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Kuala Lumpur: "Saya kongsikan supaya semua orang tahu dan kalau boleh haramkan terus permainan itu,” kata ibu kepada lima anak, Nurul Atiqa Abu Rahim, 26.

Dia berkongsi mengenai anak bongsunya, Nuur Aerissa Lily Dhia Nasri Nor Zakhwan, 10 bulan, yang terpaksa dibedah selepas tertelan jeli kristal yang digunakan sebagai peluru pistol mainan.

“Saya banyak terima mesej mengucapkan berterima kasih selepas mereka juga periksa rumah dan buang permainan itu.

"Bayi atau kanak-kanak tak tahu ia bahaya, perkara ini dah jadi pada saya, dan saya tak mahu jadi pada orang lain," katanya ketika dihubungi hari ini.

Perkongsian Nurul Atiqa di Facebook (FB) mengenai kejadian menimpa anaknya yang lebih mesra di panggil Ica itu tular selepas dikongsi hampir 67,000 kali.

"Ikutkan pada hari kejadian minggu lalu (6 Januari), saya dah tak sedap hati bila nampak anak ketiga yang berusia enam tahun bermain dengan kristal itu dan memintanya buang.

"Saya tinggalkan mereka untuk solat dan kemudian nampak kristal itu tertumpah dan tak tahu rupanya anak bongsu dah tertelan," katanya.

Nurul Atiqa berkata, Ica tiba-tiba muntah dua jam selepas dia dipercayai tertelan kristal itu iaitu pada 9 malam.

"Saya bawa ke klinik di tempat tinggal saya (Parit Raja, Batu Pahat) dan doktor kata Ica keracunan makanan dan masa tu saya memang tak tahu dia sudah tertelan kristal tu.

"Tetapi dia tetap muntah selepas makan ubat yang diberikan doktor sebelum saya bawa dia ke klinik lain di Batu Pahat, seterusnya ke hospital swasta," katanya.

Hospital kemudian membuat imbasan X selepas Nurul Atiqa memberitahu yang dia mengesyaki Ica kemungkinan tertelan kristal itu.

"Ica kemudian dirujuk ke Hospital Sultan Ismail (HSI), Johor Bahru sebelum dibedah selepas keputusan imbasan itu nampak ususnya membengkak.

"Doktor keluarkan kristal itu yang sudah membesar dalam usus anak kecil saya kerana doktor kata ia bersifat menyerap cecair.

"Saya tak sanggup tengok keadaan dia yang sebelum itu muntah-muntah sehingga keluar cecair kehitaman. Doktor kata saya bernasib baik kerana bawa Ica ke hospital awal," katanya yang juga peniaga.

Johor Bahru: Panel aluminium terjatuh dari lori lalu menembusi cermin depan kereta dipandu wanita hamil di Kilometer 9 Lebuh Iskandar Sultan menghala ke Johor Bahru di sini, hari ini.

Bagaimanapun, wanita itu selamat, hanya cedera terkena serpihan kaca cermin dalam kejadian kira-kira 12.30 tengah hari.

Wanita terbabit ketika itu memandu berseorangan diri sebelum sebatang panel aluminium terjatuh dari kenderaan berat itu lalu menembusi cermin hadapan kenderaan dinaiki mangsa.

Berdasarkan maklumat dikongsikan di FB, adik mangsa yang dikenali Cik Senah mendakwa kakaknya selamat, namun cedera akibat terkena serpihan kaca.

Wanita itu dikatakan trauma dan menggigil dengan kejadian mengerikan berlaku kepada dirinya.

Difahamkan pemandu lori turut berhenti ditempat kejadian sebelum anggota polis tiba ke lokasi kejadian bagi siasatan.

Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Johor Bahru Utara (JBU) Asisten Komisioner Mohd Taib Ahmad ketika dihubungi mengesahkan mengenai kejadian berkenaan.

Berdasarkan laporan katanya, kejadian berlaku ketika pemandu Perodua Kancil berada di lorong tengah antara tiga lorong, manakala sebuah lori berada di lorong paling kiri.

"Satu panel aluminium terjatuh dari lori dan melantun terkena bahagian cermin hadapan kereta kancil.

"Pemandu kereta mengalami kecederaan dan luka akibat terkena kaca di tangan," katanya.

Kedua-dua pihak membuat laporan polis sejurus selepas kemalangan.

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Isteri pemenang Anugerah Puskas 2016 Norzawanis Hashim percaya Mohd Faiz Subri berhak untuk mengecapi kejayaan itu atas usaha gigih selama ini.

Dia yang tidak dapat menghadiri majlis Anugerah FIFA 2016 semalam sebaliknya hanya menonton siaran langsung di televisyen di hotel penginapan mengakui sebak sebaik Faiz diumumkan sebagai pemenang.

"Saya tak tidur lagi ketika itu sebab teruja menantikan keputusan tapi anak-anak semua sudah tidur awal. Memang saya gembira dan teruja sangat, dalam masa yang sama sebak.

"Faiz banyak berkorban, kejayaan ini adalah atas usahanya, dia sentiasa berlatih jadi ini adalah hasilnya," katanya ketika di temui Arena Metro sebelum berlepas ke tanah air sebentar tadi.

Faiz pemain Pulau Pinang melakar sejarah pemain Asia pertama meraih Anugerah Puskas dengan menerima undian sebanyak 59.46 peratus menerusi gol sepakan percuma ke atas Pahang dalam aksi Liga Super pada 16 Februari tahun lalu.

Gol yang dianggap ajaib serta melanggar hukum fizik itu menewaskan pencabar dari Brazil Marlone (22.86) dan Daniuska Rodriguez dari Venezuela (10.01).

Menurut Norzawanis, 29, yang berasal dari Nibong Tebal berharap kejayaan itu sebagai permulaan lebih baik dalam karier suaminya.

Faiz, Norzawanis serta dua anaknya Akif Fayyadh, 4 dan Muhammad Aqil Zayyan yang berusia lapan bulan dijangka tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Sepang (KLIA) jam 3.15 petang esok.

Kabul:  Lebih 20 orang terbunuh dan kira-kira 50 yang lain cedera dalam serangan berani mati berhampiran pejabat Parlimen di sini, petang tadi.

Kumpulan Taliban mengaku bertanggungjawab terhadap serangan berkenaan yang menurutnya menyasarkan sebuah bas mini membawa kakitangan Direktorat Keselamatan Kebangsaan, agensi perisikan utama Afghanistan.

Dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkannya, kumpulan itu  mendakwa 70 orang mati.

Menurut pegawai, seorang pengebom berani mati meletupkan dirinya dan disusuli dengan letupan sebuah kereta tidak lama kemudian.

Terdahulu, seorang pengebom berani mati meletupkan dirinya di sebuah rumah di Helmand, wilayah selatan negara itu, menyebabkan tujuh orang terbunuh.

Rumah itu dikatakan digunakan oleh unit perisikan terbabit.

Ribuan orang awam terbunuh di Afghanistan sepanjang 15 tahun lalu selepas kerajaan Taliban digulingkan dalam kempen yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat pada 2001.

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Kota Kinabalu: Suruhjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) Sabah menahan dua anggota polis kerana disyaki meminta sogokan sebanyak RM5,000 sebagai balasan menyelesaikan satu kes pergaduhan dalam operasi perangkap di Kampung Bahagia, Batu Sapi, di sini, petang tadi.

Sub Inspektor dan Sarjan itu ditahan SPRM jam 5 petang selepas menerima aduan daripada pengadu berusia 34 tahun yang bekerja sebagai buruh, pagi semalam.

Menurut sumber, pada jam 11 pagi semalam, pengadu menemui dua anggota polis terbabit di sekitar bandar Sandakan.

"Salah seorang anggota polis itu kemudian meminta sejumlah wang RM5,000 daripada pengadu sebagai balasan untuk menyelesaikan kes pergaduhan pengadu pada 8 Disember tahun lalu.

"Kedua-dua anggota polis masing-masing berusia 50 tahun kini dihantar ke lokap Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Sandakan untuk dirakam percakapan pada esok pagi," katanya di sini, hari ini.

Pengarah SPRM Sabah Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap ketika dihubungi mengesahkan penahanan berkenaan.

Katanya, kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 17(a) Akta SPRM 2009.

Chicago (Amerika Syarikat): Presiden Barack Obama memberi amaran Amerika Syarikat bakal menghadapi ujian paling mencabar terhadap sistem demokrasinya, dalam ucapan perpisahan di sini, hari ini.

Beliau turut meminta rakyat negara itu menyambungkan perjuangan demokrasi selain menjalin ‘kontrak sosial’ yang baru.

“Demokrasi memang memerlukan perpaduan asas. Di sebalik perbezaan, kita semua bersama-sama menghadapinya.

“Kita semua perlu bersungguh-sungguh membina semula institusi demokrasi tanpa mengira parti politik,” katanya.

“Kita bangkit atau berpecah bersama-sama.”

Sambil mengesat air mata, Obama turut memberi penghormatan kepada anaknya, Malia serta Sasha selain isterinya, Michelle yang dipanggil rakan karibnya.

MICHELLE Obama (kanan) memeluk suaminya selepas ucapan. FOTO AP

Menjelang lapan tahun di White House, Obama pulang ke bandar ini yang dianggap kampung halaman angkatnya dengan menukar laungan kempennya sebelum ini daripada ‘yes we can’ kepada ‘yes we did’.

Obama memberi ucapan tersebut di hadapan kira-kira 18,000 orang tidak jauh dari lokasi penyampaian ucapan kemenangan selepas dilantik Presiden Amerika Syarikat, lapan tahun lalu.

Turut bersama, Naib Presiden, Joe Biden dan isteri, Jill, yang Obama disifatkan sebagai ahli keluarganya.

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Text ucapan Presiden Barack Obama seperti disediakan:

“It's good to be home. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well-wishes we've received over the past few weeks. But tonight it's my turn to say thanks. Whether we've seen eye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the American people - in living rooms and schools; at farms and on factory floors; at diners and on distant outposts - are what have kept me honest, kept me inspired, and kept me going. Every day, I learned from you. You made me a better President, and you made me a better man.

I first came to Chicago when I was in my early twenties, still trying to figure out who I was; still searching for a purpose to my life. It was in neighborhoods not far from here where I began working with church groups in the shadows of closed steel mills. It was on these streets where I witnessed the power of faith, and the quiet dignity of working people in the face of struggle and loss. This is where I learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged, and come together to demand it.

After eight years as your President, I still believe that. And it's not just my belief. It's the beating heart of our American idea - our bold experiment in self-government.

It's the conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It's the insistence that these rights, while self-evident, have never been self-executing; that We, the People, through the instrument of our democracy, can form a more perfect union.

This is the great gift our Founders gave us. The freedom to chase our individual dreams through our sweat, toil, and imagination - and the imperative to strive together as well, to achieve a greater good.

For 240 years, our nation's call to citizenship has given work and purpose to each new generation. It's what led patriots to choose republic over tyranny, pioneers to trek west, slaves to brave that makeshift railroad to freedom. It's what pulled immigrants and refugees across oceans and the Rio Grande, pushed women to reach for the ballot, powered workers to organize. It's why GIs gave their lives at Omaha Beach and Iwo Jima; Iraq and Afghanistan - and why men and women from Selma to Stonewall were prepared to give theirs as well.

So that's what we mean when we say America is exceptional. Not that our nation has been flawless from the start, but that we have shown the capacity to change, and make life better for those who follow.

Yes, our progress has been uneven. The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious and sometimes bloody. For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back. But the long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all, and not just some.

If I had told you eight years ago that America would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history . if I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people, shut down Iran's nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, and take out the mastermind of 9/11 . if I had told you that we would win marriage equality, and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens - you might have said our sights were set a little too high.

But that's what we did. That's what you did. You were the change. You answered people's hopes, and because of you, by almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place than it was when we started.

In ten days, the world will witness a hallmark of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power from one freely-elected president to the next. I committed to President-Elect Trump that my administration would ensure the smoothest possible transition, just as President Bush did for me. Because it's up to all of us to make sure our government can help us meet the many challenges we still face.

We have what we need to do so. After all, we remain the wealthiest, most powerful, and most respected nation on Earth. Our youth and drive, our diversity and openness, our boundless capacity for risk and reinvention mean that the future should be ours.

But that potential will be realized only if our democracy works. Only if our politics reflects the decency of the people. Only if all of us, regardless of our party affiliation or particular interest, help restore the sense of common purpose that we so badly need right now.

That's what I want to focus on tonight - the state of our democracy.

Understand, democracy does not require uniformity. Our founders quarreled and compromised, and expected us to do the same. But they knew that democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity - the idea that for all our outward differences, we are all in this together; that we rise or fall as one.

There have been moments throughout our history that threatened to rupture that solidarity. The beginning of this century has been one of those times. A shrinking world, growing inequality; demographic change and the specter of terrorism - these forces haven't just tested our security and prosperity, but our democracy as well. And how we meet these challenges to our democracy will determine our ability to educate our kids, and create good jobs, and protect our homeland.

In other words, it will determine our future.

Our democracy won't work without a sense that everyone has economic opportunity. Today, the economy is growing again; wages, incomes, home values, and retirement accounts are rising again; poverty is falling again. The wealthy are paying a fairer share of taxes even as the stock market shatters records. The unemployment rate is near a ten-year low. The uninsured rate has never, ever been lower. Health care costs are rising at the slowest rate in fifty years. And if anyone can put together a plan that is demonstrably better than the improvements we've made to our health care system - that covers as many people at less cost - I will publicly support it.

That, after all, is why we serve - to make people's lives better, not worse.

But for all the real progress we've made, we know it's not enough. Our economy doesn't work as well or grow as fast when a few prosper at the expense of a growing middle class. But stark inequality is also corrosive to our democratic principles. While the top one percent has amassed a bigger share of wealth and income, too many families, in inner cities and rural counties, have been left behind - the laid-off factory worker; the waitress and health care worker who struggle to pay the bills - convinced that the game is fixed against them, that their government only serves the interests of the powerful - a recipe for more cynicism and polarization in our politics.

There are no quick fixes to this long-term trend. I agree that our trade should be fair and not just free. But the next wave of economic dislocation won't come from overseas. It will come from the relentless pace of automation that makes many good, middle-class jobs obsolete.

And so we must forge a new social compact - to guarantee all our kids the education they need; to give workers the power to unionize for better wages; to update the social safety net to reflect the way we live now and make more reforms to the tax code so corporations and individuals who reap the most from the new economy don't avoid their obligations to the country that's made their success possible. We can argue about how to best achieve these goals. But we can't be complacent about the goals themselves. For if we don't create opportunity for all people, the disaffection and division that has stalled our progress will only sharpen in years to come.

There's a second threat to our democracy - one as old as our nation itself. After my election, there was talk of a post-racial America. Such a vision, however well-intended, was never realistic. For race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society. I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were ten, or twenty, or thirty years ago - you can see it not just in statistics, but in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum.

But we're not where we need to be. All of us have more work to do. After all, if every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hardworking white middle class and undeserving minorities, then workers of all shades will be left fighting for scraps while the wealthy withdraw further into their private enclaves. If we decline to invest in the children of immigrants, just because they don't look like us, we diminish the prospects of our own children - because those brown kids will represent a larger share of America's workforce. And our economy doesn't have to be a zero-sum game. Last year, incomes rose for all races, all age groups, for men and for women.

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Going forward, we must uphold laws against discrimination - in hiring, in housing, in education and the criminal justice system. That's what our Constitution and highest ideals require. But laws alone won't be enough. Hearts must change. If our democracy is to work in this increasingly diverse nation, each one of us must try to heed the advice of one of the great characters in American fiction, Atticus Finch, who said "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

For blacks and other minorities, it means tying our own struggles for justice to the challenges that a lot of people in this country face - the refugee, the immigrant, the rural poor, the transgender American, and also the middle-aged white man who from the outside may seem like he's got all the advantages, but who's seen his world upended by economic, cultural, and technological change.

For white Americans, it means acknowledging that the effects of slavery and Jim Crow didn't suddenly vanish in the '60s; that when minority groups voice discontent, they're not just engaging in reverse racism or practicing political correctness; that when they wage peaceful protest, they're not demanding special treatment, but the equal treatment our Founders promised.

For native-born Americans, it means reminding ourselves that the stereotypes about immigrants today were said, almost word for word, about the Irish, Italians, and Poles. America wasn't weakened by the presence of these newcomers; they embraced this nation's creed, and it was strengthened.

So regardless of the station we occupy; we have to try harder; to start with the premise that each of our fellow citizens loves this country just as much as we do; that they value hard work and family like we do; that their children are just as curious and hopeful and worthy of love as our own.

None of this is easy. For too many of us, it's become safer to retreat into our own bubbles, whether in our neighborhoods or college campuses or places of worship or our social media feeds, surrounded by people who look like us and share the same political outlook and never challenge our assumptions. The rise of naked partisanship, increasing economic and regional stratification, the splintering of our media into a channel for every taste - all this makes this great sorting seem natural, even inevitable. And increasingly, we become so secure in our bubbles that we accept only information, whether true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our opinions on the evidence that's out there.

This trend represents a third threat to our democracy. Politics is a battle of ideas; in the course of a healthy debate, we'll prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common baseline of facts; without a willingness to admit new information, and concede that your opponent is making a fair point, and that science and reason matter, we'll keep talking past each other, making common ground and compromise impossible.

Isn't that part of what makes politics so dispiriting? How can elected officials rage about deficits when we propose to spend money on preschool for kids, but not when we're cutting taxes for corporations? How do we excuse ethical lapses in our own party, but pounce when the other party does the same thing? It's not just dishonest, this selective sorting of the facts; it's self-defeating. Because as my mother used to tell me, reality has a way of catching up with you.

Take the challenge of climate change. In just eight years, we've halved our dependence on foreign oil, doubled our renewable energy, and led the world to an agreement that has the promise to save this planet. But without bolder action, our children won't have time to debate the existence of climate change; they'll be busy dealing with its effects: environmental disasters, economic disruptions, and waves of climate refugees seeking sanctuary.

Now, we can and should argue about the best approach to the problem. But to simply deny the problem not only betrays future generations; it betrays the essential spirit of innovation and practical problem-solving that guided our Founders.

It's that spirit, born of the Enlightenment, that made us an economic powerhouse - the spirit that took flight at Kitty Hawk and Cape Canaveral; the spirit that that cures disease and put a computer in every pocket.

It's that spirit - a faith in reason, and enterprise, and the primacy of right over might, that allowed us to resist the lure of fascism and tyranny during the Great Depression, and build a post-World War II order with other democracies, an order based not just on military power or national affiliations but on principles - the rule of law, human rights, freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, and an independent press.

That order is now being challenged - first by violent fanatics who claim to speak for Islam; more recently by autocrats in foreign capitals who see free markets, open democracies, and civil society itself as a threat to their power. The peril each poses to our democracy is more far-reaching than a car bomb or a missile. It represents the fear of change; the fear of people who look or speak or pray differently; a contempt for the rule of law that holds leaders accountable; an intolerance of dissent and free thought; a belief that the sword or the gun or the bomb or propaganda machine is the ultimate arbiter of what's true and what's right.

Because of the extraordinary courage of our men and women in uniform, and the intelligence officers, law enforcement, and diplomats who support them, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland these past eight years; and although Boston and Orlando remind us of how dangerous radicalization can be, our law enforcement agencies are more effective and vigilant than ever. We've taken out tens of thousands of terrorists - including Osama bin Laden. The global coalition we're leading against ISIL has taken out their leaders, and taken away about half their territory. ISIL will be destroyed, and no one who threatens America will ever be safe. To all who serve, it has been the honor of my lifetime to be your Commander-in-Chief.

But protecting our way of life requires more than our military. Democracy can buckle when we give in to fear. So just as we, as citizens, must remain vigilant against external aggression, we must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are. That's why, for the past eight years, I've worked to put the fight against terrorism on a firm legal footing. That's why we've ended torture, worked to close Gitmo, and reform our laws governing surveillance to protect privacy and civil liberties. That's why I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans. That's why we cannot withdraw from global fights - to expand democracy, and human rights, women's rights, and LGBT rights - no matter how imperfect our efforts, no matter how expedient ignoring such values may seem. For the fight against extremism and intolerance and sectarianism are of a piece with the fight against authoritarianism and nationalist aggression. If the scope of freedom and respect for the rule of law shrinks around the world, the likelihood of war within and between nations increases, and our own freedoms will eventually be threatened.

So let's be vigilant, but not afraid. ISIL will try to kill innocent people. But they cannot defeat America unless we betray our Constitution and our principles in the fight. Rivals like Russia or China cannot match our influence around the world - unless we give up what we stand for, and turn ourselves into just another big country that bullies smaller neighbors.

Which brings me to my final point - our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted. All of us, regardless of party, should throw ourselves into the task of rebuilding our democratic institutions. When voting rates are some of the lowest among advanced democracies, we should make it easier, not harder, to vote. When trust in our institutions is low, we should reduce the corrosive influence of money in our politics, and insist on the principles of transparency and ethics in public service. When Congress is dysfunctional, we should draw our districts to encourage politicians to cater to common sense and not rigid extremes.

And all of this depends on our participation; on each of us accepting the responsibility of citizenship, regardless of which way the pendulum of power swings.

Our Constitution is a remarkable, beautiful gift. But it's really just a piece of parchment. It has no power on its own. We, the people, give it power - with our participation, and the choices we make. Whether or not we stand up for our freedoms. Whether or not we respect and enforce the rule of law. America is no fragile thing. But the gains of our long journey to freedom are not assured.

In his own farewell address, George Washington wrote that self-government is the underpinning of our safety, prosperity, and liberty, but "from different causes and from different quarters much pains will be taken.to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth;" that we should preserve it with "jealous anxiety;" that we should reject "the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties" that make us one.

We weaken those ties when we allow our political dialogue to become so corrosive that people of good character are turned off from public service; so coarse with rancor that Americans with whom we disagree are not just misguided, but somehow malevolent. We weaken those ties when we define some of us as more American than others; when we write off the whole system as inevitably corrupt, and blame the leaders we elect without examining our own role in electing them.

It falls to each of us to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy; to embrace the joyous task we've been given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours. Because for all our outward differences, we all share the same proud title: Citizen.

Ultimately, that's what our democracy demands. It needs you. Not just when there's an election, not just when your own narrow interest is at stake, but over the full span of a lifetime. If you're tired of arguing with strangers on the internet, try to talk with one in real life. If something needs fixing, lace up your shoes and do some organizing. If you're disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run for office yourself. Show up. Dive in. Persevere. Sometimes you'll win. Sometimes you'll lose. Presuming a reservoir of goodness in others can be a risk, and there will be times when the process disappoints you. But for those of us fortunate enough to have been a part of this work, to see it up close, let me tell you, it can energize and inspire. And more often than not, your faith in America - and in Americans - will be confirmed.

Mine sure has been. Over the course of these eight years, I've seen the hopeful faces of young graduates and our newest military officers. I've mourned with grieving families searching for answers, and found grace in Charleston church. I've seen our scientists help a paralyzed man regain his sense of touch, and our wounded warriors walk again. I've seen our doctors and volunteers rebuild after earthquakes and stop pandemics in their tracks. I've seen the youngest of children remind us of our obligations to care for refugees, to work in peace, and above all to look out for each other.

That faith I placed all those years ago, not far from here, in the power of ordinary Americans to bring about change - that faith has been rewarded in ways I couldn't possibly have imagined. I hope yours has, too. Some of you here tonight or watching at home were there with us in 2004, in 2008, in 2012 - and maybe you still can't believe we pulled this whole thing off.

You're not the only ones. Michelle - for the past twenty-five years, you've been not only my wife and mother of my children, but my best friend. You took on a role you didn't ask for and made it your own with grace and grit and style and good humor. You made the White House a place that belongs to everybody. And a new generation sets its sights higher because it has you as a role model. You've made me proud. You've made the country proud.

Malia and Sasha, under the strangest of circumstances, you have become two amazing young women, smart and beautiful, but more importantly, kind and thoughtful and full of passion. You wore the burden of years in the spotlight so easily. Of all that I've done in my life, I'm most proud to be your dad.

To Joe Biden, the scrappy kid from Scranton who became Delaware's favorite son: you were the first choice I made as a nominee, and the best. Not just because you have been a great Vice President, but because in the bargain, I gained a brother. We love you and Jill like family, and your friendship has been one of the great joys of our life.

To my remarkable staff: For eight years - and for some of you, a whole lot more - I've drawn from your energy, and tried to reflect back what you displayed every day: heart, and character, and idealism. I've watched you grow up, get married, have kids, and start incredible new journeys of your own. Even when times got tough and frustrating, you never let Washington get the better of you. The only thing that makes me prouder than all the good we've done is the thought of all the remarkable things you'll achieve from here.

And to all of you out there - every organizer who moved to an unfamiliar town and kind family who welcomed them in, every volunteer who knocked on doors, every young person who cast a ballot for the first time, every American who lived and breathed the hard work of change - you are the best supporters and organizers anyone could hope for, and I will forever be grateful. Because yes, you changed the world.

That's why I leave this stage tonight even more optimistic about this country than I was when we started. Because I know our work has not only helped so many Americans; it has inspired so many Americans - especially so many young people out there - to believe you can make a difference; to hitch your wagon to something bigger than yourselves. This generation coming up - unselfish, altruistic, creative, patriotic - I've seen you in every corner of the country. You believe in a fair, just, inclusive America; you know that constant change has been America's hallmark, something not to fear but to embrace, and you are willing to carry this hard work of democracy forward. You'll soon outnumber any of us, and I believe as a result that the future is in good hands.

My fellow Americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you. I won't stop; in fact, I will be right there with you, as a citizen, for all my days that remain. For now, whether you're young or young at heart, I do have one final ask of you as your President - the same thing I asked when you took a chance on me eight years ago.

I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours.

I am asking you to hold fast to that faith written into our founding documents; that idea whispered by slaves and abolitionists; that spirit sung by immigrants and homesteaders and those who marched for justice; that creed reaffirmed by those who planted flags from foreign battlefields to the surface of the moon; a creed at the core of every American whose story is not yet written:

Yes We Can.

Yes We Did.

Yes We Can.

Thank you. God bless you. And may God continue to bless the United States of America.”

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Kuching: Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Adenan Satem, 72, meninggal dunia di Pusat Jantung Hospital Umum Sarawak (HUS), Kota Samarahan jam 1.30 petang tadi akibat komplikasi jantung.

Berita itu disahkan Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan Sarawak, Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian yang juga seorang pakar kardiologi dan berpengalaman merawat pemimpin veteran itu.

Adenan yang juga Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) Sarawak dimasukkan ke Pusat Jantung HUS, Kota Samarahan kelmarin selepas mengadu mengalami keletihan melampau dan kesukaran bernafas.

Timbalan Ketua Menteri Datuk Amar Abang Johari Abang Openg dijadualkan mengadakan sidang media berhubung kematian Adenan di Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Petra Jaya jam 3.30 petang ini.

Turut serta dalam sidang media itu ialah Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri, Tan Sri Morshidi Abdul Ghani termasuk bagi menjelaskan persiapan majlis pengebumian negeri bagi tokoh berkenaan.

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• Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Adenan Satem, 72, meninggal dunia di Pusat Jantung Hospital Umum Sarawak, 1.20 tengah hari akibat komplikasi jantung.

• Polis tumpaskan kegiatan proses dan edar dadah disyaki jenis eramin 5 berikutan lapan serbuan di Selangor dan Johor babitkan rampasan bernilai RM3 juta.

• KSU kementerian dan anak lelakinya disambung reman empat hari bagi bantu siasatan berhubung penyalahgunaaan kuasa dan kedudukan dengan menerima rasuah.

• Wanita yang didakwa tinggalkan kanak-kanak lelaki tiga tahun di rumah sewa di Tampin dijatuhi hukuman denda RM10,000.

• Kedi golf dihadapkan ke Mahkahmah Majistret atas tuduhan membunuh wanita yang juga rakannya, bulan lalu.

• Seorang ‘ulat tiket’ didenda RM3,000 atas tuduhan memujuk orang awam secara tidak sah untuk membeli tiket di Terminal Bas Shahab Perdana, Alor Setar.

• Pasukan Polis Marin Wilayah Lima Sarawak rampas 160 balak pelbagai jenis bernilai RM55,000 di tepi Sungai Rajang berdekatan Kampung Banyok.

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Kangar: Kanak-kanak perempuan berusia setahun sembilan bulan maut dilanggar lori dipandu bapa saudaranya yang sedang mengalihkan kenderaan itu di kawasan halaman sebuah rumah di Kampung Padang Gelam, Sanglang, di sini, hari ini.

Dalam kejadian 10.30 pagi itu, pemandu lori itu dikatakan tidak menyedari mangsa, Nurul Batrisya Nasrul Hadi, dipercayai berlari keluar dari rumah untuk melihat jentera menuai padi berada sebelum mangsa dilanggar.

Ibunya, Shakirah Bakar, 33, berkata dia tidak menyedari kejadian itu sehinggalah abangnya masuk ke dalam rumah memberitahu anaknya dijumpai terbaring berhampiran tayar belakang sebelah kanan lori.

Menurutnya, mereka terus membawa Nurul Batrisya ke Hospital Tuanku Fauziah (HTF) di sini, namun kanak-kanak itu gagal diselamatkan dan disahkan meninggal dunia.

Ketua Polis Daerah Kangar Superintendan Wari Kiew yang mengesahkan kejadian ketika dihubungi, berkata kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 41(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987.

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Kuala Lumpur: Kebajikan rakyat Sarawak dan kesejahteraan negeri adalah perkara sentiasa dekat dalam hati Allahyarham Tan Sri Adenan Satem.

Kata-kata terakhir Ketua Menteri Sarawak itu terkandung dalam catatan menerusi laman Facebook yang beliau menggambarkan bagaimana tahun 2016 “telah membawa beberapa perubahan penting untuk membentuk Sarawak ke arah lebih baik untuk generasi akan datang yang kita cintai.

“Perjalanan kita bersama pasti berterusan tahun depan, dengan kecekalan, keazaman yang lebih kuat dan semangat harmoni yang unik kepada kita di sini di Sarawak,” katanya.

Catatan terakhir allahyarham di @cmadenansatem adalah bertarikh 23 Dis, 2016.

Berikut ialah petikan catatan beliau:

Tahun 2016 akhirnya melabuhkan tirai. Apabila direnung kembali, tahun 2016 telah membawa beberapa perubahan penting untuk membentuk Sarawak yang lebih baik untuk generasi masa depan yang tercinta.

Perjalanan kita bersama pasti berterusan tahun depan, dengan ketabahan, keazaman yang lebih jitu dan semangat harmoni yang unik kepada kita di Sarawak.

Semasa musim perayaan ini, luangkan sedikit masa untuk menikmati perkara yang mudah dalam kehidupan.

Banyakkan memberi daripada apa yang kita ambil. Ambil kesempatan ini untuk berhubung dengan orang lain dengan cara yang istimewa dan menjana kekuatan daripada perbezaan kita.

Mencari keberanian untuk mentakrifkan semua harapan kita, untuk memperkayakan kehidupan, baik orang asing mahupun rakan bersama.

Semoga perayaan Krismas membawa kebahagiaan kepada mereka yang menyambutnya, menikmati percutian yang direstui kepada semua terutama bersama orang tersayang dan Selamat Tahun Baharu!

Adenan, Jamilah & keluarga.

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BERIKUT adalah beberapa petikan kata-kata Allahyarham Tan Sri Adenan Satem, yang terkenal.

Kata-kata hikmat Allahyarham ini pasti memberi kesan di hati dan jiwa kebanyakan orang.

Lebih dikenali sebagai ‘The Adenan way’, berikut antara kata-kata hikmat arwah Ketua Menteri Sarawak

* Saya akan lakukan dengan terbaik yang saya mampu, saya hanya minta lima tahun dan satu mandat kukuh agar KL akan mendengar Adenan kerana dia bercakap dengan rakyat Sarawak berada di belakangnya.

* Ini Sarawak punya olang, bisi Melayu, bisi orang Cina, bisi orang Dayak, bisi orang Bidayuh, duduk sama, minum sama, makan sama, carik amoi pon sama.

* Ayuhlah kita melangkah ke hadapan dengan lebih keyakinan dalam diri kita untuk menghadapi cabaran masa depan, ya, sebagai rakyat Sarawak, kita boleh lakukan apa saja yang diamanahkan untuk kita lakukan.

* Kami sudah mencuba dengan sebaik mungkin untuk membawa pembangunan ke kawasan luar bandar, tapi belum cukup. Kami akan berusaha dengan lebih tekun lagi.

* Jangan main-main dengan saya.

* Belum berjaya bukannya tidak berjaya atau gagal.

* Berilah saya lima tahun lagi. Apabila tempoh lima tahun itu sudah berlalu, saya akan berusia 76 tahun. Saya tak mahu sambung lagi.

* Untuk meneruskan agenda pembangunan berpaksikan rakyat, ia bermakna memperjuangkan kepentingan negeri ini dengan sebaik-baiknya.

* Sarawak tidak boleh menjadi sebuah kerajaan tanpa adanya Melayu, Iban, Cina, Bidayuh atau Orang Ulu.

* Kita kena sanggup berenang dan karam bersama. Apabila ada masalah, anda tolong saya, apabila anda ada masalah, kami akan tolong anda. Inilah ertinya persekutuan.

Sungai Buloh: Dua lelaki yang menculik wanita - anak pemilik kilang langsir - untuk mendapatkan wang tebusan bagi melangsaikan hutang along ditahan di Batu 15, Sungai Pelong di Sungai Buloh, semalam.

Dalam kejadian 6.30 petang itu, wanita berusia 28 tahun, pengurus kilang langsir di Sierramas itu diculik di depan sebuah sekolah antarabangsa di Sierramas ketika dalam perjalanan pulang.

Ketua Polis Daerah Sungai Buloh Superintendan Dr Abdul Aziz Awang Darus berkata, mangsa yang sedang memandu kereta jenis BMW bersama pembantu rumahnya tiba-tiba ditahan dua lelaki menaiki sebuah van putih yang sebelum itu mengekori mereka.

"Selepas suspek, warga tempatan berusia 20-an itu menarik mangsa keluar, pembantu rumahnya ditinggalkan bersendirian dalam kereta dan suspek segera membawa wanita itu menghala ke Jalan Kuala Selangor.

"Orang awam yang melihat kejadian itu mengejar van putih berkenaan. Mangsa kemudian ditinggalkan di selekoh sebuah pasar raya di Sungai Buloh," kata Abdul Aziz pada sidang media di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Sungai Buloh, di sini.

Menurut Abdul Aziz, selepas meninggalkan mangsa yang hanya cedera ringan di dahi dan lengan, van suspek memecut ke arah Sungai Pelong, namun terbabas sebelum melanggar sebatang pokok, menyebabkan van itu terbakar.

"Orang awam yang mengejar suspek membelasah mereka di tempat kejadian dan kedua-dua mereka kemudian diberkas polis," katanya.

Beliau berkata hasil siasatan mendapati motif penculikan itu kerana suspek kalah judi dan mahu melangsaikan hutang along dengan menculik anak pemilik kilang langsir berkenaan.

Katanya suspek sudah melakukan pemerhatian selama sebulan sebelum menculik wanita itu untuk dijadikan tebusan.

"Polis turut merampas sebilah parang dan pisau, wang tunai lebih RM2,000, segulung tali dipercayai untuk mengikat mangsa, nota ugutan culik dan sebuah beg.

"Van yang digunakan suspek adalah kenderaan curi menggunakan nombor plat pendaftaran palsu," katanya.

Menurutnya,

Abdul Aziz berkata kedua-dua suspek yang bekerja sebagai juruteknik penghawa dingin, disiasat mengikut Seksyen 365 Kanun Keseksaan dan direman selama empat hari sehingga Sabtu ini.

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Johor Bahru: Pemuda berusia 21 tahun yang juga pekerja gerai menjual haruman kereta cedera di tangan, bahu, telinga dan mulut dipercayai akibat menjadi mangsa penderaan majikan di Taman Johor Jaya di sini.

Ketua Polis Daerah Seri Alam, Superitendan Jokhiri Abd Aziz berkata, mangsa dipercayai dirotan serta dipukul oleh majikan lelaki berusia 30-an.

Beliau berkata, kejadian dipercayai berlaku di bangunan rumah kedai di Jalan Bakawali 52, Taman Johor Jaya yang dihuni mangsa bersama keluarga majikannya.

Menurutnya, perbuatan majikan didakwa terbongkar selepas keluarga mangsa berkunjung ke kediaman berkenaan dan mendapati mangsa dalam keadaan tidak bermaya.

"Polis menerima laporan berkaitan kejadian itu daripada keluarga mangsa semalam.

"Mangsa yang sudah diselamatkan ahli keluarga kini menjalani pemeriksaan dan rawatan di Hospital Sultan Ismail (HSI).

"Polis menyisat kes berkenaan mengikut Seksyen 324 Kanun Keseksaan (mencederakan dengan senjata) dan hingga kini belum ada sebarang tangkapan kerana suspek bersama keluarganya bertindak menghilangkan diri," katanya.

Polis meminta kerjasama ramai yang memiliki maklumat berkaitan suspek berkenaan menghubungi talian Hotline Polis Kontinjen Johor di 07-2212999 atau Hotline Polis Ibu Pejabat Daerah (IPD) Seri Alam di talian 07-3864222.

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Kuala Lumpur: Penjualan jeli kristal atau bebola jeli sebenarnya sudah diharamkan kerajaan sejak 26 Ogos 2011, namun ia masih dijual secara berleluasa di kedai menjual alat permainan.

Bahan berwarna-warni itu diharamkan kerana membahayakan kesihatan sekiranya tertelan kerana sifatnya yang menyerap air.

Bagaimanapun, ia muncul kembali dalam pasaran sejak kebelakangan ini apabila dijual sebagai peluru untuk pistol dan senapang mainan.

Tinjauan Harian Metro di beberapa kedai menjual alat permainan di sini mendapati, penjualannya dilakukan secara terbuka dan meluas.

Jurujual yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Zack berkata, pistol dengan peluru jeli kristal boleh dibeli pada harga serendah RM7.

"Kalau beli yang senapang ini pula harga pasaran RM172, tetapi kalau beli borong 10 ke atas dapat separuh harga setiap satu.

"Dalam bungkusan ini memang dah siap dengan peluru isian semula kira-kira lima paket dan kalau beli asing, sepeket RM6," katanya ketika ditemui di sini, hari ini.

Peluru jeli kristal yang disertakan dalam bungkusan permainan sudah direndam dengan air dan dalam keadaan mengembang.

Bagi yang isian semula, ia di pek dalam bungkusan lebih kecil dan perlu dicampur dengan air sebelum dijadikan peluru untuk alat permainan itu.

Zack memberitahu, ada beberapa model yang pistol dan senapang mainan itu dilengkapi dengan pelindung mata.

"Kalau yang senapang besar ini, orang dewasa saja boleh main sebab peluru dia (jeli kristal) agak laju.

"Budak kecil kalau main kena pakai peluru jenis lain pula," katanya.

Sementara itu, ketika diamati pada kotak bungkusan, pistol dan senapang dengan peluru jeli kristal itu adalah buatan China yang dijual dengan pelbagai saiz.

Jika pistol mainan, terdapat peringatan di kotak terbabit yang mengatakan bahawa ia hanya sesuai untuk kanak-kanak berusia tiga tahun ke atas.

Bagi senapang yang saiznya lebih besar pula, peringatan mengatakan yang ia untuk permainan kanak-kanak berusia lapan tahun ke atas.

Ada juga peringatan yang mengatakan jeli kristal itu bahaya jika tertelan.

Harian Metro semalam melaporkan, seorang bayi berusia 10 bulan terpaksa dibedah di Hospital Sultan Ismail (HSI) Johor Bahru selepas tertelan jeli kristal berkenaan.

Bayi berkenaan muntah, dua jam selepas dia tertelan jeli kristal yang digunakan sebagai peluru untuk pistol mainan di rumahnya di Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, 6 Januari lalu.

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Kuala Lumpur: “Pak cik tak fikir untung sangat yang penting mereka ikhlas dan baca buku itu,” kata warga emas yang mahu dikenali sebagai Ali, 66.

Kisah Ali menjual buku agama termasuk panduan solat dan himpunan doa berhampiran Terminal Bandar Tasik Selatan (TBS), di sini, menjadi tular selepas seorang lelaki memuat naik ke dalam akaun Facebook miliknya.

Menerusi status berkenaan, lelaki terbabit tersentuh apabila harga buku yang dibeli hanya perlu dibayar dengan seikhlas hati.

Bercerita mengenai kisah terbabit, Ali berkata, menjadi rutin hariannya ke terminal berkenaan untuk menjual buku agama, dari 6 petang hingga 9 malam.

Menurutnya, setiap hari juga lebih 40 hingga 50 buku dibawa untuk dijual di sekitar kawasan berkenaan.

“Pak cik guna modal sendiri beli buku dan kebanyakan buku adalah buku agama termasuk panduan solat bagi perempuan dan lelaki.

“Kalau soal harga memang tak tentu. Pak cik jual dari serendah RM1 hingga RM10. Terpulang pada mereka nak beli berapa, janji ikhlas. Sambil cari rezeki, memang pak cik niat untuk berdakwah,” katanya yang sudah menjalankan peniagaan terbabit lebih dua tahun.

Ditanya mengenai gambarnya yang menjadi tular, Ali berkata, ia banyak membantu jualan buku berkenaan.

“Patutlah ramai singgah beli buku pak cik. Kalau selalunya antara 10 buku saja terjual, namun minggu ini jumlahnya lebih daripada itu. Pak cik anggap ini sebagai rezeki,” katanya yang tinggal bersama anak saudara lelakinya di Kampung Baru, di sini.

Ketika ditanya berhubung pandangan sesetengah orang ramai yang menganggapnya sebagai peminta sedekah, Ali berkata, dia tidak terlalu memikirkan mengenai perkara berkenaan sebaliknya teguh dengan pendiriannya dalam mencari rezeki halal.

“Pakcik tak kisah pun orang nak kata apa sebab pakcik dah tua. Ini saja yang termampu pakcik buat untuk cari duit,” katanya

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Kuala Lumpur: Buat kali ketiga, ahli perniagaan, Sheikh Saidey Nor Sheikh Abdul Rahman, 43, didakwa di mahkamah atas pertuduhan menipu dan memperdaya beberapa individu berhubung pelaburan pajakan bilik hotel di Makkah.

Sheikh Saidey, 43, yang didakwa terbabit dengan kesalahan itu, kali ini mengaku tidak bersalah di Mahkamah Majistret Selayang, hari ini, atas pertuduhan menipu dengan memperdaya seorang wanita membabitkan kerugian RM70,000.

Berdasarkan kertas pertuduhan, Sheikh Saidey didakwa menipu dengan memperdaya Pauziah Ab Ghani, 61, dengan menawarkan pajakan bilik hotel di Makkah yang tidak wujud.

Perbuatan itu mendorong mangsa memasukkan wang berjumlah RM70,000 ke dalam akaun Bank Islam milik tertuduh di Lot 1, Jalan SG 7/10, Taman Sri Gombak, Batu Caves, di sini, jam 1.10 tengah hari, 13 Jun 2016.

Pendakwaan terhadapnya dibuat mengikut Seksyen 420 Kanun Keseksaan yang memperuntukkan hukuman penjara maksimum 10 tahun, sebat dan denda, jika sabit kesalahan.

Terdahulu, Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Khairul Azhwa Yusrie Mohamad tidak menawarkan sebarang jaminan terhadap tertuduh kerana ditahan mengikut Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 2013 (POCA).

Bagaimanapun, tertuduh yang tidak diwakili peguam, memohon dibenarkan ikat jamin dengan alasan sudah direman selama 90 hari.

Mahkamah membenarkan tertuduh diikat jamin RM10,000 dengan seorang penjamin dan pasport diserahkan kepada mahkamah dan menetapkan 16 Februari untuk sebutan semula kes.

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Johor Bahru: Mangsa penderaan majikan, Nur Firdaus Ibrahim, 21, yang mengalami luka di beberapa anggota badan masih menjalani rawatan di Hospital Sultan Ismail (HSI).

Ibu mangsa, Jumiah Otto, 56, berkata anaknya masih bergerak menggunakan kerusi roda berikutan keadaannya masih lemah.

"Nur Firdaus menyatakan menjadi mangsa penderaan fizikal majikan hampir tiga bulan dan dikurung selama tiga hari sebelum diselamatkan keluarga kelmarin.

"Dia masih mengalami kesakitan terutama di bahagian bahu, tangan, telinga dan tapak kaki akibat didera majikan.

"Kami berharap pihak berkuasa menjalankan siasatan dan mengambil tindakan terhadap majikannya ," katanya ketika ditemui di HSI di sini, hari ini.

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Petrajaya: Allahyarham Tan Sri Adenan Satem selamat dikebumikan jam 3.04 petang di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Samariang, di sini, hari ini.

Jenazah Ketua Menteri Sarawak sebelum itu tiba jam 2.06 petang selepas disembahyangkan di Masjid Jamek Negeri, di sini, selepas Zuhur.

Mengiringi jenazah adalah isterinya, Puan Sri Jamilah Anu, anak dan ahli keluarga.

Turut hadir memberi penghormatan terakhir antaranya Sultan Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud dan isteri, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak dan isteri serta Menteri Persekutuan dan Menteri Kabinet Sarawak.

Kira-kira 2,000 rakyat negeri ini turut memenuhi kawasan tanah perkuburan bagi memberi penghormatan.

Terdahulu, jenazah dibawa dari kediamannya di Damai Jaya, Santubong jam 10.18 pagi ke Masjid Jamek Negeri untuk disembahyangkan.

Adenan, 72, atau lebih mesra dengan panggilan Tok Nan meninggal dunia di Pusat Jantung Hospital Umum Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, jam 1.20 petang semalam.

Beliau disahkan meninggal dunia akibat komplikasi jantung menghembuskan nafas di sisi isteri dan ahli keluarga.

Sarawak mengumumkan tempoh berkabung selama tujuh hari bermula semalam bagi menghormati pemergian Adenan.

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• Jenazah Allahyarham Tan Sri Adenan Satem selamat dikebumikan 3.04 petang di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Samariang.

• Mayat lelaki ditemui tergantung pada dahan pokok di kawasan hutan berhampiran Jalan Kampung Baru, Luyang, petang Khamis.

• Satu sindiket 'Ah Long' lumpuh selepas 26 individu ditahan membabitkan nilai rampasan lebih RM2.3 juta.

• Pelbagai jenis dadah seperti eramin 5, ketamin dan ekstasi bernilai RM150,000 dirampas dalam satu serbuah di sebuah apartment.

• Seorang lelaki menyamar pengawai Imigresen dan memeras ugut pemilik sebuah syarikat memiliki pekerja warga asing.

• Pesara tentera antara lapan suspek yang ditangkap kerana dipercayai memproses air ketum di Kampung Talang Tengah.

• Kereta milik P Yageishwara, 22, musnah terbakar dipercayai perbuatan khianat awal pagi Khamis.

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Kuala Lumpur: "Jangan anggap orang yang cacat penglihatan, pergerakan dan aktiviti semuanya terbatas. Selagi saya hidup saya akan buat yang terbaik untuk anak dan keluarga,” kata Muhammad Firdaus Khairi, 29 yang hampir setiap hari menggendong anaknya, Muhammad Razin Hamizan berusia lapan bulan menaiki Tansit Aliran Ringan (LRT) untuk dihantar ke rumah pengasuh.

Gambar Muhammad Firdaus bersama anaknya di dalam LRT tular di laman sosial, baru-baru ini.

Muhammad Firdaus berkata, orang yang cacat penglihatan sepenuhnya sepertinya bukan hanya bergantung kepada penglihatan semata-mata, kerana turut menggunakan deria lain termasuk pendengaran, rasa dan naluri yang dikurniakan oleh Allah SWT.

Menceritakan mengenai gambarnya yang tular di Facebook, dia berkata, ketika itu dia dalam perjalanan pulang ke rumahnya di Sentul Timur selepas menjemput anak lelakinya di pusat penjagaan berdekatan kediamannya.

"Itu adalah rutin harian saya di mana sebelum ke tempat kerja di Titiwangsa, saya akan berjalan ke stesen LRT untuk menaiki LRT bagi menghantar anak ke pusat penjagaan selewat-lewatnya sebelum 8 pagi.

"Selepas selesai kerja iaitu pada 5.30 petang, saya akan menjemput isteri di tempat kerjanya di Taman Pelangi, Sentul sebelum sama-sama menjemput anak di pusat penjagaan berkenaan," katanya ketika dihubungi Harian Metro, hari ini.

Menurutnya yang berasal dari Pelabuhan Klang, Selangor, dia dan isteri, Noor Hidayah Ibrahim, 29, yang juga cacat penglihatan kategori rabun teruk akan membahagikan tugas menjaga anak kerana isteri juga bekerja.

"Selalunya isteri akan mengambil tugas menjaga anak pada waktu malam manakala saya pula akan mengambil serta menjemput anak selepas selesai waktu bekerja. "Kadang-kadang isteri juga akan bekerja pada Sabtu dan saya akan menjaga anak sehingga isteri pulang bekerja pada hari berkenaan," katanya yang menggunakan aplikasi 'Talk Back' di telefon bimbit Andorid miliknya dan perisian khas, 'jaws' di komputer untuk berkomunikasi dengan orang lain.

Katanya, dia menjaga anak sama seperti bapa normal lain namun bezanya dia lebih banyak menggunakan deria lain dan naluri termasuk bagi menjaga pergerakan anak yang kini semakin aktif.

"Misalnya penjagaan membabitkan penukaran lampin pakai buang. Saya akan pastikan sama ada dia kering atau basah.

“Kalau basah lampin itu biasanya akan mengembang. Dari aspek pemakaian lampin pula, saya akan pastikan ia berada pada kedudukan betul-betul di bawah punggung anak," katanya.

Katanya, dia tidak menyangka gambarnya itu akan menjadi tular di laman sosial selain terkejut selepas dimaklumkan isterinya mengenai perkara itu.

"Alhamdulillah, semuanya tidak dijangka dan ia adalah rutin harian yang saya buat," katanya.

Sementara itu, dia turut menggunakan bantuan isterinya untuk menghantar gambarnya bersama anaknya menerusi aplikasi WhatsApp kepada Harian Metro.