It is indeed true that money could change somebody. Thats why we always see those murder cases in the newspaper over money. Yes, sometimes we may find ourselves in desperate situations. But the acts of the man who had his two daughters murdered are just insane. His daughter literally did nothing wrong and was rewarded death. It is sorrow for their family.

What a pity that he chose money over his two daughters. After all, what he wants to do with the money is only just a land deal. I do not think that the land deal is worth more than his two daughters.The world is full of criminal minds. He even thought of using his daughter insurance money to do his personal stuffs.

Which parent will actually kill their own flesh and blood just for money? Yes, there are actually parents who does that, but under a normal circumstance, no parent will bear to take away a life they brought to Earth. It is sad to know that people actually have the guts to even think of killing their own child just to claim the money after their death. Parents spent so much time and effort to look after their child, mothers have to expect the child for nine months, the inseparable bond between the blood ties still cannot be a good enough reason for parents to spare the child's life. 

The latest article about the ‘Man had daughters murdered to claim insurance money’ made my heat sank. How could he kill his own flesh and blood? Even animal know how to take care offspring and they do not even kill their offspring to satisfy their hunger. How is it possible for humans who have brain for us to think, made such an inhumane crime?

This tragic incident happened in India India where Ram Kishun, a resident of Jainpur village in Faizabad district in Lucknow, had confessed to the crime. Although he is in need of money, there are variety of ways he can solve it without doing a crime. For example, he can borrow money from friends, family members and banks. Even if the three options I had listed are not able to help him, he can earn extra cash by working extra jobs. This option doesn’t involve crimes. Why can’t he make the right decision and use the right option?

“Police said that they got a lead in the case after villagers said that they had seen the children with Ram on a motorcycle on the day they went missing.” Luckily the villagers were observant enough so that these children can get their justice. I really hope that this man would be given a harsh punishment then, he should just be sentenced to death. My prayers went out to these children. They do not deserve to die in such a tragic and pitiful way. L


Nur Hidayah

MAKKAL Osai reported that a man allegedly had his two daughters murdered so he could claim the life insurance policies taken on them.

Police said that the accused, Ram Kishun, a resident of Jainpur village in Faizabad district in Lucknow, had confessed to the crime.

They added that Ram was in dire need of cash as he had to make payment for a land deal and decided to kill two of his four daughters to claim the insurance money.

He told the police that he had offered Rs50,000 (S$1,464) and his motorcycle to his neighbour Pawan to kill his daughters so he could claim Rs2 lakh (S$54,378) for each daughter from the insurance company.

Pawan had taken Ram's daughters to a movie and pushed them into a river causing them to drown.

Police said that they got a lead in the case after villagers said that they had seen the children with Ram on a motorcycle on the day they went missing.

-The Star/Asia News Network

Why are they still using violence to solve political problems? The north Korea's government is still not at a stage of maturity and they are still using violence to solve problems just like in the Africa. This time, the north fired about 180 projectiles into the south killing some civilians. Just imagine that about 180 missiles are coming at your direction, I would not want to be in the position.

The north Korean government is a Communist party. They only do what they believes and does not consult anybody. This ideology takes place also in China long time ago and they found that it is inefficient and only brings disadvantage to their citizens and they decided to abolish it. Why can't the north Korea follow its peer and open up to the outside world. If they had follow China, they would not have to use those weapons every time as a threat to uphold their position.

I hope that this time the south Korea and their allies could force the north Korea's government out of control so that their country could enjoy prosperity.

                 

Back in 1950s, there was a Korean war, which was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea. A war broke out and thus dividing Korea into two. From then on, there was no sign that North and South Korea could merge together as one again due to their differences in dictatorship. North Korea was aided by the Soviet Union which was a Communist country, and South Korea was aided by United Nations, which is more to the democratic side.

The tension between North Korea and South Korea has been on going up to this date. Their differences can be date back to the Korean War. However, up to now, both Korea has been unable to reconcile due to their different beliefs. North Korea sees South Korea as an enemy and thus cutting off all ties between them.

From my point of view, I condemn the actions of North Korea artillery shelling on South Korea island. These actions are threatening peace and this is seen as a act of provocation. North and South has been exchanging artillery fire over their disputed borders even raising further tensions between the two rivals. This is bound to get even worst with the recent attacks. Recently, South also accused North of torpedoing the South Korean Cheonan corvette navy warship which has caused forty-six sailors to lose their lives. However, North denied these allegations.  

North Korea is also seen to the rest of the world as a "threat" as they insist on building up massive nuclear missiles which they believe that they will use it only for their own defense. However, the United Nations sees it as an act of terrorism which is a threat to any other nation. Sanctions has been ordered against North but they still insist on building up nuclear powers.

With North Korea constantly building up their nuclear capability, they will not likely to stop. With South Korea working closely with it's allies; United States. There is an unlikely chance that North will ceasefire and maintain good relationship with South Korea. The tension between both Korea's are likely to increase further with more North attacks on South.

I firmly believe that the United Nation council should order more sanctions against North to stop them from further attacks which may invite retaliation. Peace and stability between North and South will steadily bring economical well-being between the peninsulas and to the rest of East-Asia.


Daren

When I saw this post, first thing that came to my mind was "How could anyone have the heart to do such things to such vulnerable animals." How could she attack animals who are defenseless? To show that she is much more superior? Yes, maybe to her. But not to anyone else who have watched the video or saw the pictures posted online. When I saw the video, I could barely watch it, after 20 seconds I decided to stop the video because it was just too heart-wrenching. She seems to enjoy torturing the kitten every single second but to the kitten it's every single second of pain it has to endure.

China are notorious for animal cruelty and nothing much anyone can do about it. But doing such acts and posting the video online makes millions of animal lover furious. She is just inviting trouble for herself. She has no respect and no rights to do such things to defenseless animals. She may feel guilty for what she has done. But what is done can't be undone. A innocent and young kitten just lost it's life due to someone who tries to show her power to the entire world. She could be seeking revenge on something but she chose to revenge it on a innocent young kitten. That is just brutal and coward actions to me.

I myself is a animal lover. I love animals because they are like friends to me. They can be there to cheer you up. But I definitely cannot tolerate this woman's action. I am very sure justice will caught up with her eventually.



Daren

What's with animal abuse? Don't these people have a heart? Don't they know animals has feelings and that they feel pain too? I really wonder how can they bear to even hurt such helpless little creatures and not even feel bad about it.

A woman in China had apparently crushed a kitten to death with her high heels, disembowelled it and then posted the photos on the Internet.

This is the second such incident to have happened. In 2006, another China woman posted pictures of herself stepping on a kitten and gouging its eyes out with her stilettos. 

STOMPer OMG, who came across graphic photos of the latest cat abuse online, said:

"A woman in China posted pictures of her crushing a poor kitten to death with her high-heeled shoes.

"She seemed to have copied the inhumane act of another Chinese woman in 2006, who also stepped on a kitten until it died using her high-heeled shoes, although netizens think this latest abuse is even worse.

"The graphic photos show the woman, wearing a sexy black dress, stepping on the kitten with her heels, crushing its head and cutting its body up until its intestines fell out.

"She then stuffed the dead cat into a bag."

Problems can be solve by fighting things out. Is this really true? Even though many disagree, but why is the rate of gang fights in Singapore constantly rising in the recent months?

Gang-related problems have always been a minor issues in recent past years. But recently,  gang-related problems has been rising. There are several incidents in recent news stating civilians being attacked by groups of reckless and senseless teenagers wielding vegetable's knives known as "Parangs".

Although Singapore has been labeled as crime-free city, but low crime does not mean no crime. These type of attacks are being a constant threat to all innocent civilians who are likely to be attacked if they appear at the wrong place and at the wrong time. Hence, it is not safe anymore for anyone to step out of their house after 11 P.M now. For instance, looking back at the case of the DownTown East murder, I think it was a misunderstanding between both groups which resulted in bloody clashes and a death of a bright and young teenager. And no matter who started the fight, both parties are in the wrong.

Teenagers should be responsible for their own action. Thus, I hope that parents out there should monitor their child's activities and pay more attention to their kids rather than spending their time to earn more money. Mixing with the wrong company will lead them to the wrong path or even getting them killed or spending their lives behind bars.

I am sure such similar cases are likely to appear again in the coming months. For me, I will think twice now before I step out of my house after 11 P.M because I do not know if I am the next victim. After all, everyone wants to live in a peaceful environment where they do not feel any threat around them.



Daren

SINGAPORE: Seven youths, aged between 14 and 20, were assaulted in what was believed to be a gang fight at Bukit Panjang on Monday night, seriously injuring one of them.

Police say the assault first took place at about 10pm at Block 418, Fajar Road - where a 20-year-old man was beaten up and later hospitalised.

Not long after, the group of attackers rained blows on six others near a basketball court at Jelapang Road - some 400 metres from the first site.

The group of attackers were said to be yelling gang slogans, such as "369" - a gang affiliation.

All seven youths were sent to hospital.

Police are investigating.

Residents said there has been a recent spate of youth activities in the area.

"For the past two months, there have been a bunch of kids, youngsters, they are playing skateboard. They make noise all the way through the night, maybe sometimes till 1 to 2am and sometimes to 3 to 4am and we can hear the noise. And there's some motorbikes making noises down there," said a resident.


                                                                                    Channel NewsAsia  Posted: 09 November 2010

Haze problems has been ocurring every year, but this year, the haze has worsened and has crossed over the 100 PSI mark. Our source of haze problems has been coming from our neighboring country which is Indonesia. Little has been done to stop the haze problems.

During this period of time from end October to early November, haze problem will occur. This is seen as a yearly problem because burning and clearing of forests is cheap and good for plantations which all farmers in Indonesia usually does. The government in Indonesia has find it difficult to control the situation as Indonesia is big in area and has a big population.

This haze problem has caused a lot of health problems in Singapore such as asthma attacks, short of breath and vision blindness. This is caused people to stay indoor and restrict their movements outside. For myself, I have to stop excercising for a short period of time because of the haze. This might also caused tourists to stop visiting Singapore because of the haze.

I hope that neighboring countries in ASEAN would work together closely and stop those unlawful palm oil developers from burning the forests using illegal means. I also hope that Indonesia would strengthen their law enforcement on illegal deforestation and prevent this haze problem from re-ocurring again.



Daren

Eugenie

For the past 12 years, Singapore and Malaysia had been affected by the haze cause in Indonesia by their slash-and-burn farmers. It is during the month of August to November. The highest PSI reading was during the year of 1997 when it actually hit a scale of 226. The next highest was in the year 2006, with PSI reading of 136 to 150. Last year, the PSI reading was not as bad as the previous years, on the average, the reading was about PSI 51 to 100. This year, the PSI reading ranged from 56 to 108, PSI over 100 is considered harmful and unhealthy.

I think that it is not wrong for the Indonesians to have open burning, it is their country's way of doing. I feel that When the farmers burn their forest, not only Singapore and Malaysia is affected, imagine the people living in Indonesia, they are suffering even more. I think that we should not always think of only ourselves, but also think about the big picture. Although we cannot stop the farmers from open burning, but we can think of other solutions to at least reduce this problem.

Every year when the Indonesian farmers carry out open burning, many problems will arise, mainly health and environment issues. By having these large scale burning, it releases a vast amount of greenhouse gases, which contributes to global warming. There are also several health issues, especially those with heart or respiratory ailments. For myself, I am also having sinus problems, causing me to fall sick easily during this period.

I feel that Singapore and Malaysia should do a part to help Indonesia reduce the haze problem that they are causing. If all of us were to work together and co-operate, then we will be able to reduce the harm to the lowest.

A 90 PSI haze that smelled strongly did not appear to deter tourists from enjoying what was left of the scenery at both the Merlion Park and the Skypark at the Marina Bay Sands.

A 90 PSI haze that smelled strongly did not appear to deter tourists from enjoying what was left of the scenery at both the Merlion Park and the Skypark at the Marina Bay Sands.

AS HAZE blanketed the island on Thursday and air quality deteriorated sharply into the unhealthy range, the Singapore Government urged Indonesia to act.

The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI), measured in three-hourly slots, hit 108 at 6pm on Thursday - breaching the unhealthy threshold of 100 for the first time since 2006.

The worsening situation prompted Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim and Foreign Minister George Yeo to register Singapore's concerns with their Indonesian counterparts.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) said Dr Yaacob had contacted his Indonesian counterpart Gusti Muhammad Hatta and expressed his deep concern that the haze would deteriorate if Indonesia did not put in place 'immediate and enhanced measures' to put out the hot spots in Sumatra.

Singapore also repeated its earlier offer to assist in fire-fighting efforts.

Singapore's ambassador in Jakarta was also instructed on Thursday to inform the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Mr Yeo wished to speak to his counterpart Marty Natalegawa.

At 11pm on Friday, the PSI measured 82.