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- A 79-year-old lady donates land to Hospis Pahang
- MIC branch leader shot by two gunmen outside his home
- Man claims spiritual healing for various ailments
| A 79-year-old lady donates land to Hospis Pahang Posted: 21 Jun 2013 05:45 PM PDT KUANTAN: A septuagenarian has donated a piece of land to Hospis Pahang, which the organisation plans to use to build a permanent home in the future. The 0.8ha plot donated by Deivanai Meyappan, 79, was part of a 4ha land in Bandar Damansara she had intended to give away to charities. Hospis Pahang president Dr Philip Chai Feng Yih said a board of trustees would be established to oversee the land's development and ensure it was utilised appropriately. "Currently, we have shortlisted a few candidates and will approach them soon. The land will only be legally transferred to Hospis as soon as the trustees are elected," he said after receiving the land's legal document from Deivanai in a simple ceremony here recently. Dr Chai said the tentative plan for the land includes building a permanent home for Hospis Pahang. "If our resource and finance allow, we may initiate a daycarecentre, activity centre and training for carers and volunteers in future," he said, adding that it was a very meaningful contribution from Deivanai. |
| MIC branch leader shot by two gunmen outside his home Posted: 21 Jun 2013 05:46 PM PDT BATU PAHAT: For 58-year-old B. Manickam, the safety of his nine-year-old grandson was constantly on his mind, despite being shot twice in the abdomen during a shooting spree outside his home in Yong Peng. He said the last thing he could remember was seeing his grandson running and hiding behind the tyres of a four-wheel drive parked outside their home when gunmen started shooting at him at about 10.15pm. Manickam was hit twice in the abdomen while his friend, in his 30s, who was with him was hit at least four times in the hand and legs during the shooting spree in Taman Desa. "I was talking to my friend and my grandson outside the house when we heard loud noises similar to fire crackers. "I turned around and saw two men on a motorcycle shooting at us while riding on their motorcycles. We could not do much and then I felt a sharp pain in my abdomen," he said when met at the hospital. Manickam, who is a MIC branch leader, said that he was worried for his grandson and was happy that he managed to escape to safety by hiding behind the car tyre. "I am glad that the car also acted as a shield to prevent some of the bullets from hitting other family members inside the house," he added. He was rushed to the Batu Pahat Hospital and doctors removed at least one bullet slug from him while the other bullet had gone through and out of the body. The other friend was also discharged soon after as the bullets had gone through. Manickam said that so far, he was unsure of the motive behind the shooting as this was the first time such a thing had happened to him. Meanwhile, police have arrested two men including a MIC branch leader in connection with the shooting. Both men had been remanded to help police in their investigations. |
| Man claims spiritual healing for various ailments Posted: 21 Jun 2013 05:46 PM PDT JASIN: He may be a school dropout but his skills at spiritual healing made up for his academic shortcomings. Even the rich and famous make a beeline to his home in Kesang Tua, near here, to seek a cure from K.M. Thinageswar Sivaachaariyar for various ailments — including tumours and gangrene feet. In 2011, he reportedly carried out a live open-heart surgery using the ancient Ayurvedic methods before hundreds of people in Colombo, earning him recognition by spiritual practitioners in Sri Lanka and a doctorate by the University of Colombo. Thinageswar, 28, said when he was 15, his mother suffered from acute diabetes and, determined to cure her, quit school before he took his PMR examination and took up studies in spiritual healing instead. "My four elder siblings went on to pursue higher eduction and I was considered a 'black sheep' in the family. "However, I have no qualms about not going for tertiary education and I am grateful I was able to help cure my 70-year-old mother through spiritual healing," he said, adding his 'patients' come from as far as Singapore and Australia and even come to seek his advice. Thinageswar said he first learnt the art of spiritual healing from a local priest and then pursued the knowledge further in Kerala, India and Surabaya, Indonesia. "Research shows that up to 80% of our problems in life are rooted in the spiritual dimension. "Spiritual healing is about diagnosis and overcoming the root causes of medical problems by spiritual means," he said, adding that this is done by 'sixth sense' techniques. Thinageswar said the accuracy of a diagnosis vary according the healer's 'sixth sense' ability and spiritual level. "Spiritual healing is achieved through a myriad of methods, such as using holy water, holy ashes and mantras," he added. Thinageswar said the treatment process involves the application of the chaitanya, a Sanskrit wordmeaning 'divine consciousness' while the healing after the surgery process take place through the 'absolute cosmic water (Apa)' and 'fire (Tej)' principles. He said foreigners were willing to pay thousands of ringgit for the removal of tumours and to save their limbs from being amputated. He gets a steady stream of visitors. including politicians and businessmen, who sought his expertise in treating an array of health-related complications at his corner lot terrace home. "I never imagined my passion for spiritual healing would make me popular. "Today, those with brain tumours and gangrene feet, due to diabetes, are coming to me to get alternative medicine without having to go through excruciating surgery," he said. |
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