A WOMAN in Seremban who was beaten up and robbed of her salary and gold chain by snatch thieves, has received some help, Malaysia Nanban reported.

       Saraswathi Selvaraju, 42, who works as a security guard at a secondary school in Seremban 2 was returning home to Port Dickson on March 30 at around 8pm when the incident happened.

       She had just withdrawn her salary from an ATM at a petrol station in Sendayan and was on her motorbike when she was accosted by two men on a motorbike who had evidently followed her.

       They threatened the victim with a knife and took the RM1,800 she had just withdrawn. They also snatched her gold chain.

       They kicked Saraswathi in the stomach before making their getaway.

       Rasah MP Cha Kee Chin who met the victim in Seremban comforted her and gave her RM2,000 to help out with the loss.

       > Three men in Tamil Nadu were killed after getting run over while trying to take selfies on a train track, Malaysia Nanban reported.

       The three victims, identified as K. Mohan, aged 18, Prakash, 19, and Ashok, 20, were travelling to Chengalpattu from their homes when they came to a level crossing and decided to take a selfie.

       Engrossed on getting their photo taken, they did not notice the train bearing down on them, nor hear the warning horn the train driver reportedly sounded.

       The men could not get away in time and were hit by the train.

       ● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.