Compiled by GERARD GIMINO, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

       ACTION will be taken against those hiring illegal workers at the flower stalls in the Seremban market, Makkal Osai reported.

       Negri Sembilan state exco member Veerapan Superamaniam issued the warning when commenting on complaints by local Indian traders of flower stalls there being infiltrated by illegals.

       He said that legal action will be taken against the illegal workers and the shop owners who employed them.

       > The chief priest of the Arulmigu Nagammal Temple in Ipoh has denied that he and his “son”, along with several others, have been hospitalised due to Covid-19, the daily also reported.

       The fake news began circulating on a popular messaging app after the temple announced a temporary closure on Aug 27 on its social media page.

       The head priest Thiyagarajan Subramanian, 41, said he did not even have a son.

       While it was true that his daughter has contracted Covid-19, he and the others mentioned in the message had not tested positive.

       The above articles are 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 a >, it denotes a separate news item.