Detainees with alleged links to LTTE get to observe Deepavali with kin

By FARIK ZOLKEPLI

KUALA LUMPUR: It was a bittersweet Deepavali celebration for V. Umah Devi as she was able to spend it with her husband, despite him still being detained for alleged links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The wife of Melaka’s exco member G. Saminathan said she was able to bring tosai and muruku, her husband’s favourite food, to mark the Festival of Lights celebration.

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