Exclusion of two traditional sports hurtful, say groups


LOCAL silambam and kabadi associations are devastated by the exclusion of the two traditional Indian sports from the 2024 Sukma Games, Malaysia Nanban reported.

Malaysia Kabadi Sangam secretary, identified as Peter, said the two sports were included as exhibition events in the 2022 Sukma Games in Kuala Lumpur.

The groups that represent the two sports were told they would be part of the competitions at the next Sukma Games in Kuching.

Peter said the exclusion of the sports, which are important to the Indian community, is hurtful and damaging to the image of the Games.

Kabadi Sangam has asked Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh to help in the matter.

> Police in Punjab, India, have arrested two bank employees for stealing half a billion rupees (RM26.9mil) from customer accounts to fund online gambling, Makkal Osai reported.

Shekar Mishra and Sailesh Kumar, who both work at the Sindh Bank of Punjab, illegally obtained banking details of customers and transferred money without their permission.

The duo also converted 32 fixed deposits worth 487.6 million rupees (RM26mil) into cash and opened bank accounts under fake names and obtained 67.4 million rupees (RM3.6mil) in Mudra loans.

They are the latest in an increasing number of bank staff, government servants and police officers involved in online gambling.

● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.

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