Polis tahan Datuk jual syiling emas
Oleh Ifwan Tun Tuah

KUALA LUMPUR: Seorang rakyat Malaysia bergelar Datuk ditahan Polis Indonesia bersama tiga rakannya dari Filipina malam Khamis lalu, dipercayai kerana terbabit dengan skim piramid menjual syiling emas.


Lelaki itu, yang juga ketua eksekutif sebuah syarikat multinasional beribu pejabat di Hong Kong dan mempunyai anak syarikat di beberapa negara Asia termasuk Malaysia, ditahan di sebuah hotel lima bintang ketika menghadiri persidangan antarabangsa di Pusat Persidangan Jakarta.

Duta Malaysia di Indonesia, Datuk Zainal Abidin Mohamed Zain, berkata: “Lelaki berusia lingkungan 40-an itu ditahan bersama tiga rakan warga Filipina malam Khamis lalu.”

“Polis Indonesia menahan mereka selepas Interpol Filipina meminta Interpol negara ini (Indonesia) menangkap mereka.

“Buat masa ini kita masih tidak tahu sama ada dia akan dibawa ke Filipina atau tidak. Ia bergantung kepada siasatan di sini,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, pihaknya masih belum bertemu lelaki berkenaan sebaliknya segala urusan dilakukan melalui peguamnya di sana.

“Kita sudah menemui peguamnya pada malam dia ditahan di balai polis di Jakarta,” katanya menambah pihak kedutaan memandang serius perkara itu kerana ia membabitkan rakyat Malaysia dan beliau memberi jaminan akan sentiasa memantau perkembangannya.

Difahamkan, Datuk yang dilahirkan di Pulau Pinang dan dibesarkan di Perak itu pernah menulis sebuah buku pengurusan yang mendapat sambutan menggalakkan di Asia Tenggara selain pernah memberi ceramah di beberapa negara.

Lelaki berkenaan turut dikatakan aktif dalam aktiviti kebajikan di negara ini melalui sebuah pertubuhan yang menggunakan nama bapanya.

Akhbar Indonesia, The Jakarta Post, semalam melaporkan empat ditahan kerana dipercayai mengendalikan GoldQuest, satu skim piramid yang menjual syiling emas berikutan maklumat dari Interpol.

Ketua polis Jakarta, Adang Firman, berkata suspek iaitu rakyat Malaysia dan Filipina turut didakwa menggunakan nama bekas Presiden, Abdurrahman Wahid atau Gus Dur.

“Kami menahan empat orang yang semuanya ekpatriat selepas Interpol menghubungi kami,” kata Adang.

Beliau dilaporkan berkata, suspek yang ditahan adalah ketua eksekutif syarikat berkenaan, Vijayeswaran Vijaratnam, pengarah Joseph Bismark dan dua lagi ialah eksekutif kanan, Donna Marie Imson dan Tagumpay Kintanar.

Sementara itu, Akhbar harian Tempo kelmarin melaporkan bahawa Gus Dur dan 48 yang lain sebelum ini memfailkan laporan kepada polis mengenai syarikat berkenaan.

Peguam Gus Dur, Ikhsan Abdullah berkata, syarikat itu menggunakan gambar Gus Dur dan pengasas Nahdatul lama, Hasyim Asy’ari bagi mempromosi barangan mereka tanpa kebenaran Gus Dur. Hasyim adalah datuk Gus Dur.

“Gus Dur tidak pernah memberi sebarang kebenaran kepada mereka (untuk menggunakan gambar)”,” katanya.

“Ia juga penipuan kerana syarikat itu menipu orang awam. Mereka menjual wang syiling jauh lebih mahal berbanding harga sebenar,” katanya selepas pertemuan dengan polis bagi membincangkan kes berkenaan.

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KUALA LUMPUR: You may have heard that when a cat crosses your path, you should not continue on your journey.
Or, if you break a mirror, you face seven years of bad luck.

In this day and age, some of us may dismiss such superstitions as hocus pocus, but there are many others who swear by them.

For instance, some Indians believe that you should never ask someone who is leaving the house "Where are you going?" as this would disrupt his plans.

Some Indians also believe that you should return home, drink a cup of water and rest for a while if you had come across a snake, a cat or a widow. Stumbling before a journey is also a bad sign.
The Chinese, on the other hand, believe that when a necklace breaks, a member of the family who is sick will die. They also believe that getting injured or breaking precious items just before travelling is a bad omen. The sight of blood before travelling is another bad sign.

The Malays, too, have their own superstitions. For instance, some of them believe that leaving the house at the precise hour brings bad luck, including the possibility of an accident. As such, they would rather wait and leave at 3.01pm instead of 3pm.

Ranging from childbirth to death, taboos are part and parcel of most cultures and are usually passed down from generation to generation.

Universiti Malaya Associate Professor of Chinese Studies Professor Dr Chia Ooi Peng said taboos were still prevalent in the Chinese community, especially among the older generation.

For instance, they are strict when it comes to colours used during funeral rites. Mourners wear black, white and blue during the mourning period.

"Colours symbolise different degrees of mourning. Mourners closest to the deceased wear white, followed by black and blue. The mourning period can last up to 100 days. But today, there are some people who are mourned only for a day."

Chia said the mourning period had been shortened as mourners wearing black or white would have difficulty going about their daily business as people would generally avoid them out of fear that the mourners’ bad luck or suey would rub off on them.

Numbers also played a major role among the Chinese, she said.

"Certain numbers are avoided because they sound inauspicious. For example, the Chinese avoid the number four as its pronunciation sounds like ‘death’. The number eight is favoured as its pronunciation, both in Mandarin and Cantonese, is similar to ‘prosperity’. Number three sounds like ‘growth’. Number nine is similar to ‘longevity’.

"Those who can afford it would choose car registration plates like 89, 98 and 8989, which means ‘will prosper for a long time’," said Chia.

However, there are certain taboos that are no longer practised here. This is due to the fact that they are just not practical.

For instance, in China, bats are welcomed as they are said to bring happiness but the Malaysian Chinese do not like bats and associate them with vampires and Dracula movies.

"Another example is crows which are cawing while facing a house. This is said to mean that the occupants should not leave the house that day. If this taboo is observed, most people in Klang would not be able to go to work!"

Chia said taboos in the Chinese community originated from the peasants of China, who made up 90 per cent of the country’s population then. Their lives were filled with hunger, poverty, famine and death.

"Most of the taboos originated from hope. The peasants hoped for a better life. That’s why they preferred the number eight and three as they hoped for prosperity and growth. It all boiled down to their deep sense of hope."

"The peasants at that time could not explain certain incidents, like dogs howling at night or crows cawing in the mornings. And so, they said such occurrences would bring death and bad luck."

Co-writer of the book Malay- sian Indian Belief and Culture, S. Manimaran, said most illiterate Indians strongly believed in taboos.

"For instance, pregnant women are not allowed to be photographed as it is believed to bring bad luck. In the old days, taking photographs was generally avoided as it was believed to shorten one’s life," he said.

"Indians fear kanne or the evil eye. They believe that when others see the pictures, some may feel jealous and cast an evil eye unintentionally," the Universiti Malaya lecturer said.

Hindu women are also discouraged from going to temples, touching plants or carrying babies during their menstruation.

Manimaran said this stemmed from the belief that during their menstruation, women would experience discomfort and would be unable to perform their duties as well as on other days.

"Taboos in the Indian community originated from concern over physical, mental and emotional health as well as the mystic world," Manimaran said.

"Some, for instance, believe that it is not good to walk under a clothes line as it is believed that the metal from the line cuts off the cosmic power of a person."

"In India, when a wife is pregnant, the husband is not allowed to shave. The reason is, when the man shaves and accidentally cuts himself, the pregnant wife would be upset when she sees the cut. This would cause emotional distress to the mother and the baby in the womb."

Manimaran said it was also believed that it was not good to see a widow before embarking on a journey because it may cause emotional distress to the traveller. This is because, seeing a face full of sadness and worry before leaving would upset the traveller.

A stumble before leaving would also causes physical distress, so it was perceived as a bad sign.

Associate Professor Dr Hanapi Dollah, co-writer of Pantang La- rang Orang Melayu Tradisional, said taboos were our ancestors’ way of telling people how to behave in accordance with time, place and situation.

The anthropology researcher from the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, said "it was best to perceive taboos as mere reasoning to avoid something bad.

"Like the belief that one should not sew at night or risk turning blind. It was actually meant to prevent women from hurting their eye sight and accidentally poking their fingers. In the old days, people relied heavily on oil lamps and candles to light up houses. These were not bright enough."

Does he believe in any taboos?

Hanapi said he believed in finishing off every grain of rice on his plate or he would cry.

"Our parents worked hard to put rice on the table. They believed the padi spirits helped in the padi production and harvesting. It was an insult to our parents and the spirit if rice was taken for granted."

According to Hanapi, Malay taboos originated from their way of life.

"Young women sitting at the house entrance or stairs would usually be scolded. It was said that they would have difficulty getting a life partner. Actually, it was to stop people from saying the girl was lazy and not occupying her time with useful activities. It was a unique Malay way of reminding each other of what was proper, without offending anyone."

But for Chinese culture expert Dr Ong Hean-Tatt, some taboos were unnecessarily created or even exaggerated.

"For example, there is no sound reasoning behind the seven years of bad luck if one breaks a mirror. I do not know why it exists because in ancient times, mirrors were made of polished metal that was unbreakable," said Ong, who is also the author of Confucius’ Astonishing Scientific Insight into Feng Shui.

"There are scientific explanations for each taboo. However, many simply follow them as they fear the repercussions," said the writer of more than 30 Oriental cultural books.

"Our ancestors were smart people, they had solid reasons for creating such taboos. But as the stories were passed from generation to generation, the reasons behind them changed."

For instance, the Chinese belief that it is bad luck to position a bed facing the door as it resembles the position of a dead body.

"That reasoning is baseless. Actually, the Chinese emperors placed their beds in that position as it was considered an honoured position. Nobody else was allowed to do that, unless it was for a marriage or funeral ceremony."

However, Ong believes in "reminders" involving unseen forces or spirits. "I believe in taboos, like not plucking flowers in the jungle because spirits can be in any form. If we pluck them, the spirit will die and this will incur the wrath of other spirits," he said.




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