Mahkamah tolak rayuan seorang peminjam mahu saman PTPTN

KUALA LUMPUR - Seorang pegawai bank, yang namanya telah disenarai hitam kerana didakwa telah gagal melunaskan pinjaman pendidikan, hari ini gagal dalam usahanya untuk mengubah keputusan Mahkamah Sesyen menolak samannya terhadap Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN).

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi, Datuk Seri Zakaria Sam menolak di dalam kamar rayuan Mandeep Singh untuk mengetepikan keputusan Mahkamah Sesyen menolak samannya terhadap PTPTN.

Peguam Abdul Malik Hakim yang mewakili Mandeep memberitahu wartawan bahawa hakim itu juga memerintahkan anak guamnya untuk membayar kos sebanyak RM3,500 kepada PTPTN.

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Kelantan beat neighbour Terengganu 3-1

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Cup defending champion, Kelantan defeated Terengganu 3-1 in a Group C match of the Malaysia Cup at Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, Kuala Terengganu tonight.

The error committed by Terengganu skipper Hasmizan Kamarodin punished the turtle squad when he scored an own goal in the 27th minute.

Indra Putra Mahayuddin later made it 2-0 for Kelantan in the 53rd minute.

However, the turtle squad reduced the deficit when Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin scored in the 75th minute but the Terengganu joy was short-lived when Mohd Badhri Radzi confirmed victory for the ‘Red Warriors’ in the 85th minute.

Pahang, playing in another group C match, collected the full three points when they beat Negeri Sembilan 3-0 at Stadium Darul Makmur, Kuantan.

The three goals for Pahang came from Matías Ruben Conti in the 50th minute, R.Gopinathan (70th) and Azidan Sarudin (83rd).

In a Group A match, the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) drew 1-1 with Selangor at the Selayang Municipal Council Stadium.

ATM started strongly when import Marlon Alex James found the opponent’s goal in the 37th minute but Mohd Fitri Shazwan Raduwan equalised for Selangor in the 74th.

Johor were also held to a 2-2 draw with Sime Darby at the Pasir Gudang Municipal Council Stadium, Johor.

Johor Darul Takzim (Johor DT), playing in Group B, had a comfortable 5-2 win over Felda United at the Temerloh Mini Stadium, Pahang.

At the Shah Stadium, Selangor PKNS went on a goal-scoring spree with a 5-0 win over T-Team.

In a Group B match, Kedah recorded their first win when they beat Perak 1-0 at Stadium Perak, Ipoh. The Kedah solitary goal came from Nelson San Martin in.

Double-ton Rooney gives Moyes winning start

Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney celebrates scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League Group A football match football match between Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England on September 17, 2013. United won 4-2. –AFP photo

 Manchester United’s Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini (C) beats Bayer Leverkusen’s German midfielder Simon Rolfes during the UEFA Champions League Group A football match football match between Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford in Manchester, on September 17, 2013. United won 4-2. –AFP photo

Manchester United’s Dutch striker Robin van Persie (L) scores during the UEFA Champions League Group A football match football match between Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England on September 17, 2013. United won 4-2. –AFP photo

Manchester United’s Dutch striker Robin van Persie (L) is booked by referee Damir Skomina during the UEFA Champions League Group A football match football match between Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England on September 17, 2013. United won 4-2. –AFP photo

Agong berangkat pulang

SELAMAT BERANGKAT: Tuanku Abdul Halim dan Tuanku Hajah Haminah melambai kepada para jemputan yang turut mengiringi baginda berdua sebelum menaiki pesawat diraja di LTAK di Kuching, semalam. — Gambar Chimon Upon

KUCHING: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah dan Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah semalam berangkat pulang selepas lawatan tiga hari ke negeri ini sempena Perayaan Hari Malaysia Ke-50.

Baginda berdua yang berangkat pulang ke Kuala Lumpur menaiki pesawat diraja di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching (LTAK) kira-kira jam 5 petang, turut diiringi Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Datuk Agong berangkat pulang Patinggi Abang Muhammad Salahuddin serta isteri Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Norkiah.

Turut mengiringi keberangkatan baginda berdua adalah Ketua Menteri Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud serta isteri Puan Sri Ragad Kurdi Taib, Timbalan Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang serta isteri Dato Sri Empiang Jabu dan menteri-menteri kabinet lain.
Majlis itu dimeriahkan dengan persembahan kebudayaan pelbagai etnik yang mengiringi baginda berdua sebelum menaiki pesawat.

Lawatan baginda berdua ke negeri ini dimulakan dengan menghadiri acara perarakan kapal berhias di Tebingan Kuching pada sebelah malam Ahad lepas disusuli menghadiri Istiadat Perbarisan Rapat Raksasa Hari Malaysia Ke-50 pada pagi Isnin.

Sementara pada sebelah malamnya pula, baginda berdua menghadiri Majlis Perasmian Kompleks Islam Sarawak sebelum berangkat pulang petang semalam.

U.N. chemical weapons inspectors to return to Syria

A Free Syrian Army fighter rests inside a cave at a rebel camp in the Idlib Provence of Syria on Tuesday, September 17. More than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria since a popular uprising spiraled into a civil war in 2011, according to the United Nations. The Syrian government's suspected use of chemical weapons in a deadly August 21 attack has prompted the United States to urge military action against the regime.