Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 22 : Most Malaysian-Indian women in the lower-income group prefer watching television over availing business opportunities available to them.

Speaking on the condition of women living in squatter areas, low-cost flats and estates, Dr. Siti Hasmah Women of the Year 2008 award winner, Vimala Nair, noted that exposing Indian women to business networking was a “daunting task.”

Kuala Lumpur - Four Malaysian girls have filed a police complaint against their stepfather, an unemployed Indonesian, alleging that he raped and sodomized them for four years, a newspaper reported Sunday.

The sisters, aged between 12 and 19, were afraid to tell anyone about the abuse. They finally confided to a female relative on Thursday at a wedding, who then took the girls to the police.

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Mar. 21 : The Federation of Malaysian Indian Organisations wants the teaching of science and mathematics to revert to the Tamil language in Tamil schools.

It also wants the teaching hours of Bahasa Malaysia and English in Tamil schools to be increased to strengthen pupils'' proficiency in the two languages, the New Strait Times reports.

Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 21 : The Economic Planning Unit in the Malaysian Prime Minister's Department has allocated 12 million ringgits for upgrading the Indian community's professional skills.

Deputy Minister S. K. Devamany said several programs were being planned to train Indian youths in vocational courses.

"The Government wants the community to realise that many people have benefited from EPU's efforts," the Star Online quoted Devamany, as saying.

Action thriller flick, Nayakan’s crew is currently busy filming in Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur  - Chinese women topped the list of foreign prostitutes arrested in Malaysia throughout 2008, followed by Indonesian nationals, a news report said Saturday.

A total of 4,496 Chinese women were detained during anti-vice raids conducted nationwide.