Perak MHS meeting decends into chaos

Compiled by ALLISON LAI, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

THE annual meeting of the Perak branch of Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) was thrown into disarray when the national council unexpectedly announced an entirely new committee for the state, reported Makkal Osai.

Its president, T. Ganesan, announced the appointment during the 46th annual meeting of the state branch.

He said the appointment of the new team - headed by Shangkaran Sekaran Perumal as president and Periyasami Narayanasami as deputy president had been sanctioned by 27 committee members.

However, the delegates at the meeting slammed MHS national management’s decision before compromising with the new appointments.

> Malaysia Nanban reported that attendees at a coming-of-age ceremony in Tamil Nadu were stunned to see 15 bullock carts bearing gifts.

A tea shop owner, Jeyabal, held the traditional ceremony for his daughter, Ramya after she attained puberty.

The event also had a 15-cart procession laden with gifts, music and firecrackers.

The above articles are 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 a >, it denotes a separate news item.