JPJ RECRUITS 120 NEW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL
PASIR MAS: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is recruiting 120 new personnel this year to strengthen its enforcement team, Malaysia Road Transport Academy director Mohamad Kifli Ma Hasan said.
He said that all the applicants short-listed were undergoing their physical tests and interviews.
“God willing, all those selected will be undergoing a three-month course at the Melaka RTD Academy,” he told reporters after launching the 2022/2023 Junior Leader Appointment Letter Presentation Ceremony at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Kedondong, here, today.
In another development, Mohamad Kifli said the department was now in the midst of setting up its own band, besides already having a 45-man band that also had skilled bagpipe players.
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DBKL DENIES APPOINTING SCIB TO REPLACE STREET LAMP POSTS
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) today denied appointing Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) to carry out work for the agency as claimed in several media reports.
“DBKL has never given permission to any quarter to appoint SCIB or any of its subsidiary companies to carry out any work on behalf of DBKL,” it said in a statement today.
Prior to this, there were media reports alleging that SCIB, through its fully owned subsidiary company, SCIB Properties Sdn Bhd, had received an appointment letter for engineering, acquisition, construction and operation contracts (EPCC) worth RM30.75 million from Ennova Sdn Bhd involving the replacements of 200 utility poles in the Klang Valley for DBKL.
The project engineering service for the replacement of DBKL’s integrated smart light poles, expected to start this month and end in May 2023, sparked a debate about the value of the contract and several parties have requested that DBKL provide an explanation over the matter.
DBKL stated that it had appointed 29 panel companies that possessed network facilities provider (NFP) licenses since 2013 to replace street lamps with integrated telecommunication transmission street lamps around Kuala Lumpur.
“The costs of replacing the street lamps is borne entirely by the panel company. The bi-functional street lamps are those integrated with telecommunication transmitters.
“Whatever contract or quantity stated by SCIB is beyond the knowledge of DBKL,” the statement read.
The rationale behind the bi-function street lamps was to boost the telecommunication service in Kuala Lumpur with 5G network and improve the coverage for users in the capital, DBKL added.
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MMEA NABS CREW, BOAT CARRYING MEDICINE WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS
SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a five-man crew including a skipper and a boat laden with various controlled medicines without a permit near here yesterday at 6.30 pm.
Selangor MMEA director Capt (Maritime) V. Siva Kumar said that the arrests were made following a tip off about a suspicious vessel in the waters of Tanjung Harapan, Port Klang.
He said preliminary information found the boat was manned by an Indonesian crew of five including the skipper, all aged 23 to 62, with valid identification documents.
“Further examination of the boat led to the discovery of nine boxes of various controlled medicine. But the skipper and crew failed to furnish a permit on the controlled medicines in the boat,” he said in a statement.
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OP KESAN: SOCSO ISSUES 1,124 COMPOUNDS AGAINST ERRANT EMPLOYERS
TAPAH: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has issued 1,124 compounds against employers who failed to submit contributions from 5,579 inspections under Op Kesan since it was launched on Wednesday.
Its chief executive officer, Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said 833 compounds were issued based on the Employees Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4) while 291 more were under the Employment Insurance System Act 2017 (Act 800).
“Eight compliance orders were also issued. Also, almost 20 per cent of employers visited have yet to register and submitted contributions for their staff.
“So, we will boost efforts and mobilise manpower nationwide to visit employers and ensure they register and make contributions for the workers so that they have a social safety net in case of mishaps resulting in injury or death while on duty,” he said when met by reporters at the 2022 Malaysian Family Work Assurance Career Carnival here today.
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WOMAN INJURED AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY NEIGHBOUR’S DOG IN CHERAS
KUALA LUMPUR -- A 35-year-old woman was injured after being attacked by her neighbour’s dog when she tried to protect her children at a parking lot of a condominium in Batu 9, Cheras yesterday evening, Kajang district police chief ACP Mohd Zaid Hassan said.
The woman sustained minor abrasive wounds over her right forearm in the alleged attack by the Labador, which is said to belong to another woman, 38, who lived in the same area but did not possess a licence to own the dog.
The victim received treatment at Kajang Hospital and further treatment at the Animal Bite Clinic, Serdang Hospital here as she is pregnant.
"The incident is said to be caused by a negligent owner whose dog acted beyond her control after being getting loose from its leash,” he said in a statement, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 289 of the Penal Code.
He said that the police would wait for a confirmation report from the local authorities regarding the dog’s licence. Should the dog be unlicensed, the police would proceed with detaining and charging the owner in court, he added.
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