Compiled by C. ARUNO and JUSTIN ZACK
NOT all goats sold at cheap prices were smuggled, Harian Metro reported.
QM Global Ventures Sdn Bhd chief manager (operations, sales and logistics) Mohd Arun Shah said the company sold goats according to the procedures set by the government.
He was responding to the daily’s report on the current cheap prices causing customers to question if the sale of smuggled animals was involved.
“We have the documents to prove that the SOP is followed and there are no laws breached.
“Thus we completely deny the allegations that the livestock being sold at cheap prices was due to goats being smuggled from neighbouring countries,” he said.
He said that prices were low due to the wholesale purchase of animals from suppliers from the east-coast states.
“Normally, we would purchase between 200 and 400 goats there at a time and this leads to cheaper prices from the suppliers. At those prices we can then sell to customers for around RM1,000 for three goats that weigh between 25kg and 30kg.
“Customers then will be able to sell at RM390 per goat,” he said, adding that the prices were low due to economic factors.
> A kenduri (feast) scheduled for yesterday turned into prayers for a drowned victim in Temerloh, Pahang, Sinar Ahad reported.
Nor Amar Mukhlis, 13, was among three who drowned while swimming in a pool at an army camp there on Saturday.
His father, Sarjan Mohd Anizan Mohd Daud, 39, said he and his family were due to return to their hometown in Kelantan on Jan 28 for the kenduri.
“At the time of the incident I was on duty. When I reached the scene I saw my son being given CPR and then I was informed that he had passed away.
Sjn Mohd Anizan added that his son had been quiet for several days before the unfortunate accident, and had told him that he wanted to play football at the time.
The father also said he knew the other victims as they used to come over to play with his late son, and they would also go to the mosque together.
> Singer Baby Shima has hit back at her naysayers, calling them individuals with “little love”, Kosmo! Ahad reported.
The 29-year-old singer, whose real name is Nor Ashima Ramli, said these people would rather use their free time to find fault with other people.
“I take it that those who love to insult, demean and scold others have little love and are hungry for attention. Maybe they do that in an attempt to fill that void.”
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
