Penang Zakat CEO Faces More Corruption Charges
Datuk Azman Abdul Samat BUTTERWORTH, 29 Nov (Bernama) -- After having been charged on two previous activities, Penang Zakat (ZPP) leader government officer (CEO) Datuk Azman Abdul Samat today faced two extra prices for corruption within the Sessions Court, here.
He, but, pleaded not guilty to each charge.
On the primary depend, Azman, as Zakat Penang CEO Grade 1 and fashionable supervisor, changed into charged with accepting a bribe for himself via a Hong Leong Bank cheque for RM5,000 from Mohd Wardi Ramli, the proprietor of MW Global Trading, which had commercial enterprise dealings with ZPP.
He allegedly committed the offense at his office, No four, Jalan Perda Selatan, Bandar Perda, Bukit Mertajam in January u pada January 2014.
On the second one count, we turned into charged with accepting a bribe thru a Hong Leong Islamic cheque for RM4,000 from Ashri Ismail, the owner of AI Global Trading, which had business dealings with ZZP.....
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Chief Minister declares May 7 a public vacation for Penang
GEORGE TOWN - May 7 is a public excursion for Penang.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said it became to make sure smooth balloting for the Permatang Pauh by way of election.
He stated the circulate could permit citizens, particularly the ones residing out of the city, to cast their votes.
In Bukit Mertajam, police stated they were investigating 3 rallies held without a permit.
Spokesman Asst Comm Azmi Adam stated numerous people had been picked up to give statements inside the probe under the Election Offences Act 1954.
He said the three ceramic have been organized by using PKR on nomination day on Saturday.
"We have obtained 15 police reviews due to the fact nomination day and have opened 3 investigation papers.
"We recommend political events to come to us for allows in the course of the campaigning duration earlier than keeping a ceramah.
"Please co-perform with us and the Election Commission (EC)," he informed newshounds for the duration of a press convention on the Central Seberang Prai police headquarters in Bandar Perda the day past.
"Since nomination day, we have given out 36 permits - 32 for Pakatan and 4 for Barisan Nasional."
ACP Azmi also cautioned party supporters no longer to disrupt other parties' ceramah or damage their posters.
"Speakers have to additionally chorus from referring to sensitive problems, be it racial or religious," he said.
ACP Azmi, who's the Penang Commercial Crime Department chief, also confirmed the document lodged by way of Independent candidate Salleh Isahak, who claimed that 3 guys had accused him of being a PKR committee member.
"But we did not release any investigation as there has been inadequate evidence to guide his claim," he stated.
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Penang to mainland LRT will connect to different rail traces
2nd-Penang-bridge
Yesterday, it changed into pronounced that there are plans to set up a mild rail transit (LRT) music to link Penang and the mainland. The advised route will see LRT rails constructed close to the first Penang bridge, making the connection the fourth hyperlink among the island and the peninsula.
The link will join Gelugor on the island to the Prai Industrial Estate, wherein it will wind thru housing estates, beginning with Taman Supreme earlier than accomplishing Penang Sentral in Butterworth. The George Town-Butterworth LRT hyperlink may be related to other rail networks inside the country, The Star reports.
These are the 20 km-lengthy Bayan Lepas LRT at the island, as a way to have 26 stops among Komtar and the airport, and the Raja Uda-Bukit Mertajam Monorail at the mainland, so that it will stretch from Permatang Tinggi in south Seberang Prai to Sungai Dua within the north. The monorail will have 22 stations and will skip via Alma, Bukit Mertajam, Bandar Perda, Taman Supreme, Sunway Carnival Mall and Penang Sentral.
LRT rail snapshots Bernama
An additional two lines also are being proposed by means of SRS Consortium, the task shipping companion for the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan. They are the Air Itam monorail, that allows you to have thirteen stops among Paya Terubong and Komtar and the Tanjung Tokong Monorail, to be able to characteristic 9 stops between Tanjung Tokong UDA Flats and Komtar.
Plans are set to be submitted to the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) for the look at, and the alignment might be placed on public display in June, SRS Consortium said.
While production of the Bayan Lepas LRT is slated to start in 2018, work at the George Town-Butterworth LRT and the Raja Uda-BM Monorail is simplest anticipated to begin after 2026, the report provides.
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