Spielberg didenda RM737.47 kerana bot laju

KAPAL mewah milik Steven Spielberg yang berharga RM1.06 bilion.

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PORTO CERVO, Sardinia - Pengarah filem terkenal, Steven Spielberg didenda 172 euro (RM737.47) oleh pihak berkuasa pengawal pantai Itali selepas bot laju miliknya berada terlalu dekat dengan pantai, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Speilberg yang merupakan seorang bilionair didenda kerana dia mengganggu orang ramai yang bercuti di tepi pantai baru-baru ini.

Pengarah filem yang berusia 64 tahun itu membuat bising sehingga mengganggu ketenangan para pelancong di tepi pantai di La Maddalena.

Para pelancong yang berjemur di tepi pantai itu kemudian bertindak menghubungi polis dan pengawal pantai kerana bunyi bising dari bot laju Spielberg.

Pengarah filem itu didenda kerana bot lajunya itu melanggar peraturan maritim.

Ketika kejadian, Spielberg membawa seorang aktres, Gwyneth Paltrow bersiar-siar dengan bot lajunya.

Bot laju itu bergerak dari sebuah kapal persendirian mewah milik pengarah filem tersebut yang berharga AS$359.58 juta (RM1.06 bilion).

Spielberg yang pernah mengarahkan filem Jaws dan Saving Private Ryan dikatakan meminta maaf kepada anggota-anggota pihak berkuasa pengawal pantai.

"Saya meminta maaf. Saya Steven Spielberg. Saya tidak mengetahui peraturan," kata pengarah filem itu.

Menurut seorang anggota pengawal pantai, Vincenzo Petrella, Spielberg menawarkan untuk membayar denda itu kepadanya.

Namun, katanya, dia memberitahu pengarah filem itu bahawa wang tersebut perlu dibayar di sebuah pejabat pos.- Agensi

Boy born with 34 fingers and toes

World record ... one-year-old Akshat
Saxena was born with 34 fingers and toes

A LITTLE boy stunned medics after being born with 34 fingers and toes.

One-year-old Akshat Saxena had seven fingers on each hand and ten toes on each foot — but no thumbs.

His condition is a genetic disorder known as polydactyl.

Akshat, from Uttar Pradesh, northern India, has since had surgery to remove the excess digits.

And doctors are trying to construct thumbs from the fingers they amputated.

Mum Amrita said: "I was so happy to see my baby as it was our first child. But later, when I saw his fingers, I was shocked and surprised."

Amrita later learned that her son had broken the world record for the child with the most fingers and toes.

Shocking ... little Akshat has 20 toes

The previous record holder was a six-year-old boy in China who had 15 fingers and 16 toes.

Amrita said a friend told her that Akshat was special.

She said: "He read on the internet about the baby born in China. Then he said that my boy has broken the record of having 34 fingers.

"At first I was not convinced at all. It was hard to believe that my son has broken the record.

"But later, he along with my husband and younger sister registered the data on the internet."