Unhappy how the government treats terrorists, how about you look after one?

Arundhati Roy wrote a lot of letters to the National Security Council (India), complaining about the treatment of arrested terrorist being held in National Correctional System facilities. She demanded a response to her letter correspondence. 

She received back the following reply:

National Security Advisor ,
South Block, Raisina Hill,
New Delhi-110011

Dear Concerned Citizen,

Thank you for your recent letter expressing your profound concern of treatment of the ISIS and LeT terrorists captured by Indian Forces who were subsequently transferred to National Correctional System facilities.

Our administration takes these matters seriously and your opinions were heard loud and clear here in New Delhi. You will be pleased to learn, thanks to the concerns of citizens like yourself; we are creating a new department here at the Department of National Defense, to be called 'Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers' program, or L.A.R.K. for short.

In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided to divert one terrorist and place him in your personal care. Your personal detainee has been selected and is scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence in Mumbai next Monday.

Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud (you can just call him Ahmed) is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in your letter of complaint! It will likely be necessary for you to hire some assistant caretakers. We will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with those you so strongly recommend in your letter. Although Ahmed is a sociopath and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his 'attitudinal problem' will help him overcome these character flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences.

We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling.' Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We advise that you do not ask him to demonstrate these skills at your next yoga group. Please advise any friends, neighbors or relatives as your house guest might get agitated or even violent, but we are sure you can reason with him. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless (in your opinion) this might offend him

Ahmed will not wish to interact with you or your daughters (except sexually) since he views females as a sub human form of property thereby having no rights, including refusal of his sexual demands. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him and he has been known to show violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the new dress code that he will "recommend" as more appropriate attire. I'm sure you will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the burka over time. Just remember that it is all part of 'respecting his culture and religious beliefs' as described in your letter.

Thanks again for your concern. We truly appreciate it when folks like you keep us informed of the proper way to do our job and care for our fellow man. You take good care of Ahmed and remember we'll be watching.

Good luck and God bless you

Cordially,

Ajit Doval 
National Security Advisor
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Azmi Sharom: What do the professionals want?

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"EARLIER this week I was asked by a reporter if there is anything that can be added to the demands made by Bersih for their fifth rally planned for Nov 19, in order to attract the professional classes.

I replied rather tersely with the question, “What else do people want”? Seriously, the demands are pretty comprehensive, and they are all aimed at making the country more democratic and better governed.

The demand for clean elections is still the number one priority. This is as it should be, because without clean and fair elections then we are moving towards disaster. The way things are, the constituencies are so disproportionate that the concept of one-person, one-vote has gone out of the window.

This is why in the last elections, the coalition with fewer votes actually formed the Government. It has been suggested by some analysts that in the current situation, it is possible for the ruling coalition to win only 40% of the popular vote and still maintain a majority in Parliament.

This just cannot be allowed to go on. If people feel their vote is useless, that is when they will be compelled to take other measures.

Doesn’t the Election Commission understand that by not ensuring that we get as close as possible to one-person, one-vote they are actively helping to lay the foundations for chaos in this country? Or don’t they care?"

Rest of article in The Star: http://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/brave-new-world/2016/09/28/what-do-the-professionals-want-top-of-the-list-is-clean-and-fair-elections-in-line-with-the-oneperso/

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Property Insight: FIVE THINGS EVERY LANDLORD SHOULD STATE IN THE TENANCY AGREEMENT

Having been involved in a long drawn tenancy case (over 5 years) against some long-time tenants (so-called old friends) who refused to move out of our family land (it went all the way to then Supreme Court), I can feel the need for a well-covered tenancy agreement.

Potential landlords should never take potential tenants' promises for granted. It is wise to make sure all the important issues are covered in the tenancy agreement.

Excerpt from Property Insight's article:

"David has received his key for his newly-completed condominium and found a potential tenant, Ah Cai, who was interested to rent the unit as soon as possible. In order to save time and money, David and Ah Cai signed a tenancy agreement downloaded by the former from http://www.never.trust.lawyers.com.

Five months later, David received several calls from the condominium’s management requesting him to settle the outstanding water charges that amounted to RM888. David visited his to remind Ah Cai to pay the utility bills. To the shocking of his conscience, he discovered that his unit was being used as a childcare centre and the walls were filled with the children’s ‘artistic’ scribbles.  

After vomiting two pails of blood, David confronted Ah Cai, “How can you use my unit as a childcare centre?!?” Ah Cai responded with an innocent look, “What’s wrong with that? There is nothing in the agreement which states that I am not allowed to use your property to run a childcare business.”

David yelled, “I don’t care! I want you to pay all the outstanding utility charges, restore the unit to its original condition and get out of my unit as soon as possible!” He then slams the door and left. He returned home and immediately checked the tenancy agreement, hoping to find some clauses to support his demand.

He was shocked when he realised that the agreement is silent on how Ah Cai can use the unit. David was even more depressed when he found that, according to the agreement, the landlord (meaning David himself) is responsible for paying all utility charges and maintaining the good condition of the unit.

So what can we do to avoid becoming a victim like David when we are renting out our units? Here are some important clauses which your tenancy agreement should provide for:

(1) Specify the purpose/use of the property

If you are renting out a residential property, make sure you state clearly in the tenancy agreement that the property can only be used for residential purposes

You should also insert a clause to restrict your tenant from sub-letting the property without your written approval, so that you can filter and manage the people who may be staying in your unit

(2) Who pays the bills

It is common practice for the tenant to pay for the utility charges (i.e. water, electricity, sewerage charges) while the landlord will bear the management fees

To avoid any confusion/dispute, it is prudent for you to state clearly that your tenant should promptly pay the utility charges within a certain period (usually 14 days) upon receiving the relevant bills

(3) Maintenance of the property

The tenant is usually responsible for maintaining the fixtures and fittings of the property (subject to fair wear and tear), while the landlord will maintain the structure (i.e. walls, drains, roof) of the property in reasonable and tenantable condition
You should list down the furniture, household appliances and all other items which you have provided in the property and ask the tenant to confirm the good condition of these items

Make it clear in the tenancy agreement that the tenant is responsible for maintaining the good condition of these items (subject to fair wear and tear)

(4) Restore and return the property

You should ensure that it is written in the agreement the tenant shall restore the property to its original good and tenantable condition and return the keys of the property to you upon the expiry/early termination of the agreement

(5) Empower yourself with self-help remedy

You can state in the agreement that if your tenant fails to perform his obligations within a reasonable period, you are entitled to carry out his obligations at his cost and expense

As such, you shall be entitled to fix the damages, restore the unit, pay the outstanding bills and deduct the same from security/utility deposits

Last but not least, you should take photos and record the original condition of your property and furniture before handing over your unit to the tenant. In the event of a dispute, you may use these photos as proof and justification in your favour.

Be smart, don’t be like David. Stop downloading sample agreements from http://www.never.trust.lawyers.com "

Source: http://propertyinsight.com.my/legal/five-things-every-landlord-should-state-in-the-tenancy-agreement/

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The case of the uncanny murder of Canny Ong

For those interested in knowing more about this gruesome murder and its legal case...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyAl6Ppw0yo
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Beware of Facebook Posts Asking Users to Type "Amen" to Help or Support Children, Adults or Animals

From onlinethreatsalert.com:

'Beware of deceitful Facebook users who are posting pictures of sick, starving, dead and injured children, adults or animals on Facebook, to trick other Facebook users into commenting on them by typing "Amen," in order to make them popular. This type of activity is another Like-Farming scam. The heartless and deceitful people who are tricking Facebook users into typing "Amen" are only taking advantage of caring Facebook users, who think they are helping out, by playing with their consciences. The scam may also ask Facebook users to compliment a child, an adult or an animal, or type "Amen" to be grateful for something.

Scammers use the posts to gather up potential victims. Once they have enought Facebook users, they will start sending them spam (unsolicited messages) with links that will take potential victims to phishing websites that will steal their information, or malicious links that will take them to dangerous websites that will infect their computers with Spyware or Trojan horse. The scammers may also send fraudulent messages claiming that their potential victims are so-called lottery winners and they need to send money in order to claim their prizes.

The messages below are just some of the few examples used by deceitful Facebook users to trick other Facebook users into commenting on their fake posts:

• “don’t scroll without typing amen.”
• “if you woke up this morning and your thankful every day while being bless scroll down and type amen”
• “how many likes can she get?”
• “this baby still cute, scroll if your heartless”
• “ignore if your heartless”
• “keep scrolling if your heartless”
• "Ignore If You Have No Heart"
• "PLEASE DONT IGNORE"
• "Don't scroll without saying R.I.P"
• "This is so sad type AMEN and lets see how many amen's and likes he can get"
• "Don't scroll without showing respect"
• "Please don't scroll down without saying "Amen"
• "Don't Press Watch Without Typing Amen"
• "1 like = 1000 prayers Don't scroll without typing amen"
• "Would You Save Your Mother? Type Yes Ignore NO"
• "Do you trust in prayers? If yes so please pray for this baby take a minute and type "Amen" your one amen is one pray if you don't love children so you can skip this"

Also, if you have received a message stating Facebook will donate money to a child if you like, share or comment on some content, please do not follow the instructions in the message, instead, report it to Facebook. And, if you have already commented on Facebook posts with sick, starving and injured children, adults or animals that you are not able to determine the legitimacy of, please click here for instructions on how to remove those posts from your Facebook Wall and Timeline.'

Source: http://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2015/11/30/facebook-posts-asking-users-type-amen-to-help-children-adult-or-animals-are-scams/

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