Posts Tagged ‘MIC’

sujatha’s death anniversary

July 10th, 2008
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I have a habit of going through the obituary section in the papers lately. A friend said its a sign of times. Getting old…. 😯

I saw that the late Sujatha’s memorial prayers will be held on Saturday 12th July 2008. She passed away after falling down from a high rise building on 25th June 2007.

Who is she? Well, google and you’ll know.

Alex sacked from MIC

July 9th, 2008
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This was expected. After challenging Samy Vellu, criticising him openly and making police reports against him, Alex paid the price. The decision to expel him is supposedly due to not remitting collected funds, and also for acting detrimental to party image. It seems Alex did not attend the disciplinary meeting twice. First time was due sickness, and second time due to prior engagements. He informed the committee on both occasions.

Committee chairman Tan Sri Vadiveloo said both (another guy, Mookan, was sacked as well) have two weeks to appeal the expulsion to the party’s central working committee.

According to NST, several party members have questioned the haste in expelling the duo. “It was done so that Thiagarasan will not be at the party’s annual general meeting (AGM) this Saturday, where he is likely to ask many questions,” said one member. Another said the committee could have easily given him another date, as he was given only three days notice of the new date for the hearing.

MIC offers gold and cash for top students

July 7th, 2008
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Kota Melaka MIC division chairman P. Pannirselvam said MIC will award 4g gold coin and cash reward if students do well in major examinations this year.

Those who score 5As in their Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR), 7As and above in their Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) and 10 A1s in their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) will each be awarded a gold coin. In addition, RM1,000 will also be given to those who score 10 A1s in their SPM.

Pannirselvam also said students who obtained 10As, but with a mix of A1s and A2s, would also be given an incentive of RM500 and the gold coin.

However, not sure whether its limited to Malaccans or all Indians. Samy gives gold pendant to UPSR top students annually. Wonder if its the same thing or different program. Hopefully students take this as an added motivation to excel.

Face of MIC

July 7th, 2008
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The young, the old, and..err…the Boss. (from The Star)

 

Couldn’t resist posting this 🙂  All the 5 leaders of MIC wings – Usha Nandhini (Puteri, 30s),Komala (Wanita, 54), Samy Vellu (72), Mohan (Youth coordinator, 35), Kamalanathan (Putera, 43) showing their unity at the joint general assembly for Wanita, Youth, Putera, and Puteri MIC.

Samy hounded by MAIKA investors

July 6th, 2008
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MAIKA will be an albatross around the neck of MIC for as long as the investors are not refunded and those responsible are bought to justice. Samy can expect more such receptions as long as MAIKA issue can be used to raise the emotions of the community. Just mention MAIKA, and you most likely will see the amount of anger, contempt and hurt that people seem to register. Whether the person was actually a victim had become irrelevant. It (MAIKA) has spread like a virus, affecting the community in general.

If we remember correctly, Samy Vellu announced that the investors will be refunded with some amount, but its going to be a year now. Habuk pun tarak. When people want to ask, these guys ran away (that’s what I understand from “drove away”).

Well, if anyone have more information on the incident, please share. Meanwhile, read the article that appeared in the Star:

JOHOR BARU: A commotion broke out in a temple compound here when a group of people claiming to be Maika Holdings investors could not meet MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu yesterday. The group of about 50 had waited for more than three hours and became agitated when Samy Vellu refused to discuss their grievances over the losses they claimed to have suffered.

The protesters had initially gathered at around 9am outside the SJK (T) Ladang Ulu Tiram in Ulu Tiram near here. However, they rushed to the Arulmigu Thiru Murugan temple about 2km away when they found out that Samy Vellu was there.

At the temple, tempers flared between the protesters and MIC vice-president Datuk S. Sothinathan when they accused one another of speaking disrespectfully. The protesters calmed down and agreed to move out of the temple compound when they were told that the matter would be discussed outside.

The MIC leaders, however, later drove off.

Spokesman for the protesters, businessman K. Selvakumaran, 48, said they were upset because Samy Vellu had not responded to their questions about Maika Holdings.

Seri Alam OCPD Supt Roslan Zainuddin said that the situation was under control and the protesters had dispersed peacefully.