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This is quite funny – "They threw bricks at his head. Do you think it will not cause death?" . Possibly the visitors to the temple were wearing night vision goggles and infrared telescopes to pinpointly aim at the someone's head. Is it more likely the head came in the way of the brick? Of course, the head being on top of a body will be hit by any object thrown hit into the air – imagine spitting into the air or watching a quarterback hurl the ball in american football. The gates are quite tall, so undoubtedly a brick can't come at a lower projectile angle. Maybe the accused can be given royal pardon and absorbed into rugby teams. Btw, I'm curious if the same charges be leveled at FRU officers who shot tear gas canisters into the crowd causing injuries? Maybe a case can be made saying the shots should be fired at a "safe" area near to the crowd, instead of firing at the crowd itself. I'm getting more and more confused……. Attempted murder charge for Hindraf protestors |
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Twenty-six Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters were charged with attempted murder and causing damage to public property during the mass rally in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 25. Contacted by Malaysiakini, their lawyers said the men were charged before judge Azimah Omar at the Shah Alam Sessions Court this afternoon. Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail said the alleged victim was a policeman who received stitches to his head after protesters threw iron pipes and bricks, and that if convicted, the accused faced up to 20 years in jail. "They threw bricks at his head. Do you think it will not cause death?" he told AFP. Out of the 26, 15 were earlier charged at the Selayang Sessions Court last week for allegedly taking part in an illegal gathering under Section 27 of the Police Act and Section 141 of the Penal Code. They were subsequently released on bail. Today, they were slapped with additional charges under Section 307 of the Penal Code for alleged attempted murder and causing mischief while taking part in an unlawful assembly or riot under Section 440 of the same code.
“The protesters were alleged to have caused damages to some of the properties at the Batu Caves temple, including the front gates and cars,” said lawyer Rajpal Singh from the legal team representing the accused. In the early hours of the banned Nov 25 Hindraf rally, a crowd of 3,000 – mostly from neighbouring states – had gathered inside the Batu Caves compound to spend the night. Police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowd and 69 people were arrested although 43 were let off with a warning. ‘Victimisation continues’ The court has yet to make a decision on this as the case was adjourned to tomorrow morning to allow Abdul Gani to make the submission, said another defence lawyer M Manoharan. “The group will be remanded until tomorrow morning,” he added. Manoharan – who is also a key leader in Hindraf – said the latest development showed that the alleged “victimisation and prosecution against Malaysian Indians has started again”. Under Section 307 of the Penal Code, the accused, upon conviction, are liable to a maximum of 20 years jail if hurt is caused. While under Section 440, they could face up to five years’ jail and a fine. They are also liable to a jail sentence of up to a year and maximum RM10,000 fine for the illegal gathering charge. About 30,000 people took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur on Nov 25 to protest against the marginalisation of Indian Malaysians. Many of those who were dispersed in Batu Caves earlier that morning marched all the way to town to join the rally. The police, which had denied a permit for the rally, used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd. In an immediate reaction, Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang said the attempted murder charge was "shocking" and a surprise. "All efforts should be channelled at de-escalating the atmosphere. But the reverse seems to be happening," he said, referring to the turmoil that has worsened Malaysia's already tense race relations. N Ravi, a member of the defence legal team, said the accused, aged between 19 and 46, would fight the allegations and other charges levelled against them including rioting, illegal assembly and causing damage to public property. "We can raise reasonable doubt against the charges," he said, adding that the 26 were being detained in Pudu jail in downtown Kuala Lumpur. Bersih group fails to turn up In an unrelated development, 10 protestors at the Nov 10 rally organised by polls reform group Bersih who were expected to be charged today did not show up in court. According to their lawyer Zulqarnain Lukman, the 10 were told earlier to report back to the police station on Dec 10 and this was stated in their bail. However, a police officer called them on Sunday and told them to come to the police station today as they could be charged for illegal gathering at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court. “The group decided not to go since they were informally informed and they will stick to Dec 10 to report to the police station,” said Zulqarnain. |
The remaining 11, who were in the dock for the first time, faced all four charges like the rest. 
MP: pls note that this list has been circulating for quite some time. some of the items may be irrelevant, for example text book is free for all students now. i also doubt 0.5 million malaysians indians migrated overseas. where got that much money?
List of racial discriminations in Malaysia, practiced by government as well as government agencies. This list is an open secret. Best verified by government itself because it got the statistics.
This list is not in the order of importance, that means the first one on the list is not the most important and the last one on the list does not mean least important.
This list is a common knowledge to a lot of Malaysians, especially those non-malays (Chinese, Ibans, Kadazans, Orang Asli, Tamils, etc) who were being racially discriminated.
Figures in this list are estimates only and please take it as a guide only. Government of Malaysia has the most correct figures. Is government of Malaysia too ashamed to publish their racist acts by publishing racial statistics?
This list cover a period of about 50 years since independence (1957).
List of racial discriminations (Malaysia):
(1) Out of all the 5 major banks, only one bank is multi-racial, the rest are controlled by malays
(2) 99% of Petronas directors are malays
(3) 3% of Petronas employees are Chinese
(4) 99% of 2000 Petronas gasoline stations are owned by malays
(5) 100% all contractors working under Petronas projects must be bumis status
(6) 0% of non-malay staffs is legally required in malay companies. But there must be 30% malay staffs in Chinese companies
(7) 5% of all new intake for government army, nurses, polices, is non-malays
(8) 2% is the present Chinese staff in Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), drop from 40% in 1960
(9) 2% is the percentage of non-malay government servants in Putrajaya. But malays make up 98%
(10) 7% is the percentage of Chinese government servants in the whole government (in 2004), drop from 30% in 1960
(11) 95% of government contracts are given to malays
(12) 100% all business licensees are controlled by malay government e.g. Approved Permits, Taxi Permits, etc
(13) 80% of the Chinese rice millers in Kedah had to be sold to malay controlled Bernas in 1980s. Otherwise, life is make difficult for Chinese rice millers
(14) 100 big companies set up, managed and owned by Chinese Malaysians were taken over by government, and later managed by malays since 1970s e.g. MISC, UMBC, UTC, etc
(15) At least 10 Chinese owned bus companies (throughout Malaysia, throughout 40 years) had to be sold to MARA or other malay transport companies due to rejection by malay authority to Chinese application for bus routes and rejection for their application for new buses
(16) 2 Chinese taxi drivers were barred from driving in Johor Larkin bus station. There are about 30 taxi drivers and 3 are Chinese in October 2004. Spoiling taxi club properties was the reason given
(17) 0 non-malays are allowed to get shop lots in the new Muar bus station (November 2004)
(18) 8000 billion ringgit is the total amount the government channeled to malay pockets through ASB, ASN, MARA, privatisation of government agencies, Tabung Haji etc, through NEP over 34 years period
(19) 48 Chinese primary schools closed down since 1968 – 2000
(20) 144 Indian primary schools closed down since 1968 – 2000
(21) 2637 malay primary schools built since 1968 – 2000
(22) 2.5% is government budget for Chinese primary schools. Indian schools got only 1%, malay schools got 96.5%
(23) While a Chinese parent with RM1000 salary (monthly) cannot get school-text-book-loan, a malay parent with RM2000 salary is eligible
(24) 10 all public universities vice chancellors are malays
(25) 5% – the government universities lecturers of non-malay origins had been reduced from about 70% in 1965 to only 5% in 2004
(26) Only 5% is given to non-malays for government scholarships over 40 years
(27) 0 Chinese or Indians were sent to Japan and Korea under “Look East Policy”
(28) 128 STPM Chinese top students could not get into the course that they aspired e.g. Medicine (in 2004)
(29) 10% place for non-bumi students for MARA science schools beginning from year 2003, but only 7% are filled. Before that it was 100% malays
(30) 50 cases whereby Chinese and Indian Malaysians, are beaten up in the National Service program in 2003
(31) 25% is Malaysian Chinese population in 2004, drop from 45% in 1957
(32) 7% is the present Malaysian Indians population (2004), a drop from 12% in 1957
(33) 2 million Chinese Malaysians had emigrated to overseas since 40 years ago
(34) 0.5 million Indian Malaysians had emigrated to overseas
(35) 3 million Indonesians had migrated into Malaysia and became Malaysian citizens with bumis status
(36) 600000 are the Chinese and Indian Malaysians with red IC and were rejected repeatedly when applying for citizenship for 40 years. Perhaps 60% of them had already passed away due to old age. This shows racism of how easily Indonesians got their citizenship compare with the Chinese and Indians
(37) 5% – 15% discount for a malay to buy a house, regardless whether the malay is poor or rich
(38) 2% is what Chinese new villages get compare with 98% of what malay villages got for rural development budget
(39) 50 road names (at least) had been changed from Chinese names to other names
(40) 1 Dewan Gan Boon Leong (in Malacca) was altered to other name (e.g. Dewan Serbaguna or sort) when it was being officially used for a few days. Government try to shun Chinese names. This racism happened in around year 2000 or sort
(41) 0 churches/temples were built for each housing estate. But every housing estate got at least one mosque/surau built
(42) 3000 mosques/surau were built in all housing estates throughout Malaysia since 1970. No churches, no temples are required to be built in housing estates
(43) 1 Catholic church in Shah Alam took 20 years to apply to be constructed. But told by malay authority that it must look like a factory and not look like a church. Still not yet approved in 2004
(44) 1 publishing of Bible in Iban language banned (in 2002)
(45) 0 of the government TV stations (RTM1, RTM2, TV3) are directors of non-malay origins
(46) 30 government produced TV dramas and films always showed that the bad guys had Chinese face, and the good guys had malay face. You can check it out since 1970s. Recent years, this tendency becomes less
(47) 10 times, at least, malays (especially Umno) had threatened to massacre the Chinese Malaysians using May 13 since 1969
(48) 20 constituencies won by DAP would not get funds from the government to develop. Or these Chinese majority constituencies would be the last to be developed
(49) 100 constituencies (parliaments and states) had been racistly re-delineated so Chinese voters were diluted that Chinese candidates, particularly DAP candidates lost in election since 1970s
(50) Only 3 out of 12 human rights items are ratified by Malaysia government since 1960
(51) 0 – elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (UN Human Rights) is not ratified by Malaysia government since 1960s
(52) 20 reported cases whereby malay ambulance attendances treated Chinese patients inhumanely, and malay government hospital staffs purposely delay attending to Chinese patients in 2003. Unreported cases may be 200
(53) 50 cases each year whereby Chinese, especially Chinese youths being beaten up by malay youths in public places. We may check at police reports provided the police took the report, otherwise there will be no record
(54) 20 cases every year whereby Chinese drivers who accidentally knocked down malays were seriously assaulted or killed by malays
(55) 12% is what ASB/ASN got per annum while banks fixed deposit is only about 3.5% per annum
There are hundreds more racial discriminations in Malaysia to add to this list of “colossal” racism. It is hope that the victims of racism will write in to expose racism.
Malaysia government should publish statistics showing how much malays had benefited from the “special rights” of malays and at the same time tell the statistics of how much other minority races are being discriminated.
Hence, the responsibility lies in the Malaysia government itself to publish unadulterated statistics of racial discrimination.
If the Malaysia government hides the statistics above, then there must be some evil doings, immoral doings, shameful doings and sinful doings, like the Nazi, going on onto the non-malays of Malaysia.
Civilized nation, unlike evil Nazi, must publish statistics to show its treatment on its minority races. This is what Malaysia must publish……….
We are asking for the publication of the statistics showing how “implementation of special rights of malays” had inflicted colossal racial discrimination onto non-malays.
This is bad, adding salts to a wound. Causing grevious hurt perhaps, why attempted murder charge?
More pictures can be seen of those charge
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Come on lah..UMNO ..Enough is enough.let go of your egocentric, chauvinist approach to Indians. Pls be a man and own up to mistakes that you all have created. Your KETUAAN MELAYU is obselete in this day and age. The rakyat can’t take it anymore…come out of your nutshell of chauvinism and face the facts. Drop the charges & look at the crux of the issue. Why aggravate the situation? You are making yourselves look like a clown in eyes of the world.
Set meeting with HINDRAF..settle it now & u have a good chance to show your intentions to settle differences.. Procrastination only shows that your have no bona fide intention in resolving issues haunting the Indian but just to wave this time hoping that time would heal the wounds & everybody would forget. Remember there is one bullet that is flying around the world to garner support that goes by the name of WATHYA MOORTHY.Don’t let this get out of hand..There is no victor here.We all loose.