Compiled by C. ARUNO, BENJAMIN LEE and R. ARAVINTHAN
SJKT Cheras staff and students are relieved after Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) stopped construction of a nearby condominium, Makkal Osai reported.
School board chairman Kumar Veeran said the construction caused noise, vibrations and dust, harming students’ health.
After the school board contacted various authorities, including DBKL and Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai, and the issue was highlighted in the press, DBKL determined that the construction was unapproved and sealed the site.
Kumar thanked those who helped resolve the matter.
> Tamil Nadu BJP leader K. Annamalai publicly flogged himself to protest the sexual assault of a 19-year-old Anna University student, Makkal Osai reported.
Annamalai criticised the ruling DMK party for declining law and order and vowed to flog himself and remain barefoot until they are out of power.
Last Friday, calling it an act of penance, he flogged himself six times in front of his Coimbatore home before party members intervened.
The Madras High Court has formed an all-women special investigation team, and the National Commission for Women has launched a fact-finding committee. One arrest has been made.
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.
