Jenayah di Brickfields menurun

KUALA LUMPUR Polis menafikan kadar jenayah di daerah Brickfields di sini meningkat, sebaliknya ia turun tujuh peratus dalam tempoh lima bulan pertama ini berbanding tahun sebelumnya.Timbalan Ketua Polis Daerah Brickfields, Supritendan Azri Abdul Rahman berkata, pihaknya memang tidak menafikan jenayah masih berlaku di sekitar daerah terbabit namun dakwaan bahawa ia meningkat adalah tidak benar.

"Statistik menunjukkan penurunan, justeru, saya menafikan laporan yang mengatakan ia meningkat," katanya yang mengulas laporan bahawa indeks jenayah di Brickfields mencatatkan peningkatan.

Azri berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas menerima replika kunci kereta baru pegawai penyiasat di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Brickfields di sini semalam.

IPD Brickfields menerima 14 kereta Proton Waja 1.6 CPS bagi kegunaan para pegawai penyiasat.

Sementara itu, mengulas mengenai perkembangan kehilangan Muhamad Asmawi Jalaludin, 11, Azri berkata, polis masih gagal memecah kebuntuan kes tersebut meskipun sudah lebih tiga bulan kehilangannya.

Menurut beliau, kalau sebelum ini ada dua maklumat yang tidak membuahkan hasil, kini maklumat yang diterima polis adalah sifar.

"Selagi maklumat kami peroleh walaupun petunjuknya tidak kuat, kami tetap akan melakukan sesuatu. Tapi keadaan semasa tidak mengizinkan, kehilangannya terus menjadi misteri," jelasnya.

Muhamad Asmawi atau Awie dilaporkan hilang ketika pulang dari sebuah taman permainan berdekatan rumahnya di Lot 127, Jalan Permai Tujuh, Lembah Pantai di sini, 9 Mac lalu.

Kanak-kanak itu dikatakan dalam perjalanan pulang bersama rakannya dari taman itu berdekatan Flat Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Kerinchi.

Misteri kehilangannya sehingga hari ini telah memasuki hari ke-111.

- Utusan Malaysia

Doa dipanjatkan, Syukur dizahirkan

Sejak kebelakangan ini, adalah menjadi satu kemustahilan bagi saya mencedok keratan-keratan berita perihal samada Nurin, Sharlinie atau Asmawi untuk diterbitkan semula dalam laman blog ini.

Setiap hari meneliti akhbar, setiap hari jua saya dapati yang tiada langsung sebarang berita mengenai Sharlinie ataupun Asmawi. Berita perihal Nurin tentulah jauh sekali kerana ianya sudahpun dianggap sebagai satu peristiwa yang telahpun berlalu.

Tapi Sharlinie dan Asmawi masih tidak ditemui, dimanakah mereka? Ayah Sharlinie khabarnya sudahpun sampai di Tanah Jawa dalam usaha pencariannya, sejauh mana lagi beliau pergi pergi?

Malang sekali nasib ibu dan ayah Sharlinie, tercari-cari kesana kemari. Pasti sudahlah kehidupan mereka terganggu, terganggu yang amat sangat. Begitu jugalah nasib yang ditanggung oleh ibu Asmawi, menanti dan terus menanti entah sampai bila.

Mengenangkan nasib ibu dan ayah Sharlinie serta Asmawi, terdetik di hati saya yang nasib ibu dan ayah Nurin adalah berganda lebih baik dari mereka. Ya, Nurin telah diperlakukan dengan zalim sampai menemui ajal, tapi sekurang-kurangnya, jasadnya dikembalikan (dalam beg sukan) bagi membolehkan ibu dan ayahnya menyempurnakan jenazahnya dan tentu sekali menamatkan pencarian yang amat memeritkan, bukan sahaja ibu dan ayahnya malah sanak saudara samada yang dekat ataupun yang jauh, jiran-jiran, rakan-rakan serta perbagai pihak yang berusaha mencari Nurin dikala tempoh kehilangannya.

Yang pasti, Nurin sudahpun "selamat", tidak lagi menderita dari kezaliman.

Atas hakikat inilah keluarga Nurin sentiasa bersyukur walaupun pada asalnya peristiwa itu merupakan satu musibah.

Bagi menzahirkan kesyukuran ini, keluarga Nurin kerap sekali mengumpulkan sanak-saudara serta rakan dan jiran terdekat bersama-sama mensedekahkan yassin bagi arwah atau setidak-tidaknya bersama-sama berdoa selamat.

Majlis terakhir adalah pada hujung minggu lalu, dan saya seperti kebiasaan turut ada bersama dengan keluarga.

Jasni AJ

Bloggers keep up the search

By NAJIAH NAJIB

WHILE many think the search for missing children Sharlinie Mohd Nashar and Muhamad Asmawi Jalaludin has become a lost cause, bloggers in the city are still trying to find and return them to their parents.

But they can’t do it alone.
They need public help to continue to keep a lookout for the children for as long as necessary.

It is approximately 153 days since little Sharlinie, or Nini, as she is fondly known, went missing. Nini is five years old.

For 11-year-old Asmawi or Awi, who was last seen on March 9, he has been missing for 91 days now.

Blogger and ex-journalist Nuraina A. Samad (www.nursamad.blospot.com), said the bloggers’ efforts in materialising the Nationwide Urgent Response Information Network or NURIN Alert is far from done.

They are, in fact, coming closer to legalising the establishment of Citizens for Nurin Alert (C4NA), a body created to spearhead the NURIN Alert programme, she said.

“We’ve recently received support from several corporations for C4NA. Once we register with the Registrar of Societies, we will be open for membership,” said Nuraina.

Aside from Nuraina, C4NA consists of crime analyst Kamal Affendi Hashim (president), Jazlan Abdul Jalil (vice-president), Jasni Abdul Jalil and Nik Farez (secretaries), Wahti Mahidin (treasurer), and committee members Mary Kate, lawyer Stephanie Chee (East Malaysia liaison), Mohd Fadli (webmaster) and part-time researcher Hanizah Hashim.

“We’re ambitious. We’re go- ing to push the effort for as long as we can to help in rescuing missing children.

This is not a one-off thing. Our effort will help lessen the po- lice’s burden,” said Nuraina.

When asked if she believes that Nini and Awi are alive and safe, she said: “At this point, I don’t know what to think, but my heart goes out to their parents. I can only imagine their anguish.

“If Nini is alive, she is being kept somewhere. And it’s not impossible for a child to be kept in a house in the suburbs without anyone noticing. Who would actually take a second look at what goes on in a normal-looking house?” As for Awi, she said, if he was abducted, “we can’t rule out the possibility” of him being used for prostitution, pornography or drug trafficking.

As for police efforts in finding the children, Nuraina said it is hard to determine the police’s stand on the issue.

“There’s a possibility that they’re looking at the case as a lost cause and would rather use their manpower for other things. They may say they’re serious, but I’m not sure if they’re serious about being serious.” C4NA’s Hanizah (tembam.wordpress.com), believes the police should implement preventive measures of child safety rather than just “wait for a lead” in the in- vestigation.

“This can be done by holding talks to educate parents or training children on what to do if approached by strangers.

“But unfortunately, none of this is being done,” she told Malay Mail.

For blogger Jasni (nurinjazlin.blogspot.com), who is the uncle of Nurin Jazlin Jazi- min, he said bloggers are one of the most loyal groups who are still fighting for Nini and Awi’s rescue.

“The missing children’s case may have died down a bit with the public and the authorities, but bloggers are adamant in putting up posters of the missing children on their sites.

“The posters help to remind our blog visitors that the children have yet to be located.

Until they are found, the case will not be closed.” Sharlinie went missing after playing at the Taman Medan playground, some 200m from her home.

Asmawi, a Standard Five pupil of Sekolah Kebangsaan La Salle Brickfields (2), was reported missing on the way home from a playground near his house in Jalan Permai 7, Pantai Dalam.

Nurin’s killer is still at large.

- The Malay Mail

Bapa bimbang kes Sharlinie makin dilupai

KUALA LUMPUR 1 Jun - Ahli keluarga kepada Sharlinie Mohd. Nashar, 5, yang hilang berhampiran rumahnya di Petaling Jaya kira-kira enam bulan lalu, khuatir orang ramai mula melupakan kes tersebut.

Bapanya, Mohd. Nashar Mat Hussein, 29, berkata, perkembangan itu akan menyebabkan usaha mencari anaknya hanya bergantung kepada polis dan ahli keluarganya sahaja.

Ini kerana jelasnya, bantuan orang ramai terutama dalam menyalurkan maklumat amat diharapkan supaya anaknya dapat ditemui segera.

''Hari ini sudah 145 hari Sharlinie hilang tetapi kami sekeluarga tidak putus asa mencari dan berdoa dia selamat dikembalikan.

''Baru-baru ini pegawai dari Ibu Pejabat Petaling Jaya menghubungi saya memberitahu mereka masih menyiasat kes itu dan berharap saya terus bersabar,'' katanya ketika dihubungi di sini hari ini.

Sharlinie hilang, dipercayai diculik ketika dalam perjalanan pulang selepas bermain bersama kakaknya, Sharliena di padang permainan yang terletak kira-kira 200 meter dari rumah mereka di Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya pada 9 Januari lalu.

Sejak itu, selain polis, pelbagai pihak termasuk media dan orang perseorangan menghulurkan bantuan mencarinya tetapi sehingga kini usaha itu masih gagal membuahkan hasil.

Mohd. Nashar dengan nada sedih menyatakan mereka sekeluarga amat merindui Sharlinie.

''Sejak kehilangannya, kehidupan kami sekeluarga tidak seceria dahulu.

"Kami rindukan suaranya, tolonglah pulangkan kembali Sharlinie ke pangkuan kami," luahnya dengan penuh harapan.

Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Petaling Jaya, Asisten Komisioner Arjunaidi Mohamed ketika dihubungi menegaskan, pihaknya terus berusaha menjejaki kanak-kanak itu walaupun maklumat terbaru mengenainya semakin kurang diterima.

Beliau berkata, kes itu tidak pernah ditutup dan gerakan mencarinya akan berterusan sehingga pihak yang bertanggungjawab dikenakan hukuman setimpal.

- Utusan Malaysia

Pelajar UiTM cipta jam pintar kesan budak hilang

Oleh Norakmah Mat Youb

GEORGETOWN: Kehilangan Sharlinie Mohd Nashar, 5, yang dipercayai diculik awal tahun ini menjadi inspirasi sekumpulan pelajar Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) untuk menghasilkan jam pintar.

Produk yang menggunakan jam tangan digital dan dilengkapi cip pengenalan frekuensi radio (RFID), berfungsi menyedarkan ibu bapa dengan mengeluarkan bunyi jika anak mereka dilarikan atau terpisah dari jarak tertentu.

Ciptaan pelajar tahun akhir jurusan Pengkomputeran Perniagaan UiTM, dipamerkan pada Pertandingan Penyelidikan dan Inovasi Kebangsaan (NRIC) di Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), yang bermula semalam.

Ketua Projek, Nur Azry Zainudin, berkata ibu bapa yang menggunakan produk itu perlu menampal pelekat RFID pada baju atau kasut anak mereka dan menetapkan jarak dikehendaki.

Jika anak mereka berada melebihi jarak yang ditetapkan, isyarat akan dihantar kepada jam itu untuk memaklumkan bahawa anak mereka sudah berada jauh, sekali gus menyedarkan ibu bapa.

"Jadi, ibu bapa tidak perlu bimbang jika mereka terleka seperti ketika membeli-belah," katanya kepada pemberita selepas perasmian NRIC di USM di sini, semalam.

Pertandingan tiga hari itu, mempamerkan kira-kira 145 hasil penyelidikan pelajar ijazah pertama daripada 19 institusi pengajian tinggi awam dan swasta seluruh negara.

Pertandingan itu juga membuka peluang kepada pelajar menghasilkan lebih banyak penyelidikan ke arah penghasilan produk berkualiti dan bertaraf antarabangsa untuk tujuan pengkomersialan.

Jam pintar itu dihasilkan Nur Azry bersama empat rakannya, Mohd Shafizal Zainal Abidin, Syed Mohd Faizal Syed Kuning, Mohamad Redzmi Mohamad Radzuan dan Izzaldin Misri dengan kos RM102.

Nur Azry berkata, buat masa ini jam pintar itu hanya boleh dilekatkan pada lima barang, seperti dompet, baju, kasut dan dilengkapi kod nombor tertentu untuk jarak berbeza sehingga 15 meter.

"Contohnya, nombor satu untuk dompet dengan jarak 10 sentimeter. Sekiranya dompet terjatuh, secara automatik jam berbunyi dan tertera nombor satu. Terpulang kepada pengguna untuk menentukan kod nombornya," katanya yang bersedia untuk mengkomersilkan produk itu.

- Berita Harian

Serving with hearts of gold

About a week ago, I received an e-mail from an officer from KPWKM (Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga & Masyarakat) extending an invitation to participate in a 2-day workshop on National Child Protection Policy organised by the Ministry.

Naturally, being part of the team initiating and promoting Nurin Alert, I accepted the invitation believing that I could utilise that platform to continue pushing for the incorporation of Nurin Alert into the National Child Protection Policy. But I forgot to asked on what capacity was I invited. Was it as Nurin's uncle or as representative of the Citizens for Nurin Alert Society (C4NA).

So a couple of days later, I called and asked, and in response, the officer told me that I would be there as a close relative to Nurin, the hideous crime victim that no Malaysians can ever forget.

Though I would not be there as a team member of C4NA (as I would like to), I had nevertheless contacted my fellow Committee Members for any input that could be forwarded in the workshop that I would be attending.

So come yesterday (21st May), taking a two days annual leave just to attend this event, I was at the Flamingo Hotel registering myself for the workshop.

To my surprise and beyond my expectation, the workshop was not an ordinary workshop that I am used to. The workshop was a grand "workshop" with 70 over participants with the Minister officiating its commencement! It was like full scale Conference!

I was initially tempted to dress casually for the workshop but luckily I put on my office attire instead. Also to be on a safer side I brought my neck-tie along, just in case. And what were the other male participants wearing? They were wearing suits! Oh my my! So I quickly put on the neck-tie and hence avoided myself from having this inferiority complex amongst the Datuks, Professors and experts in the field of child protection, all of whom are the big names in the country.

At the registration counter, the reception lady asked for my name and from which organisation I was from. So I told her my name and told her that I'm not representing any particular body but on my personal capacity.

So the lady went on searching for my name from the very long list and alas, we found my name. Guess what was stated in the attendance list? It's Encik Jasni Abdul Jalil (Penulis Blog Nurin)! And the "Penulis Blog Nurin" was in bold!


Wow, this is a surprise, an extraordinary surprise. I have never thought that a "Penulis Blog" could be invited to an event alongside the 70 over experts representing a fairly comprehensive cross section of the stakeholders in the area of child protection. What a recognition!

Frankly, before I accidently became a "Penulis Blog", I had never participated in any big event that had nothing to do either with my work, my involvement in community affairs or my studies. Child protection issues was never my cup of tea until I got stumbled into our frantic search for the then missing Nurin.

When Nurin was discovered, dead, battered and abused, encouraged and supported by a group of concerned citizens, we started initiating Nurin Alert, a mechanism modelled after the much successful USA's Amber Alert, with the hope that no one else would face the bitter experience endured by us in searching and rescuing Nurin.

It was due to this affiliation with Citizens for Nurin Alert that made me started to read more about child protection, started to meet influential personalities in pushing for Nurin Alert, started to give talks on Nurin Alert and of course started to write on the subject matter, though mostly are reproductions of reports and articles written by someone else but having relevence to the Nurin Alert initiative or anything on Nurin's tragedy.

Before Nurin, I was just anyone else, fully oblivious on matters that we thought was not really affecting us. We like to leave these daunting tasks to someone else, anyone except us.

And by attending the 2-day workshop, I had for the first time witnessed a group of people, people with hearts of gold, pouring energies and total passion in the cause of ensuring a better life of others.

They spoke with genuine passion, they act on their sincere believe and they divulge their time and energy for a cause that does not not bring in monetary gains but loads of other people's problems that they have adopted as theirs.

Hearing their pleas and their narration of incidences moved my emotion. On several occasions, I was teary eyed at the edge of crying listening to the sad stories they relayed.

I am now convinced that this land is indeed blessed with this group of people, a group of people working tirelessly for the good of others.

I am now also convinced that the nation is indeed heading towards achieving an environment of safe haven for children judging from the multiple strategies and action plans of the proposed National Child Protection Policy.

Whether Nurin Alert will ever materialise as Nurin Alert in name is not that very important, the important thing is that the nation will be prepared to react appropriately, swiftly and effectively so that there will never be another Nurin, another Sharlinie, another Asmawi.

The mechanism applied for Sharlinie and Asmawi was good, the mechanism was indeed ala-Nurin Alert. What is required now is the formalisation of the mechanism so that the response to a missing child incident would not vary depending on the personalities handling the matter or whose child went missing.

One of the strategy identified in the workshop is the establishment of an early warning system to protect children in need of protection. And towards this aim Standard Operating Procedures for each and every scenarios would be developed.

Though my involvement in the workshop was rather minimal, but seeing that efforts are being taken to address all issues affecting children, including those missing, I was indeed reassured that all those attending the workshop was on the same page as we in Nurin Alert are.

I am glad I attended the workshop. I hope to get more invitations to attend such events, not only to learn more but to progressively learning how to be a better person in helping others other than thinking about yourself and your family all the time only.

Kudos to the participants and the organiser of the workshop. You are truly the gems of the nation, the saviour of the children of the nation. You also have my utmost admiration.

Jasni AJ

Police to bring anti-crime roadshows to kindergartens

KUALA LUMPUR: The police will embark on a roadshow to kindergartens to highlight to preschoolers the do's and don'ts to keep them safe.

City police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Muhammad Sabtu Osman said the roadshow, to be launched this year, would include talks and mini exhibitions on crime prevention.

“We want to impart the 10 golden rules on safety to these kids to identify danger and to react to situations,” he said after launching a joint anti-crime project themed Towards Safety, Unity, and Harmony 2008 yesterday.

The joint project by the police, RakanCop and Smart Reader Worldwide Sdn Bhd is part of the RakanCop for Kids programme to be launched this year.

Getting kids involved: Children performing during the launch of the anti-crime project in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

DCP Muhammad Sabtu said the police also hoped to erase any fear the children may have of the police.

“Most pre-schoolers are four to six-years-old and that would be the appropriate age group to expose them to the awareness of crime and how to prevent it from happening,” he said.

DCP Muhammad Sabtu said the roadshow was important to check the rising crime rate affecting children.

He cited as example the brutal murder of seven-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin, whose body was found stuffed in a bag at a staircase in Old Klang Road last September.

- The Star