Posts Tagged ‘Hindraf’

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »

hindraf rally gets indian govt attention

November 28th, 2007
|  Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email


thanks to Bavani for highlighting this:

Search result in Google News:

Karuna seeks PM’s help
The Tribune, India – 4 hours ago
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi today sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the plight of Tamils in Malaysia who are …
Karunanidhi writes to Manmohan
Hindu, India – 5 hours ago
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Tuesday urged the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take immediate and appropriate action on the “sufferings and …
Protect Tamils in Malaysia, Karunanidhi urges PM
Hindustan Times, India – 8 hours ago
Malaysia PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi warns of a tough colonial-era law to quell protests. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday wrote a letter to …
Protect ethnic Indians in Malaysia: Vaiko
Times of India, India – 12 hours ago
CHENNAI: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko on Tuesday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take immediate steps through diplomatic channels to protect …
Karunanidhi urges PM to save Tamils in Malaysia
Zee News, India – 13 hours ago
Chennai, Nov 27: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the plight of Tamilians in the Malaysian …
Karunanidhi seeks immediate, appropriate action by Centre
Hindu, India – 14 hours ago
Chennai (PTI): Expressing concern over the treatment meted out to Tamils in Malaysia, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday demanded that the …

Protect Tamils in Malaysia: MK to PM
News Today, India – 15 hours ago
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manomhan Singh to put an end to ill-treatment of Tamils in Kuala Lumpur. …

1 comment »

Posted in Indian

Tags:

British envoy say no petition

November 28th, 2007
|  Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email


British envoy: No petition received

source

KUALA LUMPUR: The British High Commission has not received any petition from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), the organiser of Sunday’s illegal gathering. 

British High Commissioner to Malaysia Boyd McCLeary said: “We offered to accept the petition on Sunday but it was not delivered.” 

On claims by Hindraf leaders that the petition was faxed to the High Commission, McCLeary said: “We did receive some faxed information.” 

He, however, did not elaborate. – Bernama

He did not elaborate to Bernama, but according to NST, he said this:

High Commissioner Boyd McCleary said: “We were not given anything physically.”

1 comment »

Posted in Indian

Tags:

Hindu Sangam makes u-turn on rally

November 27th, 2007
|  Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email


the same MHS which sat with glum faces behind MIC info chief saravanan saying they don't support the hindraf rally, now comes out with another statement saying its a wake-up call.

quote: "Malaysia Hindu Sangam national central council member C.M. Kopalan said the MIC and the Government had helped to fund, build, repair as well as settle relocation and land issues for temples nationwide."

Hindu Sangam: Rally a 'wake up call'
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/75365
Nov 27, 07 7:30pm

The authorities must listen to the grievances aired by some 30,000 Indian Malaysians who participated in Sunday’s rally, said the Malaysian Hindu Sangam (MHS).

Describing it as a “wake up call for all Malaysians”, the influential Hindu umbrella body said the government must stop “festering wounds” within the Indian community from becoming worse.

“It is clear that there are tens of thousands of Indians in Malaysia who feel the government is not protecting their best interests,” said MHS president A Vaithilingam in a statement today.

Among others, he said, demonstrators were angered by the government and court’s inaction over infringements of religious freedoms by the “Islamic authorities”.

He cites ‘corpse-snatching’ cases between Islamic authorities and Hindus as well as the demolition of Hindu temples as examples.

“Almost all the victims (of infringements of religious freedoms) have been Hindus, fueling anger amongst the community,” he added.

Immediate measures

Vaithilingam said another catalyst to Sunday’s demonstration, organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), was the demolition of the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Kampung Karuppiah, Shah Alam just before Deepavali.

“The unprecedented pictures of local authority enforcement officers throwing stones at devotees and at the temple caused an uproar amongst the Indian community,” he said.

He further urged the government to take immediate measures to improve the socio-economic conditions of the Indian community and to ensure that the nation’s wealth is distributed equitably amongst all Malaysians.

He also urged the government to make legislative reforms to protect religious freedoms.

“We call on the courts to start acting in their role as the guardians of the fundamental liberties of minorities against oppression by the majority,” he said.

Comments Off on Hindu Sangam makes u-turn on rally »

Posted in Indian

Tags:

minister azmi says many indians studying medicine as proof community is well off

November 27th, 2007
|  Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email


'Indians are not marginalised'
source
BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Tue.:

The Indians in Malaysia are not marginalised as claimed by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), the organiser of Sunday’s illegal assembly, a cabinet minister said today.

Pointing out that the rally was evidently politically-motivated, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said the Indians were given ample opportunities including advancing themselves in education.

Azmi said that during his visits to universities in Indonesia, the Caribbean countries and Russia, most of the Malaysian students studying medicine were Indians.

“Why must they talk about being neglected? We have more Malaysian Indians studying medicine in Indonesian universities compared with the Malays and other races.

“So from where the money came from? Definitely they got it from the opportunities to earn money in this country,” he told reporters after opening a conference on Forestry and Forest Products Research.

Illegal rallies would jeopardise foreign investments to the country which would in turn harm the nation’s economy and the people’s well-being, he added.

Thousands of Hindraf supporters gathered in the heart of Kuala Lumpur last Sunday to support the handing over of a petition to the British High Commission asking Queen Elizabeth II to appoint a Queen’s Counsel to represent the Indian community in a class action suit against the British Government for bringing Indians as indentured labourers to the then Malaya and exploiting them.

Hindraf has filed a US$4 trillion (RM13.5 trillion) suit in London claiming that the British were to blame for the marginalisation of Indians in Malaysia.

Comments Off on minister azmi says many indians studying medicine as proof community is well off »

Posted in Indian

Tags:

nazri calls assembly attendees penyangak

November 27th, 2007
|  Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email


aiyoo…some of my friends are now penyangak! my wife is now also penyangak! err…my dog too is penyangak? the professionals, group of singapore PRs, the chinese uncle, the taxi driver…all penyangak!!! oh my god, we have 20,000 crooks…police, what are you doing????

anyway, nazri accepts the figure 20,000 while police say some 4000-5000, MK says 30,000.

nazri sar, if the buses were not blocked, maybe can reach a higher figure. and if take into consideration all the govt staff threatened with sacking, plus those who are present in spirit to support their family members, friends, neighbors etc., we could be looking at 1 million people perhaps? oh ya…no forgetting our people in black and white.

in the end, samy vellu did say that nazri is a good person.

-"On Nazri comments yesterday that Devamany should quit the MIC, Samy Vellu said: “In parliament we can say so many things… Nazri is a good person. Sometimes he might say something but he may not mean it.”

'Gathering of crooks' hasn't tainted community's image
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/75339
Yoges Palaniappan
Nov 27, 07 4:37pm

The mammoth rally which saw about 30,000 Indians taking to the streets has not tarnished the government’s view of the community, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Abdul Aziz.

(crooks) who participated in the rally would not jeopardise our viewpoint of the entire community," he told a press conference at the Parliament lobby today.

"There were hundreds of thousands of Indians who did not participate in the rally. They stayed back and showed that they still support the government," he added.

He also questioned the rationale of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which aimed to submit a petition to the British High Commission.

Hindraf, which organised the rally, wanted to submit a petition to Queen Elizabeth II asking Her Majesty to appoint a Queen’s Counsel to represent the organisation in its class-action suit against the British government.

Baseless accusations 

"If they want to submit a petition or a memorandum, they should just send it to the Prime Minister's Department. There's no need for a street rally," said Nazri.

"All the allegations put forward by them (Hindraf) that Indians are marginalised are lies and nothing more than accusations," he said, adding that the government would trace those who are responsible for the gathering and charge them in court.

However, he denied the possibility of using the Internal Security Act (ISA) against the perpetrators.

"We will not use the ISA. If we do, they will fire back at us saying that we're using the law unnecessarily. But we will use other laws, and among the penalties could be prison sentence," he said.

Comments Off on nazri calls assembly attendees penyangak »

Posted in Indian

Tags: