Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Dr S.Subra said that both HINDRAf and MIC are fighting to get the ISA detainees released, but they are using different approaches. MIC, he says, does not believe in “crowding” Hari Raya open houses.
“This sort of behaviour does not serve well for a united multiracial nation. It also does not reflect the true nature of our Indian culture,” he said.
Dr Subramaniam said the group had created discomfort at the function. Discomfort??? Taking a ride in LRT or RapidKL gives you more discomfort la!
He said everyone should emulate Opposition leaders such as DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, who, despite political differences, attended open houses and joined the festivities in true Malaysian spirit. Dr Subramaniam said the MIC would continue to talk to Abdullah, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Cabinet ministers to lobby for the release of the five. He said the MIC pursued the matter on humanitarian grounds and because of pleas made to the party by the families of the detainees.
NST covered the same news as well, but its headline screamed Hindraf went ‘over the limit’. However, the only time the word “limit” came in the article was when Dr S.Subra said:
He acknowledged that it was the group’s democratic right to be at the open house but noted that everything had its limits.
Looks like NST is also following Utusan now.
Meanwhile, Hindraf national event coordinator Kannan Ramasamy reiterated that they were invited to the open house and had been orderly. He said Dr Subramaniam should have inquired about the actual situation before commenting on the conduct of the Hindraf members.
By the way, Haris Ibrahim who was at PWTC documents his experience. As for Utusan, they continue to spin more misleading articles. Today, the police are being pressured to investigate, calls for tough action are being made (more politicians were commenting on Sunday’s edition), and a different part of Dr S.Subra’s interview was published. Utusan has deviated from the anti-ISA visitors to Hindraf-bashing. In fact, majority of the papers did not talk about Free RPK supporters nor offer any proof of the “protestors” shouting, fighting, or causing “discomfort”. Probably the police are fuming that their were made to look like fools in front of their political bosses, and the politicians are angry that their exclusivity was breached.
