Boy found drowned days before UPSR

A YEAR Six pupil, who was supposed to sit for the UPSR, was found drowned in a river three days before the examinations, Malaysia Nanban reported.

He had earlier told his friends that he wanted to celebrate his birthday on Sept 18 with them.

The boy was a well-liked pupil at his school in Kulim, Kedah. He was said to be the best performer in maths at his school.

His body was recovered from a river in Perlis on Monday.

The boy’s parents lived in Perlis but he was staying in Kulim with his grandparents. Authorities are investigating.

> Tamil Nadu police nabbed a man who threw a shoe at a statue of a social reformer during a celebration of his 140th birthday, Tamil dailies reported. The attendees were mollified before things turned ugly.

Followers of the late activist and social reformer Periyar E.V. Ramasamy had held events with his statues throughout the state.

At one such event, participants were shocked when a man who arrived on a motorcycle took off his shoe and threw it at Periyar’s statue and began chanting slogans disparaging him.

Policemen who were present quickly detained him before the crowd could get to him. He was taken away but the worked-up crowd staged a protest, blocking the road.

They calmed down when policemen promised to take action against the man.