THE family of a man killed in a workplace accident in a Penang received a visit from the Human Resources Minister and compensation from Social Security Organisation (Socso), Makkal Osai reported.
Muniandy Subramaniam, 51, died after falling about 20m at a factory in Seberang Perai.
Minister Steven Sim visited the victim’s home in Sungai Jawi along with officials from Socso.
The victim’s wife Komala Arumugam, 49, and three children received funds for funeral expenses from the minister.
Sim also said that Komala would receive a lifelong monthly compensation from Socso.
> The daily also reported that a woman in Tamil Nadu, India, committed suicide because her daughter’s wedding invitation did not include one of her relatives.
Kamalakannan, 52, and his wife Malathi, 38, were getting ready to distribute wedding invitations when Malathi noticed that one of her relatives’ names was missing.
The heartbroken Malathi made the tragic decision to hang herself from a tree in their backyard.
● The above article is 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 this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.