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Prasarana visits family members of accident victim
GE13: PKR to field Lawyer Gooi, again, for Alor Setar parliamentary seat
Hindraf chief calls off 21-day hunger strike after he collapses

Prasarana visits family members of accident victim

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:11 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) senior officials on Sunday visited the family members of an accident victim, Vijayasingam Adimulam, 34, who was crushed to death by construction equipment, at their home in Kampung Pandan here.

Vijayasingam died in an incident at an LRT extension site near Subang Airport on Friday after construction equipment hoisted by a crane fell on his vehicle as well as another car, injuring its driver, Arifpuddin Mansoruddin, 42.

Prasarana group director for infrastructure services Masnizam Hisham said the group expressed its deep regret over the incident.

"We visited the family to offer our condolences," she said in a statement.

Also present was Prasarana head of group communications and strategic marketing Lim Jin Aun.

Later, they visited Arifpuddin, who is currently recuperating from his injuries in a hospital in Seremban, Negri Sembilan and is expected to be discharged in a day or two.

"Arifpuddin suffered bruises and scratches on his forehead and right arm and is scheduled to undergo a physiotherapy treatment," she said. - Bernama

GE13: PKR to field Lawyer Gooi, again, for Alor Setar parliamentary seat

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 07:34 AM PDT

Published: Sunday March 31, 2013 MYT 10:34:00 PM

ALOR SETAR: Lawyer Gooi Hsiao Leung will again be fielded by PKR for Alor Setar parliamentary seat.

PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced the name at a dinner with Chinese community in Kampung Berjaya here Sunday night.

Gooi who contested the seat in 2008 General Election lost to MCA candidate Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung with a slim majority of 84 votes.

Hindraf chief calls off 21-day hunger strike after he collapses

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 07:06 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Hindraf chairman P. Waytha Moorthy called off his hunger strike after he collapsed at a Rawang temple at 4pm Sunday and had to be hospitalised. His strike lasted 21 days.

Hindraf deputy chairman W. Sumbalingan said that Waytha Moorthy, who was seeking treatment at the Damai Specialist Hospital, was discharged by doctors for an hour so he could return to the Arulmigu Agora Veerabathirar Sanggili Karuppar Temple, to greet "thousands of supporters who gathered to see him".

"But now he has gone back to the hospital and he has called off his hunger strike," Sumbalingan told The Star.

Waytha Moorthy was on a hunger strike seeking better conditions and opportunities for Malaysia Indians.

Kredit: www.thestar.com.my

Ahad, 31 Mac 2013