Dr Ling helped safeguard Hindu temples during railway project

HAVING assumed the presidency of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam in 1996, I was later requested by Tun S. Samy Vellu, then president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), to assist the Transport Ministry in addressing the challenges posed by the construction of the dual-track railway system stretching from the Thai border to Johor Baru.

At that time, the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban segment had already been completed.