For money or for love?

KOTA BARU:

A 24-year-old woman told the Sessions Court yesterday she fainted on her wedding night when she learnt that the dowry given to her by her husband was made up of fake notes.

Azlini Ismail, who was testifying against Mohd Amir Rifin, 38, said her aunt revealed to her that each of the notes, which were arranged in an album, was blank on one side.Amir, a mechanic from Puchong, Selangor, was charged with giving 80 fake RM100 notes with a face value of RM8,000 as dowry at a house in Kampung Kubang Batang, Tumpat, about 4pm on Dec 11 last year.

He faces up to 20 years in jail and a fine upon conviction. Azlini said she did not suspect anything amiss as the notes in the album looked similar to other RM100 notes.She put the album in an unlocked cupboard in her bedroom during the akad nikah. Azlini said she handed the album to her father Ismail Ibrahim after the ceremony, before leaving the house to send off her in-laws at the train station."Upon returning at 8pm, I was called into a room by my aunt and grandfather. "They showed me the notes which were blank on one side," she said in reply to deputy public prosecutor P.L. Cheah. Amir, a mechanic from Puchong, Selangor, was represented by Ahmad Nizam Mohamed.Azlini has filed for divorce.

Judge Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh adjourned the hearing to June 26 and 27.

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Porn as Punishment; Good thing or bad thing???

MUAR: Newspaper reports that a teacher had ordered 10 Form One students to watch a pornographic movie for failing to do their homework has the Education Minister enraged. Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has ordered an investigation into complaints by several parents here that their children were forced to watch a pornographic video on Friday at 4pm in the audio-visual room of Sekolah Menengah Jalan Junid.

A Chinese daily had reported that the teacher ordered the students of both sexes into the room, closed the curtains and told them to watch the movie, saying it was their punishment for not doing their homework." I will order the Johor education director to investigate. We will take stern action if the complaint is true," he said after opening the Maulidur Rasul celebrations organised by the Johor Umno Youth yesterday.

He said there was no room in the education service for teachers who resorted to such immoral forms of punishment. "We condemn such actions."Hishammuddin said his ministry had set up several committees to look into indiscipline among students and teachers."If there is concrete evidence of misconduct, we will not hesitate to mete out the appropriate punishment, including the sack."Hishammuddin said most teachers were dedicated and were doing a great job in shaping the minds of students."I have no problem with most of the teachers. But my ministry has identified some black sheep and are dealing with them accordingly," The principal of the school declined to comment on the incident.

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