Compiled by C. ARUNO, KHOO GEK SAN and R. ARAVINTHAN
TWELVE Hindu organisations in Penang have submitted a joint memorandum urging that the Penang Hindu Endowments Board (PHEB) be placed under Deputy Chief Minister II Jagdeep Singh Deo, Makkal Osai reported.
Dr Muniandy Munusamy, who spoke on behalf of the collective, said they had submitted the document to Jagdeep’s officer Kishwin Srinaveen as the Deputy CM was out for a meeting at the time.
Batu Kawan Devisree Muthu Mariamman Temple chairman MV Mathialagan and other community leaders were part of the delegation.
The organisations felt that PHEB would be more transparent, better managed, and more responsible under the Deputy CM, Muniandy said.
This move, he added, would mean better spending of the funds allocated to PHEB and a quicker response to pressing issues in the Hindu community.
> Doctors in India operating on a man to remove an abdominal hernia were shocked to find an ovary and uterus in him, the daily also reported.
Rajkir Mishtri, 45, from Uttar Pradesh, was admitted to a hospital after suffering severe abdominal pain.
Rajkir never displayed any secondary female characteristics, so he never suspected anything amiss.
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.
