The restaurant is not only famous for its affordable nasi kandar, but also because of its uniqueness as it is an Indian-Muslim shop operating in a Chinese restaurant in Jalan Yang Kalsom, here. 

• The outlet was packed with customers who were seen standing beside tables in order to reserve a spot. 
• One of the restaurant’s owners, Mohamed Nihmathullah Syed Mustafa, 53, said he was thrilled that Najib mentioned his restaurant and pointed out that this was the second time the prime minister had spoken of it. 
• “He spoke about our restaurant in his Merdeka message. We were invited for the function. We met and chatted with him,” he said. 
• “We are overwhelmed with his continued support. We usually have lots of customers queuing up for our delicacy, but the line is even longer today.” 
• Mohamed also said the announcement made by the prime minister was a promotion for the stall as it would attract tourists who would be arriving for the Visit Perak 2017 year, adding the price of nasi kandar would be maintained at RM4.80 for a plate of rice, chicken and vegetable.

“Even though our food is cheap, it does not affect our business as we have lots of customers. That is the reason why we choose to maintain our price. 

Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) have been dealt a blow after FIFA revoked Malaysia's hosting rights for the 2017 FIFA Congress, where the voting for the 2026 World Cup was also scheduled. 
An apparent issue of getting travel visa for delegates from certain countries has resulted in Malaysia losing hosting rights of the 2017 FIFA Congress.

The national body have kept mum on the matter but are expected to make an announcement after an executive committee meeting on Monday. FIFA awarded Malaysia the rights in December 2013.

Among the reasons given by FIFA include a possible difficulty in delegates from certain countries – including Israel – in obtaining necessary travel documents.

Malaysia and Israel do not have political ties and its citizens are not able travel freely between the two countries. 

• Conspiracy theorists, however, believe FIFA's decision was also influenced by turbulence in Malaysian football over the past couple of weeks. 
• Four Johor Darul Ta'zim players suddenly quit international football last month, prompting club owner Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim to say the players were fed up with FAM's way.

Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim also alleged the national body of corruption, leading to involvement of Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin(photo). 

A form four student gave birth to a baby girl at the sick bay of her school after complaining of stomach pains, reported Harian Metro.

The 16-year-old was assisted by her teacher and a nurse when she delivered the 3.1kg baby at 12.30pm last Wednesday.

The girl who was in her class, had asked for her teacher's permission to go to the sick bay, complaining of stomach ache. The nurse found out that she was actually in labour.

• Meanwhile, Kemaman OCPD Supt Mohd Said Ibrahim said an 18-year-old teenager, believed to be the girl's boyfriend, was detained to facilitate in investigations under Section 376 for rape.
• Initial investigations revealed that the student and her boyfriend have had sex five times since she was 14.

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia -  More than half of the rape cases reported in the country in the last three years involved minors, reported The Star today.

According to the report, only about 10 per cent of the cases involving victims aged between 13 and 15 were “forced”, while the rest were consensual.

• “One such case involved a 16-year-old who admitted having [had sex with] several youths, saying she liked the thrill of the Mat Rempit lifestyle.
• “These kids make poor choices. More often than not, they get no proper care or attention from their family so they opt for love from their peers. If the peers are wild, then they will most likely turn out the same way too,” she was quoted.
• According to the report, statutory rapes accounted for 1 424 cases out of 2 767 rapes reported in 2013, while 1 243 cases out of 2 349 reported last year involved minors. As of October this year, a total of 1 794 rapes were reported, with 920 of them constituting statutory rapes.
• Ong said some of the cases involved victims who were forced upon or tricked – often by men they had met on social media or group chats.

She also said that Bukit Aman has initiated a child awareness campaign, wherein the cops educate children on identifying what constitutes a “safe touch” and how to be alert against strangers. Teenagers are also taught about sex and pregnancies.

Crammed into a one-room flat at a people’s housing project in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, Abdol Wahab Musa’s family of 16 offer a glimpse of how the urban poor in the capital city make ends meet.

Space is so scarce that the family sleeps in shifts, taking turns to get some rest when other family members are out working.

• Most of them moved out three years ago, and the hawker now has 15 people living with him, including his wife Ruslelawati Mohd Ali, 43.
• Wahab used the RM700 he receives monthly in aid from Baitulmal, the state Islamic treasury.
• Each night, they push three to five trolleys full of goods to the Sentul LRT station where they board a train to Masjid Jamek, and set up shop at Dataran Merdeka nearby.
• “My children will start work selling every night from 10pm until six in the morning. After that, some of us – my sons will sleep for a while before going back to work in the daytime,” he told The Malaysian Insider during a recent visit to his home.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Under Malaysia’s current law, the death sentence is a must for firearms, drugs, treason and murder related offenses.

Nancy Shukri, the minister in the Prime Minister’s Department said 33 prisoners were executed between 1998 to October 6 this year, while 127 inmates received lighter sentences or clemency in the same period after their pleas and petitions were considered.

• They said, the government should stop all executions of convicted drug offenders ahead of the expected review of Malaysia’s mandatory death sentence for drug-related crimes.
• “In light of the impending review of the mandatory death penalty for drug-related offences, the Government should, in the interest of justice, declare and implement an immediate official moratorium on any and all executions in such cases,” the three bodies said in a rare joint statement.
• “All of these sentences should be stayed pending the results of the review. It is unfair and unjust to carry out the death sentence when there is currently a possibility of reform which, if effected, should apply retrospectively,” said the statement signed by the Bar president Steven Thiru, AAS president Leonard Shim, SLA president Brenndon Soh.
• The three bodies said concrete action on the frequently-discussed abolition of the mandatory death penalty is “long overdue”, noting that the government had in the last five years on at least four instances made remarks on its willingness to review this punishment.

Backing the government’s efforts to scrap the mandatory death penalty, which they said was “extreme, degrading and inhumane”, the three bodies agreed that such a move would be consistent with the right to life that should be absolute, universal and inalienable regardless of the crime committed.

A member of the Indonesian House of Representatives yesterday apologised to Malaysia and Singapore over the haze problem which has affected the two countries.

"We apologise to the governments of Malaysia and Singapore on the matter. The Indonesian government has done its level best to combat the problem, in fact our president (Joko Widodo) has also visited the locations," he told reporters on the sidelines of the 36th Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Kuala Lumpur today.

• He said Indonesia was experiencing a dry season which caused the forest fires.
• "Some communities are opening farms, but if they started the fires, we will punish them.
• "But in some areas, the fires started by themselves due to the extreme hot weather, in fact some Malaysian-owned oil palm plantations were also razed," he said.
• However, he said the rainy weather in Kuala Lumpur has helped to reduce the impact of haze here.

According to the Department of Environment website, seven areas recorded unhealthy API (Air Pollutant Index) exceeding 100 as at 8am this morning.