Published on: Thursday, February 04, 2021
By: Cynthia D Baga
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Kota Kinabalu: A company was fined RM20,000 or a year’s jail for not having valid Fire and Rescue certificate at the company premises.
Sessions Court Judge Azreena Aziz handed the sentence to Linde Gas Products Malaysia Sdn Bhd after it was found guilty of the charge.
The court ruled that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt against the company.
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The company was convicted of not having the certificate on the premises at 9am on Sept 19, 2019 at its premise in Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park, here.
The writer is author of Pakistan: In Between Extremism and Peace.
HAD perfection been the reality in intelligence and law enforcement, attacks like 9/11 would have been averted and the world may have not experienced the damaging, costly war on terrorism.
Initially, militants exploited flaws in our apparatus and incubated in weakly governed areas. Dedication, volunteerism and unpredictability worked to their advantage. Technology, innovation and mobility further intensified violent extremism. Only states opting for a diagnostic indigenous approach and tailored strategies on learning from past failures were successful. What lessons did we learn?
In the initial onslaught of militancy, our legal framework, capacity, CT apparatus and intelligence sharing were weak, and police responded to threats on a case-by-case basis. Improving legal, institutional and coordination responses took another decade. Four accords struck with militants (2004-08) proved to be appeasement, in which peace wa