A sad way of becoming popular

A sudden death an actress and so many speculations surrounding it.

First it was ovarian cancer, and then it was apparent suicide by paraquat, and now it’s allegedly forced paraquat drinking.

And then the speculations as to why she died. The more popular rumour is that she was made pregnant by her lover, a son of a prominent politician.

I knew her as the politician’s son’s ‘close’ PA. I only realised that she was a popular Tamil drama actress after her death.

As for her lover, I know him too. He runs a troublesome investment agency, got an award recently (not Datukship) and married to a prominent personality who herself was making her rounds in the MMS recently.

The sudden death and the nature of the death of this actress - named K Sujatha - on June 25 caused some murmurs in the ground. Many were talking about all possibilities but the matter seemed to have quietly seeped away.

That was until an opposition party leader claimed to have received a poison-pen letter alleging that she was killed and lodged a police report.

Surprisingly only the Tamil dailies - even then only Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai - have been highlighting the alleged mystery behind the death. Tamil Nesan has been conspicuously silent on this matter.

Perhaps the rest of the media are waiting for the police to officially say something. Or maybe for the cops to call in the politician’s son for questioning. Or maybe just simply afraid of getting the minister angry.

Meanwhile I heard the son has lodged a report against the opposition politician - unconfirmed and from reliable source.

Same sources also told me that the son has been called in for questioning yesterday evening and this morning - and he had to miss a function called to celebrate his recent award at a hotel in PJ last night because of his appointment with the cops.

But the sad thing in all of these is that this actress has gained so much prominence after her death, and not for her acting abilities at all!