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Compassion

Jan 17

[News] Rasah church window pane broken by vandal: Police

By Compassion
Police officers are investigating the attack of Grace Global Prayer Church in Seremban. (Sin Chew Daily photo)

Police officers are investigating the attack of Grace Global Prayer Church in Seremban. (Sin Chew Daily photo)

2010/01/16

SEREMBAN, Sat — A window pane of the Grace Global Prayer Church in Rasah here was found broken last night, believed to be the work of a vandal, Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Osman Salleh said today.

He said the police were confident of catching the suspect because a security guard had seen a man damaging the window at about 7.30pm.

Church secretary David Raju said his wife noticed the damaged window and glass splinters on the ground floor of the church, located in a row of two-storey shophouses, when they had gone there at night.

This is the second church in Seremban to have suffered damage in the wake of a Kuala Lumpur High Court decision on Dec 31 allowing the Catholic weekly magazine, Herald, to use the word “Allah” (God) in its publications.

On January 11, the door of the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) Church in Lakeview Square, Seremban 2, was scorched by vandals. — BERNAMA

[source: New Straits Times]

News background:
[News] Church in Johor splashed with red paint
[News] Eighth church attack in Seremban
[News] 3 Malaysian churches attacked in ‘Allah’ dispute
[News] Fourth church attacked in Malaysia as Allah row deepens
[News] 4 more churches attacked in Malaysia in Allah feud

Jan 16

Meet the young artists – Chinese calligraphy for Bachang St John’s Dialysis center

By Chinese calligraphy, Compassion, Juesatta art, Photography
The little eight year-old boy enjoying writing

The little eight year-old boy enjoying writing

With the permission of Mr. Liu, my chinese calligraphy teacher, I snapped some photos of the class and my friendly classmates who are mostly primary school students. Right now, most of the students are busy writting spring festival couplets for Chinese New Year. These couplets will be sold as charity fund for the Bachang St John’s Dialysis Center in Melaka.

According to Mr. Liu, Bachang St John’s Dailysis Center has about 100 patients. Each treatment is charged RM10 which is relatively cheap. By doing so, the center has to bare thousands of ringgit for the operation each year and thus, donation is collected to maintain the cost.

These young artists of the class (mostly primary school students) are doing their very best to write in order to help the dialysis patients. Every piece of the writings will be sold for charity and the fund collected is 100 percent donated to the  Bachang St John’s Dialysis Center.

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Jan 15

How you can help survivors of quake in Haiti

By Compassion
A Haitian woman is helped after being trapped in rubble in Port-au-Prince. Thousands are feared to have been killed in a massive earthquake in Haiti, President Rene Preval told a US daily Wednesday as he issued a plea for international help. (AFP/Daniel Morel)

A Haitian woman is helped after being trapped in rubble in Port-au-Prince. Thousands are feared to have been killed in a massive earthquake in Haiti, President Rene Preval told a US daily Wednesday as he issued a plea for international help. ((AFP/Daniel Morel)

Help earthquake victims in Haiti by providing funds for critical aid including water, food, shelter, and medical care.  Your donation will support organizations sending teams to provide emergency relief.

A massive 7.0 earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12, 2010.  Three million people have been affected by the quake and its aftermath.  Reports estimate that over fifty thousand Haitians may be dead.  Nearly all of Port-au-Prince is either damaged or destroyed, including much needed hospitals and facilities to house the injured.  Emergency supplies such as food, water, medical supplies and clothing are desperately needed.  The organizations below need your help now to be able to provide assistance in the days, weeks, and months ahead. 

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Jan 14

[News] Church in Johor splashed with red paint

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The St Elizabeth Catholic church in Kota Kecil, Kota Tinggi in Johor was splashed with red paint early Thursday morning. - Abdul Rahman Embong/The Star

The St Elizabeth Catholic church in Kota Kecil, Kota Tinggi in Johor was splashed with red paint early Thursday morning. - Abdul Rahman Embong/The Star

KOTA TINGGI: The St Elizabeth Catholic church in Kota Kecil near here was splashed with red paint early Thursday morning.

Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Osman Mohamed Sebot confirmed that the incident occurred between 3am and 6am.

This is the first time a church in Johor has come under attack.

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Jan 14

[News] Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped

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Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped

Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped (Yahoo news photo)

 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake flattened the president’s palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods. Officials feared hundreds of thousands may have perished but there was no firm count. 

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Jan 13

[News] Stones hurled at Sentul Sikh temple

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Sentul Sikh Temple (Malaysiakini photo)

Sentul Sikh Temple attacked (Malaysiakini photo)

KUALA LUMPUR:A glass window of the entrance door of the Sikh Temple in Jalan Haji Salleh, Sentul near here was found cracked at about6.45 pm today after several stones were hurled at the temple.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Muhammad Sabtu Osman, when contacted,confirmed the incident.

He said during the incident, several volunteers who were busy cleaning the temple witnessed stones flying into its main entrance and immediatelly alerted the police.

Some 20 stones were thrown from outside the temple compound, he said, adding that police had retrieved the stones and were carrying out further investigations.

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