Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 13: A 21-year-old Indian national is facing a death sentence here for carrying drugs in the false bottom of his aluminium suitcase.
Alarm bells went off for customs officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang after they emptied the bag and found a false bottom in which five kg of ketamine powder worth RM175,000 were hidden.
The New Strait Times said that Customs deputy director-general Mardina Alwi and her officers stopped the man after they noted that the suitcase he was carrying seemed heavy and that he was having difficulty managing it.
Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 13 : The Malaysian Government has reportedly agreed to work out a mechanism to enable the Indian community to purchase shares.
The target is to allow three per cent Indian equity participation by 2020.
The Tamil Nesan daily and the New Strait Times quoted Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu as saying that the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has given his assurances in this regard during their meeting in Putrajaya.
Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 12 : An Indian national, who is serving a sentence for overstaying in Malaysia, has filed an application for contempt of court against an Immigration Department officer and his former employer.
Forty-six-year-old K. Sathiyamoorthy filed the application in the Industrial Court registry on Thursday with the assistance of Malaysian Trades Union Congress industrial relations officer A. Balasubramaniam.
Kuala Lumpur, Sept 11 : Daljit Singh Dalliwal, a Malaysian Indian Sikh, was sworn in as a Senator here last evening.
Daljit Singh (48), the president of the Punjabi Business Chamber, holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of New England in the US, and became an active politician after joining MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress) in 1989.
He has been the Telawi MIC branch chairman since 1990 and Federal Territory MIC executive council member since 2005.
On his appointment, Singh said his appointment proved that the Government did not neglect the Sikhs, reported the staronline. com.
Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 13 : The Malaysian Government has reportedly agreed to work out a mechanism to enable the Indian community to purchase shares.
