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Time of India
12-06-2025
- Time of India
Man sleeping near Samayapuram temple run over by car
Trichy: An unidentified man sleeping near the Samayapuram Mariamman Temple near Trichy was killed after a car ran over him on Wednesday. A 50-year-old man from Karur district was arrested for causing the death. According to sources, the accused, M Saravanan, from Ramakrishnapuram in Karur district, visited the temple on Wednesday night in his new SUV for prayer. After prayer, as Saravanan tried to manoeuvre his car, he accidentally ran over the head of an unknown individual sleeping on the side. The man suffered grievous injuries. Police sources said the onlookers thought the unknown person had immediately died after the car ran over him. However, he was still breathing when the ambulance arrived after 20 minutes. The person was later declared dead on arrival at Srirangam general hospital. Police sources said there were no identity cards or mobile phone with the deceased. "We are issuing advertisements in media to identify the unknown person. We will wait at least a week before the autopsy," C Raguraman, the investigating police officer, said. A case was registered at Samayapuram police station under BNS sections 281 (rash driving) and 106-1 (causing death by negligence). An investigation is in progress. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Malaysiakini
08-06-2025
- Politics
- Malaysiakini
Poems and toilets: Indian leaders lock horns over Perak temple issue
Tapah MIC division chief S Krishna Rao has come to party deputy president M Saravanan's defence as Indian leaders trade barbs over issues affecting the community. In particular, shots have been fired over the announcement by Perak's executive councillor for human resources, health, Indian affairs and national integration, A Sivanesan, regarding a five-year moratorium on the construction of Hindu temples on government land.
Free Malaysia Today
05-06-2025
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Homeless man gets a year's jail for hiding over RM480,000
Marchell Jeff Lee Sin Ket was accused of helping the owner of an investment company hide RM314,790 in cash for the purpose of fraud at a condominium unit in Sentul, between Nov 18 and Dec 12, 2024. PETALING JAYA : A homeless man was sentenced to a year's imprisonment by two sessions courts in Kuala Lumpur today for hiding over RM480,000 in cash belonging to two women last year. Sinar Harian reported that Marchell Jeff Lee Sin Ket, 39, pleaded guilty to two charges read against him before judges Azrul Darus and Hamidah Mat Deril. Azrul sentenced him to a year's imprisonment on the first charge while Hamidah jailed him for eight months on the second. Both courts ordered Lee to serve his sentences concurrently from Thursday onwards. According to the first charge, Lee was accused of helping the owner of an investment company hide RM314,790 in cash for the purpose of fraud at a condominium unit in Sentul, between Nov 18 and Dec 12, 2024. According to the second charge, he was accused of transferring or hiding RM173,000 in cash belonging to a health company accounting executive at another condominium unit in Sentul between Nov 7 and Dec 9, 2024. Both charges were framed under Section 424 of the Penal Code for fraudulent removal or concealment of consideration (property), which provides for up to five years' imprisonment, a fine or both if convicted. The prosecution was led by deputy public prosecutors M Saravanan and Raihanah Abd Razak, while Lee was unrepresented.
Free Malaysia Today
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Get govt bodies to ditch ‘illegal temple' term, Saravanan tells Anwar
MIC deputy president M Saravanan said the government should not overlook the historical facts surrounding the establishment of Hindu temples in Malaysia. PETALING JAYA : MIC deputy president M Saravanan has asked Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to issue a directive to government agencies and departments to refrain from using the term 'illegal temple'. In a letter to Anwar, the Tapah MP said the government should not overlook the historical facts surrounding the establishment of Hindu temples in Malaysia, many of which received approval from colonial authorities and local administrators. Saravanan said many Hindu temples in Malaysia had existed long before the National Land Code 1965, and that labelling them 'illegal' was offensive to Hindu devotees. 'The majority of temples were established during the British and Japanese colonial periods,' Saravanan said in the letter. 'Historically, early labourers built places of worship at their places of work. Following the fragmentation of estates, these temples came under the supervision of the local communities. 'Previously, these temples were located on the outskirts of towns or in rural areas. However, due to urbanisation, many of these temples now appear to be located within towns. 'In this context, I appeal to the prime minister to instruct government agencies and departments not to use the term 'illegal temple'.' Saravanan's appeal to Anwar was in response to a letter from the Taiping Hospital management stating that it would take the appropriate legal action against an 'illegal' Hindu temple on its premises. Land rights for old Hindu temples became a controversial topic following the public backlash to plans to relocate the Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur to make way for the construction of the Madani Mosque. The government later revealed that the 130-year-old temple had agreed to relocate to another plot 50m from its current site, which Anwar called a 'win-win solution'. Last month, Urimai deputy chairman David Marshel called on the government to work with Google to remove the 'illegal temple' label which appears alongside Hindu temples found on Google Maps. Earlier this month, deputy inspector-general of police Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said police were investigating the labelling of Hindu temples as illegal on Google Maps and Waze for the abuse of network facilities under the Communications and Multimedia Act. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission previously summoned the administrator of a Facebook group dedicated to finding allegedly illegal temples nationwide.
Malaysiakini
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Malaysiakini
Matriculation slots: MIC writes to Fadhlina, Nurul Izzah's 'first test'
MIC deputy president M Saravanan has formally written to Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek seeking a detailed breakdown of the number of Indian students who applied for and were offered places in this year's matriculation programme. According to a source, this request could serve as the first major 'litmus test' for PKR deputy president hopeful Nurul Izzah Anwar who has publicly committed to championing the rights of the Malaysian Indian community.
