NINE karate exponents who represented the country in international competitions and won numerous medals will be honoured in a special ceremony hosted by an academy, Makkal Osai reported.

       Kedah Mawashi-geri Karate Academy chairman and trainer Suresh Mariappan said the students took part in competitions which were organised by associations in India, Sri Lanka, Japan, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Oman and China.

       The academy will host the award ceremony in Sungai Petani tomorrow with all the exponents’ parents in attendance.

       The exponents, who are from Kuala Muda, Alor Setar and Kota Setar districts, brought home several gold, silver and bronze medals, making the state and the country proud, he added.

       Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah Nahim Islam will launch the ceremony while Kuala Muda youth sports department official Shahril Hassan will be in attendance, Suresh said.

       > The Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission set up to investigate the May 2018 Thoothukudi massacre in Tamil Nadu has subpoenaed 1,360 witnesses for testimony so far, Makkal Osai reported.

       Thirteen people were killed when police shot protesters who were rallying against a proposed copper smelter plant in the city while another man died following a five-month coma.

       ● 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.