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100,000 Pemuda PAS sedia sertai bantahan Putrajaya

Pemuda PAS sedang menunggu arahan Presiden parti itu, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang untuk menghantar 100,000 ahlinya ke Putrajaya untuk mengadakan bantahan mengenai kepincangan demokrasi di negara ini, kata Ketuanya, Salahuddin Ayub.

Beliau yang juga Ahli Parlimen Kubang Kerian berkata, Pemuda PAS kini dalam keadaan siap sedia dan mereka boleh dihantar pada bila-bila masa sahaja ke Putrajaya.

“Jika hari ini Abdul Hadi mengarahkan Pemuda PAS mengadakan bantahan di Putrajaya, hari ini juga kita akan mengadakan bantahan di sana.

“Kita perlu menghantar isyarat kepada kerajaan bahawa demokrasi di Malaysia berada dalam tahap yang buruk dan memalukan,” katanya.

Sehubungan itu, ketika dihubungi semalam, Salahuddin berkata, beliau akan membangkitkan perkara itu dalam mesyuarat bulanan PAS di ibu negara Sabtu ini.

Beliau mendakwa kerajaan menggunakan demokrasi yang mereka tentukan sendiri dengan menekan rakyat dan pembangkang untuk memastikan mereka terus berkuasa.

“Kerajaan telah menggunakan pelbagai akta seperti Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), Akta Rahsia Rasmi (OSA), menggunakan polis dan Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya (SPR) untuk kepentingan politik mereka.

PAS Kelantan sokong

“Dengan perkataan lain, demokrasi Malaysia ditentu dan dikuasai oleh kerajaan yang memerintah dan bukannya untuk kepentingan rakyat terbanyak,” katanya.

Katanya, ketika negara- negara lain sedang sibuk menyuburkan demokrasi, Kerajaan Malaysia pula menggunakan pilihanraya untuk menutup kepincangan yang berlaku berlaku dalam demokrasi negara ini.

“Kami tidak boleh membiarkan keadaan ini berterusan kerana ia akan membawa kerosakan yang lebih teruk kepada rakyat dan negara ini,” katanya.

Salahuddin berkata, semua pihak, termasuk bukan ahli PAS, perlu ikut serta sebagai tanda sokongan kepada usaha memulihkan demokrasi di dalam negara ini.

Pendapat itu turut disokong Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Husam Musa yang berkata, bantahan tersebut perlu kerana kerajaan sedia ada hari ini merupakan gabungan antara demokrasi dan kuku besi.

“Ahli PAS Kelantan sanggup turun ke Putrajaya untuk berkumpul di depan Pejabat Perdana Menteri bagi menggesa kerajaan memulihkan demokrasi di negara ini,” katanya. (Malaysiakini, 7/6/07)

Pemuda PAS mahu kerajaan naikkan gaji polis

Pemuda PAS mahu kerajaan meningkatkan kebajikan dan gaji anggota polis bagi memastikan pasukan keselamatan itu dapat menjalankan tugas dengan lebih berkesan.

Ketuanya, Salahuddin Ayub berkata, pada masa ini gaji polis tidak setimpal dengan kadar kenaikan taraf hidup dan beba tugas serta tanggungjawab yang semakin mencabar.

“Gaji konstabel yang baru bertugas dalam lingkungan RM800 sebulan dan ini tidak cukup untuk hidup di Kuala Lumpur atau di beberapa bandar besar lain,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, gaji polis yang rendah ini boleh menjejaskan mutu perkhidmatan pasukan keselamatan tersebut.

Katanya, pada masa ini pasukan polis terpaksa berdepan dengan kekurangan pegawai penyiasat dan ini menyebabkan banyak kes jenayah yang tidak dapat diselesaikan.

Kerajaan baru-baru ini menolak syor Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan yang mahu pelarasan gaji anggota dilakukan.

Beban kewangan

Ketika menolak syor itu, Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah berkata, jika pelarasan lebih 80,000 anggota polis dibuat ketika ini, kerajaan akan menanggung beban kewangan yang sangat besar.

Dalam pada itu Salahuddin berkata, Pemuda PAS telah menulis surat kepada Musa untuk mengadakan pertemuan bagi membincangkan penubuhan Suruhanjaya Penambaikan Salah Laku Anggota Polis (IPCMC).

Bagaimanapun, katanya sehingga ini pihaknya belum mendapat sebarang jawaban dari Bukit Aman mengenai pertemuan tersebut,

“Selama ini Pemuda PAS hanya membangkitkan perkara tersebut dalam persidangan Parlimen sahaja,” katanya lagi.

Beliau berkata, pendirian PAS ialah menyokong perlaksanaan IPCMC kerana ia boleh membendung salah laku dan rasuah di kalangan angotta polis. (Malaysiakin, 13/10/06)

Joint Panel Meant To Expedite IDR Development, Says Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the creation of the Malaysia-Singapore joint ministerial committee is meant to facilitate the implementation of development plans for the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) in Johor.

The prime minister said the committee, formed on May 15 following approval by the two countries, would only play the role of facilitator to expedite the implementation of government decisions on IDR.

“It’s not an adviser or a body that formulates policies or a consultant for IDR development,” he said in a written reply to Salahuddin Ayub (PAS-Kubang Kerian) at the Dewan Rakyat Tuesday.

Salahuddin enquired about the authority of the special committee in monitoring development initiatives in the IDR.

Abdullah said the committee, among others, would discuss ways to enhance transportation between IDR and Singapore.

Co-chaired by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohd Effendi Norwawi, the committee is also tasked with identifying measures to quicken immigration procedures in Johor and Singapore and promote tourism.

It is also to specify other potential areas for bilateral cooperation that can further develop the IDR and coordinate discussions and the implementation of activities involving the related agencies with regard to suggestions put forward by the committee.

However, Abdullah said, the committee would not make any investment decisions as the matter is under the jurisdiction of the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA).

“IRDA is responsible for IDR’s overall development and is the decision-making body on all issues pertaining to foreign investments,” he added.

IDR will be developed on a 2,217sq km site covering five local authorities — Johor Baharu, Johor Baharu Tengah, Kulai, Pasir Gudang and Pontian. (Bernama, 26/6/07)

John Reid: Britain won’t apologise for Rushdie honour

Britain stands by the knighthood awarded to Salman Rushdie and would not apologise for honouring him, the Home Secretary said today.

John Reid said the issue was “sensitive” but the protection of people’s right to express their opinions in literature, argument and politics was “of over-riding value to our society”.

His comments came as Britain voiced “deep concern” over a Pakistani minister’s comments appearing to state the award of the honour justified suicide bombings.

Mr Reid said: “I think we have a set of values that accrues people honours for their contribution to literature even when they don’t agree with our point of view.

“That’s our way and that’s what we stand by.” The Home Secretary said some Christians were upset when John Cleese made the Life of Brian and some Jewish people were upset when Mel Gibson made films.

“We have to be sensitive, but I think that we take the approach that in the long-run the protection of the right to express opinions in literature, argument and politics is of over-riding value to our society,” he said.

“We have very strong laws about promoting racial intolerance. It isn’t a free-for-all. We’ve thought very carefully about it.

“But we have a right to express opinions and a tolerance of other people’s point of view, and we don’t apologise for that.”

His comments came in response to a question at the end of a speech to the Citizens’ Crime Commission in New York today.

The international row over Rushdie’s knighthood today spread further around the globe with new protests flairing in Asia.

Members of Malaysia’s Islamic fundamentalist opposition party protested in front of the British High Commission over Britain’s decision to grant a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.

About 25 activists from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party in the Muslim-majority nation shouted “Crush Salman Rushdie” and “Damn Britain” as police stood watch during the one-hour peaceful demonstration outside the British diplomatic mission in Kuala Lumpur.

The protesters dispersed after the party’s youth leader, Salahuddin Ayub, handed a protest note to a commission official.

“We consider this an irresponsible move by the British government,” Salahuddin said.

Britain announced on Saturday it would award a knighthood to Rushdie, one of the most prominent novelists of the late 20th century.

Rushdie went into hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a 1989 religious edict ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie because his novel “The Satanic Verses” allegedly insulted Islam.

Iran’s government said in 1998 it would not support but could not rescind the fatwa. But after Saturday’s news Islamic extremists placed a £80,000 bounty on the writer’s head.

The British Government has expressed its “deep concern” over reported comments by one of Pakistan’s ministers which suggested Rushdie’s knighthood could justify suicide attacks.

Protests against the awards continue in Pakistan and its government has summoned Britain’s high commissioner in Islamabad for talks on the escalating row.

“This insulting, suspicious and improper act by the British government is an obvious example of fighting against Islam,” Ebrahim Rahimpour, Foreign Ministry director for Western Europe, told British Ambassador Geoffrey Adams.

Iranian conservatives attacked the Queen over Salman Rushdie’s knighthood, with a top MP saying the British monarch lived in a dreamworld and a newspaper labelling her an “old crone”.

“Salman Rushdie has turned into a hated corpse which cannot be resurrected by any action,” Mohammad Reza Bahonar, first deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament, said in an address to the house.

“The action by the British queen in knighting Salman Rushdie, the apostate, is an unwise one,” he said, to loud cheers from MPs.

“The British monarch lives under this illusion that Britain is still a 19th century superpower and that bestowing titles is something still deemed important.”

Hardline daily Jomhuri Eslami also launched a scathing attack on the queen, describing the monarch as an “old crone” whose action was a “grimace to the Islamic world”.

“The question is what the old British crone sought by knighting Rushdie, to help him? Well, her act only shortens Rushdie’s pathetic life,” it added.

The daily also linked the award of the knighthood – which marked the queen’s 81st birthday – to a controversial party at the British embassy on Thursday celebrating the same occasion.

Dozens of Islamist students protested against the party, hurling stones, eggs and paint filled bags outside the doors of the compound in southern Tehranand vented anger against Iranians who attended the event.

Tory MP Paul Goodman (Wycombe) accused ministers of failing to deal with incitements to terrorism in the UK and said Mr al-Haq’s remarks were such an incitement.

“Although he’s since sought partially to withdraw his remarks, no condemnation of them has been forthcoming to date from a higher level within the government of Pakistan,” said Mr Goodman.

In London, Lord Ahmed, Britain’s first Muslim peer, said he had been appalled by the award to a man he accused of having ‘blood on his hands’.

In Pakistan, where effigies of the Queen and 59-year-old Rushdie were burned, a minister appeared to justify suicide bombings as a response to the knighthood.

“This is an occasion for the world’s 1.5billion Muslims to look at the seriousness of this decision,” said Mohammed Ijaz ul-Haq, Pakistan’s religious affairs minister.

“The West is accusing Muslims of extremism and terrorism,” he told his country’s parliament.

“If someone exploded a bomb on his body he would be right to do so, unless the British government apologises and withdraws the ‘sir’ title.”

The parliament in Islamabad – supposedly a key ally in the war on terror – then backed a government-sponsored motion demanding an apology and the withdrawal of the honour from the The Satanic Verses author.

This isn’t the first time that Salman Rushdie has his the headlines this year.

There has been much speculation that his three year marriage to Padma Lakshmi is in trouble.

Over the course of their relationship Rushdie and his 36-year-old wife have repeatedly denied claims that he is with for her looks while she is attracted to his wealth and fame.

Padma is a model and actress who has more recently been forging her own career as the host of reality show, Top Chef.

Four years ago the couple went to the trouble of releasing a statement denying Lakshmi found Rushdie “boring” or that he thought she wasn’t “intellectually stimulating enough”.

However rumours of an impending split have persisted.

As a backlash begins in the Muslim world against Rushdie’s knighthood, same way as last year’s furore over 12 cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper.

There were violent protests throughout Europe and the Middle East, Danish citizens were warned not to travel to Arab countries and more than a dozen countries removed Danish goods from their shops.

Labour’s Lord Ahmed expressed surprise at the decision to give a knighthood to Rushdie, who was placed under a fatwa, or death sentence, by Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini 18 years ago after the publication of the allegedly blasphemous The Satanic Verses.

“I was appalled to hear Salman Rushdie had been given a knighthood,” Lord Ahmed said.

“Two weeks ago the Prime Minister was calling for building relations between the Muslim world and Britain, then suddenly this knighthood is given to a man who has not only been abusive to Muslims, but also to Christians – because he used abusive language towards Jesus Christ.”

He said whoever had made the decision had made Gordon Brown’s job very difficult as he takes over as Prime Minister.

“The confidence that was being built within Britain with inter-faith work and community cohesion work has once again been damaged because of this provocative decision.

“This man not only provoked violence around the world because of his writings, but there were many people who were killed around the world.

“Forgiving and forgetting is one thing, but honouring the man who has blood on his hands, sort of, because of what he did, I think is going a bit too far.”

In the Iranian capital Tehran, officials of a group called The Organisation to Commemorate the Martyrs of the Muslim World said a £80,000 reward should be paid to anyone ‘who was able to execute the apostate Salman Rushdie’.

Forouz Rajaefar, the general secretary, said that the decision to honour Rushdie with a knight-hood demonstrated the animosity of Britain towards Islam.

He added: “The British and the supporters of the anti-Islam Salman Rushdie could rest assured that the writer’s nightmare will not end until the moment of his death and we will bestow kisses on the hands of whomsoever is able to execute this apostate.”

Iranian MP Mehdi Kuchakzadeh declared: “Rushdie died the moment the late Imam (Khomeini) issued the fatwa.

“It would be a hollow dream for the Queen of England to think that with such a move she could revive one of her mercenaries to oppose Islam. Granting a knighthood to Salman Rushdie will only lead to further hatred towards Britain.”

In the eastern Pakistan city of Multan, hard-line students burned effigies of the Queen and Rushdie.

About 100 students carrying banners condemning the author also chanted, ‘Kill him! Kill him!’

Asim Dahr, a student leader demanded Rushdie face Islamic justice. “This Queen has made a mockery of Muslims by giving him a title of sir,” he told the demonstrators.

Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman Tasnim Aslam said Rushdie’s knighthood would hamper inter-faith understanding and that Islamabad would protest to London.

“We deplore the decision of the British government to knight him. Salman Rushdie has tried to insult and malign Muslims.”

As his apparent justification of suicide bombers was reported, ul-Haq took a step back and said he was trying to stress what was at the root of terrorism.

The reignited bitterness has caused concern at Scotland Yard. The taxpayer has already spent £10million protecting Rushdie 24-hours a day.

He is afforded the same level of protection as Lady Thatcher or some of the royals.

Robert Brinkley, British high commissioner to Pakistan, defended the honour for Rushdie for his contributions to literature.

“It is simply untrue to suggest that this in any way is an insult to Islam or the Prophet Mohammed, and we have enormous respect for Islam as a religion and for its intellectual and cultural achievements,” Mr Brinkley said.

Asked if he was concerned it could provoke unrest in Pakistan, he replied: “We will just have to see where it goes from here. There’s certainly no reason for that.” (Daily Mail, 20/6/07)

Top cop: Normal for ACA to probe

KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said he was not worried about the Anti-Corruption Agency investigation into allegations of corruption against him.

“Why should I be afraid and worry about it? I did not do anything wrong. It is nothing,” he said yesterday.

He said it was normal for the ACA to investigate a report.

He was speaking after opening a function at the Police College in Cheras in conjunction with the 50th Merdeka celebration.

Earlier in his speech, Musa said police would not tolerate corruption and this scourge threatened the safety and stability of the nation. He said police had stepped up their commitment to provide an honest service to the public.

ACA director-general Datuk Ahmad Said Hamdan said the agency would follow up on the allegations of corruption on the Internet against Musa.

He added that no statement had been taken from Musa.

On Tuesday, Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum told the Dewan Rakyat that he had instructed his officers to lodge a report with the ACA about the allegations against Musa.

Johari said he had also contacted Bukit Aman for an explanation.

He said this in reply to a question from Salahuddin Ayub (Pas-Kubang Kerian).

Salahuddin wanted to know if the ministry was aware of the allegation that Musa had received RM2.1 million for the release of a group of gangsters, and if so, what action had been taken.

Musa had denied the allegations accusing him of graft and having triad links. (NST, 13/7/07)

Ministry to report graft claims against top cop

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum has instructed his officers to lodge a report with the Anti-Corruption Agency on the allegations of corruption on the Internet against Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan.

“This matter involves me as it comes under the Emergency Ordinance.

“I have contacted Bukit Aman to get an explanation, and I have also told my officers to lodge a report with the ACA so that they can investigate.”

Johari was replying to a supplementary question in parliament from Salahuddin Ayub (Pas-Kubang Kerian), who wanted to know if the ministry was aware of allegations that Musa had received RM2.1 million for the release of a group of gangsters, and if so, what action had been taken.

Musa had denied the allegations, which appeared on a website, accusing him of graft and having triad links.

He said the allegations were mere “slander” and that he was not bothered by them as he was more concerned with doing his job.

The ACA in Putrajaya refused yesterday to confirm or deny that a report had been lodged, but it was learnt that an inquiry had been initiated.

On June 29, Johari said his ministry would not be investigating Musa, but that its disciplinary committee “was keeping tabs” on the allegations. Musa declined comment. (NST, 11/7/07)

Malaysia’s Islamic opposition party holds protest over Rushdie’s knighthood

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Members of Malaysia’s Islamic fundamentalist opposition party protested in front of the British High Commission in this Muslim-majority nation over Britain’s decision to grant a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.

About 25 activists from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party shouted “Crush Salman Rushdie” and “Damn Britain” as police stood watchduring the one-hour peaceful demonstration outside the British diplomatic mission in Kuala Lumpur.

The protesters dispersed after the party’s youth leader, Salahuddin Ayub, handed a protest note to a commission official.

“We consider this an irresponsible move by the British government,” Salahuddin said.

Britain announced Saturday it would award a knighthood to Rushdie, one of the most prominent novelists of the late 20th century, along with CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour, a KGB double agent and several others.

The knighthood to Rushdie has also triggered massive protests in Pakistan.

Rushdie went into hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a 1989 religious edict ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie because his novel “The Satanic Verses” allegedly insulted Islam. Iran’s government said in 1998 it would not support but could not rescind the fatwa. (PR-inside, 20/6/07)

Dewan Rakyat : Conference cancelled due to PM’s absence

 

THE prime minister could not attend the “Building Bridges” Islam-Christianity Inter-faith Conference on the day it was scheduled and that was the reason it was cancelled.

It was not because the government did not want the conference to be held in the country.

This was stated by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz at the parliament lobby yesterday.

He said the government did not have any problem with the conference which sought to promote understanding between both faiths.

“It is not against Islam Hadhari,” he added.

Earlier in the Dewan Rakyat, Nazri said that there was no point in holding an inter-faith conference when the prime minister was unable to attend or participate.

“He wants to be present in such a conference to show his commitment,” he said in reply to Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) who asked what was being done to repair the damage to the country’s international reputation as a model multi-religious nation for cancelling the conference.

Nazri said the country had its own mechanism to maintain peace and harmony.

“The prime minister had spoken about Islam Hadhari in different ways to various people.

“Following his lectures, Muslim and non-Muslim participants are free to have a dialogue or raise questions on religious practices,” he added.

To a supplementary question by Salahuddin Ayub (Pas-Kubang Kerian), Nazri said the government was always monitoring inter-faith and religious conflicts in the country.

“We realise that some people are trying hard to provoke racial intolerance.”

The cancellation of the Muslim-Christian inter-faith conference, which was supposed to be held from May 7 to 11, drew criticism from various parties including religious groups and the opposition. (NST, 19/6/07)

 

Kes Nuri : Adakah Najib nak tunggu sehingga Rosmah terlibat? – Salahuddin

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Jul (Hrkh) – Ketua Pemuda PAS Salahuddin Ayub meminta Timbalan Perdana Menteri Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak menjelaskan adakah beliau mahu menanti sehingga isteri atau keluarganya terlibat dalam kemalangan ketika menaiki helikoper Nuri untuk mengambil tindakan menggantikan helikopter yang begitu banyak memakan korban itu.

“Apa maksud Najib bila beliau mendakwa Nuri masih boleh digunakan? Nak tunggu berapa orang terkorban? Atau nak tunggu sehingga (Datin Seri) Rosmah (Mansor) terlibat dalam kemalangan ketika menaiki Nuri baru hendak menggantikan helikopter pemangsa itu?” katanya.

Ahli Parlimen Kubang Kerian itu menyatakan, beliau amat marah dengan kenyataan Najib yang menyatakan kerajaan memang mempunyai rancangan untuk menggantikan helikopter Nuri milik Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM), bagaimanapun bukan dalam tempoh terdekat ini.

“Ada (rancangan untuk menggantikan helikopter itu), tapi tidak serta merta sebab helikopter itu masih boleh digunakan,” kata beliau yang juga Menteri Pertahanan.

Salahuddin mempersoalkan, nahas demi nahas yang melibatkan Nuri bukan sahaja menyebabkan rakyat negara merasa amat malu, malah berada dalam ketakutan kerana tidak merasa yakin dengan tahap kemampuan pertahanan negara.

“Sepatutnya kerajaan serta menteri yang bertanggungjawablah merasa malu dan takut serta bertindak habis-habisan untuk melengkap serta mengemaskinikan peralatan serta kemampuan pertahanan negara.

“Tetapi, apabila menteri berkenaan sendiri menyatakan helikopter yang banyak memakan korban itu masih boleh digunakan, saya tidak yakin beliau mempunyai perasaan,” katanya.

Beliau seterusnya mempersoalkan, berapa banyakkah wang negara yang terpaksa dihabiskan “tak fasal-fasal” setiap kali Nuri terhempas?

“Setiap kali Nuri terhempas atau terlibat dengan kemalangan, operasi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) memakan belanja, menteri nak pergi jenguk tempat kemalangan lagi banyak memakan belanja malah kalau nak disenaraikan satu-satu terlalu banyak,” katanya.

Salahuddin menyeru Najib supaya menghentikan tindakan membazirkan wang negara akibat menggunakan helikopter pembunuh itu dan lebih dari itu, “hentikanlah kenyataan-kenyataan” yang menyakitkan hati rakyat.

Bernama melaporkan, operasi SAR untuk mengesan helikopter Nuri Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) yang hilang telah memasuki hari keempat hari ini.

Operasi yang sehingga ini melibatkan 924 anggota SAR bermula pada 7 pagi ini dengan gerakan tumpuan pencarian diperluaskan melibatkan dua kawasan iaitu di kawasan berbukit di sini dan juga ke Ulu Yam, Selangor.

Operasi udara dan darat bagi mengesan pesawat Sikorsky S-61 dan enam krewnya yang hilang di sekitar kawasan ini sejak pagi Jumaat lepas adalah operasi menyelamat terbesar di negara ini sejak beberapa tahun lepas melibatkan pelbagai pihak berkuasa dan penggunaan lebih 15 buah helikopter dan kapal terbang.

Operasi tinjauan udara itu turut dibantu oleh Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat yang menghantar pesawat “Sea Hawk”nya selain penggunaan helikopter peribadi Sultan Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah serta helikopter unit udara polis dan bomba.

Bagi operasi di darat, ia melibatkan pasukan Komando VAT 69, Pasukan Khas Udara (Paskau), pasukan gerakan khas tentera darat, Jabatan Pertahanan Awam (JPA3), pasukan Senoi Praaq terdiri Orang Asli yang terkenal dengan kecekapan menjejak serta bantuan penduduk sekitar.

Sepanjang tiga hari lepas, anggota operasi SAR di udara menghadapi kesukaran untuk menjejak pesawat itu berikutan jarak penglihatan terhad disebabkan kabus tebal dan diikuti hujan dan angin kencang.

Operasi di darat juga menghadapi masalah apabila bentuk mukabumi kawasan itu menghalang anggota untuk bergerak pantas apabila mereka berdepan dengan hutan tebal yang berbukit dan bercuram.

Selain itu anggota penyelamat juga tidak menerima sebarang isyarat daripada helikopter itu menyebabkan sistem satelit tidak boleh digunakan.

Sekiranya tiada sebarang perkembangan positif menjelang tengah hari ini, jumlah anggota SAR bagi penyelamatan di darat juga akan ditambah, dan yang terbaru sebanyak 50 anggota tentara darat dari Pulau Pinang sedang bersiap sedia untuk membantu.

Difahamkan, enam pegawai dan anggota TUDM yang hilang bersama helikopter itu mampu bertahan untuk tempoh enam hingga lapan hari dengan sumber makanan di hutan.

Semasa kejadian, pesawat Nuri dipandu oleh juruterbang Kapt Nor Azlan Termuzi dan pembantu juruterbang Kapt Nor Intan Asykeen Mohd Arof membawa bersama Sjn Khusnizam Ariffin (kuartermaster udara), Sjn Mohd Azmie Md Yassin, Laskar Udara Kanan Saifulizam Alias dan Laskar Muhammad Ridzuan Ahmad.

Pesawat dalam penerbangan dari Pangkalan TUDM Sungai Besi ke Kuantan apabila dilaporkan hilang setelah terputus hubungan dengan menara kawalan kira-kira 9.35 pagi Jumaat, kira-kira 10 minit setelah berlepas. (Harakahdaily,  16/7/07)