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MIYC says Education Dept not supporting them

September 15th, 2008
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MIYC have complained that Education Department are not supporting them in their programmes to reduce crime and gangsterism among youths. Not sure what Samy Vellu said about it. Maybe MIYC is not using the correct channel.

The Malaysian Indian Youth Council has claimed that the education department has not been receptive to its programme to fight crime and gangsterism among youths.“It is ironic that we want to help solve the problem of gangsterism in schools and we are not allowed to do so by the education department,” said its president A. Rajaretnam.

“The Youth and Sports Ministry and the Education Ministry must work together in fighting the problem.“If they do not find a common platform to eliminate the problem, then our society is headed for a bleak future,” Rajaretnam said before the opening of the council’s annual general meeting.

He said the council had presented a paper, A Crime Free Society of Youths to the Sports Ministry but there had been no response.“We are serious in wiping out the problem in schools, colleges and universities but unfortunately we are not given access to help,” he said, adding that whenever the council asked for funds, only a small amount would be given,

MIC president Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu, who attended the AGM, urged youth organisations to apply to the relevant ministries armed with proposals that would help the youths in developing their skills, entrepreneurship and leadership qualities.

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MIC assured of mechanism to purchase shares and opportunity for contractors

September 12th, 2008
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Malaysiakini reported a great news from Deputy PM Najib. In a meeting (not the Cabinet Committee in Indian Community’s second meeting?), MIC manages to get an “assurance” that a mechanism to enable purchasing of shares by the Indian community will be created. This is crucial to reach the 3 percent equity by 2020(actually, I hope it will be revised to 10 percent equity. 3 percent is an insult to MIC and the Indian community.)

Samy Vellu said that PNB is requested to handle the scheme (I suppose to avoid another scandal ala MAIKA).

“I requested the government to arrange for Indians interested in buying shares, a partial grant and the rest of the money could be obtained through easy loans from banks,” he said in a statement.

He said Najib, who chairs the cabinet committee on the development of Indians, would discuss the matter with PNB to work out “an amicable and acceptable solution” to MIC’s request.

“The Indian community is still very much dependent on the government for assistance, especially in increasing their equity participation,” added the MIC president.

Samy Vellu also raised the possibility of joint ventures between Indian and bumiputera contractors to do government projects. He said the issues and concerns faced by Indian contractors was submitted to him by the Malaysian Indian Contractors Association recently. Many of them were finding it difficult to participate in government projects.

“I also proposed that Indian contractors be allowed to bid for selected government projects and the deputy prime minister was receptive to the idea. He said it can be worked out,” he said.

The government would work out a formula where more government projects could be given to Indian contractors provided they embark on joint ventures with bumiputera contractors.

He said Najib would resolve the issuing licenses to Indian contractors to carry out projects, especially Class F contracts.

“I am optimistic that all our requests will meet with positive outcome from the government,” he said, adding that follow-up would be done at the next meeting of the cabinet committee

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ISA detainee Sanjeev Kumar released

September 11th, 2008
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His case was highlighted in May by his wife who made police report. Now Sanjeev is released but is paralysed and requires wheelchair. Will he sue the government?

A 25-year-old man, detained since July 28 last year under the Internal Security Act on suspicion of being a foreign spy, was released on Tuesday.

This follows a recent visit by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia to Kamunting detention centre to investigate allegations of ill-treatment of K. Sanjeev Kumar. The allegations were made by his wife, Sharmila Uthiakumar.

Suhakam commissioner Datuk Siva Subramaniam said at a press conference here they found that Sanjeev Kumar, whose left arm and leg were paralysed, did not receive the treatment he required.

He said the Abolish ISA Movement had referred Sanjeev Kumar’s case to Suhakam through a memorandum on June 4.

Sharmila had on May 20 lodged a police report against the Home Ministry, police and the Kamunting detention centre claiming her husband had been tortured.

She had also claimed her husband had become wheelchair-bound because of the torture.

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Update on Rajeshvari 2

September 10th, 2008
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Rajeshvari’s saga continues with more confusion. If earlier reports mentioned that she only spoke little Malay, could not remember her IC, and could not provide details of her background, today’s Star quoted Rajeshvari as saying:

“I know it’s my fault that I could not produce or remember my IC number but I did give the officers my address and school’s name only to be told that these did not exist,” she said. She claimed she told them this several times in Bahasa Malaysia but they did not believe her. “I was never a bright student and left school at 13 but I can still converse in basic Bahasa,” Rajeshvari added.

I think conversing in basic Bahasa Malaysia is not enough nowadays. Any foreigner can pick up the language within months. So, its important to carry your IC, or the police report if you lost your IC. My view is that now, Rajeshvari seemed to blame the officials for not doing enough to investigate her claims. Won’t be surprised if she takes legal action against the department.

Rajeshvari who earlier said she did not want to meet anyone, finally met her mother and sister:

M. Rajeshvari, 22, who was detained for 11 months at the Lenggeng Immigration depot here for not being able to remember her identity card number, was reunited yesterday with her mother and sister, whom she had not met or spoken to for more than three years.

Her sister Vigneswari, 26, said the family had no idea of the troubles that had befallen her and were shocked when they saw Rajeshvari on the front page of The Sunday Star. “I picked up the paper on Sunday morning as usual and was completely taken aback when I saw my sister’s picture. “She had left home some time ago and we heard from a relative that she was in Kuala Lumpur but we had no idea she was in trouble,” she said at The Star office here yesterday.

Her mother M. Parameswari, 47, was equally overjoyed to see her daughter again. “Not a day went by without me thinking about her. “She left home with her friends and we did not want to force her to come back. I always believed she would come back and now she has. “This Deepavali is definitely going to be special for us,” she said.

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400 youths join MIC

September 9th, 2008
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Great news indeed for MIC, if its true. 400 youths joining the Sepang division is a major achievement for MIC.

The MIC’s rebranding exercise has encouraged more Indians to join the party, with more than 400 youths joining the Sepang division in Selangor, division chief Datuk C. Krishnan said.

He said the division, the first in Selangor to recruit members in large numbers, hoped to attract more new members in the future.

“They (the new members) are confident that the MIC will be able to represent their needs,” he told reporters here yesterday.

MIC vice-president Datuk S. Sothinathan and Youth coordinator T. Mohan were also present.

Krishnan said the move by the party headquarters to separate the Youth wing from the MIC branches had generated keen interest from youths to join the party.

He was confident that more Indian women would join the MIC following a proposal by party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu to detach the Wanita movement from all MIC branches so that they could function as a separate entity.

The MIC now has more than 630,000 members with 3,700 branches throughout the country. Samy Vellu is also on a mission to regain the trust of the Indian community. Mohan said the wing had already submitted a list to the headquarters to form 287 branches.

“We hope to form about 750 branches by year’s end,” he said,

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