KAGOSHIMA CITY AQUARIUM

  

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DESPITE KING'S CALL FOR CLOSURE, UMNO YOUTH CHIEF SAYS NO LET UP ON KK MART BOYCOTT

DESPITE KING'S CALL FOR CLOSURE, UMNO YOUTH CHIEF SAYS NO LET UP ON KK MART BOYCOTT 

@Jackie San

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3,2024): Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh today insisted on continuing his call to boycott KK Mart over the “Allah” socks issue, in apparent disregard of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim King of Malaysia saying not to prolong the controversy.

Earlier today, Sultan Ibrahim said he did not want to the controversy drag on, after granting an audience to KK Mart Group executive chairman Datuk Seri Chai Kee Kan who apologised to the King over the incident.

Despite this, however, the Umno Youth chief would not agree to call off the action.

“Did the King ask to stop the boycott?” he was quoted as saying by Malaysiakini.

After socks printed with the Arabic word for “Allah” were found for sale at a KK Mart outlet in Selangor last month, Dr Akmal launched a boycott against the convenience chain.

When he received the Umno supreme council’s endorsement over his position later, Dr Akmal told KK Mart to find a new line of business as he did not intend for the boycott to end.

Shortly after, however, KK Mart outlets began coming under arson attacks, starting with one in Perak.

On Sunday, a third such outlet was targeted with Molotov cocktails, this time in Sarawak that is considered among the country’s remaining bastions of multiculturalism.

Today, the Umno Youth chief sought to argue that his boycott was not an express call to violence.

“The people have made their decision without any coercion. Keep calm and boycott peacefully,” he was further quoted as saying.

Earlier today, Sabah Umno chief Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin claimed party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has directed Dr Akmal to stop playing up the socks controversy.

Bung also claimed that Umno did not approve of Dr Akmal’s actions, which contradicted party secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki’s statement last month saying the Umno supreme council agreed with Dr Akmal on the controversy and other related issues.

Aside from apologising, Chai has also been charged along with his wife under Section 298 of the Penal Code for intentional incitement on religious grounds.

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KAGOSHIMA TSURUMARU CASTLE RUINS (GOROMON GATE)鹿児島（鶴丸）城跡・御楼門）

  

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PUTRAJAYA MUST CALM ' ALLAH ' SOCKS STORM BEFORE TENSIONS ERUPT, EXTREMISM EXPERT SAY - KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA

PUTRAJAYA MUST CALM ' ALLAH ' SOCKS STORM BEFORE TENSIONS ERUPT, EXTREMISM EXPERT SAY - KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA 

@Jackie San

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4, 2024): Government and political leaders must defuse unrest over the “Allah” socks controversy before extremism can take root in multiracial Malaysia, experts warned.

Preventing and countering violent extremism (PCVE) expert Altaf Deviyati said such action was also needed to prevent the simmering tensions from boiling over into ethnic and religious conflict within Malaysia.

“From the PCVE perspective this is a classic case of how a local issue ignites and allows for violent acts to be so called permitted in the name of defending religion.

“To contain it, this is when local (community) leaders (non-governmental organisations, school or religious leaders) are needed, to dampen the tension,” Altaf told Malay Mail when contacted.

However, she noted that in this instance, incitement has originated from leaders linked to the government, which some may interpret as tacit approval for the violence.

On Sunday, a KK Mart outlet in Kuching was targeted with Molotov cocktails, making it the third outlet of the convenience chain to be attacked since the start of the controversy.

The incident in Sarawak has caused additional concern as the state is considered to be a bastion of multiculturalism in Malaysia.

“By right local leaders who understand their local community and know when something is not right such as local ethnic tension increasing, can do an intervention.

“I strongly believe in building local resilience because this will continue to happen.

“Local engagement has to start but this is tough since as Malaysian we are not used to it, but nevertheless we can restrengthen local mechanism such as rukun tetangga (neighbourhood association) for example,” she said.

Altaf said that since the attackers in the three incidents were likely local, there was a high probability that members of the community would be able to identify the perpetrators.

“They would have shared info with friends or their sentiments. Plus I would also like to look at the local community itself, why those two locations?” she added.

Explaining further, she said there could be many reasons for violent extremism — ranging from local to global — and all would share a common element of dissatisfaction.

“But everyone has grievances so why would you resort to violence? To me there are simply two reasons for that — you feel there is no other platform for you to be heard or vent out; or you simply believe violence solves problems.

“I believe majority of the people are the former,” Altaf told Malay Mail.

Due to the seismic shift in Malaysia’s political landscape since 2018, she said there was a perception among some sections of the country that the Malay political hegemony was in decline.

“Unscrupulous politicians and personalities are without doubt riding on this and TikTok influencers (are) using it for bait, too.

“A mistake, albeit a serious one, is deemed unworthy for an apology which is why KK Mart’s apology was not accepted. But couple that with lack of community resilience, then you get individuals resorting to violence.

“If this is not curbed it will spill over to ethnic-religious conflict. For this not to happen the government needs to do something.

“The minister for national unity needs to be more visible and be seen to be doing something,” Altaf said.

On Wednesday, National Unity Minister Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar said they would organise meetings to find ways to calm tensions from the socks controversy.

According to Munira Mustaffa, who is an expert in counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism (CVE), authorities must root out those responsible for fuelling the unrest, either directly or tacitly.

“The situation can be mitigated by identifying the source of instigation, which seems to involve dog-whistling on social media related to what appears to be a manufacturing error, thereby animating and emboldening the perpetrators.

“It’s prudent for political figures (to) exercise restraint in their public comments that could exacerbate negative sentiments and instead issue messages that promote calm and encourage unity,” Munira said when contacted.

She added that as a society, Malaysians must endeavour to be less susceptible to rage-baiting malicious speech or actions designed to foster divisiveness that could promote acts of violence, especially when it involves coded messaging.

“By embracing a more measured and thoughtful approach, we can shield ourselves from incitement that weakens our collective resilience,” she said.

At the moment, she said it is difficult to determine whether the arsonists were linked or acting independently.

“The second incident, in all likelihood, could just be a copycat.

“We cannot confirm whether these two incidents are part of a coordinated attack until police investigations are complete. With that said, these attacks bear the hallmarks of vigilantism; where individuals, perceiving a failure by the state to address a social transgression, decide to take direct action themselves,” she said.

The first attack took place in Bidor, Perak, last Tuesday, when a KK Mart branch there was reportedly targeted by a failed Molotov cocktail early that morning.

This incident came even as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had urged the public against vigilantism, in a message meant to calm anger from conservatives who saw the controversy as an act of provocation.

Tashny Sukumaran, an independent researcher specialising on human rights, among others, said authorities must send a clear message over the Molotov attacks in order to remove any doubt over their position.

“The firebombs thrown at KK Mart in several states speak to an unchecked violence among extremist pockets of the Malaysian populace. The police should investigate these crimes and the perpetrators, who have clear intent to cause harm, must be charged.

“At the same time, the state action taken against the founders of KK Mart — who have apologised and taken immediate action to address a purported shipping error — underscores the double standards inherent in Malaysian society.

“The authorities should ask themselves if their definition of ‘hate speech’ is truly built on fairness and protects minorities or merely emboldens and bolsters conservative narratives,” Tashny said when contacted.

“The government should act swiftly, not against the founders of a homegrown brand, but to address the spread of racial tensions including taking action against those responsible for stoking these sentiments.

“Similarly, politicians should not be stoking the fires of hatred by encouraging boycotts and, tacitly, vigilantism — rather, leaders should be promoting and prioritising peace and moderation.

“Anwar’s Madani administration should speak to Umno Youth (as a member of this unity government) to warn against triggering further attacks. The issue should not be used to incite hatred for political gain,” she said adding that a strong and firm message should be issued by the prime minister.

In March, chatter emerged online about socks printed with the Arabic word for “Allah” being on sale at a KK Mart outlet in Selangor.

Authorities eventually found five pairs of such socks that were imported from China by a firm based in Johor.

Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh then called for a boycott of KK Mart, saying he aimed for the action to drive the company out of business.

KK Mart’s founder and KK Group executive chairman, Datuk Seri Chai Kee Kan was charged under Section 298 of the Penal Code for deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of others, alongside his wife. Both claimed trial.

Chai had apologised soon after the start of the controversy while KK Mart has also sued the company responsible for distributing the offending socks to its outlets.

Yesterday, after His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King Of Malaysia, said the country should not prolong the controversy, Dr Akmal insisted on maintaining the boycott by contending that Sultan Ibrahim did not expressly say to stop the campaign. 

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Mizonokuchi Doketsu (Mizonokuchi Cave) （溝ノ口洞穴）

 

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ON PKR'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY, ANWAR IBRAHIM REMINDS MEMBERS POWER IS TRUST

ON PKR'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY, ANWAR IBRAHIM REMINDS MEMBERS POWER IS TRUST

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KUALA LUMPUR (April 4, 2024): Power is a trust and not a privilege which should be shouldered to the best for the people, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Anwar, also the PKR president, said the party was founded on a strong spirit of “islah” (reform), which is an effort to put something into a better, correct and appropriate position.

“Therefore, the rights and welfare of the people must be foremost in forming policies.

“The duties and responsibilities that are shouldered today are trusts that we must carry out to bring about meaningful change,” he said in a post on PKR’s Facebook account today.

Anwar then wished a happy 25th anniversary to all party members and leaders.

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Kagoshima Park Nearest City

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STATUES OF KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN

  

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'CRITICAL' WITNESS TO FILE TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF NAJIB'S COURT BID TO SERVE REMAINING SENTENCE AT HOME AS ORDERED BY PREVIOUS AGONG

'CRITICAL' WITNESS TO FILE TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF NAJIB'S COURT BID TO SERVE REMAINING SENTENCE AT HOME AS ORDERED BY PREVIOUS AGONG

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KUALA LUMPUR (April 4, 2024): A ‘critical’ witness is set to file their testimony in support of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s judicial review bid to compel the federal government and the Pardons Board to produce a purported “supplementary order” from the previous Yang di-Pertuan Agong that would see the former prime minister serve his reduced sentence under house arrest.

Najib’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah confirmed the matter to reporters earlier today after in chambers case management before High Court judge Datuk Amarjeet Singh Serjit Singh.

However, Muhammad Shafee did not disclose the identity of said witness.

In his application for leave to seek judicial review filed on April 1, Najib claimed Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah issued the order during the Jan 29 meeting of the board.

For those who filed lawsuits through judicial review applications, they will have to first get the court’s leave or permission for the lawsuit to be heard.

The court fixed April 17 to decide whether to grant leave to Najib’s application.

A total of seven respondents were named in Najib’s suit, namely the Home Minister, the Commissioner General of Prisons, the Attorney General, the Federal Territories Pardons Board, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), the Director General of Legal Affairs Division and the Malaysian government.

In the application, Najib alleged that he received confirmation on Feb 12 about the issuance of the ‘supplementary order’ or Addendum Order, which would allow him to serve his reduced prison sentence under the condition of “home arrest” instead of Kajang Prison.

On February 2, the Pardon’s Board halved Najib’s sentence from a 12-year prison term to six years for misappropriating funds amounting to RM42 million, which means he may be released earlier on August 23, 2028.

Najib has been imprisoned since August 23, 2022, after the Federal Court upheld his conviction for criminal breach of trust, power abuse and money laundering over the misappropriation of SRC International Sdn Bhd’s funds.

The Pardon’s Board said it had also decided to reduce his RM210 million fine to RM50 million, and his early release would be contingent on him paying this amount.

Other reliefs sought by Najib include for the court to compel the respondents to execute said supplementary order.

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SUSPECT ARRESTED OVER ATTEMPTED MURDER OF MAN ON KUMAMOTO STREET - JAPAN

SUSPECT ARRESTED OVER ATTEMPTED MURDER OF MAN ON KUMAMOTO STREET - JAPAN

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KUMAMOTO

Police in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, have arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a man in his 40s last week.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 8:30 p.m. Public broadcaster NHK reported that the victim who is in his 40s, was stabbed from behind as he was walking along a street in Chuo Ward.

Police said Monday they have arrested Hiro Yamamoto, of unknown occupation. Police quoted Yamamoto as saying “I don't want to talk about it right now.''

The victim, who told police he doesn’t know Yamamoto, suffered injuries to his back and left side.

Police said Yamamoto was identified after an analysis of street surveillance camera footage, according to a TV Asahi report. A kitchen knife was confiscated from his home after his arrest on Monday afternoon.

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KANAMARA MATSURI (PENIS FESTIVAL) JAPAN

 KANAMARA MATSURI (PENIS FESTIVAL) JAPAN

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Apr 6 / 11:00 AM 〜 4:45 PM

Kanamara Matsuri (otherwise known as the “Penis Festival” or “Festival of the Steel Phallus”) is an annual festival held in early April at Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki. It started in 1978 and, amusingly, the festival had a much quieter existence until people began uploading YouTube videos of a huge, phallic structure being carried down the road and foreigners both in Japan and abroad caught wind of this remarkably unusual celebration. Today, about 30,000 attend the event with foreigners making up a good portion of this number.

Kanayama Shrine has long been associated with sex. It enshrines two deities which together are the gods of blacksmithing and sex, and during the Edo period prostitutes who plied their trade at the lodges along the commercial routes prayed at the shrine to protect themselves from disease.

The festival begins in earnest at 11am but the main procession takes place at midday. The three mikoshi (portable shrines) make their way down the street and past the train station before returning back to Kanayama Shrine. These mikoshi are out on display in the grounds of the shrine beforehand, but the event has become so popular that by 11am the organisers may start refusing entry if the numbers swell too much. For this reason you are advised to arrive early in the morning (ideally before 9am) when the queues for the food, sakura beer, penis emblazoned t-shirts, and penis-shaped candy are much shorter, and you can enjoy the atmosphere without being pushed to and fro. Incidentally, if you do purchase one of the larger penis-shaped lollipops, don’t be surprised if you get some camera-laden festival goers asking you if they can take your photograph while you’re sucking on the sweet…

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While this all may sound lewd and a little vulgar, the festival is not some tongue-in-cheek event, but a traditional festival to pray for fertility, healthy childbirth, and safe sex, and the money raised during the event goes towards supporting research into HIV and AIDS. That said, many go in colourful costumes wearing penis and vagina face masks, and phallic-shaped candles, key rings, and other objects are sold in the shrine’s grounds.

The festival is also an opportunity to promote the LGBT community. The huge pink phallic mikoshi which invariably receives most of the media attention was donated by the Tokyo drag queen club Elizabeth Kaikan (the mikoshi is called “Elizabeth”) and is carried by members of the transgender community.

Details

The nearest station in Kawasaki-daishi Station on the Keikyu-Daishi Line. From central Tokyo easiest access is from Shinagawa Station.

The main procession usually begins at midday but you are advised to arrive well beforehand. Further, if you want a good spot you should be waiting on the street before midday. There needs to be a clear passage for the mikoshi (especially since the street itself is not that wide) so the organisers will cordon off the pavements with rope about 10 minutes before the procession begins. If you’re on the wrong side of this then you’re going to be ushered all the way down the street. Once the procession passes, the rope comes down and you can follow along with everyone else.

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Due to the festival’s popularity among foreign tourists, announcements are also made in English (to many cheers from the crowd).

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