Waythamoorthy: We’re not racist (Malaysiakini)

Joe Fernandez(Malaysiakini)

Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairperson P Waythamoorthy has denied that he is spearheading a racist movement.

“We just can’t understand this racist label pinned on us through no fault of our own,” he told Malaysiakini.

“People who say that we are racists should first examine the meaning and definition of the term,” added the Hindraf leader who was given political asylum in Britain.

Waythamoorthy was responding to an avalanche of public comments against him.

This followed mostly calls in Sabah and Sarawak that PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim should re-assess his position in the party. Waythamoorthy was quoted in the article as well.

Academic suggests poll-winning Pakatan-Hindraf combo

Athi Shankar Malaysiakini
Feb 6, 10
11:25am

The best way for the Pakatan Rakyat to win back its lost Indian electoral ground is to team up with the Human Rights Party (HRP) with its socio-political arm Hindu Rights Action Front or Hindraf, suggested a Penang based academic.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)deputy dean from USM's school of social sciences Sivamurugan Pandian said such a combination looked the best bet for Pakatan to reach out to Indian voters across the country, despite Hindraf's self-destructive tendencies.

Given that virtually all Indian-based parties and organisations were linked to Barisan Nasional, he said it was politically crucial for Pakatan to include an Indian face to its fold.

Hindraf supports Zaid's call for reforms

Joe Fernandez
Feb 2, 10
6:09pm

Hindraf Makkal Sakthi chair P Waythamoorthy has expressed cautious optimism over Pakatan Rakyat (PR) chair Zaid Ibrahim's call for change and reform in Malaysia.

Makkal Sakthi – people power in Tamil – is the Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) theme.

Waythamoorthy (left) foresees that Sabah and Sarawak will be taking an increasingly neutral stance to determine who rules in Putrajaya.

“The March 2008 political tsunami in Peninsular Malaysia has given a chance for them do what is best for themselves,” said Waythamoorthy.

He was speaking to Malaysiakini in Kota Kinabalu from London.

hopelessly divided

Press statement – Malaysian Indian and modern day slavery at the hands of UMNO.

The latest custodial death toll of the Malaysian Indian just moved a notch up with the death of P. Babu in Jempol. The endless death in police custody of the Malaysian Indian has no boundary for the unfounded power that the PDRM wield under the UMNO led government.

Imagine? P.Babu, a young orphan, attended willfully for an enquiry and he ends up beinf murdered in police custody.

Need Malaysian Indian votes, SOS the real HINDRAF

Everyone chides HINDRAF these days but in their heydays, after November 25, 2007, everyone looked at them as a beacon of hope to uphold humanity.

By R. Shan (Human Being)

After the March 8, 2008 battle, everyone settled in but then everything got political minus the root issues that faced the community. We had the dream of September 16, 2008 where Anwar failed miserably, then the hopping frogs in DAP and PKR that handed UMNO Perak, the issue of Kg Buah Pala, the courting of turncoats in HINDRAF and then neverending disputes in Pakatan Rakyat.

The people side of the Hindraf Panthal at Thaipusam in Penang today

One little boy was brought to our attention in our Panthal that he had lost his mum in the din of things. Gokulan as he told us, was in Std four, but still little. He looked bewildered when I first set eyes on him, but soon after we had contacted his father using the handphone number Gokulan gave us, he settled down with a little more confidence, to wait for his father to come and pick him up. His father showed up about an hour later and he told us how grateful he was. My response to him was that we do not need to be thanked , what we were doing on the larger plane as Hindraf made it our duty to take care of every little aspect of the future we were all struggling for – his son included.

Thaipusam in Penang

MEDIA STATEMENT 28th January 2010 HINDRAF DISCLOSES ITS ACCOUNTS TO PUBLIC

Amidst the various unfounded and malicious allegations, HINDRAF is publishing its accounts to the public for their scrutiny.
Hindraf was formed in December 2005 and it only came to limelight in August 2007 after I had filed a class action against the UK Government on Malaysia’s 50th Anniversary independence celebration on August 30th 2007 in pursuit of the systematic marginalized state of the Malaysian Indians.
The accounts prepared by an independent Public Accounting firm regulated in Malaysia for the funds that were collected is attached herewith The full accounts are also available at our website at www.hindraf.org, www.makkal.org, www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com and www.hindraf4you.blogspot.com.
A brief run down on the accounts are as follows -

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Borneo forum revisits M'sia Agreement pledges

Joe Fernandez
Jan 24, 10
11:15am

Borneo Forum (BF), an all-Borneo NGO umbrella body, made the Malaysia Agreement the focus of its deliberations in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.

BF brings together the Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF), the Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) and observers from Kalimantan.

The ad hoc meeting in KK resolved that the Malaysia Agreement will be raised by a Sabah-Sarawak delegation at a briefing at the House of Commons in London on March 19.

The London meeting was set up by Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) chair P Waythamoorthy (right) who said that Hindraf will also be represented.

The Sedition Trial against Uthaykumar - UMNO trying very hard.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- The sedition trial of lawyer P.
Uthayakumar was almost derailed Wednesday after his lawyers told the
Sessions Court that they were going to make a second application to recuse
her.

However, Uthayakumar decided to drop his intention and allowed his counselto cross-examine the first prosecution witness, former deputy Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Acryl Sani, after judge Sabariah Othman reminded the lawyer that his first application for recusal was still pending at the Court of Appeal.

A heated argument between Uthayakumar and Sabariah erupted after
Uthayakumar accused the judge of acting on instruction to convict and
sentence him to prison.

Uthayakumar launched his attacks on Sabariah after she told him that it

HINDRAF & HRP make representation to the PM, Foreign Minister and Senior Indian MPs of India prior to Najib's visit on 19-1-10

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HINDRAF & HRP meets Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna at his Office on the 11/1/2010

New Delhi 11/1/2010 . This afternoon at 1.30 p.m the HINDRAF & HRP
delegation led by P. Uthayakumar met the External Affairs Minister of
India Mr. S. M.Krishna for about 30 minutes at his office at South Block,
New Delhi and lodged HINDRAF’s “Malaysian Indian Minority & Human Rights
Violations Annual Report 2009, Malay-sia Truly Racist”. (see photos below)
This 2009 report was also lodged with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh’s office. (see acknowledgement in letter below) Our letter dated
11th January 2010 titled “SOS : Malaysian Indian Minority Suffering
Serious Human Rights Violations, Malay Muslim Supremacy” was also
submitted to the Mr.S.M.Krishna and Prime Minister.

MARGINALIZATION OF THE INDIANS PART FOUR. UMNO - The Root Cause Of The Endemic and Chronic Marginalization of the Indians

In the last three parts I have discussed the meaning of the term ‘Marginalization’, gave a concrete example in the life of Mariappan, discussed the basic historical events and the different ways in which unequal rights and unequal opportunities lead to economic marginalization.
In this part I am going to show how it is the specific policies of and conscious neglect ,wrapped up in a package of deceit, by the UMNO led Government that is at the root of this endemic and chronic economic marginalization of the Indians.

The UMNO strategies that created the problem.

HINDRAF-CANDLE VIGIL TO PROTEST AGAINST STATE SPONSORED ARSON

PRESS STATEMENT 10th JANUARY 2010.

RE: ARSON ATTACK ON 4 CHURCHES.

CANDLE VIGIL TO PROTEST AGAINST STATE SPONSORED ARSON.

Hindraf condemns the recent torching of the churches in Malaysia by the incitement of the politically motivated UMNO led government.

MMC files formal charges against Doctor who did first Autopsy on Kugan. The Doctor cleared by the DG of MOH Ismail Marican

S Pathmawathy
Malaysiakini
Jan 9, 10
10:45am
The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) will file a formal charge against forensics expert Dr Abdul Karim Tajudin of Hospital Serdang who conducted the first post-mortem on deceased police detainee A Kugan.
Lawyer N Surendran, who is representing Kugan's family, told Malaysiakini that the MMC held an inquiry yesterday and cross-examined the deceased's mother M Indra (left) on the complaint against Abdul Karim for professional misconduct.

"They felt that there was substance in the complaint and decided to file a formal charge against him," he said.

Hindraf example for East Malaysia

Sabah politician sees fire bombings as the end game

Joe Fernandez
Jan 9, 10
12:16pm

The federal government can longer bank on solid returns from the Christian electoral fixed deposits in Sabah and Sarawak in the wake of yesterday's arson attacks on churches in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya.

Third front can empower the people

Athi Shankar
Jan 7, 10
5:43pm

A third political coalition would be an exciting prospect for the growth of democracy in the nation, said a local academician.

Hailing it as a “good, progressive idea”, academic Sivamurugan Pandian said a third force would ensure that the people have a viable choice among three political coalitions, unlike now.

This was in contrast with the current situation where there were only two choices: Barisan Nasional or the opposition Pakatan Rakyat.

“A third force with a different common agenda would give (the people) realistic political choices.

“This would mature the country's democracy,” the lecturer from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) told Malaysiakini today.

MARGINALIZATION OF THE INDIANS Part 3

The direct causes of economic marginalization.
Unequal rights and unequal opportunities in the Name of NEP

In the last two parts I have discussed the meaning of the term ‘Marginalization’, its various manifestations, gave a concrete example of this marginalization process in the life of Mariappan and discussed the basic historical events that led to it. In this part I am going to talk about the five different ways in which the direct causes of economic marginalization - unequal rights and unequal opportunities contribute to economic marginalization.

A quick recap of the term economic marginalization: - Economically marginalized is
to be denied opportunities for participating productively in the economic development of the nation,

Impoverished Indian families in Kampung Manis,Prai

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE LEADERS OF PAKATAN RAKYAT ON THE COMMON POLICY FRAME

It is one thing to come up with a document like the Common Policy Frame (CPF) , it is another thing to realize it in practice. What really matters to the people is whether all the leaders of Pakatan Rakyat coalition really understand themselves, what is contained in that document with all its implications, and whether they really mean all of that.

Let me first first quote from Dato Zaid Ibrahim’s speech

“Pakatan rejects policies that allow for corruption and other financial crimes and abuse of power. In order to ensure sustainable growth, oppressive policies that had only enriched the few should be replaced with a policy that ensures that the poor are assisted regardless of race.”

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