More Justin Lee pictures leaked

New photographs and videos showing Taiwanese Justin Lee engaging in sexual intercourse with several women have been leaked online. These new photographs add to the allegations of Lee's sexual exploits with an estimated 60 women, most of whom are celebrities and models in Taiwan. Lee, the son of a Taiwanese millionaire, is accused of video recording or taking pictures of himself having sex with women who were suspected to be drugged or in an unconscious state. 93 videos have reportedly been seized by the police. Lee has claimed that all the women in these videos had agreed to the recordings. He has also denied drugging them. Nevertheless, netizens have pointed out that the women looked dazed and unaware of the recordings. Many also point out that some of the women looked like they were struggling against him. Click on thumbnail to view (Photos: Internet)

Apple cuts memory chip order to Samsung for new iPhone

SEOUL - Apple Inc has reduced its orders for memory chips for its new iPhone from key supplier and competitor Samsung Electronics Co, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

South Korea's Samsung is a core Apple supplier, producing micro processors, flat screens and memory chips -- both dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips and NAND memory chips -- for popular Apple gadgets such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Apple has been cutting its orders from Samsung as it tries to diversify its lines of supply for memory chips, although the South Korean firm remains on the list of initial suppliers for the new iPhone, the source told Reuters. The person declined to be named because the negotiations are confidential.

The Korea Economic Daily, citing an unnamed industry source, reported on Friday that Apple had dropped Samsung from the list of memory chip suppliers for the first batch of the new iPhone, whose release is widely expected to be announced on September 12.

The report said Apple instead picked Japan's Toshiba Corp, Elpida Memory and Korea's SK Hynix to supply DRAM and NAND chips.

"Samsung is still in the list of initial memory chip suppliers (for new iPhones). But Apple orders have been trending down and Samsung is making up for the reduced order from others, notably Samsung's handset business," the Reuters source said.

Vietnamese builds Batpod from old bike

VIETNAM - A man has earned the nickname "Vietnamese Dark Knight" after he built a replica of Batman's Batpod motorcycle used in the recent Dark Knight movie. What's more, he built the bike from an old Suzuki FX125 motorcycle which he had bought for just 3,000 dong (S$180). In comparison, a 1:1-scale replica of the Batpod, which is equipped with a 650cc four-stroke engine, is priced at US$100,000 (S$125,000) at gadget website The Awesomer. The Batpod appeared in the 2008 The Dark Knight film, directed by Christopher Nolan. It also appeared in the recent The Dark Knight Rises movie and the bike was given to Catwoman, who used it to fight villains. Last month, Mr Tung Lam, a Vietnamese vehicle mechanic, created online buzz when he posted a YouTube video of his prototype. The video was viewed 370,000 times in just 10 days. Vietnamese news website VN Express later posted a YouTube video which showed Mr Tung riding his completed Batpod in the country's Lang Son province. The video appears to have attracted the admiration of Batman fans. YouTube user moonbandito wrote: "It runs. It rides. And it turns. Amazing." Another user, GT Tran, wrote: "Well done! I like your idea." Mr Tung had built the motorcycle to promote his car repair business. He bought the old Suzuki bike and replaced its tires with ones he got from a car and used steel tubes to create exhaust pipes. Although his Batpod has attracted its fair share of criticism from some fans who said it didn't look like the original, the majority of fans seemed keen to get their hands on one. Mr Tung said he did not originally intend to sell the bike, which was worth slightly more than 10,000 dong, but is now considering selling it to a devoted Batman fan if the price is right. He added that if he is successful in selling it, he will invest the profits in his next project - a replica of the Tumbler, Batman's futuristic car which has also appeared in recent movies.

Michelle Obama wows social media with emotional speech

LOS ANGELES - Michelle Obama wowed Americans with an emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention that set the Twitterverse alight with gushing praise and boosted husband Barack Obama's social media standing as he makes his bid to stay in the White House.

TV viewing figures showed that the audience for the first lady's Tuesday night address in Charlotte, North Carolina, was about 22 million across the three main cable TV and three free-to-air US networks, according to Nielsen data.

The preliminary figure was about 1.5 million higher than the 20.5 million people who tuned into the 10 p.m. hour a week ago to hear Ann Romney speak about her husband, Mitt Romney, Obama's Republican challenger in the November 6 presidential election.
Audience figures for cable news networks will be available later on Wednesday.
But in social media, reaction to Michelle Obama's speech was off the charts, and Twitter was packed with messages wondering whether she would one day run for the highest office in the land herself.
Mrs Obama racked up 28,000 tweets per minute at the conclusion of her speech on the opening night of the convention, according to Twitter. That was double the 14,000 that Mitt Romney saw in his convention speech in Tampa, Florida, last week. Ann Romney's tweets per minute tally was just over 6,000.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said the first lady had scored "not a home run but a grand slam."
Mark Iafrate, creative director for online tracking firm General Sentiment, said Michelle Obama was "the most discussed person at the DNC," next to the president himself.
She garnered twice as many mentions as former President Bill Clinton in traditional and social media mentions of convention speakers, according to General Sentiment.
Twitter hashtags #michelleobama and #firstlady were among the top five trending topics on Tuesday night. Mrs. Obama's Twindex score, which measures tweeters' feelings about a political person, rose from 71 before the speech to 84 immediately afterward.
President Obama got an even bigger boost. His Twindex score rose from 25 before his wife took to the stage to 54 immediately afterward. Traditional opinion polls, however, continued to show Obama and Romney in a tight race the week of the convention.
In a canny move, the White House put out a cozy photo of Obama and his two daughters curled on a sofa in the White House listening to Michelle's speech. The photo notched 82,000 views in just the first hour of its release.

Anayedaiwa kumlipua Mwangosi mbaroni

YEYE, WENZAKE WANNE WANASHIKILIWA POLISI IRINGA, JAJI IHEMA AMJIBU TUNDU LISU, ATAKA AREJEE REKODI YA KAZI ZAKE
Waandishi wetu
ASKARI watano wa Jeshi la Polisi akiwamo anayetuhumiwa kumlipua kwa bomu Mwandishi wa habari wa Kituo cha Televisheni cha Channel Ten, marehemu Daud Mwangosi wamekamatwa na wanaendelea kuhojiwa na jeshi hilo mkoani Iringa.
 
Taarifa ya kukamatwa kwa askari hao imekuja siku moja baada ya kubainika kwamba, askari kadhaa walioendesha operesheni dhidi ya wafuasi wa Chadema mkoani Iringa na kusababisha kifo cha Mwangosi walitoka mikoa ya Dodoma, Mbeya na Morogoro.

Taarifa za uhakika zilizolifikia gazeti hili jana na kuthibitishwa na baadhi ya askari polisi mkoani Iringa na Makao makuu jijini Dares Salaam, zilisema kuwa polisi hao, akiwamo yule aliyeonekana kwenye picha za video na za mnato akimlipua kwa mtarimbo wa bomu la machozi (jina tunalo) wamekamatwa na kushikiliwa katika Kituo Kikuu cha Polisi cha Iringa.

Kwa mujibu wa habari hizo, askari hao walikamatwa Jumatatu wiki hii ikiwa ni siku moja baada ya mauaji hayo yanayoaminika kufanywa na Jeshi la Polisi kwa kutumia askari wa mkoa wa Iringa na mikoa ya jirani.

"Hivi sasa (jana mnamo saa 8:30 mchana) ninapozungumza na wewe bado hao askari wanaendelea kuhojiwa. Wako watano," alisema askari polisi mmoja aliyekuwa karibu na chumba wanachoshikiliwa askari hao.

Chanzo hicho kilieleza kuwa askari aliyemuua Mwangosi alionyesha kusikitikia tukio hilo akisema hakukusudia kufanya hivyo.

"Anasema ni kwamba, yeye mwenyewe hakupenda kuona tukio hilo likitokea. Aliniambia kuwa kifo cha mwandishi huyo kimemsikitisha sana, na nilipomuuliza nini hasa kilitokea, alisema;  ahh hilo niache nitaeleza nitakapohojiwa," kiliongeza chanzo kilichokuwa karibu na askari huyo.

Afisa Upelelezi wa Ukoa wa Iringa, (RCO), SSP Nyigesa Wankyo hakuthibitisha kuwashikilia askari hao, badala yake akataka kazi hiyo ifanywe na polisi Makao Makuu.

Msemaji wa Jeshi la Polisi nchini, Advera Senso hakupatikana jana kuzungumzia tukio hilo na simu yake ya mkononi haikuwa inapatikana hadi tunaenda mitamboni.

Naye Mkurugenzi wa Upelelezi wa Makosa ya Jinai (DCI) kamishna Robert Manumba alisema; "Wakati ukifika mtaambiwa. Kwa sasa muda haujafika, subirini uchunguzi uendelee, mtaambiwa".

Polisi aliyelipuliwa mguu anena
Katika hatua nyingine, mmoja kati ya askari waliokuwapo wakati tukio zima lililosababisha kifo cha Mwangosi ambaye alijeruhiwa katika mguu wake wa kushoto na kupoteza fahamu kabla hajafikishwa hospitali ya wilaya ya Mufindi, mkoani Iringa anaendelea vizuri na matibabu.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari walipotembelea majeruhi waliolazwa katika hospitali hiyo, Aseri Mwampamba alisema alipoteza fahamu baada ya kujeruhiwa katika mguu wake wa kushoto.


"Ni kweli nilikuwa eneo la tukio baada ya kuona hali ya amani katika eneo hilo imekuwa si nzuri, wanachama hawakutaka kuondoka eneo la mkutano. Wakaanza kufanya vurugu na kusababisha nikajeruhiwa mguuni kama unavyoona," alisema Mwambapa.



Alipotakiwa kueleza majeraha hayo aliyapataje, askari huyo alisema hata yeye hafahamu isipokuwa akiwa amesimama alishangaa kuona kitu kikitua mguuni na kwamba anadhani kilitoka chini na kutua katika mguu wake wa kushoto.
Hata hivyo, picha za mnato zilizochapishwa kwenye magazeti mbalimbali nchini baada ya tukio hilo, zimeonyesha kuwa mara ya mwisho Mwampamba alionekana amekumbatiwa na marehemu Mwangosi huku askari mmoja alilenga mtarimbo wa kufyatua mabomu ya machozi. 


Jaji Ihema aja juu

Mwenyekiti wa  Kamati ya kuchunguza mauaji ya Mwangosi,  Jaji Mstaafu Stephen Ihema amesema katika historia yake ya utumishi wa umma hajawahi kushindwa kazi.
Alisema amesikitishwa na kauli za kubeza uteuzi wake zilizotolewa na viongozi wa Chadema, waliopinga uteuzi wake.
Huku akitumia kitabu cha Bibilia kutetea utendaji wake, Jaji Ihema alisema amesikitishwa na matamshi hayo ambayo yanavunja moyo na hayakupaswa kutolewa.

“Haya ni maoni tu ya mtu ambayo yanaweza kuwa sahihi kwa mtoaji na yakawa siyo sahihi kwa upande wa mwingine.
“Pili, napenda niseme kwamba hayo maoni is not biblical conclusive(msaafu ambao hautiliwi shaka)” alisema Jaji Ihema alipoulizwa na gazeti hili jana.

Pamoja na kukataa kujibu tuhuma hizo, Jaji Ihema alisisitiza kwamba, anafahamu vema siasa za nchi hii na kuwataka wanaohoji utendaji wake wafuatilie rekodi yake ya nyuma.

Wakati akiwasilisha msimamo wa Chadema kupinga uteuzi wa jaji huyo kuongoza kamati hiyo, Mkurugenzi wa Sheria, Katiba na Haki za Binadamu wa chama hicho, Tundu Lissu alidai kuwa kumbukumbu zinaonyesha kwamba, Ihema hana uwezo na kazi ya ujaji na mpaka sasa alikuwa ana kesi 300 ambazo anashindwa kuzitolea uamuzi.
Lakini, Jaji Ihema amepuza tuhuma hizo akisema; “Haya ni matamshi ya kisiasa tu, na mimi nazijua siasa za Tanzania”.

Aliongeza; “Ninachoweza kusema mimi ni kwamba, nimeteuliwa kuwa kiongozi wa kamati hii, na ukiniuliza mimi nimepokeaje nitakuambia, this is not any issue (yaani siyo jambo la kujadiliwa sasa). Kama unataka kujua vigezo vipi vilivyotumika nitakuambia nenda kwa Waziri nadhani yeye anajua, alipokea ushari wa watu gani na baadaye akafikia uteuzi huo.”

Katibu WAPC aonya
Wakati huo huo, Katibu  Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mabaraza ya Habari  Duniani (WAPC), Christopher Conybeare,  amelaani mauaji ya mwanahabari Mwangosi, yanayodaiwa kufanywa na polisi na kuagiza  hatua za haraka zichukuliwe dhidi ya wahusika wa tukio hilo.

Conybeare alisema hayo jana katika  hafla ya chakula cha usiku kilichoandaliwa na Baraza la Habari Tanzania(MCT), kwa ajili ya WAPC na kusisitiza kuwa uchunguzi wa tukio hilo hauna budi  kufanyika  haraka iwezekanavyo ili hatua zichukuliwe mapema kutokana na unyeti wa sekta ya habari duniani.

Katibu huyo ambaye yupo nchini kwa ajili ya mkutano mkuu wa WAPC pamoja na wajumbe 15 kutoka mabaraza mbalimbali ya habari duniani, alisema tukio hilo linaweza kuiharibia sifa Tanzania kwani ni moja ya nchi zenye taswira nzuri duniani katika tasnia ya habari na kuongeza kuwa wanahabari wanapouwawa, demokrasia nayo hufa.

“Mauaji ya mwandishi nimeyasikia kwa sababu nipo hapa nchini tangu Agosti 29, na ni jambo ambalo linatakiwa kufanyiwa uchunguzi wa haraka kwani linaharibu maana ya demokrasia,” alisema Conybeare.
Conybeare  aliimwagia sifa MCT na kusema kuwa ni miongoni mwa mabaraza makini duniani ambalo watanzania wanatakiwa wajisifie kwa kuwa nalo.

“Nimeifahamu MCT mwaka 2003 katika moja ya mikutano ya WAPC, na tangu wakati huo tumekuwa tukifanya kazi pamoja na nimefurahi sana mkutano huu kufanyika Tanzania.” Alisema

Jukwaa la Katiba

Nalo Jukwaa la Katiba Tanzania limesema Kamati ya watu watano iliyoundwa na waziri Nchimbi kuchunguza kifo cha  Mwangosi  ni batili.

Akizungumza katika mkutano na waandishi wa habari jana Dar es Salaam, Mwenyekiti wa jukwaa hilo Deus Kibamba alisema; “Kwa kuwa uchunguzi unaofanywa hauhusiani na kilichomuua Mwangosi wala kundi gani limemuua, tunataka Kamanda wa Iringa asimamishwe kazi kupisha uchunguzi, tume iundwe na rais na kusimamiwa na mahakama.”

Alisema kuwa taarifa ya uchunguzi wa tukio hilo ipelekwe bungeni na rais Kikwete ili wabunge wapate fursa ya kuijadili na kutoa maamuzi ya kibunge.

“Kamati ya Nchimbi ni batili kwa sababu mtu au kundi hawezi kuwa hakimu wa kesi inayomhusu mwenyewe, isipofanyika hivyo, tume hiyo haiwezi kufanya kazi yake kwa uhuru” alisema Kibamba na kuongeza:

“Athari za matukio ya mauaji na fujo zinazosababishwa na jeshi la polisi kutawanya waandamanaji au mikusanyiko ya watu kutaathiri hata mchakato wa kupatikana kwa katiba mpya, kwa kuwa watu wataogopa kujitokeza”

Bavicha Iringa
Wakati huo huo, siku moja baada ya Msajili wa Vyama vya Siasa nchini, John Tendwa kutishia kukifuta Chadema kutokana na matukio ya vurugu katika mikutano yake, Katibu mkuu wa Baraza Vijana Tanzania (Bavicha),  Deogratias Munishi amesema kabla ya kuifuta Chadema ni vyema akaanza kukifuta Chama Cha Mapinduzi(CCM), kwa madai Serikali yake ndiyo chanzo.

Munishi alitoa kauli hiyo, akijibu kauli ya Tendwa akisisitiza kuwa, ushahidi wa tukio lililotokea Nyololo, Mkoani Iringa juu ya nani aliyeanzisha vurugu na namna mauaji hayo yalivyotokea wanao na kwamba, wapo tayari kuutoa wakati wowote kwa kamati huru na ya kuheshimika.

“Kama Tendwa anataka kuifuta Chadema, basi aanze na CCM kwa sababu tunamjua anatumwa na CCM kukiharibu chama chetu wakati Serikali yake kupitia Jeshi la Polisi ndiyo yenye vurugu, na imekuwa ikisababisha mauaji mengi ambayo, hakuna asiyeyajua,” alisema.

Alisema jeshi hilo halina namna yoyote ya kukwepa, mauaji ya Mwangosi na kulitaka kuacha kutoa kauli za kuwasingizia wananchi kwamba, kuna mmoja wao alirusha bomu kuelekea kwa mwandishi huo, wakati wapo waliokuwa wakishuhudia na wengine walichukua picha za tukio zima, wakiwemo waandishi wa habari wenyewe.
“Polisi ndio ambao wamekuwa wakiua raia, ukiangalia picha zilizopigwa eneo la tukio hakuna mtu asiyeona jinsi polisi walivyomuadhibu Mwangosi kabla ya kumuua,” alisema Minishi