Compiled by TEH ATHIRA YUSOF and R. ARAVINTHAN
MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M. Saravanan announced that he will not be challenging incumbent president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran for the party’s top post, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Saravanan confirmed the matter at a press conference to announce the dates for nominations and the party polls, scheduled for March 27 and April 12 respectively.
Vigneswaran’s term as president ends on May 25 and he has held the post since July 2018.
Saravanan said that after the late Tun S. Samy Vellu, Vigneswaran’s time as president has seen the largest increase in MIC’s asset holdings. His presidency has the full support of the entire party and the party’s top officials have collectively decided not to contest for the post, Saravanan added.
> Three YouTubers from Tamil Nadu, India were arrested for starting a fire on a lake and jumping into it as a stunt, Makkal Osai reported.
Ranjit Bala, 23, Sivakumar, 19, and Isakkiraja, 19, apparently poured petrol on the lake surface, set the fuel ablaze and jumped in while recording the stunt for their social media channel.
The stunt was performed near a pumphouse and the men had reportedly jumped off the pumphouse into the lake.
The stunt, which polluted the lake and could have caused potential damage to the pumps, enraged YouTube users. The three men were arrested and charged in court.
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.
