Compiled by RAHIMY RAHIM, TAN SIN CHOW AND R.ARAVINTANA Form One student in Perak received a new laptop from the Prime Minister to help with his studies, Makkal Osai reported. The boy, Sanjeevan from Tambun, received the laptop from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s ­senior special officer Datuk Suresh Kumar Ramachan­dran at the constituency service centre. The student’s mother Nandini said he has been ill since he was two years old and depends on a device to breathe normally. Suresh Kumar also provided the family with a device to help the boy breathe. > The Tamil community in Malaysia will not accept efforts to turn the Ponggal celebration into a Hindu religious event, Makkal Osai reported an NGO as saying.

Source: The Star January 24, 2026 11:34 UTC