SEJAHAT mana seseorang itu, sebusuk mana pun hatinya, pendek kata jika dialah insan yang paling kita benci, namun apabila dia ditimpa musibah atau bencana, pasti sebagai manusia biasa yang punya hati dan perasaan, secara automatik kita akan jatuh simpati. Itulah reaksi biasa seorang insan normal.
Namun, jangan terkejut jika ada juga perkara yang membuatkan kita berasa gembira atas malapetaka yang menimpa orang lain. Malah, bukan sekadar gembira, bahkan ada yang sujud syukur atas kejadian tersebut. Kedengaran kejam, tetapi inilah realitinya.
Jika tidak percaya, lihat sahaja di media sosial. Langsung tidak trending hashtag #PrayForIsrael. Seolah-olah mereka tidak wujud - memang tidak wujud pun.
Ini kerana kekejaman yang Israel lakukan terhadap penduduk Palestin yang tidak berdosa jauh lebih kejam. Meskipun sudah banyak kali ditegur, dibincang, dinasihat, bahkan dipulau, Israel tetap angkuh menindas. Seakan-akan mahu menghapuskan seluruh keturunan Palestin dari muka bumi.
Tanah dirampas, nyawa tidak berdosa termasuk kanak-kanak diragut tanpa rasa bersalah. Maka apabila bencana berbentuk api menimpa golongan yang zalim ini, wajarlah kita terus berdoa agar api itu menjadi titik kesedaran bagi mereka.
Buktinya jelas. Israel yang terkenal dengan keangkuhan itu kini terpaksa merayu bantuan antarabangsa untuk memadamkan kebakaran besar yang tidak disangka-sangka. Barulah mereka sedar, di dunia ini bukan mereka yang paling kuat atau berkuasa.
Persoalannya, wajarkah Israel dibantu? Jika ditanya pada Merak Jalanan, jawapannya mudah, tidak layak dibantu.
Flood victims drop in Sabah
- Admin UKK
- Berita
KOTA KINABALU (May 4): The number of flood victims in Sabah has dropped to 1,526 people from 455 families as of 4 pm on Sunday, compared to 1,541 people from 472 families in the morning.
According to a statement by the Sabah Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, the remaining flood victims comprise 1,266 people (377 families) who are at four relief centres (PPS) in the Sook district and 260 people (78 families) who are at the Selagon permanent evacuation centre (PPK).
All the flood victims in Sipitang have been allowed to return home, and the PPS at Dewan Sekolah Kebangsaan Padang Berampah where they were accommodated, has been closed.
Meanwhile, the remaining flood victims in Sook are being accommodated at the PPS at Dewan Datuk Ellron Agin (671 people), Dewan Masyarakat Sook (272), Dewan Sekolah Kebangsaan Pekan Keningau 2 (206), and Dewan Kampung Ansip Tengah (117).
“A total of 19 villages are still affected by the floods, 10 in Beaufort and nine villages in Sook, read the statement.
Eight people were rescued from a flood in Beaufort on Sunday.
A Fire and Rescue Department spokesperson said a team rushed to Kampung Batu 4, Padas Valley upon being informed at 1.20pm, where three women, one man, two girls and two boys were stranded.
The team proceeded to relocate the victims to the temporary relief centre at Selangon Hall using a Malaysian Islamic Economic Development Foundation (Yapeim) boat and a Fire and Rescue Department lorry.
“Firefighters are constantly monitoring the flood situation at affected areas,” added the spokesperson.
1,627 mangsa banjir di Sabah
- Admin UKK
- Berita
Sekretariat Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Sabah dalam kenyataan memaklumkan 1,268 orang daripada 377 keluarga di Sook masih berlindung di empat pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS).
PPS itu ialah Dewan Datuk Ellron Agin yang menempatkan 671 mangsa, Dewan Masyarakat Sook (272), Dewan Sekolah Kebangsaan Pekan Keningau 2 (208) dan Dewan Kampung Ansip Tengah (117).
Di Beaufort, 359 mangsa daripada 111 keluarga dipindahkan ke pusat pemindahan kekal (PPK) Selagon.
“Sebanyak 19 kampung masih terjejas banjir, iaitu 10 di Beaufort dan sembilan di Sook.”
BEIJING (AP): Two boats carrying roughly 70 people capsized in the Wu river in China's southwestern Guizhou province Sunday afternoon, leaving about 20 people missing.
As of Sunday evening, rescuers had gotten 50 people out of the water, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Rescuers were still looking for others late Sunday in Guizhou's Qianxi area.
In one video, shared by state media a man could be seen performing CPR on another person lying on the boat.
The bottom of one of the capsized boats could be seen as the vessel drifted upside down.
An eyewitness told state-backed Beijing News that the waters were deep but some people had managed to swim to safety.
However, the storm had come on suddenly and a thick mist obscured the surface of the river. - AP