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From PM To Prison: Najib Feels Alone & Overwhelmed By 'Betrayal' https://says.com/my/news/from-pm-to-prison-najib-feels-alone-overwhelmed-by-betrayal?fbclid=IwAR24oN9kWhPLYojmgWAyskppZ1zMNJ580ImiFD0rolMe_VQ97ZHxgCjngGk The image of Najib being taken straight to jail from the courthouse marked a stunning turn of events for a leader who held tightly on to power at the peak of accusations over 1MDB when he suppressed local probes, fired investigators, and clamped down on critics. By Reuters — 24 Aug 2022, 10:28 AM Having played golf with US presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will now count convicted murderers and drug traffickers as neighbours The Federal Court ordered Najib to begin a 12-year prison sentence on Tuesday, 23 August, after upholding a conviction on charges related to a multi-billion dollar graft scandal at state fund 1MDB. This was his final appeal and the former premier, dressed impeccably in a dark suit and grey tie, was taken straight to jail from the courthouse. It marked a stunning turn of events for a leader who held tightly on to power at the peak of accusations over 1MDB when he suppressed local probes, fired investigators, and clamped down on critics even as other countries opened investigations into the wide-ranging scandal. Malaysians, outraged over widespread corruption and the opulence displayed by his family, voted him out in 2018. Najib tried to leave the country soon afterwards, but he was stopped, arrested briefly and his properties raided in scenes that Malaysians did not expect to see involving the son of the nation's well-respected second prime minister, Abdul Razak Hussein. Since then, the former premier has spent the better part of his time in court, defending himself against a total of 42 charges. He has maintained his innocence all along and said he was misled by 1MDB officials. A day before the final verdict, Najib said in a Facebook post that he was overwhelmed and felt betrayed and alone. "There are times when we feel overwhelmed by tests and trials. With slander and persecution, with sincerity rewarded with betrayal. Sometimes we feel we are alone," he said. "I was desperate" The dismissal of his final appeal on Tuesday involved a 2020 conviction by a lower court for criminal breach of trust, abuse of power, and money laundering for illegally receiving about USD10 million from a former unit of 1MDB. Prosecutors have said some USD4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB — co-founded by Najib as premier in 2009 — and over USD1 billion went to Najib in what the US Department of Justice has described as its biggest kleptocracy investigation. Najib in recent weeks tried to delay the court from delivering its final verdict by changing lawyers just before the start of the appeal. But his strategies backfired with the court declining to provide more time for his lawyers to prepare. "I am not ashamed to say, I was desperate, as would (be) any litigant in my predicament," Najib said in a statement last week, explaining his move to change lawyers. Najib could now apply for a review of the Federal Court decision, though such applications are rarely successful. He can also seek a royal pardon. If successful, he could be released without serving the full 12-year term. The conviction means Najib will lose his parliamentary seat and cannot contest elections. He also faces several other 1MDB trials. Luxury watches and handbags Najib was groomed for high office from his political debut, aged 23. Until recently, he was the youngest person elected to parliament. The British-educated son of nobility was elected as premier in 2009. Najib struck a reformist tone, pushing for liberal economic policies, and repealing colonial-era security laws in a bid to shed the perception of a government unwilling to brook dissent. But the disenchantment of Malaysia's ethnic minorities in a 2013 election prompted Najib to roll back his reform pledges in the face of anger over a perceived loss of long-held economic privileges by the majority ethnic Malays. Majority Muslim Malays form 60% of a population of about 32 million, with the rest mostly made up of ethnic Chinese and ethnic Indians. In 2015, the first signs of scandal began to surface at 1MDB, prompting Najib to go after critics decisively. It took a historic election victory by the opposition in 2018 for Malaysia to reopen 1MDB investigations that eventually led to dozens of charges against Najib. In the weeks after the loss, authorities seized hundreds of luxury handbags, jewellery, watches, and millions of dollars in cash during raids on properties linked to his family. Najib remains popular in some quarters, including his UMNO party, which came back to power last year amid political turmoil. His regular jabs at the opposition and lighthearted updates on Facebook has drawn more than 4 million followers, making him Malaysia's most popular politician on social media.

PETALING JAYA - A mourning father from the state of Negeri Sembilan was shocked to find out that his son, whom authorities said had died in prison last week, is still alive. The father, who only wanted to be identified as Mr Chantren, told Malay daily Sinar Harian that the family’s ordeal started when he received a call from the prison authorities on March 3 saying his son, whom he did not named, had died in Sungai Buloh Prison. He said he did not know why his son, 19, was in prison. As far as he knows, his son was living and working in the town of Selayang in Selangor. Mr Chantren was told to claim his son’s remains at the Sungai Buloh Hospital which he did together with several other family members. “When we looked (at the remains), we noticed that the face was different after post-mortem because there were suture marks and his hair had also been shaved,” he told reporters when met at his house. Upon claiming the body from the hospital, a sad Mr Chantren and his family prepared for funeral rites and made arrangements to cremate their son’s remains. However, to the family’s surprise, they were informed just a few hours before the cremation that the youth was still alive. “We received a call from the prison authority about three or four hours before the cremation time - and they informed us that my son was still alive. “They did a video call (to show). I do not know how to even express my feelings. Our son is still alive, but whose body is at our house now?” the perplexed man said. According to Mr Chantren, officials from the prison had since gone to his house and collected the body. Mr Chantren has also requested to meet his son in prison. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

Massacre on Singapore’s Prison Island: A Prison-Without-Bars Experiment Gone Wrong Superintendent Daniel Stanley Dutton was cornered into his office after getting attacked by three prisoners. He could hear the commotion outside, and the four walls suddenly felt like they were closing in on him. A rhythmic, grating sound came from above his head. Two men had climbed to the roof and had hacked a hole in it with a small axe. Petrol spewed from the hole, soaking Dutton to his boots. The men tossed in fire, and the fire devoured Dutton. With his clothing ablaze, Dutton rushed outside. Four others, all armed with axes and cangkuls, were waiting for him. They attacked him in an almost barbaric fugue, and when they were done, they burned his body. A good read about Singapore's prison without bars. I never know about this before. https://thekopi.co/2021/09/23/pulau-senang-riot-massacre-prison/?fbclid=IwAR1VwD8I9Ci3-9I6oFaozJcxy84CY3ZOyReRfKdlkzhsmRpteRnGM3xRVr4

YANGON: A Dutch tourist has been detained in Myanmar for insulting religion after being accused of pulling the plug on a speaker relaying a late-night Buddhist sermon in Mandalay. Klass Haytema, 30, has been held since Friday (Sep 23) night when he allegedly disconnected the cable linking an amplifier and a speaker at a hall playing the sermon after he complained that it was disturbing him, police said. "The religious hall is not far from the hotel where he was staying... he said he did it because it was too noisy for him," Kyi Soe, police chief at Maha Aung Myay township, told AFP. An angry crowd followed the man back to his hotel, where he was taken into custody by police and later transferred to a Mandalay prison. "We detained him for insulting religion," he said, adding it was under section 295 of Myanmar's penal code. He is yet to be charged but the law carries up to a two year jail term and fine. Buddhist-majority Myanmar is deeply devout and several foreigners have been found guilty of insulting religion. In July a Spanish tourist was deported from Myanmar after monks complained about a tattoo of Buddha he had on his leg. Last year a New Zealand bar manager spent 10 months in jail for "insulting religion" by using a Buddha image to promote a cheap drinks night. Buddhist nationalism has surged in Myanmar in recent years, with the country's Muslim minority -- around five percent of the population -- facing particular pressure. - AFP http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/dutchman-held-in-myanmar-after-pulling-plug-on-buddhist-sermon/3157058.html

Was thinking of visiting NK previously with the wife, guess this is another example of how touchy the regime is. Guess this guy is screwed big time http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/16/asia/north-korea-warmbier-sentenced/index.html (CNN)North Korea has sentenced American student Otto Frederick Warmbier to 15 years hard labor for crimes against the state, a North Korean official confirmed to CNN Wednesday. Warmbier had traveled to Pyongyang on a trip organized by Young Pioneer Tours, a China-based travel company. He was arrested on January 2, 2016, as he was about to board a plane to leave the country. Warmbier is escorted at the North Korean Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. In an emotional press conference last month, the 21-year-old student at the University of Virginia admitted to attempting to steal a banner with a political slogan from his hotel in the North Korean capital. It is not known whether Warmbier made the admission under duress. Appearing to read from a statement, he said: "I committed the crime of taking down a political slogan from the staff holding area of the Yanggakdo International Hotel." "I never, never should have allowed myself to be lured by the United States administration to commit a crime in this country," he said tearfully, as he begged for forgiveness. "I wish that the United States administration never manipulate people like myself in the future to commit crimes against foreign countries. I entirely beg you, the people and government of the DPRK, for your forgiveness. Please! I made the worst mistake of my life!" Warmbier tearfully confessed to "hostile acts" against the DPRK The North Korean government alleges Warmbier was encouraged to commit the "hostile act" by a purported member of an Ohio church, a secretive university organization and even the CIA. The tour company he traveled with said on its website it is aware of his sentencing and that it should "be viewed in similar context of previous cases of Americans being sentenced in the DPRK." Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller are the most recentAmerican detainees who have been released by North Korea. Both were accused of perpetrating "hostile acts" against North Korea; Miller spent less than a year in custody after being sentenced to six years hard labor, and Bae, facing a 15-year sentence, was held for nearly two years. The pair secured their freedom in late 2014. Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told The New York Times he met with two North Korean diplomats on Tuesday to lobby for Warmbier's release. Richardson is a veteran diplomat and a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Nowadays a lot of drama everywhere, especially with hostage situations [sweatdrop] http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hostage-drama-taiwans-kaohsiung-6-prison-inmates-seek-escape-20150211#xtor=CS1-10

http://www.prisonstories.webs.com/ jus sharing this link as i saw a thread on whether anyone has been to prison before.... so i think this will give a good insight

Wonder whether it is true? http://www.chiangraitimes.com/briton-neil-hartley-recants-his-living-hell-in-a-thai-jail.html PATTAYA – Neil Hartley a British National who was held in a Thai prison for three years, after admitting offenses linked to a pharmaceuticals website selling Viagra and steroids, Neil Hartley, 61, was arrested in November 2011 at a beer bar complex in central Pattaya. He claims a Thai lawyer told him if he pleaded guilty he would be fined – but instead he was thrown in jail for three years. He was advised to admit purchase, concealment and distribution of illegal narcotics, import-export violations, pharmaceutical-license offenses and working without a work permit. Mr Hartley, who was sent home to Heysham on a flight to Manchester last Saturday, said: “There is so much corruption over there. “I went to Thailand to work with a friend, who was running a website exporting pharmaceuticals all over the world. He had been running it for six years. “I only helped with e-mails and orders. I was a scapegoat. The Thai police visited the man who ran the website and demanded thousands of pounds. “When he did not pay them, they arrested me two weeks later, while he was out of the country. “I was on remand for a month, then went to Pattaya Court, and the judge jailed me. There was nothing I could do, I was in chains and leg irons. “The British Embassy did not help me.” Reliving the moment he was sent to prison he said: “It was all men and ladyboys. “I was thrown in a van with around 60 prisoners. The guards would hit people with sticks if they said anything. They are animals. “When I arrived at the prison, Nong Palai, my cell was 10 yards by five yards, with 85 criminals inside, including murderers. There were around 1,500 people in the prison. “It had bars at either end and a concrete floor where we had to sleep. If you wanted bedding you had to pay for it. “There were two British men in when I arrived; they had stolen whiskey from a supermarket. Within a week one was dead, beaten to death.” Neil added: “The ladyboys were kept separately from us. They made a tent out of sheets and would sell sex to the prisoners at weekends so they had money to buy cigarettes. “When my mum sent me money I bought 15 blankets to stitch together to make a makeshift bed, and paid for better food – although it wasn’t much better than what we were getting. I lived on tinned sardines but at least you knew they weren’t contaminated, otherwise you got a chicken’s foot, or cold rice. “They threw us out of our cells from 7am. There was just a yard to go in. I saw a Thai man stabbed with a sharpened iron bar.” At 4pm, Mr Hartley says he and the other prisoners were put back in their humid, stinking cells. He said: “You had to pay for a bed space with cigarettes. There was a hole in the floor for a toilet – shared by all of us.” One doctor visited the prison twice a month, but Neil was unable to get medication at first without a passport as it had been seized. He said: “I thought about ending my life, but just got on with it.” Mr Hartley, who formerly worked at Pines Lakes leisure complex near Carnforth, took up the ‘job’ in Thailand when he was made redundant from Pontins. He is virtually blind in one eye, with untreated cataracts in the other. His tearful 90-year-old mother, who lives in a static caravan in Heysham, said: “He’s the only thing I have in the world – and I’m the only thing he has in the world. “This last three years has been terrible. “He says the bed I have given him was paradise compared to what he is used to. “When I first saw him I walked past him twice, I did not recognize him. He is seven stone.” His friend Peter Rowley, who used to work with him in Carnforth, picked him up from the airport after Thai authorities set him back to Britain on his release. He said: “People need to be told about the corruption over there, it is unbelievable.” A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are aware of the arrest of a British national
on November 4, 2011, in Pattaya, Thailand and provided consular assistance.”

sad that the legend has raised such a kid? but then to get rich in brazil the fastest way is to use someone with a big name!

Hope it was not posted before as I had done a searched under 'Elderly' and did not find any on this subject. See what I got on my facebook ......... How real in present time ....

The family of Dinesh Raman, the prison inmate who died after being negligently left in 'prone position' without adequate supervision, is unhappy with the sentence that the senior prison officer in charge was dealt. The officer who had not provided the adequate supervision which caused Dinesh's death was fined $10 000, an amount the family says does not compare to the life that was lost. The case took almost 3 years to come to a conclusion and the family says that they are still not sure how exactly the 21 year old had died in 'prone position'. The late Dinesh Raman was sentenced to reformative training in 2007 for the charges of rioting and theft. He was released in January 2010 but was recalled to Changi Prison in May after he failed to comply with his supervision order. His mother, a cleaner, expressed that she was unsure why he went back to jail. She had seen him for the last time shortly before we was re-imprisoned in May. She said that she was unable to visit him as she was stressed and occupied with other family matters at that time. As a mother, she had visited her son often during his first 3 years and continually encouraged and supported him. She said that as a boy, her son was always affectionate, kind and helpful around the house. His hobbies included simply listening to the radio, watching TV, playing games and exercising. She said that she is constantly reminded of her son and there isn't a day that goes past when she doesn't think about him. She continues to live in the same flat that the family used to share and has thought about her son every day since his death 3 years ago.

A warden with Singapore's Changi Prison died after he was ambushed and stabbed outside a pub here. The 43-year-old man, identified only as Ravi, and a friend were attacked when they exited a popular entertainment outlet along Jalan Melodies Merah in Taman Melodies at around 5am on Sunday. Ravi died after he was stabbed three times by several men who cornered him and his friend M. Gunaseelan, 29. Gunaseelan, who managed to escape, said they tried to run in different directions upon seeing the men armed with knives coming towards them. He said two men chased and punched him while the others went after Ravi and stabbed him. "I threw my wallet with RM700 inside at them and asked them not to hurt me further," said Gunaseelan, who works as a baker in Singapore. "When I turned to look at Ravi, he was already lifeless," he said. He added that Ravi, a Singapore permanent resident, left behind a 39-year-old wife and a three-year-old daughter. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Zainuddin Yaacob said the attack was a result of a misunderstanding after the victim brought beverages from outside into the entertainment premises. He said an argument ensued, which led to a fight outside. Those with information can call the police hotline at 07-2212 999 or head to the nearest police station. Source: http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/...730-362134.html

Dear all, would like to kindly check has anyone here has any experience before on the possibility to check whether a person is in prison i.e. maybe thru Police, calling Prisons hotline etc? Thanks in advance

Let's say someone has been to jail before. Will there really be a visible record on his IC to distingush him from other people? Will companies actually know they are employing someone with a record if the person never declare so? I guess the civil service might have you blacklisted but private companies should be none the wiser right? The only tell tale sign would probably be an awkward gap in employment history? Similiarly, what about people who declare gay during NS? Do they actually have a "record"? What's there to stop kengsters from declaring gay now only to be "cured" some years down the road?

This prison should be called a resort or holiday camp instead. Each 'cell' has it's own bathroom, study table and flat screen TV. Instead of giving inmates 1hr of time in yard daily, they have lotsa activities to keep them busy for the whole day long. http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29....html?hpt=hp_t1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halden_Prison

A man who was charged for the murder of a woman in a flat in Taman Jurong has been further charged with 15 counts of theft. Lim Wee Thong, 46, used two ATM cards that belonged to 50-year-old Ms Loh Nyuk Moi to withdraw cash of $14,500 from her bank account a total of 15 times over a period of three days. Lim, who is a junior prison officer, is charged with Ms Loh's murder. He is suspected to have stabbed her in her vacant flat at Yung Ping Road. Her body was found lying in a pool of blood with four stab wounds. According to a witness, he had been seen holding hands with Ms Loh before the murder, and it is believed they were dating. According to court documents, he had killed her on 13 February at 10.27am and began making the first of his withdrawals at 5.11pm on the same day, heading to Taman Jurong Shopping Centre first to do so. Between 13 and 17 February, he continued on his thieving sprees using Ms Loh's ATM cards at various locations including Jurong West Ave 1, Block 502, Tampines CPF Building, Tampines St 21, Block 201B and a 7-11 outlet at Bedok Shopping Centre. Lim will be sent to Changi Prison Hospital for psychiatric observation. His case will be mentioned again on March 25.

A FORMER senior official facing multiple charges of defrauding the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to the tune of $12 million is now believed to have started his alleged crime spree much earlier in his career. A widening probe into Koh Seah Wee's background has turned up new allegations of cheating involving $286,000 at a second statutory board. Now, the police are going even further back into his past for signs of wrongdoing on the job. Koh, 40, who is known to have splashed out on luxury cars, condominium apartments and unit trusts, joined the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) in 1997. Over the next 11 years he was posted to various agencies, assuming positions as senior as deputy director. The IDA sent him first to the Supreme Court, from 1997 to 2004. Next, he went to the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos), a statutory board under the Ministry of Law, from 2004 to 2007. He was next at the SLA, from 2007 until March this year. He returned to the IDA in April, resigned the following month, and was arrested last month. Eight new charges against him yesterday allege that he tricked Ipos into paying out $286,000 to a computer firm for goods and services that were never delivered, bringing the total number of charges against him so far to 302. Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times. SUSPECTS CHARGED SO FAR * Koh Seah Wee has been charged with 294 counts of defrauding SLA between January 2008 and March this year. * A manager in the department, Christopher Lim Chai Meng, 37, faces 309 charges. * Five people from supplier firms were charged early this month in connection with the alleged fraud at SLA. They are Tan Peng Chong, 46, the owner of Advent Enterprise; Tan Meng Teck, 42, Png Teck Soon, 48, and Seah Hwee Thong, 47, all of TPL Communications; and Anthony Xavier Foo Doon Tong, 42, of Ribbons & Rolls Marketing Services. source http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_605419.html

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Just wondering out of curiosity, anyone knows how is it like in Changi Prison ? The discipline, the food, what time wake up, sleep, eat , what time free and easy, and how many visiting per month ? Is smoking allowed ? Is there a rumoured dark room ? Is the prison unbreakable ? Is life in Changi prison a deterrant ? Discuss and share pls.

hi any prison break fans out there? Avid fan and simply loving each new season. wonder when s,pore airing the 4th season? luv to see each series again.

sorry guys... anyone know what are the time that a person normally come out from said premises?? what i meant was the normal time that one who has finished serving his sentence and to be release out on that particular day?? any advise??

real inmates lol, from the info. any time over the ndp mass performances.