Explore career as firemen, Indian youths urged

INDIAN youths in the country should show more initiative to join the Fire and Rescue Department, Makkal Osai reported the department’s Kuala Lumpur branch director Khiruddin Drahman as saying.

The branch has 19 fire stations with 983 officers serving in various roles, but only 20 of those officers are from the Indian community.

Khiruddin was speaking at the department’s third annual Deepavali gathering when he urged Indian youths to explore the opportunities awaiting them in the fire services.

Those interested in attending the interviews should understand the roles played by the department to ensure their success, he added.

> Police in Maharashtra, India, towed a car while a woman was breastfeeding her sick child inside it, Malaysia Nanban reported.

The woman reportedly parked her car by the roadside to feed her baby when tow truck operators turned up and hooked up the car to be towed without asking her to get down. Despite the woman’s pleas and several bystanders’ attempts to reason with the traffic policemen in charge, her car was towed away.

The officer in charge was suspended after videos of the incident were shared online.