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MIC Elections and AGM

August 16th, 2009
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Today saw the AGM for Youth, Wanita, Putera and Puteri wings of MIC taking place.

President’s man T.Mohan beat President’s nephew S.P Muthuveloo, garnering 321 votes against 148. This may be a sign that the other President’s man will be chosen as well, meaning goodbye Dato Subra and Sothinathan?

The deputy youth chief post was a tighter affair. MIC Youth political bureau chief V Mugilan (aligned to Mohan) defeated Kahang assemblyperson R Vidyananthan by 266 to 204 votes.

Meanwhile Wanita wing chief P Komala Devi retained her seat by defeating challenger and deputy S Thangasvari by 26 votes. Komala obtained 238 votes while Thangasvari gained 212 votes.

The deputy’s post was won by Dr CV Prema of Perak  (aligned to Komala) who defeated Negeri Sembilan Wanita MIC chief Dr P Thanaletchumi by getting 279 votes to 172.

According to Komala:

Speaking to reporters, Komala said her priority was to unite the women’s wing.

“We will also be increasing our programmes to serve the people, like medical screenings for women against breast and cervical cancer, and financial advice for entrepreneurs.

Komala also planned to organise leadership courses to train more leaders in the party.

To a question if she had expected a slim majority, she said she was not surprised as there was a smear campaign against her.

The AGM saw few suggestions worth mentioning:

1. MIC Youth to increase age limit from 40 to 45 in order to attract more professionals, create second echelon leaders, and possibly to avoid conflict with Putera wing. The change to be proposed in the upcoming general assembly.

2. Online membership application to be introduced.

3. Membership in MIC branches to be reduced from 100 to 65 so that better service can be provided to members (and to open more branches).

And, Samy talked about Facebook!!! :

“Youth members can create their own blogs and use the Facebook facility to interact with each other, and at the same time provide information on the activities and achievements of our party,” he said.

Syabas to Samy. Now we can see an influx of MIC people entering Facebook, joining the existing members and leaders. Hopefully it would not be like the call for blogging – when many politicians from all sides set up blogs, but today how many actually updating…

Congrats to the winners. Hopefully they will bring improvement to their various wings, champion the rights and justice for all Malaysian, steer clear of scandals, and manage to stay in position till the next election.

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MIC Youth Press Statement on Kg Buah Pala

August 2nd, 2009
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Received via email on 25th July.

PRESS STATEMENT BY MIC YOUTH COORDINATOR T.MOHAN

25th JULY 2009

MIC Youth wants the Pakatan Government in Penang to reveal the minutes of the state executive council meetings on the Kampung Buah Pala issue after it took over the power in March last year.

We want the state government to be transparent and give a full disclosure of what transpired in the state exco meetings on the issue.

This would reveal whether the Pakatan government under Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had the interests of the Indians, especially the residents of Kg Buah Pala at  heart or not.

The Pakatan government’s intention to declassify the minutes of the previous government was to hoodwink the people and also shift their inefficiency against them.

Based on the reports, we MIC Youth feels that the residents have a legitimate right over the land and the hisotircal facts support their existence and their right over the land.

According to National Land Code Seksyen 78(3) ,  “The land remains a state land untill issuance of Registered Title”. state could secure the village by acquiring the land on grounds of public purpose and interests, under Section 76 of the National Land Code 1965 read together with the Land Acquisition Act.

The Pakatan government had accepted payment of RM2.2 mil as the balance of the premium on March 14, 2008, six days after taking office and the land title was issued to the Cooperative and the developer on March 27, 2008.

Under Section 81 (2) of the National Land Code, the premium has to be paid within three months of the approval and failure to do so, renders the approval null and void.

It is a known fact that the former Chief Minister Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon had approved the project on April 24, 2007 and the premium of RM2.24 mil was only paid on March 14, 2008, 11 months later. This is already a strong reason for the state government to rescind the approval.So we believe there is hidden agenda

MIC Youth is bewildered as to why the Pakatan government is reluctant to take action when it is very clear that the provisions of the National Land Code has not been adhered to.

Instead of  blaming other for their own mistakes, Lim Guan Eng should do the honourable task of putting the interests of the residents of Kg Buah Pala first and cancelling the approval of the land to the Cooperative.

MIC Youth is willing to pay RM3.2 mil if the Pakatan government can cancel their approval and regain back the land which will be handed over to the people of Kg Buah Pala without any charge.

Hopefully Chief Minister Lim Guang Eng  will stand by his promises made to residents of Kg Buah Pala and not to beat around the bush and continue more political drama of his. MIC Youth will stand by our decision and settle the said amount as soon as we get the letter of offer from state government to purchase the land.

The Pakatan government has to cancel the approval for the land to the cooperative first and not try to deflect their responsibility by asking the MIC to discuss with the cooperative.

No right thinking person who had acquired the land through deception, would want to sell back the land at the same premium price when he knows that he would make a tidy profit. This is a Pakatan government mistake which they have to undo first.

The Pakatan leaders had also promised that they would not allow the Kg Buah Pala to be demolished but what has happened to their promises.

As responsible people, they should immediately tender their resignations if they were unable to fulfil their promises made during the campaign for the march 2008 general election.

MIC Youth would stand with the villagers to ensure that they were not evicted from the land. We call other right minded political parties and Indian non-governmental organizations to come and support these poor villagers on Aug 3.

MIC Youth calls on the Indians in Penang not to be hoodwinked by the claims that Pakatan government is fair to all races in the country. They had failed to ensure that the Indians in Kg Buah Pala were not cheated of the land.

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Your’s Sincerely,

T.Mohan
National Coordinator
M.I.C YOUTH

I guess if the current government can declassify previous government’s minutes, it should have problem doing the same for those under its own administration. Just to clear the air.  Anyhow, MIC says money is ready for state government to buy back the land at nominal price. The Koperasi is adamant it won’t sell the land, even if it doesn’t get approval to develop the land. Means sit on idle land…

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repeat call for religious education in tamil school

March 23rd, 2009
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If those people who are familiar with MIC care to recall proposals/memorandums and resolutions made in the last 20 years, they’ll find that nothing much has changed. One can, to a certain extent, understand that because even the president has been around for 30 odd years. One can’t expect miracles.

Never mind that only last September this topic cropped up. I guess many of the round-table discussions, seminars, meetings, getaways, committees in the last decade or so would have suggested this idea in one way or another. Maybe they feel its not worth the time to dig back the past research, reports, studies etc., so the solution is to conduct yet another research and submit a memorandum. Where have we heard these lines before? 🙂

So, here we go again. MIC Youth has sent “a letter” to Education Minister. The leader, Mohan said that they have to start somewhere. I think he meant re-start because most likely next year this idea will come up again.

The argument is simple. Having other religions being taught will make it look like its on par or same pedestal with the religion that is official religion of the federation. For those people, their religion must be the first and the only one. The rest is sidelined, because it says so in the constitution. Liberal (one-sided) interpretation is made on the status of religion of federation, thus we have discrimination (or in better words, less emphasis) on other religions. As long as “others” can practice their religion in limited conditions, due to their tolerance and good heart, the “others” should be eternally thankful and not question at all.

Come on, when even temple height can’t be taller than their mosque height, you want to bring Hinduism to school? Even if the Tamil school got one muslim student, there will be a religious teacher assigned for him/her. That is the extent of expenses and power of the liberal interpretation of “religion of federation”.

Try suggesting a inter-faith committee, or department of non-muslim religious affairs. Try asking for tax exemption for donations related to religion or to tamil schools. Try asking for 60/40 budget for religious purposes.

We can’t argue with these people who are insecure, depend on outdated laws, and who need to resort to threats/violence. Just look at the PERKASA meeting last weekend. We have a 1/4 Indian Muslim fighting for Malay rights and yet the message is clear –  “Keep quiet or else”.

We don’t have the quality and qualified people to teach Hinduism. We don’t have enough classrooms to even run proper classes. We don’t have proper facilities in schools.

All the above sounds very pessimistic, but that’s what I feel. Deep inside, I wish the idea will succeed, but knowing the reality, its just wishful thinking.

KUALA LUMPUR: MIC Youth has urged the Government to implement religious education in Tamil schools as a measure to overcome social ills in the Indian community.

MIC Youth coordinator T. Mohan said religious education would help steer youths away from damaging activities.

“It is saddening to see reports of Indians being involved in gangsterism and violent crimes in the newspapers of late. We believe these youths had not been given any religious education,” he told reporters after chairing the national council meeting here Monday.

Mohan said the wing had already submitted a letter to Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein requesting religious education be introduced in Tamil schools.

“We are undertaking some research and will submit a memorandum to the ministry within four months,” he said.

Mohan said the results would not be seen overnight but he was sure of positive results within five years.

“We have to start somewhere to ensure that there is a future for our generation in the country,” he said.

Mohan said the wing would also have discussions with Indian-based non-governmental organisations to find ways of reducing the incidence of crime within the Indian community.

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Samy to Pakatan: What have you done for the Indians?

February 23rd, 2009
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Interesting to see Samy Vellu asking what Pakatan Rakyat has done for Indians since last year’s general elections (a total of 11 months).  Its time for Pakatan to bring out the report cards. I only hope its not thicker than MIC’s reports card for last 11 months. We should compare apples with apples, no? The makkal would love to see both report cards filled with As. I hope we don’t see a string of Fs for either one of them.

Samy Vellu also criticised Pakatan Rakyat, in particular Parti Keadilan Rakyat, for misleading the Indians in the country.

He said many youths were swayed by PKR’s empty promises. He asked what Pakatan Rakyat had done for Indians after last year’s general election.

“We must show them, teach them a lesson in by-elections and other elections. Don’t just make empty promises,” he said at the launch of the MIC Youth Recruitment and Voters Registration Bureau which attracted some 700 youths from Selangor.

The next thing to pique my mind was this:

MIC’s youth coordinator T. Mohan said about 20,000 youths were waiting to join MIC.

err…waiting for what ah? I don’t suppose position of sun, moon and stars have anything to do with it? Whatever it is, good news for MIC as 20,000 is not a small number. Hopefully they are for real.

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Malaysians protest at Indian High Commission

February 8th, 2009
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Indians from various background united on Friday to voice their protest againsts India’s non-committal stance over the war in Sri Lanka. Malaysian Nanban was quoted saying 5 groups co-organised the protest by 2000 over people. The photos in the back page showed MIC Youth and Dravidar Kalagam. Malaysiakini reported GPI, Suaram and Tamil Foundation. I saw photos of T Mohan (MIC Youth), DR P. Ramasamy, Manikavasagam and Gobind Singh (however, no mention of DAP or PKR names) in the protest.

About 2,000 people staged a peaceful protest rally yesterday outside the Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur calling for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
They also demanded that New Delhi intervened on behalf of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.

srilanka_protest_kl_1_06022009Led by the Global Peace Initiative (GPI) movement, the protest lasted over two hours with representatives from non-governmental organisations as well as prominent politicians taking part.

The rally was fuelled by the ongoing onslaught by the Sri Lankan government against the separatist movement, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which has been in dispute with the government over the establishment of an independent Tamil state in that island.

Protesters assembled along the pavements along Jalan Duta opposite the high commission and carried various placards with slogans such as ‘Stop genocide of Tamils’ and ‘Stop the killings’.

Under strict police observation, the protesters called for the Indian government to stop the “genocide attack on the Sri Lankan Tamils”.

srilanka_protest_kl_2_06022009The police who were initially trying to disperse the crowd from the gates of the high commission finally gave in around 1pm and allowed a small delegation of nine people to enter and submit the memorandum.

The delegation was lead by S Pasupathi (GPI president), K Arumugam (Suaram chairperson) and CM Elantamil (deputy director of the Tamil Foundation) as well as Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy, members of Parliament Gobind Singh Deo (Puchong), S Manikavasagam (Kapar) and M Monagaran (Teluk Intan).

“We are constrained to state that we have been shocked at the total inhuman onslaught on the civilians of the Tamil home land by the Sri Lanka armed forces, killing and maiming men, women and children in thousands.

“Of all countries in the world, India, the home of Lord Krishna, Lord Buddha, King Asoka and in our time Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, has been working hand in glove with the racist Sri Lankan government to destroy the Tamil homeland,” said the memorandum which was submitted by GPI.

The four page memorandum also listed measures for the Indian government to take in order to halt the crisis in Sri Lanka, with orders of ceasefire and negotiations between the LTTE and Sri Lanka government topping the list.

Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia Ashok K Kantha who received the memorandum assured the gathering that he would submit the memorandum to Indian government in New Delhi.

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