Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Oh no! If i shave my head for any other reason, it may be taken as supporting Hindraf! 🙂 Hmmm…what if all those who shave their heads during Thaipusam do it as a support for Hindraf. That would mean thousands of people!!!
| Hindraf supporters shave heads to protest detention http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/76265 |
| Dec 20, 07 2:13pm |
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More than a dozen ethnic Indian activists shaved their heads outside Batu Caves temple today to protest the detention of their leaders under the tough Internal Security Act (ISA). Five leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), calling for an end to alleged discrimination of Indians in multi-racial Malaysia, were held last week under the ISA which allows for indefinite detention without trial. More than 100 Indians gathered on the banks of a river near a temple at Batu Caves, just outside Kuala Lumpur, where 16 people shed their hair. "The 16 of us have shaved our heads as a protest against the detention of the five leaders of Hindraf who are being held under the ISA," said activist S Jayathas. "We do not believe they are a threat to national security and we think the ISA should be abolished," he added. According to rights group Suaram, 89 people are currently being held under the ISA with almost half of those held being alleged Islamic militants. Gandhi posters The group then carried pictures of Indian non-violence Independence leader Mohandas K Gandhi as they headed towards the temple where prayers were held. "In the Hindu religion, people shave their heads as a sign of mourning," said opposition PKR leader Sivarasa Rasiah, who was present at the event. "Here, it reflects the sadness over the detention of the leaders and that protests against their detention and the fight against discrimination will continue," he told AFP. Hindraf enraged the government last month by mounting a mass rally alleging discrimination in Malaysia, which is dominated by Muslim Malays. Police used tear gas, water cannon and baton charges to break up the street protest, which drew 30,000 people and came just two weeks after another rare demonstration organised by electoral reform campaigners. |
The hurt and damage would be difficult to correct & erase now and this is more so with the five Hindraf Leaders safely locked up in Kamunting
SAMY’S Dilemma now is he is unable to Deliver BN Indian Votes and Fearful of Protest Votes was advised by UMNO Youth Hishamuddin to Send MIC youths on a Nationwide 1-week Tour for Damage Control.
It has finally dawn and sunk on Samy Vellu and his MIC stalwarts that the recent HINDRAF uprising has greatly affected his ability to deliver the votes in the coming GE which might greatly affect a number of marginal seats in which the Indians votes might hold sway for the BN candidates. The BN think tank is fearful of these “protest votes” and the UMNO Youth through its leader Datuk Hishamuddin has advised the MIC youths to do a quick “damage control” exercise and go on a Nation wide tour to correct the change in “loyalty”. What has been done cannot be so easily undone within a week
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