The Honourable Dr. Prasad Sandosham Abraham : High Court Judge

The Honourable Dr. Prasad Sandosham Abraham

           High Court Judge Shah Alam, Selangor
        LL.B (Hons.) University of Nottingham, Barrister-at-law (Middle Temple)

         • Appointed Judicial Commissioner on 28 October 2009
           • Appointed High Court Judge on 10 August 2010.

Source:

http://www.kehakiman.gov.my/node/705

K. Malaiperumal Pillay : Contractor and Planter

 K. Malaiperumal Pillay : Contractor and Planter ;

Builder of Public Infrastructure

K. Malaiperumal Pillay was a prominent contractor and planter in Batu Gajah.His early foray into business was as a rubber planter, where he owned an estate in Batu Gajah. Through resolving efforts he rose on to become an established building and public contractor. He had a major hand in the construction of the prison, hospital, major roads and buildings within the town. He constructed the road between Tambun and Ampang whereas the Batu Gajah prison was completed in the year 1902.

Despite his lower education qualification, K. Malaiperumal realised the importance of formal English education to children. Sensing the need of a school in Batu Arang, he founded the Private English School in 1907, with his house as the base. He personally lobbied for students in his neighbourhood by persuading parents to send their child to the school and managed to gather around 30 pupils for the first batch.... 

(http://www.malaysianindianjourney.com/category/the-second-edition/)

Source:

http://www.malaysianindianjourney.com/category/the-second-edition

Sensei P.Arivalagan KMW, AMN : National Karate Coach

 Sensei P.Arivalagan KMW, AMN : National Karate Coach

 2004-2011

 Achievements

1) National Champion 1986-1999 (10 times)
2)South East Asian Games Champion 1987-1999 (7 times)
2) Asian Bronze Medal (4 times)

 Among Athletes Produced

1) R. Puvaneswaran (Asian Champion)

2) C. Muralitharan (Asian Champion)

3) R. Muniandy (Asian Champion)

4) G.I.Yaaminii (Asian Champion)
5) Vasantha Marial (Asian Champion)
6) G. Vathana (Asian Silver Medalist)
7) Jamalliah Jamaludin (Asian Silver Medalist)
8) G. Yugneswary (Asian Junior Champion)
9) C. Maalani (Asian Junior Champion)
10) Shaharudin Jamaludin (Asian Bronze Medalist)
11) Nisha Alagasan (WKF Semi Finalist)
12) M. Yokananthini (Asian Junior Bronze Medalist)

Source:

http://rizalhashim.blogspot.com/2011/01/karate-going-taekwondo-way.html

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sensei-PArivalagan-KMW-AMN/305110059536505

Commander Murthi Subromoniam : Commanding Officer of KD Laksamana Hang Nadim (Corvette)

  Commander Murthi Subromoniam 

Commanding Officer :

 KD Laksamana Hang Nadim

(10 Oct 11 - 8 May 13)

The Laksamana Class is a class of small missile corvettes comprising 4 ships currently in service with the Royal Malaysian Navy.The first two ships, named KD Laksamana Hang Nadim and KD Laksamana Tun Abdul Jamil, were commissioned in July 1997. The second two, named KD Laksamana Muhammed Amin and KD Laksamana Tan Pusmah, were delivered in July 1999.

 Source:

 http://www.navy.mil.my/pusmastldm/index.php/penubuhan-unit/armada-tldm/skuadron-korvet-ke-24/123

http://www.navy.mil.my/kdlakshangnadim/index.php/kejayaan/11-tldm-dan-apmm-selamatkan-mayat-penyelam-hilang
http://www.navy.mil.my/kdlakshangnadim/index.php/meja-pegawai-memerintah/14-biodata-pegawai-memerintah 
http://beritahankam.blogspot.com/2009/07/kd-laksamana-hang-nadim-tembakkan-sam.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laksamana-class_corvette

Deputy Commissioner of Prisons Kausalya Devi : Head of Parole & Community Services, Malaysian Prisons Department

Deputy Commissioner of Prisons Kausalya Devi

Head of Parole & Community Services, 

Malaysian Prisons Department

Source:

 http://www.prison.gov.my/Berita/htdocs/berita/ViewBeritaPrint.jsp?id=2550

http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/feature/2012/12-11-malaysia-detention-seminar.htm

 http://www.kopen.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&Itemid=62

http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabatan_Penjara_Malaysia

Kumaresan Murugayan : National Track Cyclist

 Kumaresan Murugayan

National Track Cyclist

Murugayan Kumaresan (born January 13, 1967 in Batu Pahat, Johor) is a retired track cyclist from Malaysia, who represented Malaysia at two consecutive  Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea) and in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murugayan_Kumaresan

http://breakingaway.com.my/article/articleview.cfm?AID=31

Karamjit Singh :The first Asian driver to win the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Production Car World Championship

Karamjit Singh :Malaysia's top professional race driver in rallying.

(The first Asian driver to win the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Production Car World Championship)

Karamjit Singh (born January 29, 1962), also known as the Flying Sikh, is a Malaysian professional race driver in rallying, and was the first Asian driver to win the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Production Car World Championship for Drivers, doing so on his first try. He has been rallying professionally since 1985. He has won the 2001 Asia Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers, the 2002 FIA Production Car World Championship for Drivers, as well as the 2002 and 2004 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers. He has raced for the Petronas EON Racing Team and Team Proton Pert Malaysia using Proton 4WD rally cars. His co-drivers have been (in chronological order) Ron Teoh, Allen Oh and John Bennie. Karamjit is currently racing a 2WD Proton Satria Neo CPS R3 for the CUSCO Japan team in the Asia Pacific Rally Championships in 2011after moving from the Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team.

Source:

http://malayatimes.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/karamjit-singh-malaysian-professional-race-driver/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karamjit-Singh/49921622143

Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan :Founding member of the MIC and Senator in the Dewan Negara of the Malaysian Parliament

Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan

 Founding member of the MIC and Senator in the Dewan Negara of the Malaysian Parliament 

Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan, also known as Janaky Devar, was a welfare activist and founder member of the Malaysian Indian Congress. She is one of the earliest women involved in the fight for Malaysian (then Malaya) independence and was even appointed as Senator in the Dewan Negara of the Malaysian Parliament.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaky_Athi_Nahappan

 

 

Tan Sri Datuk G. Gnanalingam : Executive Chairman of Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd

 Tan Sri Datuk G. Gnanalingam

 Executive Chairman of Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd

 (The largest privately owned port)

Net Worth: $215 million

Tan Sri Datuk G. Gnanalingam is Malaysia’s 29th richest man. He is the current executive chairman of Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Malaysia’s largest privately owned port,which he founded in 1994.

Source:

 http://www.gvishnu.com/top-3-malaysias-indian-richest/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gnanalingam

Superintendent M. Shanmugam : First Commander of the Police Special Operations Command (Counter-terrorism Unit)

 Superintendent M. Shanmugam

 First commanding officer of the PGK

(Pasukan Gerakan Khas)

 1975–1976

The crest of the 69 Commandos of PGK

 The crest of the Special Actions Unit of PGK

The Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Abbreviation: PGK; Police Special Operations Command; SOCOM) is an elite high-profile counter-terrorism and special operations tactical unit of the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP). The PGK has two distinct subdivisions; VAT 69 (Very Able Trooper-69; Komando 69) and the Special Actions Unit (Malay: Unit Tindakan Khas; UTK).

The PGK is capable of dealing with a wide range of special operations from counter-terrorism operations to rescue operations. The actual size and organisation of the Directorate is classified. Tasked with enforcing Malaysian law through sea, air and land operations, the PGK is a vital component of the RMP.

 Source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasukan_Gerakan_Khas

A.Navaratnam : EX-VAT 69 Officer (Counter Terrorism Unit)

 A.Navaratnam

Former VAT 69 Officer

  

The VAT 69 (Very Able Troopers 69), also known as Task Force, Charlie Force and Special Project Team, is modelled on the British Special Air Service Regiment. It was formed in 1969 (hence the name – 69) as a small combat unit to counter the tactics and techniques of the communist terrorists.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasukan_Gerakan_Khas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aae8Cc4mU7U

Santokh Singh : Football Legend

 Santokh Singh : Football Legend

(1970-1980)

Santokh Singh was a Malaysian national football player from Perak. He played alongside the late Mokhtar Dahari, Soh Chin Aun and R. Arumugam. He was part of the qualifying team to the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.

Source:

 http://www.akaalsports.org/santokhsingh.htm

 http://darisungaiderhaka.blogspot.com/2010/07/mengapa-malaysia-tidak-pernah-layak-ke.html

V. Sivakumar : The first ethnic Indian Speaker of a Malaysian legislative body

 Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu

 Speaker of the Perak State Assembly

 (2008-2009)

V. Sivakumar of the DAP is the first ethnic Indian to become the speaker of the Perak State Assembly and the first Indian to assume such a post in a Malaysian legislative body. He Assumed office on the 25th of April 2008 until his controversial removal on the 7th of May 2009. He was then succeeded by R. Ganesan of the MIC.

Source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Sivakumar

 http://national-express-malaysia.blogspot.com/2009_04_20_archive.html

The Honourable Dato' Thiripurasingam a/l Veerasingam : High Court Judge Kuala Lumpur

The Honourable Dato' Thiripurasingam Veerasingam 

DIMP, PMP

High Court Judge Kuala Lumpur
LL.B (Hons.) University of Buckingdom, Barrister-at-law (Lincoln's Inn)

• Appointed Judicial Commissioner on 1 June 2000.
• Appointed High Court Judge on 15 May 2002.

 He is also the famous High Court judge who delivered a damning verdict against the police and the Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar over the death of detainee A Kugan while in police custody.

Source:

http://www.kehakiman.gov.my/node/460
 http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/06/28/justice-singham-quits/

First Admiral Datuk Subramaniam Raman : Naval Chief-of-Staff (Education and Training)

Laksamana Pertama Dato' Subramaniam Raman 
Naval Chief-of-Staff (Education and Training)

 

 

First Admiral R. Subramaniam

Source:

 http://awards.selangor.gov.my/awards/popup2.php?nb=1259

http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=%2f2011%2f12%2f11%2fnation%2f20111211090844

Dato’ N T S. Arumugam Pillai : Philanthropist and Businessman

 Dato’ N T S. Arumugam Pillai

 Philanthropist and Businessman

 (   - 1986)

Dato’ N.T.S. Arumugam Pillai was a well known philanthropist and businessman, who owned several plantation estates in the north-western region of Peninsular Malaysia. He is mostly remembered for contributions made towards the welfare of the public. As a former Penang state chief of Malaysian Indian Congress, he was an influential figure in the party’s ranks. He was a generous contributor for the development of holy shrines, schools and welfare homes in the states of Kedah, Perak and Penang. There are several temples and halls in these states that were built on lands that were donated by him.Today there is even a road named after him in Bukit Mertajam, Penang (Jalan Arumugam Pillai).

 

 Jalan Arumugam Pillai

 Source:

 http://www.malaysianindianjourney.com/category/the-second-edition/

 http://www.penang-traveltips.com/jalan-arumugam-pillai-bukit-mertajam.htm

Thaivanayagam Chitty : Philanthropist and leader of the Chitty people of Malaka

Thaivanayagam Chitty:
Businessman,Philanthropist and

The leader of the Chitty people

(1700s) 

Thaivanayagam Chitty, the leader of the Chitty communnity of Melaka is famously known as the man who built the  Sri Poyatha Moorthi Temple in 1781.

Sri Poyatha Moorthi Temple

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Poyatha_Moorthi_Temple

http://www.geocities.ws/mlkachittii1u2/dpage6.html

http://chetti-malacca.blogspot.com/

Datuk R. Arumugam : Football Legend

Datuk R. Arumugam a.k.a Spiderman

One of Malaysia's best goalkeepers

(1953-1988)

Datuk R. Arumugam (also known as Spiderman) was a legendary Malaysian national football player from Selangor. His exceptionally long arms and brilliant saves have earned him the nickname "Spiderman". He was born on 31 January 1953 in Port Klang, Selangor. He started his football career at a very young age. He made his debut for Selangor FA when he was 18 years old in the Burnley Cup Youth Tournament in 1971. He represented Selangor FA in the Malaysia Cup tournament from 1972 to 1988, a period during which Selangor FA won the Malaysia Cup eight times.

R. Arumugam earned his first call up to the Malaysia national football team in 1973 for the World Cup qualifying round matches in Seoul, South Korea. During his time with the national team, he helped Malaysia win Merdeka Tournament in 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1979. He also represented Malaysia in the 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1985 Sea Games. His greatest achievement with the national team was the football bronze medal of the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran. He also helped Malaysia to qualify for the 1980 Moscow Olympics Games but Malaysia decided to boycott the Games. R. Arumugam has earned 196 caps(not all A class international matches) for Malaysia during his time with the national team since 1973 when he retired from international football in 1986. His personal goal was to earn 200 caps.

R.Arumugam did more than play the game. In 1983, he formed his own club, Starbrite SC, as part of his personal contribution to the youngsters in his housing area.He was killed by a car accident at Federal Highway near Petaling Jaya on 18 December 1988. He is survived by wife Maria Selvie, and two daughters,Subha Arumugam and Rubha Arumugam . 

In recognition of his services to both state and nation, the Football Association of Selangor and Public Bank where Arumugam was employed started a trust fund in the name of R. Arumugam on 5 January 1989. He was awarded Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) which carried title "Datuk" by Yang Dipertuan Agong on 4 June 2011.

Source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Arumugam

http://poobalan.com/blog/indian/2011/06/13/datukship-for-spiderman-arumugam-coach-rajagobal-everest-conquerors-mohanadas-magendran/

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19881219&id=0YJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3861,944891

http://forzameyya.blogspot.com/2011/05/know-this-sports-person-rarumugam.html

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Datuk-R-Arumugam-aka-Spiderman/170832802986446?fref=ts

A Tribute to our Forefathers - Taming the Wild ; Laying the Foundation - Part 1

 A tribute to the men,women and children who built the plantation /commodities industry of Malaya.

This is a post dedicated to the thousands of men women and children who migrated to the Malay peninsula in the 19th century to open up rubber plantations in a densely forested region. Thousands died in this process due to the lack of proper sanitation and health facilities, neglected and forgotten, those who benefited from them were the British but it also brought long term economic gains to the country.Therefore it is only fair that we devote a small part of our time to remember these brave people who helped lay the economic foundation of this beloved nation of ours.

Below are a collection of pictures and articles to commemorate their service to Malaya/Malaysia.

 The Pioneers who turned the jungles of Selangor into a resourceful rubber producing state.

The Midlands Estate (1889), 

Modern-Day Section 7, Shah Alam

The first Rubber Estate in Selangor

Ladang Midlands was the first estate in 1889 to be planted with rubber in Selangor by a British company called Highlands and Lowlands. The history of its early years is filled with stories of suffering which the pioneers had to endure. They were probably the first Indian men in Selangor who ventured out with their families to tame a wild landscape in the name of their British 'overlords' who established vast tracts of plantations in the once dense rainforests of Selangor . At one point of time, the estate was even called 'Ladang Air Kuning' (Yellow Water Plantation) because the water supplied was yellow in colour. This resulted in many deaths from malaria and cholera.It is hard to imagine the kind of hardship these families had to endure to pacify the harsh landscape and turn it into a productive landscape.

 Below: Estate workers whose ancestors had helped clear the forests and plant rubber trees

Source: Michael Stenson, Class, Race and Colonialism in West Malaysia;The Indian Case,pg 106

Modern-day Shah Alam was made up of many massive plantations. One of which was the Midlands Estate(see map).

Source:

http://www.malaysiantemples.com/search/label/Meenatchi%20Amman

D.P. Vijandran :Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

D.P. Vijandran :

Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

 (October 8, 1986 – February 23, 1990)

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Dewan_Rakyat

The Honourable Puan Nallini Pathmanathan: High Court Judge Kuala Lumpur

 

The Honourable Puan Nallini Pathmanathan
 

 

 

 

High Court Judge Kuala Lumpur
 

B.Sc (Hons.) University of London, Diploma in Law Wesminster University, Barrister-at-law (Middle Temple), FCIArb (Fellow of the Chartered Institude of Arbitrators)
 

• Appointed Judicial Commissioner on 1 March 2007.
• Appointed High Court Judge on 15 October 2009.

Source: 

http://www.kehakiman.gov.my/node/469 

 

First Admiral Soundrarajan K. Kalliappan - Commandant of the Maritime Tactical Centre

First Admiral Soundrarajan K. Kalliappan

Commandant of the Maritime Tactical Centre 

2006-2012

Source:

 http://www.navy.mil.my/pusmastldm/index.php/penubuhan-unit/markas-armada/pustakmar

http://www.navy.mil.my/oscarzulu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=10013:pegawai-memerintah-pustakmar

Rear Admiral Datuk Gunaselan A/L Salamuthu

Rear Admiral Datuk Gunaselan A/L Salamuthu
(Royal Malaysia Navy (RMN) Commander of Naval Support )

Commanding Officer of KD Hang Tuah
20 Nov 95 - 31 Dis 98

Source:
  http://www.navy.mil.my/KDHANGTUAH/pengurusan/pegawai-memerintah/mantan-pm.html

BRIG JEN DATO' PAHLAWAN N. SELVARAJAH (200010) :Army General

 BRIG JEN DATO' PAHLAWAN N. SELVARAJAH
ARMY VETERAN:
CHIEF ENGINEER AND BRIG GENERAL

"Brig Jen Dato' N. Selvarajah was born on the 12th of March 1931. He joined the army in 1952 and was sent to Sandhurst  the United Kingdom in 1953 for further training and upon returning home in 1955 he assumed the position of Ferderation Engineer.He was promoted to the position of Chief Engineer on the11th of February 1968 with the rank of Colonel and remained a Colonel till the 20th of July 1970.On the 21st of July 1970 he was elevated to the rank of Brig Gen and remained a Chief Engineer till the 31st of Disember 1977. On the 1st of January 1978 he was once again promoted to become Major General ; 3rd Division General and subsequently a 4th Division General. He was the General in the 11th Division (TA) before retiring on the 11th of March 1986."

[Translated from source]

Source:

 https://m.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=159145107447663&_mn_=10&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fa%2Flanguage.php&_rdr

Datuk Seri J.J. Raj Jr : Police Chief and OCPD during the Communist Insurgency (Malayan Emergency Period)

 Datuk Seri J.J. Raj Jr 

Former police chief of Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Kuala Lumpur 

and the OCPD of Pagoh during the Bukit Kepong incident in 1951

(1923-present) 

Born in Hulu Chemor, Perak, in 1923. Was the police chief of Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Kuala Lumpur and the OCPD of Pagoh during the Bukit Kepong incident in 1951. Retired as Director of Management at the national police HQ. 

"Currently, Dato’ Seri sits on the Federal Pardons Board as adviser to His Majesty the King. He is the only Malaysian who has the rare honour of serving continuously for over 25 years under five Kings, and three Prime Ministers, Tun Hussein Onn, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Dato’ Seri Hj. Abdullah Hj. Badawi."

 [From the Rotary Club issue of 14 Aug 2009]

Source:

 http://www.mole.my/content/datuk-seri-jj-raj-jr

 http://www.arkib.gov.my/1527

 http://www.mazidulakmal.com/2011/07/sekiranya-saya-ketua-polis-kuala-lumpur.html

Datuk Punch Gunalan: Badminton Legend

Datuk Punch Gunalan (2 April 1944 – 15 August 2012) was a Malaysian, male badminton star who is considered to have been one of the finest combination doubles and singles players that the country has ever produced. He was born in Sepang, Selangor.

In 1971 Gunalan and Boon Bee were the leading men's doubles team in the world, winning the prestigious All England title, as well as the Danish, Canadian and U.S. Open titles. He also won the singles at the quadrennial Asian Games in 1970 and at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games in 1974.

Source:

 http://www.punchgunalan.com/video.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_Gunalan

http://www.venusbuzz.com/archives/29197/datuk-punch-gunalan-passed-away/

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=38259:hartono-pays-tribute-to-the-late-gunalan&Itemid=2#axzz2borryrGO

G.Shanti : The fastest woman in South-East Asia

At the age of 30, G.Shanti made stunning return in the 1997 Jakarta SEA Games by winning the 100m Gold, ending a 16-year dry spell for Malaysian women.

She also won the Gold in the 200m event.Her victories in Jakarta made her the fastest woman in South-East Asia and it was a fitting tribute that she was honoured as Sportswoman of the Year in 1998.

The best part was, she came back in 1997 after giving birth to her 1st child and became super mum on the track.

 Source:

 http://forzameyya.blogspot.com/2010/09/know-this-person-gshanti.html

Kundan Lal Devaser: Fourth president of the Malayan Indian Congress

Kundan Lal Devaser

Fourth president of the Malayan Indian Congress 

Kundan Lal Devaser was the fourth president of the Malayan Indian Congress from 1951 - 1955. It was under Devaser's presidency that the MIC joined the Alliance in 1954, which was then a political coalition formed between the United Malays National Organisation and the Malayan Chinese Association. The political alliance has stood the test of time over 50 years and continues today as the Barisan Nasional.

Source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._L._Devaser

http://malayatimes.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/k-l-devaser-the-fourth-president-of-the-malaysian-indian-congress-mic-lazacode-com/

 

 

Datuk K. Rajagopal : Head coach of the Malaysian Football team

Datuk K. Rajagopal

Head coach of the Malaysian Football team

Datuk Rajagopal Krishnasamy is a Malaysian football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Malaysia and former Under-23 Malaysia coach.

 

Rajagopal has also appeared as a football pundit for Malaysian satellite television network Astro, including the first episode in August 2009 of the FourFourTwo TV Show.He is also  a former national striker, with 250 international caps and 100 goals between 1980 and 2019.

Rajagopal is best known for guiding Malaysia's Under-23 side to its first gold medal in 20 years at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos where the team defeated Vietnam 1–0 in the final on December 17 after earlier knocking out 8-time defending champions, Thailand, in the group stage. After the victory, Rajagopal earned the nickname "King Gopal".

 Source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Rajagopal

R.Puvaneswaran: National Karate Champion/Asian Games Gold Medallist

Puvaneswaran Ramasamy

  National Karate Champion

Asian Games Gold Medallist

List of accomplishments

1. Asian Karate Championship, NILAI 2007 – Gold Medal

2. Sea Games, KORAT 2007 - Gold Medal (Individual)

3. Sea Games, KORAT 2007 - Silver (Team Kumite)

4. KOI Club World Cup, BULGARIA 2007 - Bronze Medal

5. Asian Games - Gold Medallist Yangsan 2004 - Gold Medal

6. Asian Games - Gold Medallist Guangzhou.2008 - Gold Medal

Gold medalist Puvaneswaran Ramasamy of Malaysia poses for a picture after winning the men's -55KG karate at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou.

Source:

http://martialarts.com.my/community/modules/news/article.php?storyid=793

http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-Sport/Asiangamesday12/Article4-630713.aspx

Prof. Dr. Ramasamy Palanisamy: Deputy Chief Minister of Penang

 Prof. Dr. Ramasamy Palanisamy 

Deputy Chief Minister of Penang

Prof. Dr. Ramasamy Palanisamy is currently the Deputy Chief Minister of the state of Penang. He is also a member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Batu Kawan constituency, and represents the seat of Perai in the Penang State Assembly. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and is a shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition.

Ramasamy was elected to the Malaysian Parliament and Penang State Assembly in the 2008 election, defeating former Penang Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon. He became Deputy Chief Minister of Penang after the election, serving under the new Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, making him the first person of Indian origin to hold the post of deputy chief minister in any Malaysian state.

Before entering politics, Ramasamy was a Professor at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, but his employment was terminated in 2005. He later took up teaching positions in Germany and Singapore.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramasamy_Palanisamy