Compiled by CHOW HOW BAN, IVAN LOH AND R. ARAVINTHAN
THE Hulu Langat district-level kabaddi competition among Tamil schools saw two Malay primary schools take part as invited teams, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The event, which was coordinated by SJK(T) Ampang, saw 250 pupils from 15 Tamil schools and two Malay schools participate in the boys and girls categories.
MIC central working committee member K. Sathasivam said the sport should be expanded to the state and national level, and include all schools.
He said making it an annual event would boost the traditional Indian team sport’s popularity.
> The family of the suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a female trainee doctor in India say they would refuse to accept his body if he gets the death penalty, Makkal Osai reported.
Sanjay Roy, a volunteer policeman who is the main accused, was caught based on DNA found under the victim’s fingernails.
One of his sisters said Sanjay was a “troublemaker” and the family would not accept his remains if he were to be hanged for the heinous crime.
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.
