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BFM employees investigated by police and MCMC

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23, 2015:

Business Radio station BFM89.9 has announced that three of its employees involved in the production of a video questioning hudud laws are being investigated under section 298 of the Penal Code for blasphemy and Section 233 of the Communications & Multimedia Act that prohibits an “improper use of network facilities or network service”, an offence defined as making “obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive” comments.

In a statement today, parent company BFM Media Sdn Bhd confirmed that the police and the officers of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had investigated the trio at its premises in the morning.

“BFM Media has at all times provided its full cooperation with the authorities and will continue to do so.

“The management of BFM Media fully supports our employees in the execution of their duties,” the company said.

The company reiterated that it would stand by its employees and remain committed to providing all support they require at this difficult time.

“Since the publication of the video in question, our staff has been subjected to numerous threats to their personal safety.

“While we are open to criticism and even investigations by the relevant authorities, these threats are unwarranted and should not have a place in a society that espouses peace and tolerance. They are indeed criminal acts,” it said.

As such, the management of BFM Media said they would be filing a police report against all those who have threatened the safety and security of the station and its staff.

“On that note, we would like to record our thanks to all those — friends, our listeners and media alike — who have supported Aisyah Tajuddin and BFM Media throughout this trying and traumatic time and hope to have their continued support,” it added.

The latest investigations came following a video by BFM Kupas — a channel under BFM Media — created a stir after its release, as it appeared to poke fun at PAS’ hudud implementation plan in Kelantan.

In the almost two-minute long video, BFM presenter Aisyah was seen questioning the importance of implementation of hudud in Kelantan.

Since then, many have hit out at her, which included those making death and rape threats against her on social media.

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Empat penyampai radio bakal disiasat di bawah Akta Hasutan

KUALA LUMPUR 18 Disember:

Empat penyampai radio BFM 89.9 berkemungkinan akan disiasat di bawah Akta Hasutan berikutan penyiaran sebuah rancangan bual bicara yang didakwa menyentuh sensitiviti kaum dan agama Islam.

Penyampai radio berkenaan ialah Shaarad Kuttan, Umapagan Ampikaipakan, Caroline Oh dan Patrick Teoh.

Gabungan sembilan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) hari ini membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Dang Wangi berhubung perkara itu.

Pegawai Kerja Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) yang mengetuai gabungan NGO terbabit berkata, stesen radio tersebut telah menyiarkan program bual bicara yang membawa topik menyentuh sensitiviti kaum dan agama Islam pada 12 Disember lalu.

“Kira-kira jam 7 hingga 8 pagi, penyampai radio Shaarad Kuttan telah membincangkan mengenai tajuk Kalimah Allah, isu daging korban dan juga hak orang Melayu.

“Dan pada hari yang sama juga kira-kira jam 6 hingga 7 petang, penyampai radio Umapagan Ampikaipakan, Caroline Oh dan Patrick Teoh juga telah membincangkan isu agama Islam dan pemakaian tudung,” katanya ketika ditemui di perkarangan IPD Dang Wangi hari ini.

Mustafa berkata, terdapat unsur penghinaan dan hasutan yang menyentuh mengenai agama Islam seperti yang dibincang dan disiarkan oleh stesen radio terbabit.

“Kita duduk di Malaysia mempunyai masyarakat berbilang kaum dan agama.

“Kami harap agar penerbit dan penyunting stesen radio terbabit lebih menghormati agama rasmi negara dan jangan timbulkan unsur perkauman atas kepentingan kaum. Mereka seharusnya menghormati perlembagaan negara,” ujarnya.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Presiden Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA), Aminuddin Yahya menggesa pihak polis melakukan siasatan terhadap stesen radio itu yang telah beroperasi selama enam tahun.

“Kita minta polis siasat dengan laporan yang dibuat oleh wakil NGO ini melalui aduan orang ramai kepada PPIM dengan tujuan supaya pihak yang bertanggungjawab ke atas stesen radio terbabit diambil tindakan di bawah Akta Hasutan,” katanya.

Gabungan NGO terbabit turut mendesak agar kementerian terbabit memantau setiap isi kandungan rancangan bagi stesen radio yang ada di negara ini yang boleh menimbulkan ketegangan antara kaum dan agama.

“Kementerian berkenaan diminta melakukan pemantauan dan jangan terlepas pandang dengan bahan-bahan siaran stesen radio terutamanya yang berbahasa Inggeris.

The case of the rooster and the duck.

By Azmi Sharom. Illustrations by Jun Kit.

(from the March 2014 issue of The B-Side)

Chapter One: Homecoming

An old and battered pickup truck trundles down a country road. Looking at this truck, you’d think that there was nothing particularly strange about it. In the flatbed, there is a black and white sheepdog; a border collie to be exact. Driving the truck wearing a tattered, old, peaked cap is a tall and gangly gentleman who is, shall we say, a little on the mature side.

However, if you were to look a little closer, you will see that all is not as ordinary as it seems. Inside the truck next to the farmer is a little piglet with an odd tuft of hair. Look even closer and there, next to the piglet is a trophy on which is inscribed ‘Best Sheepdog. County Trails’ (it was meant to read ‘trials’ not ‘trails’, but Bob the local engraver is getting on a bit).

Indeed the pig is Babe, the most famous – well, the only – sheep pig in all the world, and today he is a happy little pig indeed. After a resounding success at the sheepdog trials, he, Farmer Hogget and Fly the collie (and Babe’s adopted Mum) are going home to the farm after days away. Babe cannot wait to tell his friends about his adventures.

Babe wonders if Fly is alright in the back by herself. He raises himself on his hind trotters and looks out of the back window. Fly is hanging her head over the side of the truck with her tongue flapping in the breeze. She looks very pleased. ‘Mum, Mum,’ says Babe, but she can’t hear him for the wind in her ears.

Farmer Hogget turns at the sound of Babe squealing (humans can’t understand Pig. In fact they can’t understand any animals at all). He gives him a kindly smile and says in a soft voice, ‘That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do.’ Babe snuggles down, closes his eyes and with a sigh thinks to himself, ‘Home soon.’

If he only knew of the commotion that awaits him, he would undoubtedly not be so contented.

—

Chapter Two: Fear in the farmyard

‘Babe! Babe!’ quacks Ferdinand the duck, ‘it’s a catastrophe, it’s apocalyptic, it’s indescribable.’ The sight of Ferdinand, more frantic than usual, greets babe as soon as he gets home into the farmyard.

‘Calm down, Ferdinand. Tell me what happened,’ says the little sheep pig. But Ferdinand is beyond calm and he flaps his wings wildly as he runs around in circles.

‘It’s Rooster,’ says a deep gruff voice. Babe looks round to see Rex the male sheepdog (and Fly’s mate) pad up to him. ‘He was taken when you were away. If I wasn’t so deaf, I would have heard them and stopped them,’ Rex growls, his anger directed partly at the Rooster thieves and partly to his disability. ‘Don’t blame yourself, Rex,’ comes the slow, rumbling voice of Horse. ‘None of us heard them.’

‘But that is not the worst of it,’ screams Ferdinand. He tugs at something with his bill. Babe trots up to see and he gasps in horror. It is a newspaper, and on it is a picture of a group of ugly, fat men with faces twisted in hate. But that’s not what shocks Babe. The thing that so horrifies the piglet is the image at the feet of the ugly men; it is the mangled body of Rooster, his blood smeared all over a banner. 

‘How could they do such a thing,’ says Fly, ‘to kill an animal for no reason. The beasts.’

By this time Ferdinand is several levels past hysterical. He flaps around screeching that they may be back to take and kill more animals. ‘Stop it, Ferdinand,’ shouts Babe. ‘They won’t get you, I promise. I’ll stay with you all night. We’ll get them.’

Babe kindly nuzzles Ferdinand with his snout. If only he felt as confident as he sounded.

—

Chapter Three: Kidnapped

It is long past midnight and the heroic little pig finds himself nodding off. Ferdinand is twitching in his sleep, but at least he is finally asleep after hours of hyperventilating. 

‘I guess I could close my eyes for just a second,’ Babe thinks to himself. Scarcely have those words drifted through his mind when he’s sound asleep.

It feels like no time has passed when Babe awakes with a start. He can hear a wild quacking. No words can be made out as Ferdinand is panicking and was screeching incoherently. Babe is on his trotters in a flash. There across the farmyard are three men sneaking away. One of them grips the struggling Ferdinand!

‘Hey you!’ yells Babe. ‘Let my friend go!’ he shouts at the top of his little lungs as he trots after them as fast as his short legs can carry him.

At the sound of his squealing the men turn around and a look a sheer terror crosses their faces as they see the creature running after them.

‘Oh no! It’s a pig! It’s a pig! It’s a forbidden animal. Run, don’t let it touch you. Don’t let it touch me. No, no, no. A pig!! A pig!!!’ the first one screams in a high-pitched voice.

‘This place is full of flies,’ screeches another. ‘What if one of those flies touched the pig and then it touched us. The essence of swine will be all over the fly and it will rub onto us. What can we do? Oh no. Run for your souls!’

The third is out of breath (he’s overweight and also burdened with the fighting duck) but he manages to pant, ‘If any fly touches us, we wouldn’t know if it was pig contaminated or not. To be safe we must bathe in mud water. Arrrgghhh!!’

He screams because Babe has caught up with them and his snout brushes their legs.

‘It touched us!!!’ they scream in unison.

The touch of Babe gives the strength of fear to their limbs and they sprint to their waiting mopeds on the road. They speed off, leaving Babe behind. 

‘Ferdinand! Ferdinand!’ yells Babe. 

By this time the animals are awake and they surround the piglet. ‘They got Ferdinand,’ cries Babe plaintively. Fly gently licks his pink snout which droops despondently.

Then Babe looks up. His eyes glint with resolve.

‘I don’t know what they’re going to do with a duck, but I’m going to find my friend and I’m going to rescue him.’ With that, he runs purposefully towards the road.

‘Be careful, Babe!’ barks Fly.

‘That is one determined pig,’ says Rex. ‘It’s those thugs who should be careful.’ 

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Shelah Talks Ep 58: Time Of The Month With Ivy Josiah (by bfmvdo)

Finally! You boys at the station found some time to load the video 5 days after the episode aired. And why have you not invited me to play those online games with you? Tsk tsk tsk.

In case you missed it, the Sports episode with my guests from The Straits Games 2011, Ivan Yap, organizer of this year's event, Jimmy Wong one of the athletes who also won a Gold medal in one of the swim races and the very distinguished Chris Syer, Media Director of the Malaysian Olympic Council. Chris also brought balls and bats for us to fondle.