third in the world for venture capital availability and second in the world in the availability of qualified scientists and engineers. Yet, this is a tiny country with roughly the same land mass as New Jersey.
The story of how this undersized, continually-threatened nation of 7.5 million people—less than the population of New York City—has become one of the pre-eminent players in the tech world is complicated. Plenty of journalists, researchers, and government officials from across the globe have probed this issue and argued with each other about the genesis of Israel’s technological success.
The influx of technically-savvy Russian immigrants in 1990s played a big part. Conscription of young Israelis into the entrepreneurial ethos of the IDF was an important factor. Facing continual geopolitical conflicts created the confidence to solve problems that others deemed impossible. The fact that many of Israel's founders were scientists and intellectuals certainly laid the groundwork for placing a high cultural value on technology. But, above all, the fact that Israel is such a small country with limited resources confronting multiple simultaneous threats means it must rely on better tools and automation and ingenuity in order to survive.
In one sense, Israel is defined and bolstered by threats against it.
That's also how Israel has created such a center of excellence around cybersecurity. The combination of the country's perpetual concern with defense and its technological prowess have turned cybersecurity into one of its most important exports. In 2013 alone, IBM, Cisco, and GE have all made large acquisitions or investments in Israeli cybersecurity companies. And, because of the new security and privacy issues being raised by the spread of cloud computing, that trend is very likely to accelerate.
The economic anchor
September 3, 2013 opened a new chapter in the history of the tech industry and cybersecurity in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led the inauguration of the Advanced Technology Park on the campus of Ben Gurion University in Be'er Sheva.
"Today we are launching the economic anchor that will turn Be'er Sheva into a national and international center for cybernetics and cybersecurity," Netanyahu said at the opening ceremony. "This is a day that will change the history of the State of Israel and we are doing it here in Be'er Sheva."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center right) cuts the ribbon inaugurating the ATP. | Credit: BGU
Culturally, geographically, and technically, things had been leading up to this critical event for a long time. In fact, some of the seeds were planted all the way back at the birth of modern Israel by the country's first prime minister. Nevertheless, this has the signs of a historical turning point written all over it—groundbreaking cooperation among powerful forces, coalescing resources, economic gravitas, and impeccable timing.
ATP creates a symbiotic relationship between three potent entities: 1. Academia 2. Tech companies 3. The Israeli Defense Forces
Where the magic is expected to happen is in co-locating these three onto adjacent campuses where they can collaborate on projects, share data, and feed each other's needs for talent, resources, and thought leadership.
"This is a day that will change the history of the State of Israel and we are doing it here in Be'er Sheva." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
The ribbon-cutting on September 3 marked the official opening of Building #1 of the ATP. This is where the tech industry is taking up residence in a commercial park that will consist of 16 buildings on 23 acres, including office space, labs, a hotel, and a conference center. The ATP is connected to the main campus of BGU by a new walking bridge, with a new train station running right between them so that it can easily whisk scholars, professionals, and soldiers from Be'er Sheva to Tel Aviv, the current technology capital of the country.
The first tenants of Building #1 include tech industry stalwarts Deutsche Telekom, EMC, RSA, and Oracle, as well as three incubators—Jerusalem Venture Partner's CyberLabs, Elbit Incubit, and BGN Technologies (a BGU entity that commercializes academic research). Venture capital firms are in negotiations to take up residence in Building #2, which is currently in development and will open in early 2015.
One of BGU's key catalysts in bridging the gap between academia and industry is its commercialization arm, BGN Technologies, which uses a unique model for what it calls "technology transfer." That is the way that the university takes valuable breakthroughs and brings them to market by partnering with a company or selling the company a patent. BGN Technologies has signed agreements with over 150 companies, including ExxonMobile, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, and General Motors. BGN Technologies has been so successful at this that universities from the U.S. and Europe are studying their approach.
"Our model is that we have no model, which is the strength of it." Dr. Moti Herskowitz on BGU's approach to commercializing tech research
Dr. Orna Berry, corporate vice president at EMC, said, "Normally, researchers do not have good business understanding, so matching researchers with businesses is really the job of [BGN Technologies] and I think they are doing a fantastic job... They go beyond what a commercialization office at a university normally does."
Dr. Moti Herskowitz, BGU's Dean of Research and Development, said that when it comes to technology transfer, U.S. universities tend to want to own everything and then sell the rights, and so they don't sell very much.
"Our model is that we have no model," said Herskowitz, "which is the strength of it. We deal with it case by case."
Building #1 of the ATP opened Sept. 3. It is the first of 16 commercial buildings. | Image: BGU
Netta Cohen, CEO of BGN Technologies, which is wholly owned by BGU but operates as an independent business, said that academia and industry have different goals, different languages, and different cultures. BGN Technologies exists to translate and put together deals. Some companies simply want to buy the rights to develop a technology. Others want to do a joint venture and create a new corporation. Others want BGU to function as their R&D and then the company simply brings the product to market. Thus, BGN Technologies treats every agreement like a "tailored suit" said Cohen. And, it's working. BGU now generates 16% of its research income from the industry agreements negotiated by BGN Technologies. In the U.S., universities generate an average of 7% from industry deals.
BGU expects its numbers to to accelerate with the launch of the ATP.
Dr. Rikva Carmi, BGU President, said, "We are already leaders, but… the fact that leading high tech companies are going to dwell across the street from us is definitely going to boost it very, very much... This is the only place in Israel where there is such an intimate relationship between the industry and academia, and actually an on-going collaborative project. There are relationships with the industry at other universities but it is not like [having] one campus. For our purposes, the ATP and the university is one campus."
"For our purposes, the ATP and the university is one campus." BGU President Rikva Carmi
As a university, BGU has long been overshadowed as an epicenter of Israeli technology by Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Weizmann Institute of Science near Tel Aviv, and the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) in Haifa. Partly, this is due to the fact that Technion (1912), Hebrew University (1918), and Weizmann (1934) have had decades of a head start on BGU, founded in 1969. Part of it is also due to geography. Weizmann, Hebrew, and Technion are located in Israel's three largest and most developed cities—Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, respectively.
Tel Aviv is currently Israel's undisputed tech capital. In fact, The Wall Street Journal has called it "Europe's main technology hub." With a population of 400,000, Tel Aviv is twice the size of Be'er Sheva and is home to over 1200 high tech companies and 700 early-stage startups. About two-thirds of all seed stage startups in Israel are currently located in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. However, if there's one thing that the ATP threatens to change more than anything else, it is moving the nexus of the Israeli tech community 70 miles southwest to Be'er Sheva.
Tel Aviv and Be'er Sheva: Tech hot spots. | Image: Jason Hiner
A big part of that is due to the other force multiplier connected to the launch of the ATP: The new IDF Technology Campus will sit directly next to the commercial buildings of the ATP and will have its own connecting walkway to the campus. There, it will become the new home for the IDF's elite technology units, which will be relocating and centralizing in Be'er Sheva. This will include 5,000 professional staff and cyber soldiers from the IDF's Center of Computing and Information Systems. The vast majority of these jobs will be migrating from Tel Aviv.
According to Carmi, these IDF units will be focused on a combination of traditional cybersecurity plus analyzing data from Israel's borders and sensors that relay information on both physical and digital security. A major component of the IDF's plan involves building a facility that paves the way for collaboration with academia and industry.
"It's not going to look like an army barracks," said Carmi. "It's not even going to have a fence. It's a virtual fence."
Cybersecurity prowess
Ben Gurion University has been quietly developing cybersecurity prowess for a decade. It has also been laying the groundwork for the kind of public-private collaboration that is the foundation of the ATP. The stimulus, in both cases, has been a partnership with Deutche Telekom, which came to BGU looking for an ally to collaborate on tech research.
In 2004, the German telecommunications giant created Telekom Innovation Laboratories (called "T-Labs") and chose BGU as an affiliate to focus on security. T-Labs also opened three labs in Germany and a Silicon Valley Innovation Center in Mountain View, California.
"We have a very good model," said BGU President Carmi. "Deutche Telekom is a very successful collaboration between industry and academia. It has been part of our university for almost 10 years and the kind of students and startups that have come out of this collaboration are really amazing. The whole field of cybersecurity that we are now leading in Israel was actually developed based on this project with Deutche Telekom."
Today, BGU has 20 students (18 graduate students and 2 post-graduate students) working in its Telekom Innovation Laboratories. BGU now offers a masters degree in cybersecurity (technically in Information Systems Engineering with a specialty in Cybersecurity). This graduate degree is closely intertwined with the work for Telekom Innovation Laboratories.
Much of the research that BGU is doing as part of T-Labs focuses on the most important security issues in the tech world today—especially social media and mobile computing. But, Deutche Telekom will sometimes come to BGU with specific questions.
The ATP is across a walking bridge from BGU and next to the new IDF Tech Campus. | Image: BGU
"We were asked by Deutche Telekom to analyze Android to tell whether it is secure," said Dr. Yuval Elovici, Director of BGU's Deutsche Telekom Laboratories and a Professor in BGU's Department of Information Systems Engineering. Dr. Elovici's team of graduate students concluded that Android was "relatively secure." One of the big weaknesses they pinpointed was that Android updates can be used to hijack a device or inject code.
His team has largely discovered: "Any mobile phone today can be attacked and compromised," said Elovici. "They are many, many ways to compromise it."
However, their research also revealed that crowdsourcing information from mobile devices could be used for the public good. For example, the gyroscope motion detector in the iPhone is sensitive and accurate enough to detect earthquakes. If enough iPhone users in earthquake zones opted in to a service, then it could rapidly create a low-cost early detection system.
Where Elovici's team has made its biggest contribution is in the security and privacy issues surrounding social media.
"We were asked by Deutche Telekom to analyze Android to tell whether it is secure." Yuval Elovici, Professor of Information Systems Engineering
"We are very, very concerned about the issue of privacy," said Elovici.
His BGU graduate students have been digging deep on the privacy issues of social networks for several years, since before Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin became so ubiquitous. Of course, that makes their research more relevant now than ever.
One of their big discoveries is how much data can be discovered about a person over the web even if they have a tightly-controlled social profile or don't participate in social networks at all. Age, education, main interests, and other important facts can be derived fairly quickly based on your friends on social networks (or simply by knowing who a few of your close real-world friends are, if you don't have a profile on social networks, and then data mining their information on social networks).
"Our control of our profile isn't in our hands any more," said Elovici. "It's in the hands of our friends."
This research was published but it was pulled from the web because it was so controversial. It was feared that the information could be more useful to bad guys trying to perpetrate these acts than by average users to protect themselves. Now, they are exploring a system that people could connect to that could keep them from being profiled so easily.
"The risk from pedophiles is even stronger," Elovici said. "There are people who are creating fake profiles and connecting to teenagers and then selling them to pedophiles."
This future rendition of the ATP shows Building #1 plus the rest of the buildings filled in. | Image: BGU
BGU's research concluded that 5%-10% of Facebook profiles are fake and these fake profiles are often being used for nefarious purposes, especially by pedophiles and occasionally by agents of industrial espionage. This project was led by one of the program's star grad students, Michael Fire, along with two undergraduate students.
The students not only pinpointed the problem, but they coded a solution. In 2012, they created the Social Privacy Protector, which functions as a Firefox Add-on or a Facebook app (for any browser). It scans your friends list in Facebook and based on the "connectedness" algorithm that the BGU students devised it then flags potentially-suspicious accounts that you have friended. You can then either restrict the information they can see about you or defriend them.
Fire, who is a Ph.D student in Information Systems Engineering, said, "While Facebook encourages connecting with as many people as possible, we advocate limiting users, and have, for the first time, provided an algorithm to scientifically determine who to remove from friend lists... An important feature of our app is the ability for parents to better protect their kids’ privacy with just one click instead of having to navigate the more complicated Facebook privacy settings."
Beyond mobile devices and social networks, the BGU researchers involved with Telekom Innovation Laboratories are also tackling Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), honeytokens and more. If you look at the work that BGU has already done in this one public-private partnership with Deutche Telekom then you can understand why they are so bullish about getting a whole fleet of tech industry giants located across the street. And then, next to that is going to be all of the top technical talent of the Israeli Defense Forces, ready to collaborate in order to find solutions to impossible problems and push Israel's technical advantage farther and faster.
Rise of the Negev
Israelis treasure a biblical verse in Isaiah 35:1-2 that predicts: "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing."
Israel's founding father and first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, who was far more pragmatic than spiritual, nevertheless kept a copy of this verse on his desk. To Ben Gurion, this prophecy encapsulated the hope and the possibilities of Israel's Negev desert. He believed science would unlock those secrets and create those opportunities. He even did a little bit of future forecasting of his own.
The natural beauty of the Negev desert can surprise you. | Image: Jason Hiner
Ben Gurion predicted, "The South will be at the center of Israel's activity and concern. Only in these areas is there a little open space, totally absent in the North, and there is room for additional extensive settlement based on agriculture and pasture as well as on workshops, mines and industry... Only researchers and scientists who live within the gates of the Negev ... will succeed in revealing what is concealed in the bosom of the earth, and the Dead Sea. They will study the blessings of the sky and the sun and the uppermost air which shower endless treasures of energy, dew, winds and beneficial rays which go to waste because we do not yet know how to utilize them to make the wilderness blossom."
Named after the nation's first prime minister, Ben Gurion University of the Negev is the school's official title. Even most of the locals shorten it to Ben Gurion University or BGU, so it's easy to overlook the fact that the Negev remains one of BGU's greatest geographical and political assets—and one of its most defining characteristics.
Be'er Sheva, where BGU is based, sits on the northern edge of the Negev, but serves as its cultural and administrative capital. It's a biblical city (sometimes called "Beersheba") with connections to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When the UN divided up Israel and Palestine in 1948, Be'er Sheva was actually part of the Palestinian territory. However, during the proceeding Arab-Israeli War of 1948, the Israeli Defense Forces defeated the Egyptian Army in Be'er Sheva and it has been a Jewish city ever since. In fact, there are so few Arabs left in the city that Be'er Sheva's traditional mosque has been converted into the archeological museum of the Negev, despite legal objections from some of the Muslim citizens in Israel.
Today, Be'er Sheva has a population of 200,000 and is one of Israel's fastest growing cities. Meanwhile, outside of Be'er Sheva, there are about 170,000 semi-nomadic Arab bedouin who roam the Negev. It is a stark contrast between a rapidly-advancing modern civilization and a traditional culture that feels increasingly threatened about its future. Nevertheless, there are also now bedouin students attending BGU as well.
The Negev as a whole is the hottest region in Israel, both literally and figuratively.
It comprises Israel's southern desert and it has a completely different character than the coastal towns of Tel Aviv and Haifa or the Jerusalem plateau. As you drive from those northern cities with their cypress trees, sloping hills, and ample ground cover and pass into the Negev with its rocky terrain, craggy mountains, and sparse vegetation, there's no doubt that you have passed from one place into another. The color change from green to brown is unmistakable. The Negev is a desert, but it's not the kind with blowing sand dunes like you see in the movies. It's more like an ancient gravel driveway, stretching and rippling in every direction. If that sounds ominous and undesirable, then the untamed beauty of the Negev can surprise you.
The Negev represents 60% of the land mass of Israel, but is home to only 9% of the population. It is an arid climate that averages only 8 inches of rainfall per year, but the Israelis have turned the Negev into the only desert in the world that is currently receding. Using a combination of high-tech and low-tech research and best practices, Israel has taken advantage of the benefits of the desert while making it a more productive and hospital place to live. Israel has changed grazing patterns of animals, adopted ancient Nabataean farming techniques for growing crops in areas with minimal rainfall, and become a world leader in solar energy research. Israel now reuses over 70% of the country's waste water (mostly then reused for farming the arid land), more than any other country in the world. In second place is Spain, which reuses 17%. The U.S. reuses 1%.
BGU has 20,000 students. | Image: Jason Hiner
Despite the fact that David Ben Gurion and other politicians have been calling the Negev "the future of the country" for over 60 years, the Israeli people have been slow to migrate to the region. Until recently, Be'er Sheva felt too provincial and remote to tempt many citizens of the developed cities of the north to relocate to the desert. However, the city of Be'er Sheva has created cultural momentum over the past decade by developing the arts, theater, libraries, and culinary diversity. This has been funded in part by American Jews who have embraced the vision of the Negev and used their philanthropy to help fund the expansion of BGU and Be'er Sheva.
Over three decades ago, David Ben Gurion put his money where his mouth was and moved to the Negev in 1970 after he retired from public life. Now that the national government, the Israeli Defense Forces, and the technology industry have fully bought into the future of the Negev, the region is expecting explosive economic and population growth over the next decade. The population of the Negev is projected to double to 1.2 million in 2025.
That's another part of the motivation for the ATP. Carmi said, "The basic idea for the park is to provide for high tech jobs for our graduates, for our [students in] computer engineering, computer science, data systems and all kinds of high tech departments, so they stay in the Negev and so they don't go to Tel Aviv."
However, one of the challenges to drawing more citizens to Be'er Sheva is the fact that it's currently in missile range from Gaza and has been a regular target. Be'er Sheva residents have had to get used to regular warning sirens and taking shelter in pre-designated areas. When I was taken to the BGU dorms for visiting scholars and other guests, one of the first things they showed me was where to take shelter if a missile warning went off.
Israel's new Iron Dome defense system has reduced the potential effects of these attacks, but it hasn't reduced the terror of the regular warnings. And, the Iron Dome itself makes bigger, scarier noises than the missiles they are intercepting, in many cases, which adds to the terror for many Be'er Sheva residents.
"Be'er Sheva is great, except for the missiles." Michael Fire, BGU graduate student in cybersecurity
This has affected a number of pioneering Israelis who have made the move to Be'er Sheva in order to support the momentum at BGU. One such professional has suffered from severe anxiety because of dealing with all of the missile warnings. Another has had to deal with family conflict because of a spouse being separated from family in the north along with the emotional toll of nurturing small children through all the missile warnings and evacuations. In both cases, they remain firmly committed to BGU and the larger mission of building the future in the Negev.
Michael Fire, the star BGU graduate student in cybersecurity, said, "Be'er Sheva is great, except for the missiles."
And yet, there's also the flipside to consider. You can make an argument that the constant threats don't ever let BGU researchers or IDF cyber soliders or even commercial businesses forget what's ultimately at stake. That remains one of intangible factors of Israel's success as a tech innovator. For six decades, Israel's existence has been continually under threat. That keeps Israelis sharp. It keeps them focused. It has also forged a pragmatism, a resourcefulness, and a disdain for hierarchy and protocol. They do whatever it takes to find workable answers to impossible problems, and they've learned how to maximize limited resources to do it.
"The opening of the Advanced Technologies Park in Be'er Sheva will be remembered as the turning point in the development of the Negev." BGU President Rikva Carmi
With the ATP, BGU and the State of Israel are counting on the combination of that pragmatism with the collaboration of academia, industry, and the IDF to speed up the development of cybersecurity, fight the new frontiers of national security threats in the 21st century, and tap these developments to incubate commercial products to improve information security across the globe.
That's an aggressive mandate, but if it succeeds then it's destined to magnify the role that Israel's tech ecosystem is going to play on the global stage in the years ahead.
BGU president Carmi proclaimed, "The opening of the Advanced Technologies Park in Be'er Sheva will be remembered as the turning point in the development of the Negev. We have always been at the geographical heart of Israel. Now we are on our way to becoming the true center for innovation and growth."
The next Silicon Valley?
The vision for BGU's Advanced Technology Park came the school's former president, Avishay Braverman, who led BGU from 1990-2006 and before that served as a senior economist for the World Bank.
“My dream that Ben Gurion University will do for Be'er Sheva what Stanford University did for Silicon Valley begins,” Braverman said in a pre-recorded message that was played at the ATP inauguration. The former economist, educator, and administrator is now a member of Israel's Knesset (legislature).
To see more of Jason Hiner's photos from Israel, click the photo above. | Image: Jason Hiner
However, in order for BGU and the Negev to become the next Silicon Valley, it's still going to need two major factors to develop.
First, it will need an even larger infusion of venture capital. While Israel attracts the most venture capital per capita of any nation in the world and Israelis are remarkably resourceful, the ecosystem will still need more if it is going to play in the big leagues with Silicon Valley. The U.S. generates about $30 billion in VC investment annually. Israel generates about $2 billion.
Second, Israel in general and the Negev specifically are also going to need flagship technology brands to arise in Israel and become global anchors in their own right, rather than sell to American firms. It needs its own Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, or Amazon. Or more likely, it's going to need several of them, with headquarters in the Negev flanking the ATP.
Still, if you're looking for where the next Silicon Valley could coalesce, then Ben Gurion University of the Negev is one of the most important places to watch. The groundbreaking work they are doing in public-private partnerships, the cooperation with the Israeli Defense Forces, the sense of mission and destiny that Israelis have about the Negev, and the determination, urgency, and resourcefulness that have been created by Israel's 65-year existential crisis are creating an environment where technology, cybersecurity, and entrepreneurship are uniquely positioned to succeed.
Masyarakat akan hilang kepercayaan terhadap Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) jika siasatan segera tidak dilakukan terhadap kehilangan 44 senjata api dan 29 kenderaan poli, kata Pakar Pencegahan Jenayah, Profesor Datuk Dr Abdul Halim Sidek.
“Polis mahu mendapat lebih kuasa dalam memerangi gensterisme menerusi Rang Undang-Undang Akta Pencegahan Jenayah (PCA) tetapi bagaimana orang ramai akan menaruh kepercayaan kepada PDRM jika masih dibelenggu dengan masalah ini. Laporan Ketua Audit Negara tidak harus dipandang enteng dan pendedahan itu menunjukkan kealpaan polis dalam menguruskan harta benda mereka kerana perolehan kelengkapan mereka menggunakan dana awam,” katanya kepada The Malaysian Insider.
“Bukan hanya 44 senjata api dilaporkan hilang tetapi tiada pihak yang tahu mengenai perkara itu. Masalah ini mengancam keselamatan awam. Adakah senjata itu dicuri oleh polis sendiri atau disebabkan kecuaian mereka,” katanya.
Abdul Halim yang juga pensyarah di Fakulti Undang-Undang Universiti Teknologi Mara turut menggesa satu suruhanjaya siasatan khas ditubuhkan bagi menyiasat kehilangan senjata api itu dengan penyiasat dari luar dipanggil untuk membantu siasatan.
“Masyarakat mahu memberikan kuasa yang lebih kepada PDRM melalui pindaan PCA bagi memastikan keamanan rakyat tetapi polis juga perlu memastikan pasukan mereka berintegriti atau bersedia mendapat kritikan,” katanya.
Abdul Halim menolak alasan Ketua Polis Negara (KPN), Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar yang mendakwa beliau baru menyandang jawatan itu dan kehilangan senjata api serta kenderaan polis tidak berlaku di bawah pengawasannya.
“Sebelum menjadi KPN, Khalid adalah timbalan, iaitu orang nombor dua dalam pasukan. Justeru, bagaimana beliau boleh lari dari masalah ini dan melepaskan tanggungjawab. PDRM dengan jelas tidak memandang serius kehilangan senjata api ini. Laporan Ketua Audit Negara mendedahkan kelewatan dalam memaklumkan kehilangan senjata itu dan polis mengambil masa yang lama untuk menjalankan siasatan,” katanya.
Profesor P Sundramoorthy dari Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), berkata kehilangan senjata api dan kendraan polis menunjukkan kelemahan sistem pentadbiran dan pengurusan inventori PDRM.
Ketua Audit Negara mendedahkan perkara ini dan kini polis berhutang dengan rakyat bagi memberi penjelasan. Pihak yang bertanggungjawab dalam mengurus senjata api dan kenderaan PDRM perlu disiasat seterusnya dihadapkan ke mahkamah. Ini termasuk pegawai tertinggi PDRM. Perkara ini sungguh menyedihkan apabila agensi penguatkuasaan undang-undang utama negara gagal menjaga kenderaan mereka sendiri. Apa mesej yang hendak disampaikan kepada rakyat? "Siapa lagi yang akan mempercayai polis untuk menjaga ketenteraman awam,” katanya.
Laporan audit berkenaan berkata, berdasarkan statistik kehilangan aset yang dikeluarkan Bahagian Pengurusan Aset, Jabatan Logistik, PDRM daripada 2010 hingga 2013 mendapati aset yang paling banyak hilang ialah gari dengan sejumlah 156 unit, diikuti senjata api dan kenderaan dengan masing-masing sebanyak 44 dan 29 unit.
"Pengauditan yang dijalankan mendapati secara keseluruhannya pengurusan aset di Ibu Pejabat PDRM dan tiga IPK yang diperiksa adalah kurang memuaskan. Pengurusan aset yang tidak teratur dan bersistematik boleh menyebabkan berlakunya kehilangan aset terutama senjata api dan gari yang boleh mengancam keselamatan awam," kata laporan yang dikeluarkan Ketua Audit Negara, Tan Sri Ambrin Buang.
Antara kelemahan yang ditemui audit berkenaan adalah kehilangan aset lewat dikesan; kelewatan melaporkan kehilangan kepada Ketua Jabatan dan Polis; Ketua Jabatan lewat menyediakan Laporan Awal Kehilangan Aset; Jawatankuasa Penyiasat Kes kehilangan aset lewat ditubuhkan; Jawatankuasa Kehilangan Aset lewat menyediakan Laporan Akhir.
Kelemahan lain pasukan keselamatan berkenaan dalam soal pengurusan aset yang dikenal pasti oleh audit berkenaan termasuk; Urus Setia Kehilangan dan Hapus Kira lewat mengambil tindakan susulan; kelewatan mengambil tindakan diperingkat kontinjen setelah kelulusan hapus kira oleh Kuasa Melulus; Kelewatan mengambil tindakan surcaj; tempat penyimpanan tidak selamat; dan ruang penyimpanan aset yang sempit dan terhad.
Sehubungan itu, pihak audit mengesyorkan pasukan PDRM memastikan pemeriksaan berkala dilaksanakan mengikut ketetapan supaya dapat mengesan kes kehilangan aset berkenaan.
"Memastikan pematuhan kepada penetapan norma masa proses kerja hapus kira aset supaya punca kehilangan dapat dikenal pasti segera. Memastikan kehilangan aset yang berpunca daripada kecurian, penipuan, atau kecuaian pegawai/anggota dikenakan tindakan surcaj atau tatatertib supaya menjadi satu usaha pencegahan bagi mengawal kes kehilangan," cadang audit berkenaan.
Bukankah kerajaan Malaysia ada tatacara pengurusan aset alih dan bagaimana prosedur yang perlu dilaksanakan sekiranya berlaku kehilangan atau kerosakan dan menurut Tatacara Pengurusan Aset Alih Kerajaan,
17. PEMATUHAN
Pegawai yang gagal mematuhi peraturan di atas, boleh dikenakan tindakan termasuk surcaj di bawah Seksyen 18 (c) Akta Prosedur Kewangan 1957.
40. PROSES HAPUS KIRA
40.1 Melaporkan Kehilangan
Apabila terdapat apa-apa kehilangan aset Kerajaan, tindakan yang perlu diambil adalah seperti berikut:-
(a) Pegawai yang mengetahui kehilangan hendaklah melaporkannya kepada Ketua Jabatan dengan serta merta; dan
(b) Ketua Jabatan atau pegawai yang bertanggungjawab ke atas kehilangan atau yang menjaga aset atau yang mengetahui kehilangan berlaku, hendaklah melaporkan kepadaPolisdalam tempoh dua puluh empat (24) jam dari waktu kehilangan diketahui.
Unit forensik memeriksa lokasi kes bunuh di Taman Dengkil Jaya. (Gambar kecil) Kugan. - Foto Fariz Iswadi Ismail
Dengkil: Tiga bersaudara ditemui mati di rumah mereka di Taman Dengkil Jaya, di sini, termasuk seorang kanak-kanak perempuan yang disembelih, semalam. Mangsa dikenali sebagai Muniamah, 64; cucu lelakinya Kugan, 21, dan cucu angkat Muniamah, Yamuni, 2, yang ditemui kira-kira jam 2 petang oleh seorang ahli keluarga mereka.
Muniamah yang dipercayai ditikam ditemui di ruang tamu, manakala Kugan dan Yamuni dijumpai di bilik lain, dalam keadaan berlumuran darah.
Kugan mempunyai kesan tikaman, manakala Yamuni dikelar lehernya.
Siasat motif pembunuhan
Ketua Polis Daerah Sepang, Superintendan Imran Abdul Rahman, berkata polis masih menyiasat motif kejadian itu yang disiasat mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan. Katanya, polis juga tidak menjumpai senjata yang dipercayai digunakan dalam kejadian itu.
Siasatan awal juga tidak menemui tanda jenayah lain, termasuk samun atau pecah rumah, katanya. kepada media di lokasi kejadian, semalam. Imran meminta orang ramai yang mempunyai maklumat supaya menghubungi Asisten Superintendan Han Yan di talian 03-8772422 bagi membantu siasatan.
Kakak angkat kanak-kanak terbabit yang dikenali sebagai V Gomathy, 20-an, berkata dia terkejut dan sedih melihat mayat Yamuni dalam keadaan berlumuran darah dengan kesan cedera parah di leher. Katanya, dia menemui ketiga-tiga ahli keluarganya itu sebaik tiba di rumah kira-kira jam 2 petang semalam selepas melakukan pemeriksaan kesihatan di sebuah klinik di Putrajaya.
Tak dapat masuk rumah
Beliau berkata, sebaik tiba di rumah, dia mendapati adik lelakinya berusia tujuh tahun yang baru pulang dari sekolah berada di luar rumah dan mendakwa tidak dapat masuk kerana pintu dikunci. Saya cuba memanggil nenek menerusi tingkap, namun tidak berjawab dan saya cuba menolak pintu rumah sekuat hati. Sebaik pintu terbuka, saya dapati nenek terbaring di sebalik pintu.
Sebaik pintu dibuka sepenuhnya, saya dapati nenek sudah tidak bernyawa, baju yang dipakai dibasahi darah, selain terdapat kesan kelar di dahi dan beberapa bahagian badan. Saya masih trauma dengan kejadian ini dan sukar menerima hakikat kehilangan tiga orang insan tersayang dalam sekelip mata, katanya.
Jiran mangsa yang enggan dikenali mendakwa mendengar bunyi bising dari rumah mangsa pada jam 10.30 pagi semalam.
Ketika sedang memasakdi dapur, saya dikejutkan dengan bunyi bising, termasuk jeritan dan beberapa bunyi hentakan pada dinding dari rumah mangsa, namun saya sangkakan hanya pergaduhan biasa, tidak pula terfikir akan berlaku seperti ini, katanya.
Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) sebentar tadi mendedahkan senarai lengkap 49 kumpulan kongsi gelap di seluruh negara yang memiliki 40,313 ahli berdaftar.
Ketua Setiausaha KDN, Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Mohamad Radzi dalam sidang medianya berkata, daripada jumlah itu 28,926 menyertai kongsi gelap India, 8,214 (kongsi gelap Cina) dan 1,923 (kongsi gelap Melayu).
Manakala, 329 dan 921 masing-masing menyertai kongsi gelap di Sabah dan Sarawak. Senarai 49 pertubuhan kongsi gelap:
1. Geng 04
Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Johor dan Kuala Lumpur
2. Geng 08
Kuala Lumpur/Selangor, Penang, Perak, Johor, Negeri Sembilan dan Melaka
3. Double 7
Seluruh Semenanjung Malaysia
4. Tiga Line
Dikesan aktif di 20 kawasan sekitar Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Kedah dan Perak
5. Geng 30
Seluruh Semenanjung Malaysia
6. Geng 38
Aktif di 14 kawasan antaranya Kepong, Jinjang Setapak dan Johor Bahru
7. Geng 24
Aktif di enam kawasan seperti Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Pulau Pinang, Perak dan Johor
8. Geng 18
Aktif di lapan kawasan seperti Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Perak dan Johor
9. Geng 36
Jumlah keanggotaan dianggarkan seramai 8,512 orang dan aktif di 32 kawasan sekitar Perak, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur
10. Geng 21
Aktif di 11 kawasan sekitar Perak, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur
11. Ang Soon Thong
Aktif di empat kawasan sekitar Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor
12. Wah Kee
Aktif di tujuh kawasan sekitar Kuala Lumpuir, Perak, Johor dan Selangor
13. Sio Sam Ong
Aktif di empat kawasan sekitar Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Johor, Pulau Pinang dan Selangor
14. PNEH
Aktif di tiga kawasan sekitar Kuala Lumpur, Johor dan Selangor
15. Hong Hong San
Dikesan bergiat di dua kawasan sekitar Kuala Lumpur
16. Hai San
Aktif di Perak
17. Siang Ang Bin
Aktif di Kuala Lumpur
18. New Cell 20
Aktif di Perak
19. Jit It Hai
Kumpulan kini wujud di tiga kawasan iaitu di Johor, Kuala Lumpur dan Perak
20. Sio Koon Tong
Bergiat di satu kawasan saja iaitu di Johor
21. Gee Lam Kor
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuala Lumpur
22. Gee Ah Eng
Kumpulan ini ada di Kuala Lumpur
23. Loh Kuan
Kumpulan ini ada di Kuala Lumpur
24. Tiang Yee Tong
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuala Lumpur
25. Geng Leng Hor
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuala Lumpur
26. Geng 35
Dikesan sangat aktif di 32 kawasan di Utara Semenanjung Malaysia iaitu Kedah dan Pulau Pinang
27. Geng 303
Dikesan sangat aktif di kawasan Selangor
28. Geng Satu Hati
Beroperasi di kawasan Lembah Klang dan bergerak ke Utara dan Selatan tanah air
29. ATAP
Kumpulan ini aktif di daerah Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
30. Hung Ann
Kumpulan ini aktif di daerah Tawau, Sabah
31. Sui Yuk
Kumpulan ini aktif di daerah Penampang, Sabah
32. Otai
Kumpulan ini aktif di daerah Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
33. Borneo Red EMP
Kumpulan ini aktif di Petagas dan Jumbo, Sabah
34. Ah Ngau
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuching, Sarawak
35. Batu Tiga
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuching, Sarawak
36. Ah Feng
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuching, Sarawak
37. Batu 10
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuching, Sarawak
38. Sibu Ti
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuching, Sarawak
39. Ah Seng
Kumpulan ini aktif di Sarekei, Sarawak
40. Ah Chin
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuching, Sarawak
41. Lee Lung
Kumpulan ini aktif di Sibu, Sarawak
42. Lo Han
Kumpulan ini aktif di Kuching, Sarawak
43. Sg Merah
Kumpulan ini aktif di Sibu, Sarawak
44. Sg Badut
Kumpulan ini aktif di Sibu, Sarawak
45. Ting Ching Lee
Kumpulan ini aktif di Bintulu, Sarawak
46. Tua Cak Lee
Kumpulan ini aktif di Sibu, Sarawak
47. Teksi Station
Kumpulan ini aktif di Miri, Sarawak
48. Pintu Merah
Kumpulan ini aktif di Miri, Sarawak
49. Krokop
Kumpulan ini aktif di Miri, Sarawak
Beliau turut mengesahkan Geng 08 dan Geng 04 adalah geng paling berbahaya dengan aktiviti termasuk penjualan dadah dan penggunaan senjata api ketika melakukan jenayah. Daripada senarai dan kawasan yang di senaraikan oleh KDN disini jelas menunjukkan Kelantan bebas dari Gengsterisme
PUTRAJAYA - Mahkamah Rayuan melepas dan membebaskan Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri dan Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar daripada tuduhan membunuh wanita Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibuu kira-kira tujuh tahun lalu. - KOSMO!
Dua bekas komando polis bebas hari ini selepas Mahkamah Rayuan membenarkan rayuan mereka dan mengubah sabitan terhadap mereka atas tuduhan membunuh warga Mongolia Altantuya Shaariibuu pada 2006.
Panel tiga hakim iaitu Datuk Seri Mohamed Apandi Ali, Datuk Linton Albert dan Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat membuat keputusan sebulat suara membenarkan permohonan rayuan bekas ketua inspektor Azilah Hadri dan bekas korperal Sirul Azhar Umar.
Kedua-duanya sebelum ini disabitkan bersalah di Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam atas tuduhan membunuh model dan penterjemah, Altantuya, 28, di hutan simpan di Shah Alam pada 2006.
Mereka pada ketika itu bertugas di Unit Tindakan Khas Bukit Aman dan berada dalam pasukan keselamatan Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Najib pada ketika itu ialah timbalan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan.
KISAH Firaun ditenggelamkan bersama bala tenteranya di Laut Merah, sebagai pembalasan terhadap mereka yang derhakakan Allah adalah antara peristiwa penting yang dicatatkan pada bulan Muharam. Bani Israel yang menderita kerana penindasan dan kekejaman Firaun, sedar Nabi Musa adalah utusan Allah kepada mereka untuk membebaskan daripada cengkaman Firaun. Mereka meminta pertolongan Nabi Musa membawa mereka keluar dari Mesir.
Pada hari ditetapkan, bertolaklah rombongan Bani Israel dan pengikut Nabi Musa meninggalkan Mesir menuju ke Baitulmaqdis. Perjalanan itu dilakukan dengan cepat kerana takut ditangkap Firaun dan tenteranya yang mengejar mereka. Selepas sehari suntuk berjalan melepasi padang pasir yang luas, akhirnya sampailah mereka pada waktu fajar di tepi Laut Merah.
Perasaan cemas dan takut semakin mencengkam pengikut Nabi Musa dan Bani Israel, apabila melihat lautan luas di hadapan mereka, sedangkan di belakang, Firaun dan tenteranya terus mengejar untuk membawa mereka pulang ke Mesir. Tidak diragukan, sekiranya tertangkap, hukuman mati menunggu mereka.
Melihatkan perkara itu, berkatalah seorang sahabat Nabi Musa yang bernama Yusha bin Nun: "Wahai Musa, ke mana kita harus pergi? Musuh berada di belakang sedang mengejar manakala laut berada di hadapan dan tidak dapat direntasi kerana tiada sampan. Apa yang kita harus lakukan untuk menyelamatkan diri daripada dikejar Firaun dan kaumnya?"
Nabi Musa menjawab: "Janganlah kamu khuatir dan cemas. Perjalanan ini diperintahkan Allah kepadaku dan Dialah yang akan memberi jalan keluar dan menyelamatkan kita daripada cengkaman musuh yang zalim itu."
Pada saat genting ketika pengikut Nabi Musa ketakutan menantikan tindakan Nabi Musa yang dilihat mereka masih dalam keadaan tenang, turunlah wahyu daripada Allah yang memerintahkan baginda memukul air laut dengan tongkat baginda. Dengan izin Allah, terbelah lautan dan setiap belahan membentuk seperti gunung yang besar. Antara belahan ini, terbentang dasar laut yang sudah kering.
Nabi Musa dan pengikutnya segera berjalan melalui dasar laut itu untuk menuju ke tebing di sebelah timur. Apabila sampai di seberang, terlihatlah akan mereka Firaun dan bala tenteranya menyusuri jalan yang terbuka di tengah laut itu. Perasaan cemas dan takut kembali mengganggu Bani Israel sambil memandang ke arah Nabi Musa, seolah-olah bertanya apa yang hendak baginda lakukan seterusnya. Pada waktu itu Nabi Musa didatangi ilham daripada Allah agar tetap tenang menanti hingga Firaun dan bala tentera turun ke dasar laut. Ini kerana takdir Allah menetapkan bahawa mereka akan menjadi bala tentera yang tenggelam.
Bagi Firaun pula, sewaktu melihat jalan yang terbuka, dia berkata: "Lihatlah bagaimana lautan membelah menjadi dua, memberi jalan kepada kita untuk mengejar orang yang melarikan diri. Mereka fikir mereka akan dapat lepas daripada kejaran dan hukumanku. Mereka tidak mengetahui bahawa perintahku benar dan ditaati oleh laut, inikan pula manusia."
Tidakkah ini membuktikan bahawa aku sememangnya berkuasa dan harus disembah? kata Firaun dengan angkuh. Dengan perasaan bangga dan sombong, Firaun dan tenteranya turun ke dasar laut mengejar Nabi Musa dan pengikutnya yang berada di tebing sebelah timur. Nabi Musa dan pengikut menanti hukuman Allah yang ditakdirkan terhadap hamba-Nya yang kafir itu.
Dengan keizinan Allah, apabila Firaun dan tenteranya berada di tengah laluan itu, air yang menggunung kembali menutupi jalur jalan berkenaan.Terbenamlah Firaun dan tenteranya hidup-hidup dalam perut Laut Merah.
Sebuah bas persiaran terbabas dan terjunam ke dalam gaung sedalam 30 meter di KM3.5 Lebuh Raya Karak, Genting Highlands selepas pemandunya hilang kawalan.
Kejadian itu berlaku kira-kira jam 2.45 petang Rabu ketika bas yang melebihi had muatan dengan membawa 49 orang penumpang termasuk pemandu, sedang menuruni Genting Highlands menuju ke Kuala Lumpur.
Berdasarkan maklumat terkini yang dilaporkan portal berita online, seramai 33 penumpang disahkan maut di tempat kejadian, manakala 16 penumpang lain yang cedera parah berjaya dikeluarkan. Mereka kini dikejarkan ke Hospital Selayang dan Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) untuk rawatan lanjut.
Masyarakat akan hilang kepercayaan terhadap Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) jika siasatan segera tidak dilakukan terhadap kehilangan 44 senjata api dan 29 kenderaan poli, kata Pakar Pencegahan Jenayah, Profesor Datuk Dr Abdul Halim Sidek.
Unit forensik memeriksa lokasi kes bunuh di Taman Dengkil Jaya. (Gambar kecil) Kugan. - Foto Fariz Iswadi Ismail
