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malaysia better off than india and no protest from other indians says minister

November 28th, 2007
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I'm not clear on why are they comparing our country with India. I mean comparing a country with 1 billion over people who have got independence 10 years before a country with 27++million people doesn't make much sense.

Also, looks like the global indians out of Malaysia have not complained to our govt over the attack on protesters. Maybe the need some help finding their emails and addresses. best place to try would be:

www.gov.my
www.parlimen.gov.my
www.umno.org.my
www.mic.org.my
www.mca.org.my
http://www.pmo.gov.my/

Opposition behind Hindraf rally
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/75412

Yoges Palaniappan
Nov 28, 07 6:22pm

The opposition had instigated the people to demonstrate to create the impression that the public is angry with the government, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

"The opposition know that they would not win the coming elections. So they have resorted to create such an atmosphere," said parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Ministry Ahmad Shabery Cheek

He explained that the government had not received protest notes from other countries over the claim that the Indians here have been marginalised.

He was replying a supplementary query from Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timor) who asked Ahmad Shabery whether the government had received protests from Indians residing in other countries over the marginalisation of Indians in Malaysia.

Shabery said the living conditions in Malaysia is better than India and quoted a report from the United Nations (UN) in 2006 which stated that one-third of the problems in the world are faced by India.

"With so many immigrants from India flooding our country only goes to show that the situation in Malaysia is far better than India," he added.

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89 protesters charged with illegal gathering

November 28th, 2007
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out of the 89, at least 15 are taken to prison for not being able to post bail. one of the absentee is a student taking exam. SPM student???

89 protesters charged with illegal gathering
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/75375
Syed Jaymal Zahiid
Nov 28, 07 12:13pm

A total of 89 people were today charged with illegal assembly at the Selayang Sessions Court and the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates’ Court following their arrest in the Hindraf rally on Sunday. 

Of the 89, 40 were charged at the Selayang Sessions Court with allegedly taking part in an illegal gathering at the Batu Caves temple on Sunday morning on Nov 25.

They were charged under Section 27 of the Police Act which stipulates the need for a police permit to gather in a public place.

These protesters were part of a larger crowd that had gathered at the temple in the early hours of last Sunday, with the intention of participating in the Hindraf-organised rally later that morning at Jalan Ampang.

About 1,000 people who had gathered at the temple since late Saturday night were forcibly dispersed by the Federal Reserve Unit using tear gas and water cannons.

Security was very tight at the Selayang Sessions Court with seven FRU trucks and about 30 police personnel on standby.

The Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Bar has sent lawyers to assist the 40. Bail was set at RM1,000 for the accused.

Five others who were also to be charged today were absent today. The court was told that three of them were on medical leave while two were missing.

Two charges in KL

Meanwhile at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates’ Court, 49 people were accused of committing two offences under Section 141 and 145 of the Penal Code for illegal gathering and defying police orders to disperse respectively.

The accused persons were also given the option of pleading guilty to committing an offense under Section 27 of the Police Act, which is for gathering without a police permit.

However the defendants opted to claim trial to both the charges under the Penal Code.

These accused persons in Kuala Lumpur were offered a bail of between RM1,500 and RM3,000 each.

Fifteen people failed to post bail and have been taken to the Sungai Buloh prison to be remanded.

Their cases will be heard between Jan 3 to Feb 11. If they are unable to pay bail, they would be held until the court hearing.

There were also five people absent from the court today in Kuala Lumpur. One was on medical leave while another had to sit for an exam. The court however issued arrest warrants for two of the other three absentees.

Variation of bail amount and hearing date was due to the big group of people being charged and to accommodate the situation, the prosecutors had assigned the case to be heard in four separate courts, each with its own set of prosecutors and magistrates.

Under the Police Act, anyone taking part in an illegal gathering is liable, upon conviction, to a fine of RM2,000 to RM10,000 or imprisonment of not more than a year.

And for those found guilty of Section 141, a jail sentence of up to six months and/or a fine of RM2000 awaits them.

Under Section 145 of the Penal Code, those found guilty are liable to a penalty of maximum two years jail and a fine at a sum decided by the magistrate.

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Hindraf denies affiliation to any political party

November 28th, 2007
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Hindraf denies affiliation to any political party

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By DHARMENDER SINGH

KLANG: The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has denied that it has any political motives or ambitions in its fight for the rights of the Indians in the country. Its secretary V. K. Regu said its sole objective was to express the grassroots’ grievances and unhappiness over the current status of the Indians in Malaysia. “We are not aligned or affiliated to any political party but welcome any support for our efforts, regardless of whether it is from the ruling party or the Opposition,” he told a press conference yesterday.

Regu said Hindraf also urged all parties, including the Government, not to turn the mass gathering on Sunday into a racial issue and provoke the public further as Hindraf harboured no ill feeling towards the other races. “The races in Malaysia are like a family and like a member of this family who is not getting enough food, we are asking for more. It should not break the family,” he said. 

He also said that it was wrongfully claimed that the gathering on Sunday was a Hindraf-organised rally as it never sent out any form of invitation for a gathering and even the SMS messages calling for a mass gathering did not originate from the movement. He said the publicity actually came from statements by the police and the Government against Hindraf’s decision to hand over the memorandum. 

Regu said Hindraf also wanted to make it clear that it resorted to handing over the memorandum to the British High Commission after getting no response from all the avenues it explored here to highlight the plight of the Indians, including the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. 

He said it was a peaceful gathering that turned ugly when police provoked those gathered by firing tear gas and chemical-laced water at the crowd. He claimed thugs were also planted at Batu Caves to disrupt the gathering there. 

“I also ask the local media to be more responsible and mature in its coverage of the events on Sunday by also reporting how many visitors got injured and not just how many cops were hurt,” he said. He said Hindraf also urged the parties involved to stop unwarranted accusations of the mass gathering and instead look seriously at finding solutions to the plight of Indians without attaching racial connotations to it. 

On why the memorandum was eventually not handed over, he said police already had a court injunction barring them from going to the high commission, and they viewed this as a trap to arrest Hindraf’s leaders. 

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india PM urged to act after hindraf rally

November 28th, 2007
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Act against 'sufferings' in M'sia, Indian PM told
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/75382
Nov 28, 07 2:08pm

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been urged to take immediate action concerning the state of the Indians in Malaysia.

The premier’s intervention was sought by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and other politicians in the state following the mass rally held on Nov 25 in Kuala Lumpur.

newspaper, Karunanidhi wrote to Manmohan on Tuesday asking him to employ the necessary measures regarding the “sufferings and bad treatment” of Tamils in Malaysia.

Karunanidhi said the people of Tamil Nadu were disturbed over the happenings in Kuala Lumpur.

The daily reported that he also conveyed their concern over the treatment being meted out to the Tamils living in Malaysia for a very long period of time.

On Sunday, some 30,000 Indian Malaysians took to the streets in a protest organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf).

The rally was held to support a lawsuit by Hindraf against Britain for bringing Indians to Malaysia as indentured labourers and exploiting them for 150 years.

The suit sought a declaration that the Reid Commission Report 1957 failed to incorporate the rights of the Indian community when Malaya was granted independence and this had allegedly resulted in discrimination and marginalisation to this day.

Police used tear gas and chemical-laced water to break-up the rally, which also saw scores of people being arrested.

'Treated like slaves'

Meanwhile, another Tamil Nadu politician and popular actor Vijayakant also called on the Indian prime minister to act on this issue.

In a news report, Vijayakant, who is the founder leader of the DMDK party, said: "The Tamils were taken there 200 years ago by the then British rulers to work in the plantation fields but the way police dispersed them by firing tear gas showed that the Malaysian government is still treating them as slaves.

He alleged that Malaysia was "becoming a Sri Lanka" where the government "sidelined Tamils from all government departments".

He warned that ignorance by India to intervene in this issue could create a situation similar to that of Sri Lanka, which is gripped by ethnic strife. "What started as a spark, is now burning all over Sri Lanka," he said.

The Nov 25 rally received widespread coverage in the Indian as well as international media. The event was reported, among others, in the UK, US, China, Taiwan, Australia and the Philippines.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's warning that the government could invoke the Internal Security Act (ISA) against the protestors has also received wide media coverage.

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hindraf clarifies never sent petition

November 28th, 2007
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following the reports stating that British High Commisioner saying no petition was received on sunday, Hindraf clarifies that none was sent or faxed. According to them:

…Please take note that the whole of the local print and electronic media reports never stated which Hindraf leader confirmed that the said petition was faxed to the British High Commission. This is because there was none.

The only person who confirmed on TV2 / TV3 and / or the print and electronic media that Hindraf had faxed their petition to the British High Commission was the OCPD of Cheras P/ACP Ahmad Amir Bin Mohd Hashim…

read their statement here.

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