Malaysia needs a new basis for race relation based on a shared future, historical facts and today’s reality, said Umno president Najib Razak.

At the 61st Umno general assembly opening speech Najib Razak said that Malaysia needs a new basis for race relation based on a shared future, historical facts and today’s reality.…

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At the 61st Umno general assembly opening speech Najib Razak said that Malaysia needs a new basis for race relation based on a shared future, historical facts and today’s reality. But will he uphold the long overdue historical fact of the history and reality of the minorities?

At the same time Najib Razak also issued a rallying cry for party members at the Umno general assembly to defend Putrajaya at all costs. “Even if our bodies are crushed and our lives lost, brothers and sisters, whatever happens, we must defend Putrajaya. The decision of who goes to Putrajaya is not in the hands of UMNO but in the hand of the people and this One Malay-sia. Najib Razak is threatening that they will create chaos to defend Putrajaya in the upcoming election.

Najib also said that the country was founded upon a social contract where the forefathers of non-Malays had accepted the special position of Malays under Article 153 of the constitution. But he did not elaborate on 153 (1) that it shall be the responsibility of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to safeguard the legitimate interests of other communities in accordance with the provisions of this Article. Have the legitimate interest of the minorities been taken care?

UMNO been lying for the past 53 years and MIC, MCA,PPP, Gerakan, etc are aiding and abetting this lies. There has never been a social contract but only Federal Constitution and the special position agreed upon was only for a period of 15 years. Has it been reviewed?

When Malaya was in the process of getting its independence on 1957, the Reid Commission was formed to draft out the Malaysian Constitution. There were hundreds of memorandums sent to the Reid Commission by Malayan Indian associations and individuals for equal rights and their concerns. Will Najib Razak share the historical facts based on the memorandums send by Malayan Indians to the Reid Commission?

In 2007 Hindraf Legal Advisor P.Uthayakumar researched the archives in Kew, London, on the original documents submitted for the drafting of Federal Constitution to the Reid Commission. Below are the meetings held by The Federation of the Malaya Constitutional Commission 1956 and memorandum send by Malayan Indians to Reid Commission.

S.JAYATHAS

Information Chief

Hindraf & HRP

HINDRAF & HRP: Tamil Schools are our future

Between 2008 and 2010 there has been vast development in Batu Kawan with new housing estates, double storey shop lots, huge mosque and school. Here we are precisely zooming into…

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Between 2008 and 2010 there has been vast development in Batu Kawan with new housing estates, double storey shop lots, huge mosque and school. Here we are precisely zooming into new buildings for all type of schools except the usual Tamil schools. Below are the pictures of the new schools in Batu Kawan, Penang.





Without the signage one could easily identify that those are schools. Palace like Malay schools and multiple story Chinese schools are easily noticeable. Now the question raise is where is the Tamil School? If you drive pass Batu Kawan probable you would not be able to find the Tamil school that easily. Why? Look for yourself …

…yes it the Tamil School. Could you believe it? A used 40’ container is the so called Batu Kawan Tamil School. The hot and stuffy condition inside the container is unbearable. How can a living soul allow this kind of humiliation to happen to our community and worst still behave or pretend as though nothing has happened?
Why is it that only Tamil schools need to face such a dilemma in getting the government fund? Why is it that it is always neglected by the UMNO government or Pakatan government? Is it that Pakatan or UMNO and their administration are having a attitude problem or are they sidelining Tamil schools and Indians as a whole?
The education ministry is now questioning the enrolment in the Tamil School and since the figure is low they are reluctant to build a new building even though a land has been year marked for a new Tamil school.
Now looking at the above schools where would one register their child. Obviously at schools which looks like Palace with luxurious look and not at schools that are build in hot and stuffy containers. This is what the Education Ministry is expecting. This is what we call systematic ethnic onslaught. The enrolment in Tamil schools will decline and the government will use this excuses to deny a new building for Tamil School. Eventually the land which was year marked for Tamil school will be taken away and probably will be used for building a Tadika Permata, new surau or another new mosque.
Once if you close or destroy Tamil Schools, the language will die and eventually the race will die. This is what we call ethnic onslaught.

Hindraf & HRP meets parents of Batu Kawan Tamil School

The far sighted of Hindraf and HRP is battling this ethnic onslaught and appealing to residents of Batu Kawan to sign up the signature champion which was launch to protect our Tamil schools. You may contact Mr. Annadurai @ 017-4107244 for further details. We need more than 800 signatures to save the future of Batu Kawan Tamil School. Ground work has been re-energized by HRP Perai Team and we need the support of every resident especially Tamil school students, ex-students and parents residing at Batu Kawan area to throw their support for this noble cause.
K.Maran
Human Rights Party
Penang Information Chief

Hindraf appeals to Manmohan Singh to take up plight of Malaysian ethnic Indians (Press Trust of India)

London, Oct 20 (PTI) Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’’s visit to Malaysia, the leader of a prominent Hindu rights group today appealed to him to take up the issue of "serious human rights violations" of the ethnic community with his Malaysian counterpart.

"We would like to make an appeal to him to raise with his counterpart, the Prime Minister of Malaysia (Najib Razak), issues relating to the serious Human Rights violations of the Indian Malaysians," Chairman of Hindraf (Hindu Rights Action Force) P Waytha Moorthy said in a statement here.

Singh is due to visit Malaysia beginning October 26. "Inspite of our continuous and vocal representative to the Government of Malaysia on the serious Human Rights violations these issues are not getting tangible policy responses," Moorthy said.

There is a distinct and serious socio-economic problem with the Indian community in Malaysia and all socio economic indicators clearly show this, a growing underclass, stagnant share of wealth in the country, increasing involvement in crime of Indian adolescents, he added.

"We make this appeal to the PM of India on the basis of the historical and cultural affinity between the Indian communities here and the people of India," he said.
Hindraf appeals to Singh to take up plight of ethnic Indians
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Will the Indian PM raise the issues of Human Rights violation against the minority Indians in Malaysia.

Dr,Manmohan Singh is due to visit Malaysia beginning the 26th of October. We, from Hindraf and the Human Rights Party, our political wing welcome him warmly to Malaysia.

As he makes this visit, we would like to make an appeal to him to raise with his counterpart, the Prime minister of Malaysia, issues relating to the serious Human Rights violations of the Indian Malaysians. We have presented Dr.Singh with our 2009 Report on Human Rights and Minorities Rights Violation in New Delhi at the time of Pravasi Conference in January 2010.

In spite of our continuous and vocal representation to the Government of Malaysia on the serious Human Rights violation these issues are not getting tangible policy responses. There is a distinct and serious socio-economic problem with the Indian community in Malaysia. All socio-economic indicators clearly show this – a growing underclass, stagnant share of wealth of the country, increasing involvement in crime of Indian adolescents, staggering statelessness among the Indian poor estimated to be more than 300,000 people, shrinking educational opportunities, shortest life spans among the 3 major ethnic groups, dropping educational performance, significant underemployment and a significant section of the Indian community needs rehabilitation due to the effects of the mass push-out from the plantations to the urban centers without any state adjustment programs in the last 30 years.

We make this appeal to the PM of India on the basis of the historical and cultural affinity between the Indian communities here in Malaysia and the people of India.

Just as during the Indian national freedom movement a significant section of the Indians in Malaya took on a spontaneous and highly charged role in the Indian National Army. They gave money, their life savings, their jewels and many, their lives in the construction of the ill-fated Siam railway. The Indians here saw a moral and compulsive responsibility. Now we urge the same kind of response back from the Government of India to the people of Indian origin here in Malaysia.

In the context of a modern and growing India, India wields significant influence in the region and in Malaysia. We urge the Indian Prime Minister, by raising these issues with his counterpart, to contribute to an improvement to the lives of the 2 million Indians in Malaysia. Out of these actions based on a moral responsibility, India will be seen to be more than just India Inc. We certainly believe that India can play this role without violating any of the norms and intricacies of International diplomacy.

P.Waytha Moorthy

Chairman

HINDRAF

20.10.2010