Malaysia

Malay Indian community to get scheme to boost its equity by 2020

Malay Indian community to get scheme to boost its equity by 2020Kuala 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.

Indian national files contempt plea against Malay immigration officer, ex-boss

Indian national files contempt plea against Malay immigration officer, ex-bossKuala 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.

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Malaysians top foreign home buyers in Singapore

Singapore - Malaysians overtook Indonesians as the top foreign buyers of private homes in Singapore in the second quarter, a property consultancy said Thursday.

According to DTZ, Malaysians accounted for 19 per cent of the overall purchases by foreigners, who bought a total of 913 private homes, up 3 per cent from the previous quarter.

Indonesia followed with a 17-per-cent share. Chinese and Indian citizens each accounted for 11 per cent of the foreign buyers while purchases from UK nationals accounted for 9 per cent.

The Indonesians were found to favour the prime districts, DTZ senior director Chua Chor Hoon said.

Detained Malaysian daughter meets her mother after three years

Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 10 : A 22-year-old woman finally managed to see her mother and sister after three years on Tuesday.

M. Rajeshvari was detained for 11 months at the Lenggeng Immigration depot in Seremban for not being able to remember her identity card number.

She was reunited with her mother and sister, whom she had not met or spoken to for more than three years.

Her sister Vigneswari, 26, said the family had no idea of the troubles that had befallen her and were shocked when they saw Rajeshvari on the front page of The Sunday Star.

“I picked up the paper on Sunday morning as usual and was completely taken aback when I saw my sister’s picture.

Malaysian politician suspended for racist remarks

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Wednesday suspended a veteran politician who made racist remarks against the ethnic Chinese community.

Following a special meeting, Abdullah said Ahmad Ismail has been stripped of his post as a district chief in the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party, and would be barred from the party for three years.

During a speech last month, Ahmad said the Chinese were "immigrants" and "squatters" who had no right to demand privileges or equal treatment with the majority ethnic Malays.

Ahmad, who is an ethnic Malay, had defended his remarks and remained unapologetic despite calls by community leaders for an apology.

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