Compiled by VICTORIA BROWN and R. ARAVINTHAN

THE Government has been urged to state the religion of Hindus on their MyKad to prevent forced conversions and confusion, Makkal Osai reported.

The Malaysia Hindu Dharma Mamandram (MHDM) president Radhakrishnan Alagamalai said there had been many cases in the country where those who converted to other religions failed to duly inform the National Registration Department.

This, he added, caused a lot of anguish and confusion to their family members who suddenly found themselves unable to conduct Hindu funeral rites for their loved ones.

MHDM general secretary Rishikumar Vadivelu said the association also supports the formation of a national-level Hindu endowment board to address issues face by the community.

> An environmental NGO in Tamil Nadu, India, removed 16.8 tonnes of garbage from 18 major waterways in the state in conjunction with the 2018 World Environment Day which fell on June 5, Malaysia Nanban reported.

Volunteers from the Environmentalist Foundation of India went to work in major cities across the populous south Indian state, including the state capital Chennai, its second biggest city Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, and former French enclave and current-day Union Territory Puducherry.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.

