Friday, April 8, 2011

Asian Defense News: Singapore News ~ Relatives Of NSF’s Girlfriend Convicted Of Assault

Asian Defense News: Singapore News ~ Relatives Of NSF’s Girlfriend Convicted Of Assault
April 8, 2011: Men who assaulted a full-time national serviceman (NSF) for seeing his underaged girlfriend were found guilty by a Singapore court on Thursday.

19-year-old Lee Poh Kiang dated a 14-year-old girl in 2009 despite objections from the girl's family, reported the Straits Times.

In that year, the girl's father, uncle and four other men took away Lee's cellphone and abducted him to a cemetery at midnight. The group then threw physical punches at Lee who was 17 then, and threatened to kill him with a samurai sword.

Before letting Lee go, the girl's father, 43, and uncle, 38, warned him to stay away from his daughter.

Lee reported the assault incident to the police. When the girl's father and uncle found about the charge, they were said to have had taken him to a karaoke lounge and had tried to persuade him to change his police statements.

After a hearing lasting three weeks, District Judge Sarjit Singh convicted the men on Thursday of being part of an unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapons that hurt and abducted Lee.

Defence counsel Subhas Anandan said the family intends to appeal the convictions.

The men will be sentenced on 21 April. Their accomplices, who are unidentified, are still at large.

*Source: By Fann Sim | SingaporeScene

Asian Defense News: Singapore News ~ Photos Of Man In ‘Army Skirt’ Create Buzz

Asian Defense News: Singapore News ~ Photos Of Man In ‘Army Skirt’ Create Buzz
April 8, 2011: Move over, army maid. Now photos of a man wearing a camouflage skirt in public in Singapore is generating buzz online.

The photo, originally uploaded on STOMP, surfaced barely a week after pictures of a maid carrying an full-time national serviceman's (NSF's) backpack sparked an online debate about Singapore's youth being too "soft".

The eyewitness, who gave his name as Norman, took the photo. He said, "I saw him at Parkway Parade shopping centre, calmly waiting in line at a money changer, despite the stares he was getting from people around him."

"The skirt was in the style of a Scotsman's kilt, and had three of the original-style pockets on it, one at the side and two in the front. It looked quite professionally-made."

Describing the man as appearing to be in his mid-forties, he added that the skirt looked like it was made from an old Army No. 4 uniform, and even had button-on pockets sewn onto it.

While some netizens have labelled him a 'softie', others think we need to lighten up.

Insurance agent Tan Li Peng, 26, told Yahoo! Singapore, "First we have maids carrying our army backpacks, now men are donning 'army skirts'. I feel embarrassed as a Singaporean guy."

23-year-old undergraduate Royston Lin added, "It's strange to see a man walking around in a skirt in public. But I guess that's in the context of Singapore's social norms. In Scotland it would be perfectly acceptable. Perhaps he should be mindful of the culture he's in."

Others like 21-year-old student Nuraliza H. said, "I think we need to lighten up. He's just experimenting and having fun. After all, I've seen male runway models wearing kilts too."

Fashion-forward, or plain bizarre? You be the judge.

*Source: By Angela Lim | SingaporeScene

Asian Defense News: Chinese Actress’ Mum Attacks Her On TV

Asian Defense News: Chinese Actress’ Mum Attacks Her On TV
(April 8, 2011) Hong Kong: Chinese actress and model Gan Lulu was attacked by her mother during a television talk show earlier this month.


The video, which was originally uploaded to Chinese online video hosting service Youku, shows Gan's mother hitting, pushing and swearing at her while studio crew tried to calm her down.

The two were featured on the "Lady Gua Gua" talk show after the mother uploaded a controversial video onto the Internet in February. She had filmed her daughter walking out of the shower naked, claiming that it was to help Gan find a suitor.

After the incident, the pair recorded videos individually, defending themselves. Gan also tearfully begged netizens not to attack her mother and that the latter only meant well.

The reason for the mother's attack on Gan was not known, but she can be heard on the video saying, "What's the meaning of this?" and "What do you think you're doing?".

At one instance, Gan was seen talking to the camera, saying, "my mother hits me because she loves me," after which her mother rushed forward shoving her and yelling vulgarities.

The video garnered over 3.1 million views in three days on Youku.

In another online video of the same show, the mother recounted that her daughter copied her parents' sexual movements when she was only one-year-old.

At that time, Gan was sleeping in the same room as her parents, and they would have sex while she was asleep.

However, one day, they noticed that Gan was humping the bed and copying their "push-up movements".

They initially thought it was funny, but Gan would not stop so they did not dare have sex in front of her again, the mother claimed.

"We thought she was stupid and wouldn't know what we were doing," said the mother.

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Convert Or Go To Hell ~ Tablighis Tell Non-Muslim Patients At Government Hospitals Source: DTN News - - This article compil

Asian Defense News: DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Convert Or Go To Hell ~ Tablighis Tell Non-Muslim Patients At Government Hospitals
(NSI News Source Info) KARACHI, Pakistan - April 7, 2011:
Such scenes are no longer an anomaly at government hospitals in Karachi: men from various religious factions – the Tablighi Jamaat in particular – stalk the hallways of emergency wards, hoping to earn ‘savaab’ by converting non-Muslims on their deathbeds. In their quest for supposed divine rewards, they ignore the pleas of the families to be left alone with their loved one, as well as any pain that the patient might be in. Zain’s parents pulled their aside. “We know the consequences of interfering,” his father, who works as a mechanic, said quietly after the men had left when Zain, who had lost consciousness by then, did not respond.

“These people are like vultures; they do this to everyone. If we try to stop them, they will accuse us of maybe insulting their religion. We don’t want to be charged with blasphemy. It will be our word against theirs. Who will listen to us?” he asked. Zain wasn’t the only victim. The group of green-turbaned men went around to every bed, asking attendants of patients if they were Muslim. If they replied in the affirmative, they were asked to recite the Kalima to ‘prove’ it. It must be noted that these attendants were already harassed – most of the patients in the ward were in critical condition; they were either victims of roadside or household accidents or had gunshot wounds that needed attention.

Nurses in the area, meanwhile, pretended to look the other way. “We’re already understaffed and have too much to deal with. We can’t handle this additional headache. Let them do what they want. The patients’ attendants can deal with them,” they said.

Similar scenes are repeated regularly at every government-run hospital in the city. While security at these organisations is minimal, even the guards that are present don’t try to stop the evangelists. “Who are we to interfere in the work of god,” Saleem, a guard on duty outside the emergency ward at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre claimed, shrugging helplessly. “If someone converts to Islam this way, we will get Savaab too. These men help the patients and their families get spiritual peace.”

“We wish they’d leave us alone,” Zain’s father maintained. “If my son wanted to convert, he would have done so on his own. What’s the point of harassing someone who is obviously already in pain? Whose god would allow that?”
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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated April 7, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated April 7, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - April 7, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued April 7, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

DRS Technologies, Inc., Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $169,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N65236-07-D-5120) for satellite internet protocol services to support Morale, Welfare and Recreation and other non-Global Information Grid operations and programs supported by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, European Office. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract, including this modification, to $497,000,000. Work will be performed in Southwest Asia (95 percent) and Europe (5 percent), and is expected to be completed December 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the Commerce Business Daily’s Federal Business Opportunities website, and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems e-Commerce Central website, with four offers received. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity.

Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (ATK), Missile Subsystems and Components Division, Rocket Center, W.Va., was awarded on April 5 an estimated $29,000,000 cost, no-fee facilities acquisition contract for restoration projects in support of the Navy’s continuing restoration program at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory. The Allegany Ballistics Laboratory is a government-owned, contractor-operated, Navy Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant. The Navy’s operating contractor is ATK. Work will be performed in Rocket Center, W.Va., and is expected to complete by April 2013. Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-11-E-4310).

Advex Corp.*, Hampton, Va. (N68335-09-D-0097); Dataline, LLC*, Norfolk, Va. (N68335-09-D-0098); Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.*, Portsmouth, Va. (N68335-09-D-0099); Ki, LLC*, Colorado Springs, Colo. (N68335-09-D-0100); Plexus Installations, Inc.*, Baltimore, Md. (N68335-09-D-0102); and Prism Maritime, LLC*, Chesapeake, Va. (N68335-09-D-0103), are each being awarded modifications to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to exercise options for installation and alteration support services for common aviation support equipment and aircraft launch and recovery equipment. These modifications will increase the ceiling for each of the current indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity holders to Advex ($12,519,269); Dataline ($10,971,768); Epsilon Systems Solutions ($10,280,995); Ki ($12,082,367); Plexus Installations ($11,064,540); and Prism Maritime ($10,582,515). Work will be performed at various shipboard and shore site locations and is expected to be completed in April 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

World Fuel Services, Inc., Miami, Fla., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a minimum $90,303,630 for delivery of fuel product. Other location of performance is the Netherlands. Using service is Air Force. The date of performance completion is March 30, 2016. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-11-D-1253).

Exxon Mobil Fuels Marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., was awarded a contract. Award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment contract with a minimum $30,723,742 for delivery of various fuel products. Other location of performance is Bahamas. Using service is Navy. The date of performance completion is March 30, 2016. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-11-D-1255).

CORRECTION: Defense Logistics Agency contract number SPM2DS-11-D-0002, published in news release 128-11, issued on Feb. 17, 2011, was announced in error. The correct contract number is SPM2DS-11-D-0001.

ARMY

Jorge Scientific Corp., Arlington, Va., was awarded on April 5 a $54,932,051 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the operation and maintenance of Constant Hawk intelligence, surveilleance and reconnaissance. Work will be performed in Iraq with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Adelphi, Md., is the contracting authority (W911QX-10-C-0082).

Diverse Construction Group, LLC, Plessis, N.Y., was awarded on April 5 a $13,187, 024 firm-fixed price contract for an Army Reserve center, organizational maintenance shop, and storage facility. Work will be performed in Rochester, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 7, 2012. Bids were solicited via the Web with one received. Army Corp of Engineers, Louisville District, Ky., is the contracting authority (W912QR-11-C-0011).

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md., with an award value of $43,333,077. Under this contract (HQ0147-11-C-0008), Lockheed will work with MDA on the concept definition and program planning for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB to define and assess viable and affordable missile configurations, conduct trade studies, and define an executable development plan. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website with four proposals received. The work will be performed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, Calif., through December 2013. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,410,000 will be used to incrementally fund this effort.

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Raytheon Co., Waltham, Mass., with an award value of $42,716,764. Under this contract (HQ0147-11-C-0009), Raytheon will work with MDA on the concept definition and program planning for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB to define and assess viable and affordable missile configurations, conduct trade studies, and define an executable development plan. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website with four proposals received. The work will be performed by Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz., through December 2013. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,410,000 will be used to incrementally fund this effort.

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to The Boeing Co., Chicago, Ill., with an award value of $41,161,620. Under this contract (HQ0147-11-C-0007), Boeing will work with MDA on the concept definition and program planning for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB to define and assess viable and affordable missile configurations, conduct trade studies, and define an executable development plan. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website with four proposals received. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., through December 2013. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,410,000 will be used to incrementally fund this effort.

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Mass., under the HQ0006-03-C-0047 contract. The award value of this action is $14,005,817 for a total contract face value of $1,935,982,776. Under this modification, Raytheon will perform the engineering and developmental effort required to maintain software required to operate the AN/TPY-2 radars. The work will be performed in Woburn, Mass.. The performance period is from April 2011 through June 2011. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,000,000 will be used to incrementally fund this effort. MDA is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $28,297,174 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification for eight massive ordnance penetrator assets, 16 separation nuts, eight MOP loading adapters, and an aft closure redesign. Work will be performed at St. Louis, Mo. The ACC/EDBK/EDBJ, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8681-09-C-0280-P00019).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $7,129,580 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification for the Persistent Close Air Program to demonstrate a new capability in close air support. Work will be performed at Rolling Meadows, Ill., and Orlando, Fla. The AFRL/PKDB, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-11-C-7115).

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