{"id":2369,"date":"2008-09-24T17:44:38","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T09:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/others\/2008\/09\/24\/hindraf-advises-samy-to-beg-for-forgiveness\/"},"modified":"2008-09-24T17:45:58","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T09:45:58","slug":"hindraf-advises-samy-to-beg-for-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2008\/09\/24\/hindraf-advises-samy-to-beg-for-forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"HINDRAF advises Samy to beg for forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strong words<\/a> indeed from Hindraf’s Thanenthiran!<\/p>\n

The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has challenged the MIC president to show guts by seeking the forgiveness of Indian Malaysians before pursuing the release of the detained Hindraf 5.\u201c(S) Samy Vellu should kneel and beg for (forgiveness) for his wrongdoings (against) the community if he is sincere and honest about seeking freedom for our leaders,\u201d said Hindraf national coordinator RS Thanenthiran.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure Indians have a big (enough) heart to forgive him if he asks.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also challenged Samy Vellu to pull his party out of Barisan Nasional (BN) if he fails to obtain freedom for the five leaders being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA).<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he fails to secure their release from Kamunting (detention camp in Perak), then MIC should pull out from BN. Is he prepared to do that?\u201d asked Thanenthiran, at a northern region meeting of the movement in Butterworth, Penang, last night.<\/p>\n

Some 100 coordinators and activists from Penang, Perak and Kedah attended the two-hour meeting.<\/p>\n

They appeared amused by Samy Vellu\u2019s claim that he has asked the prime minister to consider releasing the Hindraf 5. This was followed by a similar call by the Coalition of Malaysian Indian NGOs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSamy Vellu (left) <\/em>reportedly called on the government to detain our leaders. Now he has suddenly emerged to champion their freedom when he has lost all his government powers,” scoffed Thanenthiran.<\/p>\n

The community has largely blamed Samy Vellu for failing to improve their low standing and to deal with social and economic problems.<\/p>\n

Their disgruntlement prompted their desertion of BN in the March general election and led to the MIC leader losing the long-held Sungai Siput parliamentary seat – and consequently his cabinet post.<\/p>\n

Thanenthiran said the MIC president had been a lame-duck cabinet minister at the time the ministerial order had been signed to detain the Hindraf 5, following a massive street protest held in Kuala Lumpur last November.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s heartening to see BN and NGO Indian leaders coming together to secure the freedom of our leaders. But are they really sincere? Are Indian leaders from MIC, PPP and Gerakan prepared to withdraw from BN if they fail to secure the release of Hindraf 5?\u201d<\/p>\n

Uthayakumar\u2019s health, he claimed, was deteriorating due to lack of proper medical care. A diabetic, the lawyer is said to be suffering from a worsening heart condition and high blood pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is exercising regularly to keep fit,\u201d said Thanenthiran, urging the Kamunting authorities to provide quality medical care.<\/p>\n

Uthayakumar is learnt to have isolated himself from the other Hindraf detainees, and has restricted his list of visitors to family members, his lawyer Karpal Singh and a handful of Hindraf leaders including Thanenthiran.<\/p>\n

So, would MIC quit Bn if Hindraf is not released? I doubt it. Samy Vellu already told that they have “full faith” in the Prime Minister. So, whatever the PM says, they will have to accept.<\/p>\n

By the way, why is Uthaya limiting his visitors and isolated himself from the other 4 detainees? No reasons given in the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strong words indeed from Hindraf’s Thanenthiran! The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has challenged the MIC president to show guts by seeking the forgiveness of Indian Malaysians before pursuing the release of the detained Hindraf 5.\u201c(S) Samy Vellu should kneel and beg for (forgiveness) for his wrongdoings (against) the community if he is sincere and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[21,225,105],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian","tag-hindraf","tag-politicians","tag-uthaya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}