Ethnic Indians In Malaysia

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  Ex Google Executive Reveals How Sikhs Are Mistaken For Bengalis In Malaysia, Explains Reason

  The ex-Google MD said that he got to know about this during a recent meditation retreat in Malaysia from fellow Malay Indians.

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  Indian-Origin Legal Eagle To Be Malaysia's New Attorney General

  Tommy Thomas, a top ethnic Indian lawyer was today appointed Malaysia's new Attorney General by the king, who appealed to Malaysians to not to "create religious or racial conflict" over the decision, amid protests from Islamic groups against his nomination.

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  Indian Woman To Fight Her Case Malaysian Court

  An ethnic Indian Hindu woman, who has been fighting to reject the forcible conversion of her children to Islam by her ex-husband in 2009, has said she will appeal a court ruling that issues regarding Muslim conversion are exclusively the jurisdiction of the Shariah Court.

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  Indian Community Gears Up for PM Modi's Malaysia Visit

  There is palpable excitement in Kuala Lumpur, especially among ethnic and expatriate Indians, who are eagerly looking forward to the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Ethnic Indian Party Facing Leadership Crisis in Malaysia

  Malaysia's largest ethnic Indian party, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is facing its biggest leadership crisis ever over elections for its central working committee lineup, forcing Prime Minister Najib Razak to step in to resolve the issue plaguing the coalition partner.

• Ethnic Indian Killed in Police Custody, Says Malaysian Court

  A Malaysian court today ruled that the death of a jobless ethnic Indian man in police custody in 2013 was due to injuries after being physically assaulted by fellow inmates and cops on duty.

• Indian Origin Lawyer in Malaysia Barred From Rally

  An ethnic Indian lawyer-political activist has become the latest person from Malaysia to be declared a "persona non grata" by the Sarawak government and barred from entering the state, media reported on Saturday.

• Indian lawyer cremated with state honours in Malaysia

  Top ethnic Indian lawyer and politician Karpal Singh was today cremated with state honours in George town, the capital of Malaysia's Penang state, after a final farewell by thousands of mourners chanting his name.

• Indian convict on death row in Malaysia gets last minute reprieve

  An ethnic Indian got a reprieve few hours before his execution as it was postponed after the intervention of the Sultan of Johor, a media report said today in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

• Indian-origin man in Malaysia dies after getting tattoo removed

  An ethnic Indian man in Malaysia has died after undergoing a procedure to remove a tattoo in order to improve his chances of becoming a policeman.

• Ethnic Indian fights for custody of child converted to Islam

  After winning a tough legal battle to nullify the conversion of her three Hindu children to Islam, an ethnic Indian in Malaysia has started contempt proceedings against her estranged husband for the custody of her youngest daughter.

• Three cops charged with custodial death of Indian man in Malaysia

  Three policemen in Malaysia were today charged with causing the death of a 32-year-old ethnic Indian man in lock-up.

• Family claims ethnic Indian man died of torture in Malaysia

  The post-mortem of an ethnic Indian man who died in police custody in Kuala Lampur, indicates multiple blunt force trauma as the cause of death, with his family alleging harassment by authorities, local media reported.

• Indian killed in drive-by shooting in Malaysia

  An ethnic Indian was killed after being he was shot by unidentified assailants while he was driving his car in Malaysia's Kedah state.

• Politician in Malaysia learns Tamil to woo voters

  A member of Malaysia's ruling coalition, who is contesting in the May 5 general elections, is busy picking up key Tamil words to use in his speeches to woo the minority ethnic Indian community in his constituency.