Saturday, March 26, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Saman ekor tak perlu bayar - KASE
Jawatankuasa Kempen Anti Saman Ekor (Kase) menasihatkan mangsa saman ekor agar tidak membayar kompaun yang dikenakan biarpun tempoh promosi pembayaran berakhir hari ini.
Pengerusinya, Datuk Mahfuz Omar yang juga ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena berkata, sekiranya selepas ini mereka disenarai hitam, Kase akan membantu untuk berdepan masalah tersebut di mahkamah.
"Rakyat tidak perlu bayar, yang penting ambil insurans bawa ke JPJ untuk perbaharui cukai jalan, kalau JPJ tak benar, wajib pengarah JPJ kena bagi jawapan bertulis, kenapa.
"Kemudian bawa insurans dan surat itu, kalau polis tahan, biar dia saman, kita lawan di mahkamah," katanya ketika ditemui selepas membangkitkan perkara itu di parlimen semalam.
Tambahnya, keputusan sama ada seseorang itu bersalah dan perlu membayar kompaun hanya ditentukan mahkamah, dan bukan oleh notis saman yang dikeluarkan.
Menurutnya lagi, tindakan JPJ menyenarai hitam pesalah saman ekor adalah salah mengikut keputusan Mahkamah Kucing dalam kes Leonad Lim Yaw Chiang melawan Pengarah JPJ negeri Sarawak pada 2009.
Dalam kes itu, hakim memutuskan bahawa tindakan JPJ menyenarai hitam mengikut Seksyen 17(1)(d) adalah tidak betul dan bertentangan dengan Perkara 13 Perlembagaan Persekutuan.
(Kes Leonard Lim Yaw Chiang lwn Director of Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Negeri Sarawak telah diputuskan pada tahun 2009. Di dalam kes ini, seorang rakyat bernama Leonard Lim Yaw Chiang telah disenarai hitam dan dihalang oleh JPJ Sarawak dari memperbaharui cukai jalan kereta beliau. Beliau telah memohon kepada Mahkamah Tinggi Kuching untuk memutuskan bahawa tindakan JPJ menyenarai hitam dan menghalang beliau memperbaharui cukai jalan adalah salah. Beliau juga memohon gantirugi daripada JPJ di atas kehilangan penggunaan kereta beliau selama kereta tersebut tidak boleh digunakan kerana tiada cukai jalan.
Mahkamah telah memutuskan bahawa JPJ tidak boleh menyenarai hitam kenderaan di atas suatu kesalahan yang belum dibuktikan di Mahkamah. Tindakan JPJ menyenarai hitam diputuskan telah bertentangan dengan Perkara 13 Perlembagaan. JPJ juga telah diarahkan membayar gantirugi kepada pemohon dalam kes itu kerana kesusahan beliau tidak dapat menggunakan kenderaan sehingga terpaksa menyewa kenderaan lain.
Justeru di sini ingin dimaklumkan kepada pemandu-pemandu dan pemilik-pemilik kenderaan yang dinafikan hak mereka memperbaharui cukai jalan dan lesen memandu, bahawa hak anda dilindungi oleh Perlembagaan. Pihak berkuasa tidak boleh sewenang-wenang menafikan hak anda.)
"Kita minta Peguam Negara nasihat JPJ supaya akur keputusan mahkamah iaitu tak boleh blacklist.
"Rakyat tidak boleh dipaksa membayar kompaun yang ditawarkan," kata Mahfuz yang juga Naib Presiden PAS.
Dalam pada itu, beliau turut mempertikai tindakan kerajaan yang didakwa akan menggunakan teknologi Redflex dalam Automatic Enforcement System (AES).
Katanya, teknologi itu telah dipertikai banyak pihak termasuk di California Amerika Syarikat dan di Arizona.
"Kenapa guna teknologi yang sudahpun dipersoal.
"Dan kenapa syarikat swasta Beta Tegap dan commercial Circle diberi hak pengendalian, sedangkan teknologi guna yang Redflex punya.
"Kenapa kerajaan tak kendalikan sendiri guna teknologi sama, kenapa perlu orang tengah?" soalnya.
Pengerusinya, Datuk Mahfuz Omar yang juga ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena berkata, sekiranya selepas ini mereka disenarai hitam, Kase akan membantu untuk berdepan masalah tersebut di mahkamah.
"Rakyat tidak perlu bayar, yang penting ambil insurans bawa ke JPJ untuk perbaharui cukai jalan, kalau JPJ tak benar, wajib pengarah JPJ kena bagi jawapan bertulis, kenapa.
"Kemudian bawa insurans dan surat itu, kalau polis tahan, biar dia saman, kita lawan di mahkamah," katanya ketika ditemui selepas membangkitkan perkara itu di parlimen semalam.
Tambahnya, keputusan sama ada seseorang itu bersalah dan perlu membayar kompaun hanya ditentukan mahkamah, dan bukan oleh notis saman yang dikeluarkan.
Menurutnya lagi, tindakan JPJ menyenarai hitam pesalah saman ekor adalah salah mengikut keputusan Mahkamah Kucing dalam kes Leonad Lim Yaw Chiang melawan Pengarah JPJ negeri Sarawak pada 2009.
Dalam kes itu, hakim memutuskan bahawa tindakan JPJ menyenarai hitam mengikut Seksyen 17(1)(d) adalah tidak betul dan bertentangan dengan Perkara 13 Perlembagaan Persekutuan.
(Kes Leonard Lim Yaw Chiang lwn Director of Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Negeri Sarawak telah diputuskan pada tahun 2009. Di dalam kes ini, seorang rakyat bernama Leonard Lim Yaw Chiang telah disenarai hitam dan dihalang oleh JPJ Sarawak dari memperbaharui cukai jalan kereta beliau. Beliau telah memohon kepada Mahkamah Tinggi Kuching untuk memutuskan bahawa tindakan JPJ menyenarai hitam dan menghalang beliau memperbaharui cukai jalan adalah salah. Beliau juga memohon gantirugi daripada JPJ di atas kehilangan penggunaan kereta beliau selama kereta tersebut tidak boleh digunakan kerana tiada cukai jalan.
Mahkamah telah memutuskan bahawa JPJ tidak boleh menyenarai hitam kenderaan di atas suatu kesalahan yang belum dibuktikan di Mahkamah. Tindakan JPJ menyenarai hitam diputuskan telah bertentangan dengan Perkara 13 Perlembagaan. JPJ juga telah diarahkan membayar gantirugi kepada pemohon dalam kes itu kerana kesusahan beliau tidak dapat menggunakan kenderaan sehingga terpaksa menyewa kenderaan lain.
Justeru di sini ingin dimaklumkan kepada pemandu-pemandu dan pemilik-pemilik kenderaan yang dinafikan hak mereka memperbaharui cukai jalan dan lesen memandu, bahawa hak anda dilindungi oleh Perlembagaan. Pihak berkuasa tidak boleh sewenang-wenang menafikan hak anda.)
"Kita minta Peguam Negara nasihat JPJ supaya akur keputusan mahkamah iaitu tak boleh blacklist.
"Rakyat tidak boleh dipaksa membayar kompaun yang ditawarkan," kata Mahfuz yang juga Naib Presiden PAS.
Dalam pada itu, beliau turut mempertikai tindakan kerajaan yang didakwa akan menggunakan teknologi Redflex dalam Automatic Enforcement System (AES).
Katanya, teknologi itu telah dipertikai banyak pihak termasuk di California Amerika Syarikat dan di Arizona.
"Kenapa guna teknologi yang sudahpun dipersoal.
"Dan kenapa syarikat swasta Beta Tegap dan commercial Circle diberi hak pengendalian, sedangkan teknologi guna yang Redflex punya.
"Kenapa kerajaan tak kendalikan sendiri guna teknologi sama, kenapa perlu orang tengah?" soalnya.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Court Rejects DNA In Anwar Case
08
Mar
By Anwar Ibrahim 0 Comments
Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Asia Tenggara, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen and Politik
From Aljazeera.net
Malaysian opposition leader wins rare victory in long-running sodomy trial as judge rules DNA evidence inadmissible.
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has won a rare victory in his long-running sodomy trial as DNA tests on items taken from his detention cell were ruled as inadmissible.
The High Court’s decision, announced on Tuesday, is a major boost for Anwar, a former deputy premier who was jailed on separate sex and corruption counts a decade ago.
Anwar faces 20 years in jail if found guilty of the new charges.
The court found that a toothbrush, mineral water bottle and a hand towel taken from the cell where Anwar was held after his arrest in July 2008 were improperly obtained. Government lawyers had sought to submit the items as evidence in the trial against Anwar.
“I find that in this case the DNA samples from the three items… were obtained by unfair means from the accused,” Judge Zabidin Mohamed Diah said, adding that they were to be “excluded from evidence”.
Al Jazeera’s Veronica Pedrosa, reporting from Kuala Lumpur, said the ruling is seen as a significant blow to the prosecution’s case because “the burden was on them to prove a link between Anwar and the young accuser”.
“Those three items (of evidence) were taken without consent, according to Anwar and his defence team, while he was in police custody in July of 2008.”
‘Persecuted unfairly’
Anwar was in high spirits after the decision, which means the prosecution will now have to rely on the evidence of the accuser, his former aide Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who said he was sodomised at an upmarket condominium.
“I am grateful for the verdict and this just further supports what I have said, that I am being persecuted unfairly by the authorities in their bid to silence me,” Anwar told reporters.
DNA evidence from the items taken from the detention cell – which has only been identified as “male DNA” – was intended to be linked with medical tests on 25-year-old Saiful.
At the opening of the trial in February 2011 the prosecution said those tests had found traces of Anwar’s semen.
The trial, which has been punctuated by long delays, recently heard evidence from a government chemist that there were multiple unidentified DNA profiles found in Mohamad Saiful’s anus and trousers.
Anwar has said he is the victim of a plot to prevent him from taking power after the opposition made huge strides in 2008 elections, stunning the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, which has been in power for half a century.
Human Rights Watch has urged Malaysia to drop the charges, condemning the case as a “charade of justice”.
Sodomy, even among consenting adults, is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia.
Mar
By Anwar Ibrahim 0 Comments
Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Asia Tenggara, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen and Politik
From Aljazeera.net
Malaysian opposition leader wins rare victory in long-running sodomy trial as judge rules DNA evidence inadmissible.
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has won a rare victory in his long-running sodomy trial as DNA tests on items taken from his detention cell were ruled as inadmissible.
The High Court’s decision, announced on Tuesday, is a major boost for Anwar, a former deputy premier who was jailed on separate sex and corruption counts a decade ago.
Anwar faces 20 years in jail if found guilty of the new charges.
The court found that a toothbrush, mineral water bottle and a hand towel taken from the cell where Anwar was held after his arrest in July 2008 were improperly obtained. Government lawyers had sought to submit the items as evidence in the trial against Anwar.
“I find that in this case the DNA samples from the three items… were obtained by unfair means from the accused,” Judge Zabidin Mohamed Diah said, adding that they were to be “excluded from evidence”.
Al Jazeera’s Veronica Pedrosa, reporting from Kuala Lumpur, said the ruling is seen as a significant blow to the prosecution’s case because “the burden was on them to prove a link between Anwar and the young accuser”.
“Those three items (of evidence) were taken without consent, according to Anwar and his defence team, while he was in police custody in July of 2008.”
‘Persecuted unfairly’
Anwar was in high spirits after the decision, which means the prosecution will now have to rely on the evidence of the accuser, his former aide Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who said he was sodomised at an upmarket condominium.
“I am grateful for the verdict and this just further supports what I have said, that I am being persecuted unfairly by the authorities in their bid to silence me,” Anwar told reporters.
DNA evidence from the items taken from the detention cell – which has only been identified as “male DNA” – was intended to be linked with medical tests on 25-year-old Saiful.
At the opening of the trial in February 2011 the prosecution said those tests had found traces of Anwar’s semen.
The trial, which has been punctuated by long delays, recently heard evidence from a government chemist that there were multiple unidentified DNA profiles found in Mohamad Saiful’s anus and trousers.
Anwar has said he is the victim of a plot to prevent him from taking power after the opposition made huge strides in 2008 elections, stunning the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, which has been in power for half a century.
Human Rights Watch has urged Malaysia to drop the charges, condemning the case as a “charade of justice”.
Sodomy, even among consenting adults, is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Government failed to attract investors
By Anwar Ibrahim 0Comments
Categories : New Agenda, Analysis, International, Anwar, Economy, Recommend, Current Issue and Malaysia
Report Merill Lynch Bank of America 's concern related to the market . According to the report of Malaysia are among countries that are not favored investors in Asia Pacific after the bank was reviewing the views of fund managers . Although the government tried to stop a beautiful picture , the fact that Malaysia fell two steps from the previous position which was ranked 10th , and now in the position tercorot . Certainly this story to publish my fear on the economic position of the country when the so-called administrative Dato ' Sri Najib would make a warkan diwar economic policies aimed at attracting investors.
A number of important matters that should be considered is the view of investors who see Malaysia is not able to compete with neighboring countries such energy to move forward as Indonesia . Our neighbor to the survey by the World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum ) has jumped 10 stairs to the 44th of 139 countries . Following the development of our kind of doubt the details of the New Economic Model to be announced prime minister is able to revive the sluggish economy of this country . Government's intention to make investments of RM 2.2 trillion in the past 10 years , where 92 % of that number come from private investment , certainly raises concerns when investors act away from our markets .
The government should be aware , the economic policies that deny the policy and failed to give preference to make changes to systems that deal would seem empty. I stress that a comprehensive , investors give priority to the justice system clean , the climate is not corrupt and deceitful and promising leadership . Presentation and detailed economic policies , but denied such basic items will only be received cold . Unfortunately, this fact of ruling elites continue to deny even the people who suffer jelatalah hold the load.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
Categories : New Agenda, Analysis, International, Anwar, Economy, Recommend, Current Issue and Malaysia
Report Merill Lynch Bank of America 's concern related to the market . According to the report of Malaysia are among countries that are not favored investors in Asia Pacific after the bank was reviewing the views of fund managers . Although the government tried to stop a beautiful picture , the fact that Malaysia fell two steps from the previous position which was ranked 10th , and now in the position tercorot . Certainly this story to publish my fear on the economic position of the country when the so-called administrative Dato ' Sri Najib would make a warkan diwar economic policies aimed at attracting investors.
A number of important matters that should be considered is the view of investors who see Malaysia is not able to compete with neighboring countries such energy to move forward as Indonesia . Our neighbor to the survey by the World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum ) has jumped 10 stairs to the 44th of 139 countries . Following the development of our kind of doubt the details of the New Economic Model to be announced prime minister is able to revive the sluggish economy of this country . Government's intention to make investments of RM 2.2 trillion in the past 10 years , where 92 % of that number come from private investment , certainly raises concerns when investors act away from our markets .
The government should be aware , the economic policies that deny the policy and failed to give preference to make changes to systems that deal would seem empty. I stress that a comprehensive , investors give priority to the justice system clean , the climate is not corrupt and deceitful and promising leadership . Presentation and detailed economic policies , but denied such basic items will only be received cold . Unfortunately, this fact of ruling elites continue to deny even the people who suffer jelatalah hold the load.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
Friday, August 20, 2010
The Pomegranate - A Gift from Heaven
by Christine Klar
The pomegranate makes wonder of life visible to us. With its beauty of colour and shape the age-old tree stands gracefully in the centre of its red blossoms, overwhelming are the usefulness and the taste of its red fruit. It symbolizes the overflowing abundance of nature, its strength and power of resistance, its diversity within the entity of life and its capacity of constant renewal and regeneration.
The latest research shows that the pomegranate hasn't been cultivated by mankind without reason for more than 5.000 years. In former times the skin and juice were often used as ink as well as dye for oriental carpets. The pomegranate has many positive effects on our health. A fatty acid appearing almost only in this fruit, which is demonstrably highly concentrated and has especially positive effects on our health, is important for all metabolism processes in the body.
The pomegranate is an excellent water and food supplier: it contains beta-carotine, vitamins B1, B2 and C, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, iron, albumen a.o. and above all large quantities of antioxidants, secondary plant substances like poly-phenolen (flavonoids, tannins). Of special importance to nutrition experts is the poly-phenol ellag-acid . An optimal anti-oxidative protection, the anti-oxidative effect of the pomegranate is 3 to 10 times higher than in well-known plants like bilberry(blueberry), cranberry or green tea.
According to dietetic studies (Dr. Michael Avriam, 2004) the complete anti-oxidative protection in the blood rises by 130 % after having consumed pomegranate concentrate (10 ml per day). Furthermore, other controlled studies by Dr. Avriam prove the optimal effect on the heart circulation system. The oxidation of the cholesterol LDL could be reduced strongly after the consumption of pomegranates. Oxidized LDL cholesterol is more easily deposited in sediments and results in the so called arterio-sclerotic plaque, which is known as the main reason for heart circulation problems. Even a clear decrease of the sediments in the arteries could be seen. Regular consumption prevents anti-aging, arteriosclerosis and heart circulation diseases.
From the fruit, the skin, the blossoms, the leaves of the pomegranate to its trunk - everything can be used. The fresh juice has a stimulating impact on the blood in the body, helps for anaemia and improves digestion, especially the activity of the stomach. The pomegranate has a contracting quality and thus stops strong bleeding and sweating, heat flushes as well as diarrhoea. It soothes inflammation, increases the healing of wounds by regeneration of the tissue, is useful for the healing of the skin and mucous membranes, helps for bronchitis and tuberculosis, is effective against skin aging, has a proven, strengthening impact on epidermis, increases the firmness and elasticity of the skin, acts positively compensating on skin moisture and reduces wrinkles. At the same time the preventive as well as healing effect on cancer diseases like skin, breast and prostate cancer is to be stressed. Also today the pomegranate is still used in natural medicine as worm and tapeworm medicine. Last but not least the microbial effects on infections of the gums and urinary passages are to be mentioned.
Japanese studies from 2004 prove that because of its enormous quantities of phyto-estrogens (natural hormone treatment) the pomegranate provides for a noticeable soothing of frequent troubles of women in menopause like change of mood, osteoporosis and heat flushes. Also the typical pre-menstruation complaints will be deminished. The oil of the seeds and leaves shows a high substance of plant hormones. The fatty acid of the pomegranate contributes to the formation of prostaglandins in the human body. Prostaglandins are hormones of utmost importance for the metabolism and immune system, which the body produces itself.
American researchers, the team of Prof. Dr. A. R. Neurath, discovered substances in the juice of the pomegranate which prevent the entrance of the HI-virus into cells and thus an infection. The researchers did tests with different HIV stems and thus revealed the mechanisms how the virus binding takes place and how the infection is stopped by it.
Another scientific research of the pomegranate by Dr. Lansky, Schubert and Neemann brought to light different bio-flavonides which can stop infection supporting enzymes. This is also the reason for the anti-infectious and pain soothing effect.
Because of his intensive research of many years the "re-discovery" of the pomegranate is especially due to Dr. Ephraim Lansky. He started the research on the effects of pomegranates on cancerogene cells and developed processing methods of the pomegranate for the maximization of the anti-cancer effect on breast and skin cancer, leukaemia a.o. Through many other controlled studies in the following years he supplied evidence for the many-sided effectiveness of the pomegranate, such as that the seeds have the highest portion of estrones amongst all plant components. In all his studies Dr. E. Lansky was keen to produce a medically effective extract of the whole pomegranate with different extraction methods.
The newest, world-wide most innovative machines presently on the market are for hygienic perfect extraction of the arils. Only these newest aril extracing machines permit the maintaining of the full, 100 % potential of the pomegranate, which is important and precious for nutrition, as medicine and as cosmetic. To protect all natural, especially valuable components it must be secured that the arils are removed from the skin without being crushed. This way all natural qualities of the fruit are preserved and the fresh arils can be eaten or from the fresh arils thus the best pomegranate juice world-wide is produced in this form.
The pomegranate is extremely important in nutrition and in the preventive as well as curative medicine and can simply be called the "cure-all" of the year. Already 2.400 years ago Hippocrates said: "May your food be your medicine and your medicine your food!"
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Pomegranates 'slow tumour growth'
Pomegranates have been linked to many health benefits
Pomegranate juice may help to slow down the progress of prostate cancer, research suggests.
Tests on mice showed the juice dramatically slowed down prostate cancer cell growth.
Pomegranates, native to the Middle East, are packed with healthy anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory agents.
The study, by the University of Wisconsin, appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the UK.
Every year over 30,000 men are diagnosed and 10,000 men die from it.
Our study adds to growing evidence that pomegranates contain very powerful agents against cancer
Professor Hasan Mukhtar
Previous research has shown pomegranate extract is effective against tumours in mouse skin.
And scientists in Israel have shown that drinking a daily glass of the fruit's juice can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The Wisconsin team first tested the juice on laboratory cultures of human prostate cancer cells.
They found the extract killed the cancer cells - and the higher the dose, the more cells died.
Supplemented diet
Next the team injected mice with human prostate cancer cells. One group was given pure water, and two others received water supplemented with 0.1% or 0.2% pomegranate juice.
Cancer progression was significantly slowed in mice receiving the higher pomegranate dose.
Their blood contained decreased levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a marker commonly used to monitor prostate cancer.
In comparison, tumours grew much faster in animals that were given only water.
Lead researcher Professor Hasan Mukhtar said: "Our study, while early, adds to growing evidence that pomegranates contain very powerful agents against cancer, particularly prostate cancer.
"There is good reason now to test this fruit in humans, both for cancer prevention and treatment."
Dr Chris Hiley, of The Prostate Cancer Charity, said: "This is useful research as it might well benefit both men who may get prostate cancer and men who already have it.
"It's still to early to know what, if anything, the science will tell us about potential effects in men, but it is not too soon to point out that diet is plainly significant in the development of prostate cancer.
"As there are sound reasons for adopting a healthy diet with a generally increased intake of fruit and vegetables, why not consider pomegranate, and its juice, as one of the ways of achieving this."
The pomegranate makes wonder of life visible to us. With its beauty of colour and shape the age-old tree stands gracefully in the centre of its red blossoms, overwhelming are the usefulness and the taste of its red fruit. It symbolizes the overflowing abundance of nature, its strength and power of resistance, its diversity within the entity of life and its capacity of constant renewal and regeneration.
The latest research shows that the pomegranate hasn't been cultivated by mankind without reason for more than 5.000 years. In former times the skin and juice were often used as ink as well as dye for oriental carpets. The pomegranate has many positive effects on our health. A fatty acid appearing almost only in this fruit, which is demonstrably highly concentrated and has especially positive effects on our health, is important for all metabolism processes in the body.
The pomegranate is an excellent water and food supplier: it contains beta-carotine, vitamins B1, B2 and C, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, iron, albumen a.o. and above all large quantities of antioxidants, secondary plant substances like poly-phenolen (flavonoids, tannins). Of special importance to nutrition experts is the poly-phenol ellag-acid . An optimal anti-oxidative protection, the anti-oxidative effect of the pomegranate is 3 to 10 times higher than in well-known plants like bilberry(blueberry), cranberry or green tea.
According to dietetic studies (Dr. Michael Avriam, 2004) the complete anti-oxidative protection in the blood rises by 130 % after having consumed pomegranate concentrate (10 ml per day). Furthermore, other controlled studies by Dr. Avriam prove the optimal effect on the heart circulation system. The oxidation of the cholesterol LDL could be reduced strongly after the consumption of pomegranates. Oxidized LDL cholesterol is more easily deposited in sediments and results in the so called arterio-sclerotic plaque, which is known as the main reason for heart circulation problems. Even a clear decrease of the sediments in the arteries could be seen. Regular consumption prevents anti-aging, arteriosclerosis and heart circulation diseases.
From the fruit, the skin, the blossoms, the leaves of the pomegranate to its trunk - everything can be used. The fresh juice has a stimulating impact on the blood in the body, helps for anaemia and improves digestion, especially the activity of the stomach. The pomegranate has a contracting quality and thus stops strong bleeding and sweating, heat flushes as well as diarrhoea. It soothes inflammation, increases the healing of wounds by regeneration of the tissue, is useful for the healing of the skin and mucous membranes, helps for bronchitis and tuberculosis, is effective against skin aging, has a proven, strengthening impact on epidermis, increases the firmness and elasticity of the skin, acts positively compensating on skin moisture and reduces wrinkles. At the same time the preventive as well as healing effect on cancer diseases like skin, breast and prostate cancer is to be stressed. Also today the pomegranate is still used in natural medicine as worm and tapeworm medicine. Last but not least the microbial effects on infections of the gums and urinary passages are to be mentioned.
Japanese studies from 2004 prove that because of its enormous quantities of phyto-estrogens (natural hormone treatment) the pomegranate provides for a noticeable soothing of frequent troubles of women in menopause like change of mood, osteoporosis and heat flushes. Also the typical pre-menstruation complaints will be deminished. The oil of the seeds and leaves shows a high substance of plant hormones. The fatty acid of the pomegranate contributes to the formation of prostaglandins in the human body. Prostaglandins are hormones of utmost importance for the metabolism and immune system, which the body produces itself.
American researchers, the team of Prof. Dr. A. R. Neurath, discovered substances in the juice of the pomegranate which prevent the entrance of the HI-virus into cells and thus an infection. The researchers did tests with different HIV stems and thus revealed the mechanisms how the virus binding takes place and how the infection is stopped by it.
Another scientific research of the pomegranate by Dr. Lansky, Schubert and Neemann brought to light different bio-flavonides which can stop infection supporting enzymes. This is also the reason for the anti-infectious and pain soothing effect.
Because of his intensive research of many years the "re-discovery" of the pomegranate is especially due to Dr. Ephraim Lansky. He started the research on the effects of pomegranates on cancerogene cells and developed processing methods of the pomegranate for the maximization of the anti-cancer effect on breast and skin cancer, leukaemia a.o. Through many other controlled studies in the following years he supplied evidence for the many-sided effectiveness of the pomegranate, such as that the seeds have the highest portion of estrones amongst all plant components. In all his studies Dr. E. Lansky was keen to produce a medically effective extract of the whole pomegranate with different extraction methods.
The newest, world-wide most innovative machines presently on the market are for hygienic perfect extraction of the arils. Only these newest aril extracing machines permit the maintaining of the full, 100 % potential of the pomegranate, which is important and precious for nutrition, as medicine and as cosmetic. To protect all natural, especially valuable components it must be secured that the arils are removed from the skin without being crushed. This way all natural qualities of the fruit are preserved and the fresh arils can be eaten or from the fresh arils thus the best pomegranate juice world-wide is produced in this form.
The pomegranate is extremely important in nutrition and in the preventive as well as curative medicine and can simply be called the "cure-all" of the year. Already 2.400 years ago Hippocrates said: "May your food be your medicine and your medicine your food!"
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Pomegranates 'slow tumour growth'
Pomegranates have been linked to many health benefits
Pomegranate juice may help to slow down the progress of prostate cancer, research suggests.
Tests on mice showed the juice dramatically slowed down prostate cancer cell growth.
Pomegranates, native to the Middle East, are packed with healthy anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory agents.
The study, by the University of Wisconsin, appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the UK.
Every year over 30,000 men are diagnosed and 10,000 men die from it.
Our study adds to growing evidence that pomegranates contain very powerful agents against cancer
Professor Hasan Mukhtar
Previous research has shown pomegranate extract is effective against tumours in mouse skin.
And scientists in Israel have shown that drinking a daily glass of the fruit's juice can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The Wisconsin team first tested the juice on laboratory cultures of human prostate cancer cells.
They found the extract killed the cancer cells - and the higher the dose, the more cells died.
Supplemented diet
Next the team injected mice with human prostate cancer cells. One group was given pure water, and two others received water supplemented with 0.1% or 0.2% pomegranate juice.
Cancer progression was significantly slowed in mice receiving the higher pomegranate dose.
Their blood contained decreased levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a marker commonly used to monitor prostate cancer.
In comparison, tumours grew much faster in animals that were given only water.
Lead researcher Professor Hasan Mukhtar said: "Our study, while early, adds to growing evidence that pomegranates contain very powerful agents against cancer, particularly prostate cancer.
"There is good reason now to test this fruit in humans, both for cancer prevention and treatment."
Dr Chris Hiley, of The Prostate Cancer Charity, said: "This is useful research as it might well benefit both men who may get prostate cancer and men who already have it.
"It's still to early to know what, if anything, the science will tell us about potential effects in men, but it is not too soon to point out that diet is plainly significant in the development of prostate cancer.
"As there are sound reasons for adopting a healthy diet with a generally increased intake of fruit and vegetables, why not consider pomegranate, and its juice, as one of the ways of achieving this."
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Rahsia Penciptaan Buah Delima
Norkumala bt. Awang
Pegawai Penyelidik
17/06/2008 | Artikel Bahasa Malaysia
Di dalam al Quran, terakam indah firman Allah yang bermaksud, " Di dalam kedua- duanya (syurga) juga terdapat buah- buahan serta pohon kurma dan delima". [Surah al Rahman ayat 68]. Allah menyebut buah delima (rumman) sebanyak 3 kali di dalam ayatNya untuk menunjukkan betapa hebatnya penciptaan Allah itu dan ia juga disebut sebagai buahan daripada syurga. Mengapa begitu sekali pengiktirafan Allah terhadap buah delima sebagai anugerah kepada makhlukNya di muka bumi? Apakah keistimewaan di sebalik sebiji buah delima?
Jika ditinjau, delima yang berasal dari negara Iran dikenali sebagai Pinica granatum dalam istilah botani juga didapati di India, Afghanistan dan Syria. Pada zaman Nabi Musa as lagi, buah delima yang bermutu sudah ditanam di Palestin dan Lebanon. Buah delima menjadi simbol kesuburan bagi perkahwinan masyarakat di Timur Tengah. Manakala dalam agama Kristian, buah delima menjadi simbol kebangkitan semula dan kehidupan yang kekal serta dalam agama Buddha, buah delima dikatakan buah yang berkat selain daripada buah limau dan pic. Di China pula, buah delima menjadi satu simbol kesuburan, rezeki yang melimpah ruah, keturunan yang ramai dan masa depan yang diberkati. Namun, dalam Islam, buah delima merupakan salah satu buah yang terdapat di dalam syurga yang dikurniakan Allah sebagai rezeki yang boleh dinikmati oleh umat manusia yang menunjukkan tanda- tanda kekuasaanNya sebagaimana yang termaktub dalam firmanNya di dalam surah al An'am ayat 99 dan ayat 141.
Al Ghazali mengajak manusia agar merenung tentang penciptaan buah delima sebagai tanda kehebatan Allah di mana ia terbentuk seperti kantung- kantung kecil yang segar, dengan bahagian bawahnya besar dan bahagian atasnya tipis yang kelihatan seperti bukit. Kemasan yang tersusun rapi biji buah tersebut seakan disusun oleh manusia serta dibalut dengan kulit yang tipis seperti tenunan halus dan akhirnya ia dibalut dengan kulit yang tebal mengelilingi buah delima tersebut. Hikmah penciptaan buah delima dengan percaturan yang sebegitu rupa mempunyai nilai kehebatan tersendiri. Seandainya ia tidak dilapisi dengan lapisan yang halus itu, sudah tentu sari makanan tidak dapat sampai kepada biji buah delima tersebut. Dengan mendapat sari makanan itulah, buah delima mempunyai rasa manis tetapi akarnya sendiri mempunyai rasa yang amat pahit.. Lapisan yang membahagi ruang biji buah delima berfungsi untuk memelihara buahnya dan seluruh biji buah tersebut dilitupi dengan kulit yang keras tetapi rasanya agak pahit adalah untuk menjaganya bebas daripada segala hama. Sorotan tentang kejadian ini menunjukkan kepada kita betapa setiap kejadian yang Allah ciptakan mempunyai keistimewaan tersendiri.
Dari sudut pemakanan, buah delima amat kaya dengan sodium dan mengandungi unsur- unsur nutrien seperti riboflavin, tiamin, niasin, vitamin C, kalsium dan fosforus. Manakala zat protein dan lemak hanyalah sedikit sahaja terkandung di dalamnya. Oleh sebab ia mempunyai nilai pemakanan yang baik, buah delima juga disarankan dimakan dalam mengimbangi pemakanan sempurna dari kelas buah- buahan.
Ternyata buah delima mempunyai banyak manfaat untuk manusia sama ada sebagai buah- buahan mahupun dijadikan sebagai ubat penawar. Menurut Ibn Qayyim Al Jauziyah, buah delima bersifat panas dan lembap, oleh sebab itu ia amat baik untuk menguatkan perut, tekak, dada dan paru- paru kerana ia akan melegakan batuk. Sepertimana sabda daripada Nami Muhammad SAW daripada Ali dan Abu Nu'aim yang bermaksud: "Buah delima dan kulitnya dapat menguatkan perut untuk penghadaman". Jus buah delima dapat memberikan zat kepada tubuh badan serta menyegarkan badan dan ia dapat dihadam dengan cepat kerana sifatnya yang ringan dan akan mengeluarkan haba bersama dengan angin di dalam perut. Oleh sebab itu buah delima tidak disarankan kepada mereka yang menghidap demam. Ia juga bertindak sebagai penawar yang baik untuk cirit birit, anemia, tekanan darah tinggi dan atritis. Di samping itu, buah delima dapat menguatkan jantung dan membantu dalam fungsi saraf dan otot. Oleh kerana itulah, ia mampu menghilangkan rasa keletihan. Di dalam perubatan homeopati pula, buah delima disarankan untuk mengubat cirit birit, sakit telinga dan kurang lawas penghadaman.
Tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa terdapat bukti yang menyatakan bahagian pokok delima banyak kegunaan dan faedahnya. Dan ini telah diakui dalam perubatan melayu seperti ramuan jamu daripada pokok delima sebagai ubat cacing. Ramuan ini sebenarnya sudah lama diamalkan oleh masyarakat tradisional melayu. Cuma yang mungkin, ilmu perubatan Melayu tradisional ini tidak terus diamalkan dan tidak langsung sampai kepada generasi baru sekarang dan ia seolah- olah dibiarkan begitu sahaja. Bahagian kulit buah delima pula mengandungi sejenis alkaloid yang boleh mengawal beberapa cenis cacing seperti cacing pita yang mendiami perut manusia. Rasanya yang pahit tidak sesuai untuk dimakan tidak seperti bijinya yang manis, tetapi manfaat daripada rasa pahit tersebut ialah dapat menghapuskan cacing pita dalam perut manusia. Kulitnya yang tebal pula bertanggungjawab melindungi buah delima supaya dapat disimpan dengan mutu yang baik. Jika diselusuri faedah dan kepentingan kulit serta batang buah delima, ia dapat digunakan untuk melembut dan menguningkan kulit lembu dan kambing dalam industri barangan kulit di Morocco dan Syria. Ini kerana kulitnya mengandungi punicotannic acid yang agak tinggi iaitu sebanyak 22%. Manakala bunga buah delima pula mempunyai nilai yang amat tinggi dalam tujuan perubatan kerana ia dapat mengubati pelbagai jenis penyakit.
Justeru, kemanfaatan buah delima tidak dapat disangkal lagi kerana ia bukanlah hanya sekadar sebiji buah yang mengandungi banyak khasiat untuk dimakan tetapi keseluruhan penciptaan pokok buah delima memberi manfaat kepada umat manusia. Sekaligus ia menggambarkan kepada kita, betapa hebatnya kuasa Allah. Renungkanlah dan perhatikanlah, bagaimana dahan tempat buah delima tergantung yang diciptakanNya dengan rapi dan kuat serta tidak gugur buahnya sebelum sampai waktunya. Ini menunjukkan betapa setiap kejadian yang Allah cipta mempunyai rahsia dan keistimewaan tersendiri agar manusia mendapat manfaat dan menilai kurniaan tersebut.
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Friday, April 2, 2010
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) 122nd ASSEMBLY ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS ON ANWAR IBRAHIM’S SECOND SODOMY CASE
At the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly in Bangkok,Thailand on 1st April 2010, the committee of IPU on the human rights of Parliamentarians reported their unanimous decision to recommend to the Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union resolutions on the case o MAL/15-Anwar Ibrahim. The assembly was attended by members of Parliaments from 145 countries throughout the world.
The chairman of the Committee of IPU On the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, Senator Aquilino Q Pimentel, Jr of Philiphines, then presented the following resolutions to be adopted by the council.
Noting that Anwar Ibrahim’s renewed sodomy trial has been widely critized as a bid to wreck Anwar Ibrahim’s political career,
1. Is deeply concerned at the new sodomy charges and proceedings brought against Anwar Ibrahim, which seem to be fraught with flaws similar to those of the first sodomy trial several years ago of which he was acquitted in last instance;
2. Believes that in the light of the two medical reports concluding that there were no physical signs of penetration, charges should not have been pressed in the first place and should now be dismissed;
3. Is moreover alarmed that members of the prosecution team who were implicated in the first sodomy trial, the main prosecutor at the time and now Attorney General, having even been accused of having fabricated evidence against Anwar Ibrahim, are again involved in the present proceedings and that Anwar’s defence team has been prevented from exercising its right to access prosecution evidence and been hindered to prepare the defence;
4. Firmly recalls that equality of arms between the prosecution that the defence is an essential element of a fair trial and that, failing action to ensure that the defence can exercise its rights, any judgments issued by the court will be fundamentally flawed;
5. Requests the Secretary General to make the necessary arrangements to ensure the presence of a trial observer at the coming hearings;
6. Requests the Secretary General to inform the Malaysian Parliamentary authorities accordingly;
7. Requests the Committee to continue examining this case and report to its next session, to be held on the occasion of the 123rd IPU Assembly (October 2010).
The resolutions were adopted by all the delegations of Assembly with Malaysia reservation recorded.
Joint press statement by Pakatan Rakyat MPs, attending the 122nd IPU Assembly:
YB Hee Loy Sian, PKR MP of Petaling Jaya Selatan,
YB Sim Tong Him, DAP MP of Kota Melaka
YB Senator Mumtaz bt Md.Nawi , PAS .
2nd April 2010,
Bangkok, Thailand
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