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Can Malaysian Indians really count on MIC?
After reading the news over here, I’m now wondering whether can Malaysian Indians really count on MIC after a few series of temple demolitions took place, body snatchings, lock-up deaths, discrimination and marginalisation in workplace and universities, religion-based issues in schools, high rate of suicide cases and so forth?
Some of Samy Vellu’s quotes adapted from the news linked above:
“Although only a certain section of people who claim to represent the Indian voice are involved in such actions, we represent all Indian Malaysians. We hear them. We act on their grievances.”
“Those behind their downfall will blame us (the MIC) for the Indians’ failures. But at the end of the day, the Indians can always count on the MIC.”
“I can say that the MIC and I have done our best, but I feel and believe that more can and should be done. Come what may, I will fight on and nobody can stop me.”
“Their anger is due to inadequacy: when 50 people apply for a (government) job, and if only one gets the job, it is not only they that get angry.”
HINDRAF 5 to remain under ISA
Well guys, the news is up stating that “HINDRAF 5 to remain under ISA“, despite the initiatives taken by some of our respected lawyers in seeking justice for them. Just wondering, did anyone encountered this news being aired or covered in the ASTRO Vaanavil’s news (or however you call it) just now? When I tuned into the news, all I could see is the newscaster talking big about the upcoming election and the ongoing progress of our ruling coalition.
Anyway, to all the Makkal Sakthi’s out there, please keep the spirit alive and keep on praying for the release of our five HINDRAF heroes. Never let your determination down, and never forget what our heroes had did for us, how they fought for us, and as a result of all their sacrifices, where they are now!
GOPIO’s Letter to Malaysia’s PM Regarding Malaysian Indians
Thanks to “Nala999″ for sending this article via email.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Honorable Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia, Global Organization of Persons of Indian Origin (GOPIO) International expressed its continuing concern of the hardships faced by Malaysians of Indian Origin. The entire letter is reprinted below.
February 22, 2008
Hon. Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Prime Minister of Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Sub: Malaysians of Indian origin
Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
Indians were brought to Malaysia during the British rule to work on rubber plantations, and since then, they have been contributing to the economic growth and prosperity of Malaysia. Today, there are two million Malaysians of Indian Origin who constitute about eight percent of your country’s population. But these Malaysians of Indian Origin lack fair and equal treatment in educational resources and job opportunities. Consequently, a significant number of them work as plantation and/or urban underpaid laborers, and hence majority of them are poor and continue to face undue social and economic hardships.
It is well known that Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has been an integral part of your government’s ruling coalition and that the MIC must be claiming to represent the interests and aspirations of their ethnic community. However, Time Magazine reported in 2000 that Indians had the lowest share of the nation’s corporate wealth: 1.5%, compared to 19.4% for Malays and 38.5% for Chinese. The highest rate of suicide of any community is among Malaysians of Indian Origin, and gangsterism and violent crime are largely associated with that community. Some 15% of the Malaysians of Indian Origin in the capital of Kuala Lumpur are squatters. Since then, these statistics have not changed much. Obviously, MIC as your Coalition partner has not been able to get fair share for their minority community as their role as coalition partner appears to have been rendered ineffective or irrelevant.
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Laungan ‘Makkal Sakthi’ bergema di Kedah
[HARAKAH] - Penolakan pencalonan calon KeADILan bagi kerusi Bukit Selambau, Saiful Izham Ramli, 36 atas kesalahan gagal menyerahkan penyata pilihan raya umum 2004 tidak melemahkan jentera parti itu bagi menentang BN dalam pilihan raya kali ini.
Pengerusi KeADILan Kedah, Ir. Mohd Izham Yusuf yang menentang MB Kedah di Dun Pedu berkata, kesilapan ini sepatutnya tidak boleh berlaku dan bagi pihak KeADILan dia memohon maaf kepada semua di atas apa yang telah berlaku.
Sementara itu, di pusat penamaan calon Parlimen Jerai di Pejabat Daerah Yan, laungan ‘Makkal Sakthi’ (kuasa rakyat) sentiasa bergema apabila penyokong B.Kalivanar yang bertanding bagi kerusi Dun Gurun melaungkan kata keramat itu.
Kehadiran mereka dengan bendera KeADILan, memperlihatkan sokongan kaum India di Kedah sudah mula diperlihatkan kepada masyarakat.
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‘Mysterious’ Tamil CD making its way in Kedah!
Well, I’m not sure how the ’songs’ would be, but one thing for sure, the motive of all the songs are equivalent to the motive of the “Makkal Sakti GE 2008” video which is currently being circulated rapidly amongst most of the online Malaysian Indians users, and that motive would be - WANTING A CHANGE! If any of you guys happened to have the songs mentioned, do drop me an email or if you are kind enough to upload the songs to any file hosting sites, do spread the links!
ALOR STAR: There’s a hot new CD making the rounds in Kedah, and it’s proven a little mysterious.
You can pay anything for it — even a measly RM1. It has no jacket, no songlist and the singers are total unknowns. No seller will tell you who recorded this little hit album.
But this collection of 10 Tamil songs is all too clear about one thing — wanting change.
The sad melodies may be borrowed from the latest Tamil movie hits, but the “sharp” lyrics sing of local troubles.
It’s selling like hot cakes in Kulim, Lunas and Sungai Petani. These are also areas where MIC has just completed door-to-door visits.
“The feedback isn’t all bad,” says Datuk S. Parasuraman, who heads the Padang Serai MIC, home to 13,000 Indian voters.
Only small groups are unhappy, much of it because of internal issues, he says.
But pressure on the party has mounted since Hindraf’s Nov 25 rally in Kuala Lumpur and MIC has had to defend its service records, admits state MIC chief Datuk V. Saravanan.
“But the people know we’ve worked hard and 90 per cent of the support is still there.”
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