Compiled by SALMA FAIRUS, CHOW HOW BAN and R. ARAVINTHAN
FOUR Indian NGOs in Melaka held a peaceful rally and submitted a memorandum to the state government, urging for a proper place to carry out Hindu funeral rites, Makkal Osai reported.
Social activist Ulaganathan warned that they would hold a demonstration in Putrajaya if the state government fails to act, stressing funerals should not be held in unsuitable places.
> The daily also reported that a woman in India, who killed her stepdaughter by pushing her off the third floor of their house, was arrested, thanks to a neighbour who caught the incident on video.
When seven-year-old Janavi fell from her family home’s balcony in Kerala, it was first believed to be an accident, but a neighbour soon discovered that his CCTV had captured the woman’s actions.
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.
