Klang, Apr 27: Hindu Right Action Force leader P. Waythamoorthy wants to have a dialogue over the condition of Indians living in Malaysia with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

Waythamoorthy, who is in self-exile in London, said he is prepared to meet Najib to outline the grouses that had pushed Hindraf to mobilise members of the Indian community to a protest rally on November 25, 2007.

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 27: A 15-year-old Malay girl, who is seven months’ pregnant, has claimed that her father and his friend have raped her for three years.

The secondary school student, who lives with her parents, confessed to her aunt about it and she in turn took the young girl to the Skudai police station to lodge a report.

Klang (Malaysia), Apr. 27 : Malay Indians are generally unaware of economic opportunities made available to them by the government, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister''s Department T. Murugiah has claimed.

He said many did not know they could take loans from the government to start their own businesses or get involved in the agriculture sector.

Kuala Lumpur  - Malaysia's Health Ministry placed its disease control division on alert to detect any signs of possible cases of the deadly swine flu virus in the country, news reports said Monday.

Hospitals and medical doctors have been asked to report cases with symptoms of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia, said the ministry's director-general Mohamad Ismail Merican.

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 25 : The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is reportedly concerned that many Malay Indians may not have the financial means to take up the 15 per cent quota of Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) units allocated to the community.

Party president S. Samy Vellu was quoted by The Star as saying that according to Permodalan Nasional Berhad, as of last Wednesday, Malay Indians had bought only 10.71 per cent or 53.5 million units of their quota of 499.5 million.

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 25 : Indian businessmen in Malaysia working in the restaurant, textile, provision and hairdressing industries have been greatly affected by the Malaysian Government decision to increase in levy for foreign workers.

Klang Indian Chamber of Commerce president T. Muthusamy said the levy increase has forced many foreign workers to return home as their income had been reduced drastically.

The Tamil Nesan quoted him as saying that many traders in the Little India area in Klang were finding it hard to hire local workers.