Complied By Diyana Pfordten, C.Aruno and R.Aravinthan
MACC has been urged to investigate alleged mismanagement of funds allocated to Tamil schools, Malaysia Nanban reported.
A total of 97 Tamil schools reportedly received RM12.3mil in August and September of 2020 for refurbishment and repair works.
Each school received between RM12,000 and RM800,000, with 34 schools receiving more than RM100,000.
The report said 17 schools which received more than RM100,000 had misspent the money.
> Thirty-six people were killed in India when a floor gave way, causing them to fall into a disused well, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The incident happened during a celebration at a temple in Indhur, Madya Pradesh.
The chaotic rescue effort that followed contributed to further injuries. One video showed a woman being hoisted up, then falling again into the well as the rope lifting her snapped.
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.
