Vokalis Spring,Ameng di dapati bersalah...

BERSALAH...Ameng bertemu isterinya sebelum dibawa masuk ke lokap.

MELAKA: Vokalis kumpulan Spring, Ameng atau nama sebenarnya Wan Aminuddin Wan Ismail, 43, dijatuhi hukuman penjara 11 tahun dan 10 sebatan oleh Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, semalam, selepas mengaku bersalah atas tiga pertuduhan memiliki dan memasukkan dadah dalam badan di sebuah hotel di Taman Melaka Raya, di sini, Februari lalu.

Isteri Ameng, Sabariah Zakariah, 41, yang menghadapi dua tuduhan bersama suaminya, bagaimanapun dibebaskan selepas pertuduhan terhadapnya digugurkan.

Mengikut pertuduhan, Ameng dan isterinya didapati memiliki kanabis seberat 105.90 gram di bilik nombor 1, Hotel Senyum Mesra, nombor 346 A&B, Jalan Melaka Raya 3, Taman Melaka Raya, dekat sini, pada 1 Februari lalu.

Mereka dituduh melakukan kesalahan itu mengikut Seksyen 6 Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 dan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 39A (2) akta sama, dibaca sekali dengan Seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan membabitkan hukuman penjara seumur hidup atau tidak kurang lima tahun dan 10 sebatan jika sabit kesalahan Bagi pertuduhan kedua, pasangan itu dituduh memiliki dadah methamphetamine seberat 0.22 gram di tempat, masa dan tarikh sama.

Mereka didakwa mengikut Seksyen 12 Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 dan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 12 (3) akta sama dibaca bersama Seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan, memperuntukkan hukuman didenda maksimum RM100,000 atau penjara sehingga lima tahun atau kedua-duanya sekali.

Ameng turut menghadapi pertuduhan tambahan iaitu memasukkan dadah dalam badan kira-kira jam 6 petang hari sama di Pejabat Bahagian Siasatan Jenayah Narkotik, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Melaka Tengah.

Bagi pertuduhan itu, dia didakwa mengikut Seksyen 15 (1) (a) akta sama (pindaan 2003) dan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 15 (1) (b) dibaca bersama Seksyen 38 ADB 1952 yang memperuntukkan hukuman denda tidak lebih RM5,000 atau penjara tidak lebih dua tahun dan dua tahun pengawasan.

Hakim Abu Bakar Katar menjatuhkan hukuman penjara lapan tahun dan 10 sebatan bagi pertuduhan pertama, dua tahun penjara bagi pertuduhan kedua, manakala untuk pertuduhan ketiga, Ameng dijatuhkan hukuman penjara setahun berserta pengawasan selama dua tahun.

Abu Bakar, bagaimanapun mengarahkan tertuduh menjalani hukuman penjara bagi ketiga-tiga pertuduhan itu secara serentak bermula tarikh ditangkap iaitu 1 Februari lalu. Berikutan itu, Ameng hanya perlu menjalani hukuman penjara selama lapan tahun berserta sebatan.

Ameng yang mengenakan kemeja-T berwarna biru dan berseluar jeans kelihatan tenang ketika hukuman dijatuhkan terhadapnya.

Dia sebelum ini mengaku bersalah atas dua pertuduhan memiliki dadah ketika dihadapkan ke mahkamah pada 14 Februari lalu, manakala isterinya mengaku tidak bersalah.

Terdahulu, peguam bela Azrul Zulkifli Strok yang mewakili Ameng dan isterinya meminta mahkamah menjatuhkan hukuman paling minimum terhadap anak guamnya memandangkan itu kesalahan pertamanya memiliki dadah.

“Saya merayu mahkamah menjatuhkan hukuman ringan kerana tertuduh dalam kes ini adalah penanggung keluarga yang mempunyai seorang isteri dan tiga anak berusia antara tiga hingga 15 tahun selain ibunya yang sakit tua.

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Ifa Sirrhu Samsudin, bagaimanapun meminta mahkamah menjatuhkan hukuman maksimum terhadap tertuduh kerana kesalahan dilakukannya serius.

Menurutnya, masalah dadah menjadi punca perpecahan dalam masyarakat sekarang dan beliau meminta mahkamah mengutamakan kepentingan awam ketika menjatuhkan hukuman.

Beberapa ahli keluarga pasangan berkenaan dilihat hadir di mahkamah untuk mengikuti perbicaraan itu.

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8 Reasons We Love Music On The Journey

Music reminds us of our travels, just as much as it inspires us to travel. It urges us to unfold the maps, pack the backpack and hit the road.

Music let us feel free like a bird.


Every time I listen to Pink Floyd’s Shine on You Crazy Diamond, I think back to the Makgadi-kgadi Pans in Botswana. These pans cover 6 177.6 square miles, and from the middle, you can see the curvature of the Earth.

Once, I drove my Land Rover over the pans and decided to stop in the middle and sleep under the stars. Pink Floyd played on the CD player and it made the whole experience surreal.

When I listen to Joan Baez I’m taken back to a surfing trip and a remote beach down the East Coast of Africa. I can smell the freshly caught crayfish crackling over the coals and hear the waves whooshing in the dark.

Music reminds us of our travels, just as much as it inspires us to travel. It urges us to unfold the maps, pack the backpack and hit the road.

Here are 8 reasons we love music on the journey:

1. Music is a universal language

Local music breaks down the barriers of language and ethnicity. Music is a universal language, which uplifts the spirit and helps to make friends.

People all over the world identify with music. The essence of ancient cultures lies in music.

People all over the world identify with music. The essence of ancient cultures lies in music, and if we are lucky, we can experience a bit of it.

I was one of very few Asian to have been invited to a traditional Ghule-whankulu dance in Malawi. These dancers belong to a secret society, their true identities are known only by themselves, and no one in the village knows who is behind the masks.

Their energetic dancing accompanied by awe-inspiring drum rhythms will always be a part of my memories.

2. Music reminds you of the people

Music reminds you of the people you met along the journey. Like a little romance I had with the girl from Holland captured perfectly by Natalie Imbruglia while we were waiting for the bus. It was a bittersweet farewell.

She promised to phone me, lying naked on the floor. (It never happened…)

3. Music can make the world yours

Music shortens those long hot and smelly journeys in the back of a crowded bus. Music can drown out the noise of a big city. Listening to your favorite tracks can enhance the experience of seeing a natural or man-made wonder for the first time.

Make that “touristy” spot, a piece of your own travel memories without the camera-toting holidaymakers. For me it was Moby at Victoria Falls in Zambia.

4. Music can ignite your imagination

Music documented what happen around us.

Recently, I boarded a plane at the start of a new journey. As the plane hurtled down the runway on take-off, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird was reminding me that I was free as a bird, and that I would never change.

Too many places to see. Music fueled the excitement. The promise of new adventure. It made the farewell to my family easier.

5. Music can enhance the present

Music makes the world a little more interesting. It helps your thoughts and imagination to be a little bit more creative.

I was sitting at the Stockholm train-station, and I was listening to Vaya Con Dios’s Don’t cry for Louie. I saw this shady guy with a trench coat and dark glasses, and he had two tarty looking women with him.

Pimp and prostitutes. I saw Louie. I had the urge to walk over to one of the women and ask her to sing for me, in that lovely low and sexy voice. The fear of a slap in the face, and possible arrest for public disturbance stopped me.

And Louie would have been pissed off.

6. Music can scar you

Music is a form of traveling on its own. Traveling without moving.

Sometimes, music can have a negative impact as well. Malawi has cured me of Peter Tosh and Bob Marley forever.

I was staying at a backpackers in Inkhatha Bayand, and couldn’t help but notice some other “beach boys” that spoke with overdone Jamaican accents. The local Rastas.

They were rolling joint after joint of “electric spinach” and listening to some shockingly bad, very loud distortions of Buffalo Soldier and Redemption Song. Over and fucking over.

7. Music can be a useful

I have once used music as a weapon. I arrived at this nice little campsite at the Drakensberg in South Africa, on the Lesotho border.

I set up camp away from the rest of the crowd when a noisy family decided to come and disturb my peace. They settled right next to me, and the kids proceeded to kick up a lot of noise.

I put Tom Wait’s Bone Machine on at top volume and took a few sips of Rum straight out the bottle while I gave the mother the evil eye.

Needless to say, they packed up and left me in peace. I always reserve old Tom for warding off witchdoctors and noisy kids.

8. Music is travel

Mostly, I have fond memories of my travels when I am listening to music at home and working towards the next trip. It is like a form of traveling on its own. Traveling without moving.

How has music enhanced your journeys? Share your stories in the comments!

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Usher's Porn Tape

R&B star Usher Raymond is rumoured to have a sex tape.

But don't worry, it isn't with the Bieber. Apparently the tape features the sexy singer and his ex-wife Tameka.

According to sources, Vivid Entertainment is looking to stop the distribution of the tape.

The CEO of Vivid, Steve Hirsch, reportedly sent a letter to Usher offering to get rid of the tape.

Hirsch has supposedly done the same for other celebrities in the same situation.

Usher has not made any comments about the tape. However, his ex denied the tapes existance and later twittered brushing the whole thing off.

The duo married in 2007 and had two sons together during their two years of marriage. The duo decided to split and the divorce became final in 2009.

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Lady Gaga Censored In Malaysia

Local radio stations worry some lyrics in Lady Gaga's gay anthem Born This Wayare on the wrong track, baby.

Local broadcasters have refused to play lines in the hit song that encourages public acceptance of gays, claiming Thursday they are being cautious because the government forbids offensive content.

Malaysians who tune in to popular stations hear edited versions of Born This Waythat use indecipherable garble to replace the lyrics: "No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track, baby."

A spokesperson from AMP Radio Networks said the precaution was due to government restrictions against songs that might violate "good taste or decency or (are) offensive to public feeling."

"The particular lyrics in Born This Way may be considered as offensive when viewed against Malaysia's social and religious observances," the company said in a statement to The Associated Press.

"The issue of being gay, lesbian or (bisexual) is still considered as a 'taboo' by general Malaysians."

Broadcasters can face fines up of to RM50,000 and other penalties for breaking the rules.

AMP Radio Networks runs eight radio channels, including Malaysia's No. 1 English-language station, Hitz.fm, which has an estimated 1.5 million listeners.

Malaysian gay rights activist Pang Khee Teik criticised the broadcasters' decision, saying the media should be "a platform for marginalized voices and create understanding - not perpetuate ignorance and hate."

"Lady Gaga was attempting to address this very thing in her song. How dare they play that song and cut out its shining heart," said Pang, the co-founder of Sexuality Independence, a Malaysian anti-discrimination arts movement.

"We just want the same thing as everyone else: to love, be loved and have our songs played on the radio."

Lady Gaga, who is highly outspoken about gay rights, should consider protesting the decision by asking Malaysian stations not to air her songs at all, Pang said.

Gay Malaysians have tried to press for greater acceptance in recent years, saying discrimination persists.

The Sexuality Independence group last year posted a Youtube clip of a young gay Muslim who defended his sexuality, but it removed the video after anonymous viewers made online death threats against him.

Government religious authorities accused the man of insulting Islam, though no official action was taken.

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SENYAP @ Sangria, 20th Feb 2011

confident,sempoi yet thick with kedah mother tongue,the voc from 'mc feel' exudes the confidence of real performer.

Although just a novice reggae band, Dear Haidar performance manage to pull the crowd to the front row.The only band who seems to get lucky that night.

At 9pm Sangria seems to be a lil quite on Sunday night, although it was supposed to be a home night for most of us due to morning class for students or working day those who work,but instead we decided to lepak and support our friends who are performing at Music Addicted@Sangria, a small gig event,organised by Senyap the ultimate underground movement.

My expectation would just,ready to be suprised and perhaps to discover, among many lines up tonight, i am hoping there might be one or two potential bands that offer something different on stage.

The bands who were performing that night would be 'the overtime','box for letters','revellers','reaxi','dear haidar','the liberated'and 'mc feel'. Sitting not too far away from the stage i could just feel the heart thumping nervousness of the vocalist performing, the challenge of performing in somewhat moderate numbers of audience mostly consist of the other bands and their friends, a friendly atmosphere that should add up advantage to most of them when the crowds are mostly supportive friends and families unfortunately other than the band 'dear haidar' and 'mc feel' other bands were drown in their nervousness.

Its also fun an overwhelming to watch a novice band like 'box of letters' from klang that consist of few school kids or last year spm candidates to perform at such venue,providing them at least somewhat a platform to share their talents. Its quite a sight to see them performing with full passion with parents support, im sure they will polish up and improve their performance with a better songs in future.

Thumbs up for Senyap for offering a platform to the bands, giving them the require space to enable them to make that baby steps without such support,perhaps i wouldnt discover such a potential band like 'mc feel'.Hopefully more bands from various genre will have the similar opportunity in future.

One thing that i think they need to improve for future dates would be just to clarify the entrance require the visitor to make a minimal drink purhase of RM7(soft drink) to enter the venue. Cause honestly its rather annoying to have the entrance guard keep telling everyone to "dont forget to buy your drinks!" again and again. Just mention or simply have a cover charge note of RM7 on the flyer, at least those the audience esp those who are still studying at least can spare RM7 before coming to the venue.

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