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Philippine vice
cartel smashed
HONGKONG: Police have
smashed a vice syndicate sus-
pected of trafficking women
from the Philippines and luring
them into prostitution in Hong-
kong, officials said yesterday.
Officers arrested nine Fili-
pinas in an early morning raid
in the Chinese city’s Wan Chai
red light district, according to a
police statement.
Undercover officers mount-
ed operation “Zonecleaner” at
the end of August to identify
the gang’s leaders who were
suspected of recruiting women
who had originally come to
Hongkong to work as domestic
helpers.
They raided a private club
in Wan Chai and a nearby flat
on Thursday morning, arresting
four Filipinas aged between 26
and 47 for trafficking women
to Hongkong for sexual pur-
poses and for managing a vice
establishment. – AFP
Special pups to be
given away
SEOUL: Puppies born from
the world’s first cloned
dog will be offered to good
homes later this year, South
Korean researchers said
yesterday.
The three male and six
female pups were fathered
by Snuppy, an Afghan hound
who was cloned in 2005 by
a team led by Professor
Lee Byung-Chun of Seoul
National University.
Snuppy impregnated two
cloned bitches of the same
breed through artificial in-
semination in an experiment
to test the reproductive
ability of cloned dogs. The
offspring were born in May
last year. – AFP
Cops nab suspect
in bank robbery
BANGKOK: Thai police have ar-
rested a US national on charges
of robbing a bank after finding
147,000 baht (RM15,130)
stashed in his underwear,
police said yesterday.
Harold Guyear, 54, of New
York confessed after police
detained and searched him
on Wednesday in a field near
the robbed bank, police Lt-Col
Sakorn Jermkhuntot said.
“He said he committed the
robbery because he had no
money,” Sakorn said.
Guyear – wearing a khaki
suit, hat and scarf over his face
is accused of entering a Siam
City Bank branch on Wednes-
day and stealing the cash from
the teller’s drawer. – dpa
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Rise of a third faction
46%
in MCA staunch supporters of Ong had start-
ed lobbying for support to appeal to
Ong to step down, and to push for a
new team to lead the party.
Sources said these CC members
have extended the olive branch to
believes that rather than allow the
extraordinary general meeting to go
ahead and cause the party to split
regardless of who emerged the vic-
tor, it would be better to follow the
example of Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik
surge in
EPF’s
Press Digest Chua’s men, offering them a solution
to the power struggle in the party.
and Tan Sri Lim Ah Lek who quit as
party No 1 and 2 to make way for a
by Kong See Hoh Sources said if the majority of new team to take over the party.
Q2 newsdesk@thesundaily.com the CC members agree that the On the reasons for proposing
income party chief should step down, the Liow and Kong to take over instead
A THIRD force emerging within the proponent of the “formula” would of the Liow-Wee (Youth chief Datuk
pg11 MCA central committee (CC) is lob- officially make their wish known to Dr Wee Ka Siong) combination as
bying for president Datuk Seri Ong Ong at the Sept 11 CC meeting. earlier speculated, the sources said
Tee Keat and his nemesis, sacked However, a CC member who there were some objections from the
deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua does not mind giving the “formula” Wanita section to Wee taking up the
Soi Lek, to make way for a new team a try has doubts that it is viable, as No 2 post.
– vice-presidents Datuk Seri Liow Ong would not bow to pressure Besides, Wee is said to be a close
Tiong Lai and Datuk Seri Kong Cho given his “never say die” attitude. friend of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd
Ha – to helm the party. On the other hand, he claimed chief executive officer Tan Sri Tiong
Nanyang Siang Pau, quoting that Chua was receptive to the idea King Sing, the central figure in the
sources, reported yesterday that a for the sake of party unity. Port Klang Free Zone and RM10
number of CC members regarded as It was learnt that the “third force” million donation controversies.
Guan Eng and Wanita MCA engage in ‘ang pau’ war
PENANG Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Lim, who used the remark on MCA at Collecting Agency” to refer to the party. How-
state Wanita MCA are engaged in name a dinner organised by a temple in Taman ever, Lim came under attack by some MCA
calling, with the latter describing DAP as Dedap, Butterworth on Sunday, had said he members at the dinner for his utterance.
the acronym for Dapat Ang Pau in response meant to “correct” the words on a banner Riled by Lim’s remark, the Penang MCA
to Lim’s use of “Mahu Cari Angpau” to believed to be put up by disgruntled MCA women’s wing issued a statement on
describe MCA, the Chinese press reported members. Wednesday and described DAP as a party
yesterday. The banner had used the words “Money which has “Dapat Ang Pau”.