Thursday, April 27, 2017

Novelist sues actress-producer Ziela Jalil for defamation

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KUALA LUMPUR: A novelist is suing actress and film producer Datuk Norzilah Abdul Jalil, better known as Ziela Jalil (pic), for defamation over remarks on social media.
Siti Rosmizah Semail filed the suit at the High Court registry here through her lawyers Rafie Mohd Shafie & Associates on Thursday.
In her statement of claim, Siti Rosmizah named Ziela as the sole defendant.
She said Ziela had uploaded, published and publicised the defamatory words in her Instagram account, which has 551,000 followers, on Feb 9 and April 10.
Siti Rosmizah, who is also co-producer of popular drama series 7 Hari Mencintaiku, alleged that Ziela had also made defamatory statements when interviewed by a Mingguan Malaysia reporter on April 16.
The plaintiff alleged that the defamatory words meant or would mean that she was inhumane and cruel; a liar and dishonest person; bossy and selfish; without principles, unethical and without morals; a hypocrite; and had failed to keep her promise.
She said a letter of demand was sent to Ziela on April 18 seeking a retraction of the comments, an apology and damages as a result of the defamatory words but to no result.
Siti Rosmizah is seeking an order for Ziela to delete the defamatory statements from her Instagram account; an injunction to prevent her from publishing, publicising and/or spreading the statements; an apology; and special, general, exemplary and punitive damages.

PLUS highway tolls go cashless

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Traffic snarl: Motorists stuck in traffic jam on the first day of toll plazas going cashless.
Traffic snarl: Motorists stuck in traffic jam on the first day of toll plazas going cashless.

KUALA LUMPUR: All tolls on PLUS highways are now fully electronic and no cash payments will be accepted.
PLUS Malaysia Berhad managing director Datuk Azman Ismail said as of yesterday, PLUS highway users were required to pay toll with PlusMiles card, Touch ‘n Go (TnG) Card, SmartTag, or MyKad equipped with TnG chips.
“The objective of a fully electronic system is to ensure a smoother and faster toll transaction and a more comfortable journey for road users,” said Azman.
“The electronic toll collection system is 300% faster than the manual cash system.”
A SmartTag lane can cater up to 1,000 vehicles per hour and a TnG lane, 600 vehicles per hour, compared with only 180 vehicles per hour at a manual cash lane, he added.
Azman said the migration to full electronic toll collection system was implemented by PLUS in stages since 2008.
The affected highways, which have a total of 94 toll plazas, are the North-South Expressway (NSE), North-South Expressway Central Link, New Klang Valley Expressway, Federal Highway Route 2, Seremban-Port Dickson Highway, Butterworth-Kulim Expressway, Malaysia–Singapore Second Crossing and Penang Bridge.
Speaking at a press conference at the Sungai Besi Toll Plaza, Azman said that feedback and the level of awareness from highway users on the cashless system have been positive, with a 92% penetration nationwide.
He added that PLUS has been running campaigns and advertisements to create awareness on the migration to the new system.
Lanes to top up and purchase TnG cards will be opened for 24 hours at all toll plazas.
PlusMiles cards are also available at all PLUS Customer Service Centres operating at selected toll plaza offices.
Meanwhile, Azman gave an assurance that all existing PLUS toll booth attendants numbering more than 2,000 would not be affected and that some would be redeployed to nearby toll plazas to assist with the new system.
Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Syahrunizam Samsudin said there were no plans to reduce the price of the SmartTag (RM127.20) or TnG card (RM10.60, without pre-loaded value).
He also clarified that the service charge to top up a TnG card and the cap on the reload amount were business models of respective retailers, and customers always have the options to reload their cards elsewhere.