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PETALING JAYA, Oct. 9 — Bersatu Supreme Council member Wan Saiful Wan Jan has threatened further exposes against party leaders if pressure on him continues. After attending a disciplinary hearing, Wan Saiful claimed some leaders had liaised with political rivals and received millions, warning he might reveal evidence if provoked. He also said he rejected an offer to defect, citing loyalty to…

The hearing, now in its third day and which may last up to eight weeks, is under way to consider a bid by the Crown to have Pirozzi classified as a dangerous offender. If the application is successful, Pirozzi, 35, could face an indeterminate term arising from a number of assault charges.

Correctional officers from Prince Albert Penitentiary in Saskatchewan related incidents with Pirozzi that had happened there, where he was incarcerated before being moved to the special handling unit at Millhaven.

Guard Terrance Larose said it had been necessary on some occasions to use restraints to tie Pirozzi's hands and feet together in order to control him.

Guard Thomas Brown testified that he had asked Pirozzi on Dec. 9, 1984, to return a breakfast tray. Pirozzi told the guard he would "get him" when he got out of custody then destroyed the metal tray and threw the pieces through the slot in his cell door.

On Dec. 12, 1984, Brown said, Pirozzi, when asked for a dustpan he had been using in his cell threatened to "put it through" the guard's head.

He said that on Jan. 23, 1985, when asked to return a pencil to a guard, Pirozzi became abusive and told Brown, "You have just signed your death warrant."

Guard Bernard Regnier said that Pirozzi usually opposed any order, rule or regulation.

"He would ask, "What are you guys going to do, lock me up? I'm already in jail.'"

Simon Woroniuk testified that it frequently took five officers to move Pirozzi from his cell -- three more than the number usually used when escorting a prisoner.

He said Pirozzi once butted one officer twice with his head and bit another on the calf of the leg. The injury required stitches, Woroniuk said.

"He also threated to kill us all," he said.

The court was told of other occasions when Pirozzi smashed a radio, destroyed a television set and ripped a sprinkler head off the ceiling.

"If he didn't get his way he would create a disturbance," testified guard Ernest Stewart.

Guard Philip Hess said that Pirozzi threatened him and his family.

"He never needed a reason to make threats," he said. "He was always abusive to officers."

Hess said that Pirozzi would take off his clothes and stand nude in his cell when he knew the female nurse was making rounds.

"He is the hardest inmate I ever dealt with in my career," he said.

The hearing, now in its fourth week, is underway to consider a bid by the Crown to have Millhaven Penitentiary inmate Patrick Jerome Pirozzi, 35, classified as a dangerous offender.

Paul William Bell, a former correctional officer at Kingston, testified that he saw Pirozzi push another inmate down a stairway onto a landing.

Pirozzi then repeatedly struck the unconscious man on the head with a Melmac cup until the cup broke and then began kicking him on the head. Melmac is a type of very hard plastic.

"These were solid kicks and he gave him eight to 10 blows," Bell said. When Bell attempted to stop Pirozzi he was knocked to the ground.

The attacked inmate, Norman Skedden, was in "very bad shape" and bleeding from the ears, he said.

Correctional officer Gerald Shaver testified that he heard yelling and went to the area, where he found Pirozzi kicking at the other inmate.

When Shaver was taking Pirozzi to the "hole" for solitary incarceration Pirozzi told him he "didn't hit him Skedden as hard as he should have." Following cross-examination by defence lawyer Fergus O'Connor, Shaver said Pirozzi may have said "as hard as he could have."

Robert Neilson, who was an inmate at Kingston at the time, witnessed the attack. He said Pirozzi pushed Skedden downstairs and then followed him down and "hammered him with a Melmac cup," before kicking him.

Dr. Donald Workman told the court that the injured man's head injuries caused a paralysis to the left side of his body, causing him to have difficulty in walking and speaking.

After 13 months' treatment, he said, the injured man still has an awkward gait and difficulty with his left arm and hand.

Inspector Earl McCullough of Kingston police department, who charged Pirozzi with assault causing bodily harm as a result of the attack, said Pirozzi claimed he had been threatened by Skedden with having gasoline thrown on him and set alight.

LUQUE, Paraguay | Copa Libertadores final to be played outside Argentina

LUQUE, Paraguay  — The postponed Copa Libertadores final was deemed too violent to remain in Argentina and will be played elsewhere.

Where was still to be determined by South American organizer CONMEBOL, which decided on Tuesday to stage the second leg on Dec. 8 or 9.

The decision has yet to be validated by the soccer body’s disciplinary committee. It may yet be played behind closed doors, too.

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Is an employee able to avoid a disciplinary action by resigning?Insights into The Law in South Africa – Insights into The Law in South Africa | Welcome to Go Legal

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It is trite law that employees may resign from their employment, either with immediate effect or on notice, thereby unilaterally terminating the employment relationship. The employer may not reject such resignation. However, does an employee have a right to resign from his…