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PUTRAJAYA: Disgruntled group Hindraf has never approached the National Unity Advisory Panel over its grouses.
Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili said neither the panel, which was set up to hear grouses from Malaysians in the country, nor the Parliamentary Select Committee on National Unity and National Service that he chaired, had ever heard anything from Hindraf.
“We have had 250 groups from a diverse range of backgrounds approaching us and submitting some 600 memoranda and proposals on their grouses.
Hindraf has never tried to make an appointment to meet up with the panel or the committee.
“We will welcome any proposal from them,” he told reporters after a dialogue with Federal CID director Datuk Christopher Wan and Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation members at his office here Friday.
Dr Ongkili said groups should use only legal means to express their unhappiness. Resorting to illegal avenues such as rallies would only raise suspicions that they had other motives and intentions, he added.
As the minister in charge of national unity and integration, Dr Ongkili also said he had also been informed that his officers had attended some of Hindraf’s functions.
“They have gone to the grassroots to listen in during some of the meetings and they have reported to us that this group is intent on creating violence,” he said, urging all Malaysians to help preserve the country’s stability.
“Our officers as well as the 3,600 Rukun Tetangga members are monitoring the situation,” he said.
