Chemistry Dept's apathy slammed: You could kill someone, says expert

Government scientist Dr Seah Lay Hoong would have lost her job if she worked in Australia, a foreign DNA expert told Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial today.

Consultant molecular geneticist Dr Brian McDonald told the High Court that Dr Seah’s casual attitude in learning that two containers holding DNA samples that were likely mislabelled and doing nothing about it was a “sackable offence”.

Dr Seah is the government’s DNA expert who had allegedly told the court to give the benefit of the doubt when questions were raised over the dates on two containers holding DNA samples sent to her for analysis.

Go gracefully, Jui Meng advises Tsu Koon as Umno, even Vincent Tan attacks

PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng has advised his former colleague Koh Tsu Koon to "go gracefully" from the BN coalition of which the 62-year Gerakan president been a member since the 1980s.

"If I were Tsu Koon, I would go gracefully. But I must also say it is not right for BN treat Tsu Koon this way. After all, he did contribute to their coalition in the past, no doubt in his own way and also in the way that they required him to," Jui Meng, a former Health minister and MCA vice president, told Malaysia Chronicle.

"The thing is, if you don't want him, just tell him so. Don't make a circus of it all and tar him until he has no dignity left. I think Tsu Koon should leave a heartless coalition like the BN. He should become an Independent or else join Pakatan. Whichever his decision, the point is, don't allow yourself to be kicked like this. It's not worth it."

It’s a hard life for 52-year-old mum with six mentally-ill children

Doing her best: Fauziah with her six disabled children at their home at the Kampung Kolam flats Wednesday

KUALA TERENGGANU: Motherhood is hard for 52-year-old Fauziah Ngah.

Not only is she a widow after her husband died about three years ago, she has to single-handedly take care of six disabled children.

However, Fauziah is determined to fend for her brood at their small house at the Kampung Kolam flats here.

“I have to take charge of the family while taking care of them. I have to cater to their peculiar behaviour but I never complain because they are all my babies,” she said in an interview here yesterday.

Garuda denies breast exam conducted on applicants

JAKARTA: Indonesia's national carrier, Garuda Indonesia, has denied allegations by a South Korean job applicant that male doctors were examining aspiring flight attendants' breasts to detact implants.

The airline's corporate secretary Pujobroto said the routine medical examination, which was part of the recruitment process, did not involve breast examination.