Archive for July 21st, 2009

'Rotan', rattan strips that will be used to cane the Sharia-convicted woman

WARNING: Graphic image ‘below the fold’

A Religious [Sharia] court in Malaysia has sentenced a tearful Singaporean Muslim model to six strokes of the cane after she drank beer in a nightclub.

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, pleaded guilty to consuming alcohol at a hotel nightclub in the eastern state of Pahang last year, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. Read the rest of this entry »

Laissez-Faire/just don't care? Johnson wants extra 10m in UK to 'boost economy'

From Jacqui Smith’s replacement, more of the same: unfettered immigration at any price. Alan Johnson, Labour’s new Home Secretary and leadership hopeful:

Last week campaign group Migrationwatch UK warned the balance of those settling in the country would have to be reduced to 50,000 from the current level of 237,000 every year.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson today ruled out imposing a cap on immigrant numbers, saying he didn’t ‘lie awake at night’ worrying about the population hitting 70 million. Read the rest of this entry »