source <\/a><\/p>\n KUALA LUMPUR: The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) will go ahead with its gathering today and has asked to be given “one hour maximum” to hand over its petition to the British High Commission. <\/p>\n
A. Sivanesan, one of the lawyers representing the three Hindraf members who were charged with sedition at the Klang Sessions Court on Friday, said the gathering would go ahead as planned. <\/p>\n
He noted that on Friday, a huge crowd had gathered in Klang outside the court and made its way to the Sri Rajeshwari temple a kilometre away and “not a single flower pot was damaged.” <\/p>\n
\n “The Government need not fear. It is an orderly crowd,” he said of today’s planned gathering. <\/p>\n
“It is away from the city and 60% of the shops in that area are closed on Sunday. We are not going to be a nuisance to the people,” he added. <\/p>\n
\n Sivanesan believes the police had overreacted by having roadblocks all over the city. <\/p>\n
\n “The duty of the police should be to control the traffic \u00e2\u20ac\u201c nothing more than that. <\/p>\n
“Just give us a chance. It will be an hour maximum. We will hand over the petition to the British High Commission, speak to the crowd, and then we will go back,” he said. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the five lawyers who were served a restraining order on Friday morning barring them from organising or participating in the rally have asked for an immediate hearing to appeal against it. <\/p>\n
The five \u00e2\u20ac\u201c P. Waythamoorthy, P. Uthayakumar, V. S. Ganapathi Rao, R. Kenghadran and M. Manoharan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c faxed 10 copies of their notice to the Kuala Lumpur High Court. <\/p>\n
\n Waythamoorthy, Uthayakumar and Ganapathi Rao were charged with sedition later that day. <\/p>\n
The law firm, which applied for the notice of appeal, said the five were dissatisfied with the magistrate’s court decision to issue the court order against them. <\/p>\n
They asked the court for immediate decision in view of the fact that the planned gathering was today. The courts are closed on weekends. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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