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from: Poobalan
to: TERESAKOK@selangor.gov.my,
DRXAVIER@selangor.gov.my,
RONNIELIU@selangor.gov.my
cc: KHALID@selangor.gov.my,
Y B Manikavasagam Sundaram ,

date: Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:08 PM
subject: Status of Investigation by 3-man committee over demolition of Ampang Mahakaliamman Temple
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Dear Sir/Madam,It has been nearly a month since the 3-man non-Muslim religious affairs committee was supposed to investigate the demolition of Ampang Mahakaliamman Temple. According to Mr Ronnie Liu’s statement in the Star:

“We are expecting the investigation results by Monday and we will look into the next course of action after that,” he said when contacted yesterday.
ref: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/30/nation/2150967&sec=nation
I would like to know the status of the investigation and how to obtain a copy of the investigation report. i hope it is not classified as official secret.

Regards,
M Poobalan

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Q1:  How long would it take to get a reply from anyone of the recipients?

Q2: Would the reply be meaningful?

Let’s wait and see. Countdown starts now…tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock…

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Reading this article, it sounded positive because 7 temples are being relocated from their respective places and put in the location (land presumably provided by IOI). I think I know this place. May have passed by this area without knowing it. Need to verify again.

However, the problem is with the land titles. Still no sight of them. According to Avtar Singh, he’s spoken to Xavier 3 months ago, but no news yet. Looks like Xavier is getting more bad publicity.

Awtar Singh, special assistant to Seri Serdang assemblyman Datuk Dr Mohd Satim Diman, highlighted the plight of the Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist temples recently.

He pointed out that these temples had already settled the planning issues with the local council, and were waiting for the state government and Land Office to issue them the land titles.

The temples are Persatuan Penganut Devi Arulmigu Sri Nagakali Jai Munis­warar in Puchong Hartamas, Kuil Aum Sri Maha Aathi Nageswary Amman in Puchong Gateway, Persatuan Pengu­rusan Kuil Maha Mariamman in Taman Perindustrian Pusat Bandar Puchong, Kuil Naga Nagawasrya Amman in Taman Puchong Intan, Kuil Aaudayar Muniswarar Alayam in Bandar Puteri Puchong, Persatuan Penganut Agama Sikh in Batu 14 Puchong and Persatuan Penganut Agama Buddha in Bandar Puteri Puchong.

“These temples have been given land to relocate and some have already had the structures put up by the deve­lopers.

“The land has been endorsed in the One-Stop Centre in the Subang Jaya Municipal Council and the district officer was supposed to submit papers to the state government for approval.

“Once approved, the temples will have to submit applications for the land titles.

“But the district officer hasn’t done his part yet,” Awtar said.

He said he has spoken to Selangor health, plantation workers and caring government committee chairman Dr Xavier Jeyakumar, who is also in the three-man committee on non-Muslim religious affairs, about three months ago but no action had been taken so far.

“I urge him to call for a meeting at the Land Office to hear the problems of these temples. The Land Office can get the paper work done immediately to send to the Selangor exco for approval,” he said.

In this case, I find hard for Xavier to give any excuse. He can’t blame the local council, the district officer, nor the land office because he was given earlier alert by Avtar Singh. So, the fault should be on Xavier. Unless of course, such actions take months to clear. Still unacceptable because its the job of the EXCO to solve the problem if already know about it.

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Therefore, it was a welcome relief when the chairman of the Sri Mahakaliamman temple committee pleaded that individuals do not turn the demolished temple issue into a political battleground. S. Murugiah said the day after the demolition, the temple committee, together with Lembah Jaya state assemblyman Khasim Abdul Aziz, had met with Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) officials.

“We met with deputy council president Hamid Hussain to complain about the demolition and showed him documents. Hamid admitted that MPAJ had made a mistake, following which Khasim and MPAJ councillors had been working on getting the temple rebuilt and registered. So, stop making more statements for or against us,” he was quoted by the NST as saying.

In short, the message to politicians was: A mistake has been made; someone has admitted to it; a solution is being worked out; in the interim period, please stay out and don’t interfere on an issue between the temple and the authorities. To put it curtly, knowing how it could be the catalyst for yet another problem, the message was crystal clear: Stay out because we know how to and will sort out the problem ourselves.

But no, politicians will not listen to temple committees because they consider it is their right to speak on behalf of God. But no, politicians can’t resist making the headlines and getting the “feel good” vibes in their system. But no, politicians will go to any lengths to tell the world that they are alive and kicking when they are on the edge of oblivion. But no, this is a godsend opportunity and by their actions, they are hoping that a hidden hand or the Almighty will resuscitate their political careers.

Read the full article at the Sun. There’s something about MIC too.

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