1) Caning for Boozing
The Daily English-language Malaysian newspaper reports that two 20-year-olds were caught drinking alcohol in a public place. This is against the Muslim law that prevails in Malaysia.
In accordance with Section 125(4) of the Muslim Criminal Procedure Code they were sentenced to 6 strokes of the Cane. This caused heated discussion about how wide the Cane should be (the majority vote was the width of a man's little finger), and how far from the side of the body the arm should be raised when the Cane was being lifted,(this time the majority said that the elbow should not lose contact with the body-you get the picture of a robot with a cane!).
2) Pirates Overwhelmed
This sounds like something from an English Christmas Pantomime !!!
But, in fact, this item says that 25 brave Malaysian Police Officers overwhelmed a band of 12 armed Indonesian pirates who had captured an oil tanker about 20 miles off the Malaysian coast. The tanker was carrying oil worth about $3,000,000 and the heavily-armed pirates (who were thought to be part of an international gang) raided at about 4.00 in the morning.
The pirates surrendered asking for a promise that they would not be hurt !
Captain Abdul Rahman of the Malaysian Maritime Police received a Commendation from the Prime Minister.
It is reported that the Captain received scratches to his face so I guess he didn't ask the pirates not to hurt him !
I have to go now, because it's over 90 degrees outside and the sky is blue so it's great sunbathing weather - which is good because it's is often cloudy and humid - in other words, very hot but very uncomfortable.
Bye for now.
Barry
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