KUALA LUMPUR: Parents should acquire parenting skills to better equip themselves to bring up their children, Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said today.

He said parents should make every possible effort to spend quality time with their children and instead of abusing their children, they should show love and care for them.

CHILDREN in Tenom, one of the most scenic locations in Sabah, are in danger of heavy metal poisoning due to the mega school electrification programme.

The electrification of rural schools there is being carrried out by independent contractors through the use of solar energy using lead-acid deep cycle batteries.

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NO words can describe the anguish that mother of two Sharmiza Suleiman suffered when her children went missing from their home on Monday.

Her anguish, however, came to an end when police informed her at 11 last night that her children had been found.

“Even though it was barely 24 hours since I found out that they went missing, it was a sad and long period,” said Sharmila went met at her home last night.

SHE wowed Malaysians during her concert at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil in March. This time, she’s back to support World Vision Malaysia as the 30-Hour Famine 2009 ambassador.

MELBOURNE: A 64-year-old father and his 21-year-old son, whom police say stood to make more than A$800,000 (RM2.2m) smuggling Afghan refugees into Australia, have been arrested.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) conducted a raid on their home in Shepparton, Victoria, early yesterday morning and arrested the two men over an alleged people smuggling ring operating in the country. The pair, Australian citizens of Afghan descent, had apparently been secretly plotting to clear a path for 68 refugees since April.

LOAN shark enforcers are believed to have abducted and murdered three-year-old Lee Li Xuan in a fishing village in Perak, police said last night.

The boys’s death by drowning is the most ruthless act on record by loan sharks. If in the past they resorted to violence of a lesser degree, they have now stooped to the lowest point possible by killing a kid.

Police have a clue already: The main suspect is said to be a thin dark-skinned man sporting a ponytail and who drives a dark Proton Wira Aeroback.

MOST road accidents happen within 3km of the starting point of a journey. According to a Progressive Insurance survey this is because drivers taking short trips do not take the same precautions as those embarking on long journeys. This increases the chance of collision through negligence.

IT only took two hours for Malay Mail to make an impact in people’s lives. The afternoon daily was delivered at noon yesterday and by 2pm, the area’s MP was already on the ground to get a first-hand look and try to solve issues plaguing the residents of the Kapar slums.

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LIKE illegal immigrants in their own land, they live an uncertain life. Without proper documents, these Malaysian children are deprived of education, basic amenities and a country that cares.

A youth movement called G2 alerted Malay Mail to several families in Kapar, Klang living in abject poverty.

A BALLERINA, Spiderman, a vet, a train driver and sometimes even a sea lion: these are the jobs that toddlers see themselves in when they grow up.

Kate Castine, an adviser to Australia ‘s department of education, isn’t happy about this and wants four-year-olds to be more serious about their career options.