Lift misery for residents at apartment

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A FREQUENTLY malfunctioning lift in an apartment at Taman Medan Jaya has left its residents on edge.

According to tenant Ismail Abdul Hamid, the lift dropped from the seventh to fifth floor last week with several people on board. Thankfully, no one was hurt during the incident.

The residents had previously met with Petaling Jaya Selatan MP Hee Loy Sian to discuss the issue as the lift frequently breaks down, reported Sinar Harian.

“I work shifts and often come back late at night. It’s frightening to take the lift alone because if anything happens, no one would know about it,” said tenant Nur Izzati Kamaruddin, adding that the lift lights were often dim.

Another tenant, Mohd Nor Osman, said that the lift’s frequent breakdowns affected those living on the top floors the most as they had no choice but to use the stairs.

> A band of four hoodlums was arrested again during a raid as part of Ops Lejang – less than a year after being released from prison.

The four had been sent to prison twice before for crimes ranging from breaking and entering, stealing motorcycles as well as drug abuse.

The culprits, from Kampung Gong Tok Nasek, Kuala Terengganu, include two brothers aged 22 and 27, reported Berita Harian.

> More than 465,000 eligible voters in Sarawak will not be able to choose their representatives at the next state election unless they register before the end of the first quarter, Utusan Malaysia reported.Quoting Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, the paper said the prospective voters have only up to March to register and earn their right to vote at the upcoming election, which has to be held by July.

“Time is running short. Should it be decided to dissolve the state assembly next month – to coincide with the school holidays – there is no hope for all the 465,000 eligible voters to cast their ballot papers,” he told the daily.

> Other News & Views is 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 sub-heading, it denotes a separate news item.

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