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Ethnic
Indians among Malaysia's title awardees
Wednesday February 02, 2011 11:07:27 AM,
IANS
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Kuala Lumpur: M. Kayveas, who heads the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), a
constituent of the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN), is
among the ethnic Indians who are recipients of Malaysian honours.
Already a Datuk (a title conferred by the government), he received
the Seri Mahakota Wilayah (SMW) award that would carry the title
of Datuk Seri.
Makkal Sakti Party (MSP) president Thanenthiran Ramankutty was
another awardee. MSP has support among Malaysia's over 1.5 million
Tamils.
Sothinathan Asaipillai, federal territories education bureau
secretary of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), the country's
largest Indian-based party and a key BN constituent, was conferred
Datuk title Wednesday.
Among officials to be honoured were prime minister's special
officer Ravindren Chelliah and Economic Planning Unit deputy
director-general Himmat Singh.
Outside of the government, outstanding ethnic Indians honoured
were former national football player Santokh Singh and Prince
Court Hospital specialist Kuljit Singh, New Straits Times
reported.
Malaysia has 100,000 Sikhs.
Instead of Santokh Singh, The Star inadvertently named national
football coach K. Rajagopal, another ethnic Indian as among those
conferred the Datukship title.
Rajagopalan coached the Malaysian team that participated in
several international games including the Commonwealth Games, New
Delhi and Asian Games, Guangzhou last year.
"We sincerely apologise to him for any embarrassment caused," The
Star said.
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