Compiled by NAN HIDAYAT NAN AZMIE, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A HIGH-LEVEL delegation from the Melaka government has visited a modern Hindu crematorium being developed in Johor, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Yayasan Sultanah Rogayah chairman Datuk R. Sugumaran said he was pleased to receive the delegation led by Melaka state exco Datuk Rais Yasin and Shanmugam V. Pitchay.
The delegation visited the crematorium in Teluk Jawa, near Permas Jaya, to learn more about the services it will provide and better understand the challenges in developing such a facility.
> A man in India was killed after being crushed by the wheel of a temple chariot during a procession, Makkal Osai reported.
The youth, identified as Harshvardhan from Tamil Nadu, was attending the festival in Namakkal along with thousands of devotees.
He was standing next to a wall when the chariot was making a turn and became trapped between the wall and the chariot wheel.
Unable to move away because of the large crowd, Harshvardhan was killed on the spot.
Police are investigating the incident.
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.
