Irate residents shoo away minister’s aide

Residents tick off Donald Lim's aide, saying that they don't want leaders who seek publicity from their suffering.

PETALING JAYA: Residents of PJS 1 here gave Deputy Finance Minister Donald Lim’s aide the cold shoulder when he turned up at their protest.

When Kevin Chong arrived around 10.30am, the residents told him off, saying they do not welcome the representatives of leaders who wanted to seek publicity from their suffering.

“When we highlighted the problem to Lim earlier, he told us to deal with the Pakatan Rakyat state government. Why are you here now?

“If you want to help, then bring the developer (Peter Brickwords Sdn Bhd) here,” said the residents.

Earlier, some 50 residents staged a peaceful protest urging Peter Brickworks to fulfil their demands before trying to evict them.

The developer had issued eviction notices to two families residing in the area early this month, which expired today.

However, Block E residents action committee chairman M Sugumaran had obtained an interim injunction against the developer and the court had fixed April 27 for the hearing.

“We held a meeting with the Petaling Jaya City Hall and the developer’s lawyers last Friday. The developer agreed to retract the eviction notices pending discussion,” said Sugumaran.

Calling on the developer to build their low-cost houses as promised seven years ago, he reminded the state government of its pledge that there would be no forced eviction in the state.

“We want a written guarantee that our demands will be met,” he said.

The residents, who were formerly from Kampung Pinang, Kampung Petaling Tin and Kampung Muniandy, moved to the current place after being promised a low-cost flat in 2003.

However, the developer failed to build the flats citing an injuction obtained by the residents on the proposed site for the project.

Hindraf Makkal Sakthi pro-tem secretary-general P Uthayakumar, who was present, criticised the state government for ignoring the plight of the residents for three years.

“Where is the change you promised? Pakatan claims that Selangor is a welfare state but I do not see any changes in the way it does things.

“If the developer fails to fulfil its promise, then the state government should intervne and build the houses for the residents,” he said.

Hope yet for Borneo people

International agencies, including the UN, are now more aware of the the plight of the natives in the island.

GENEVA: The people of Borneo can rest assured that they are not neglected by the international community. Their woes have been heard by the various United Nation agencies and international organisations.

Secretary-general of Common Interest Group Malaysia or CigMa, Kanul Gindol, told FMT in Geneva that dialogues with European leaders and the UN Commission for Human Rights (UNCHR) have been fruitful.

“They certainly are listening to our reports and had promised more dealings not only with our governments but also with the people and civil societies, both local and from abroad, who are working to improve the life of the people of Borneo,” Gindol said after meeting with the UNCHR rapporteurs here.

Gindol said the international community had not “abandoned” the 19 million people of Borneo, more than half of whom are allegedly living in impoverished conditions.

“Leading parliamentarians in The Hague and Brussels told us that they are now more aware of what is going on in Borneo including in Sabah and Sarawak. In fact, a delegation of EU met the Sabah state government officials only a few weeks ago in Kota Kinabalu.

The UNCHR was represented in the dialogue by rapporteurs and officers from its various sections, including the human rights section; the economic, social and cultural rights section; the religious rights section; and the indigenous peoples and minorities section.

CigMa president, Daniel John Jambun, presented his paper “Disenfranchisement of bona fide Sabahans”, the same paper he had presented in earlier meetings in The Hague, Holland, and Brussels in Belgium.

Political manipulation

Hindraf leader, P Waythamoorthy, also made a presentation on the condition of Indian community in Peninsular Malaysia.

Also joining the dialogue in the UNCHR office in Geneva was Clare Rewcastle-Brown who made a power-point presentation on the recently-concluded Sarawak state election.

Brown, who operates the Sarawak Report blog and also the London-based Radio Free Sarawak, highlighted how political manipulation of the simple-minded natives in Sarawak had contributed to the triumph of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) in the recent Sarawak election.

Borneo Island is one of the most divided islands in the world with three countries – Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia – governing parts of it. Including the tiny sultanate of Brunei, the island is divided into seven states or provinces – Sabah, Sarawak, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and East Kalimantan.

All states are endowed with gas and oil deposits, with Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei combined together having one of the biggest reserves of oil in the region. Large tracts of timber are being cleared for large-scale palm oil plantations which has become another big issue for the people in the island.

India Herald about Malaysian Hindus

25/4, 7.30pagi. Rumah Panjang OKU India Miskin-PJS 1 Petaling Utama Batu 7 Jln.Klang Lama akan diroboh secara paksa. Datang ramai2& Sebarkan. Hubungi S.Tiaga 0193085944 & Magen 0163202108 HINDRAF

Police Report on Ethnic Cleansing of Hindu Temple & Cemetery, Tamil School and Indian Village @ Bukit Jalil Estate by HRP, HINDRAF & NGOs’ Johor.

New Deputy IGP task is to literally clobber Hindraf on the head with the criminal & police gangsters batons.

20 bully policemen pounced on Hindraf Secretary P. Ramesh who was standing peacefully outside the Perak symbol of democracy ie the Perak state Assembly.
The racist Malay muslim policemen literally rounded him up, blocked the press, video and photographers, pushed him down to the ground, hit his head and lower back with police batons. It was a free for all.
Any and every policemen including Indian mandores DSP Glenn and ASP Rajendran were spotted on video kicking P. Ramesh from the back. Such cowards.
And for doing all of this finishing up Hindraf under Ops Padam Hindraf and “ethnically cleansing” the Indian poor Datuk Khalid will be rewarded with a Tan Sri ship within a few years when he retires.
(see  The Star 21/4/2011 at page N18)

25 years standing, eight (8) Seremban Indian flower shop owners forced to do business on kaki lima by racist UMNO regime. Denied permanent stalls despite 100 complaints.

UMNO has repeatedly played then out. They have been pushed around and told to move four times now.
This is the latest and tip of the iceberg case of the racist UMNO’s temporary, piece meal and hand out solution for the Indian poor. As usual permanent solution  is never given to the Indian poor.
Why deny these flower stall petty traders a permanent stall at the Seremban market when almost all other Malay muslims have all been granted their permanent stalls?
(see  Sinarharian 20/4/2011 at page  6)

Three (two sickly) Indian youths 20,20 and 21 racially profiled detained for 7 days arising from mere civil accident case by racist UMNO Polis Raja Di Malay-sia. Tip of the iceberg of victimization of Indian youths. Letter to A.G.

Vinodkumar (20) is suffering from asthma since one year old and Vijayakumar is suffering from fits and has even fallen down when riding his motorcycle. Saravanan is a total bystander who met up with Vinodkumar and Vijayakumar way after the said accident. After which Vinodkumar and Vijayakumar who sustained injuries and their motorcycle was damaged on being knocked down by Sheikh Ahmad Ali. The boys as is usually practiced had negotiated a payment to settle this matter. But Sheikh Ahmad Ali had lodged a police report which was with such haste termed “Kes Samun” (Robbery) by the racist UMNO police. Despite Sheikh Ahmad Ali within hours lodging a police report withdrawing his complaint the police still refuse to release them and have remanded them for seven (7) days – for a mere civil case.

If it was a Malay, Chinese, Orang Asli, Kadazan or Iban the racist Polis Raja Di Malaysia would treat it as a civil case and/or “Refer to Magistrate” and close the case. But when it is Indian youths a civil case automatically becomes a very serious “kes samun” and Robbery etc.

All this possible in 1 Malay-sia 1 Bumi and 1 Melayu

Every day hundreds of innocent Indian youths nationwide are being racially profiled and targeted for victimization by the racist UMNO Attorney General Tan Sri Gani Patail and Polis Raja Di Malay-sia and aided and abetted by their nasty Indian police mandores.

Imagine the misery, heart ache and heart sick their mothers, wives and family have to go through. And not being able to afford a lawyer and bail tens of thousands of these innocent Indian youths languish in jails and prisons. And when they come out of prison, they become the real criminals having learnt the “trade” from the real and hardcore prisoners in jail. And only to serve longer jail sentences thereafter if not shot dead by the racist Polis Raja Di Malaysia.

See our letter to the Attorney General hereinbelow for full details.

Karunai Nithi @ Compassionate Justice.








KUMAR HASHIMAH & CO
 No 6(A), Jalan Abdullah,
PEGUAMBELA & PEGUAMCARA Jalan Bangsar,
ADVOCATES & SOLICITORS
59000 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel : 03-2282 562 Fax : 03-2282 5245

P. UTHAYAKUMAR. LL.B, CLP.

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Date : 22 April 2011
Our Reference:
Your Reference:
Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail
Attorney General of Malaysia,
Attorney General’s Chambers                                     By Fax : 03-88905670
No. 45, Persiaran Perdana
Presint 4,
62100  Putrajaya
Dear Sirs, 
Re: Unfair Seven (7) day Remand of three sickly Indian youths arising from a were civil matter Road Traffic Accident and especially so when complainant has withdrawn the complaint via a police report.
We act for Vinodkumar a/l Nagendran (NRIC- 910509-14-6575), Saravanan a/l Rajadran (NRIC-900526-08-6229) and Vijayakumar a/l Rajadran( NRIC-910509-08-5549) of No. 3-1, Jalan 8C/6, Taman Setapak Indah, 53000 Kuala Lumpur.
With reference to the above mentioned matter, our clients had been arrested by police personnel from Setapak Police Station (L/KPL 147672 and 158586) at about 12.30 am on 19/4/2011 acting on a Police Report (Stp/4944/11) made against them.
Following are the brief facts of their arrest:
a) On the midnight of 18/4/2004 our clients namely Mr. Vinodkumar and Saravanan were riding their motorcycle along Jalan Air Panas, Setapak.
b) Their motorcycle was knocked down by a car driven by the Complainant Sheikh Ahmad Ali.
c) As a result of this collision Mr. Vinodkumar had injured his hand and damage was also caused to his motorcycle.
d) Our clients as is the practice and with the view to an amicable settlement asked for monetary compensation from the complainant who had voluntarily agreed to the same
e) The complainant had informed our clients that he needed to withdraw money from a nearby ATM Machine and in return handed over his hand phone voluntarily to our clients before leaving to the bank.
f) However our clients believe the complainant had gone to the Setapak Police Station and lodged a false report against our clients alleging that he has been robbed by our clients.
g) Then the Police arrived at the Air Biru Field at Air Panas, Setapak Kuala Lumpur and arrested our clients together one with Mr.Vijaykumar who happened to with Vinodkumar & Saravanan at that time but is not connected to the case at all. Why is this so?
However, the complainant had on the very same day on 19/4/2011 withdrawn the police report lodged against our clients and wanted this civil matter to be settled outside court via his police Report dated 19/4/2011. A copy of the Police Report is enclosed herewith for your reference.
Despite the fact that the complainant had withdraw the false report made against our clients and clearly having identified that Mr.Vijayakumar is not connected in this case at all but all three of them are as of date still being unfairly detained .
Our clients have been denied their right to a phone call and their parents have been denied the right to meet their children despite the fact that Mr. Vinodkumar is an asthmatic patient since one years old and Mr. Vijaykumar is suffering from fits since 12 years of age and need proper medication. We had advised our clients’ parents to lodge a police report to ensure the safety of our clients. A copy of their Police Reports are enclosed herewith for your reference.
We have made some twenty or so phone calls to the police headquarters in Bukit Aman, SIO, I.O and the Jinjang Police Station but as usual to no avail.
Therefore with all due respect to your goodselves, we humbly request the release of all our clients forthwith and in any event by 5.00 p.m today (22/4/2011). And if there is evidence of a crime they can always be prosecuted thereafter. This is especially so because the complainant has already voluntarily withdrawn his police report and wants this civil matter to be settled outside Court. Our clients have been already detained for four days of police investigations and it is not fair to detain them for another three days until Monday and/ or anytime thereafter.
Kindly revert to us accordingly.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
_________________________
CC
1. Dato’ Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah
Head of Prosecution Attorney General Chambers
No. 45, Persiaran Perdana Fax: 03-88905624
Presint 4  62100  Putrajaya Email: tam@agc.gov.my
2. Head of Prosecution
Jabatan Peguam Negara ,Cawangan Wilayah Persekutuan,
Tingkat 17 bangunan Bank Rakyat
Jalan Tangsi 50512 Kuala Lumpur
Fax: 03-26934309
3. ACP Zakaria Bin Pagan
Officer In Charge Of Police District(OCPD) IPD Sentul,
Jalan Jinjang Utara, 52000 Kuala Lumpur

Racist UMNO A.G. Tan Sri Gani Patail refuse to prosecute muslim preacher insulting Hindu religion.

Cheng continues to draw flak over holiday proposal

The proposal to cancel Deepavali and Wesak Day holidays is still hitting a raw nerve with politicians despite a reported denial by William Cheng.

GEORGE TOWN: Two Barisan Nasional local leaders have demanded a public apology from a Chinese business leader for stirring racial sentiments by suggesting the cancellation of public holidays for Deepavali and Wesak Day celebrations.

Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce chairman William Cheng drew flak from Penang MIC youth wing chief J Dhinagaran and Penang Gerakan’s legal and human rights bureau head Baljit Singh over his alleged statement.

Dhinagaran slammed Cheng for insulting the minority groups in the country as if “they are insignificant and irrelevant for nation building.”

“The public holidays reflect the government’s multi racial policy.

“Cheng is obviously undermining it and showing a total disrespect for the contributions made by minorities to the country’s growth thus far.

“He owes minorities an immediate public apology,” insisted Dhinagaran, who’s also the MIC national youth treasurer.

This was concurred by Baljit, who added that Cheng was definitely not representing the general view of majority Malaysian Chinese.

He slammed Cheng for allegedly disgracing his own community as if suggesting that the “Chinese were money faced people.”

“Cheng should have been tactful because it involved religious sentiments of Malaysians.

“He seems to suggest a public holiday should only be given if the event was economically vibrant,” he said.

Why Deepavali and Wesak Day?

He said he could not understand why Cheng was singling out only Deepavali and Wesak Day celebrations when there were many other unnecessary public holidays.

Baljit, who is a Sikh, reminded Cheng even though Hindus and Buddhists were minorities, they too play a pivotal role in shaping the political and socio-economic landscapes in the country.

In another statement, DAP’s national vice-chairman M Kula Sagaran also lashed out at Cheng over his proposal.

“While it is fair and right for businessmen and employers to put productivity as their first priority, they must not think of robbing the Hindus and Buddhists of the two public holidays,” he said.

He added that Cheng should have instead complained of the last-minute declaration of public holidays by the government.

Parroting Umno’s views

In an interview with a vernacular newspaper last week, Cheng has purportedly called on the government to consider cancelling public holidays for Deepavali and Wesak Day because the festivals were not celebrated by majority Malaysians.

He complained that the country had too many holidays and that these were affecting the economy.

His suggestions drew criticism from various quarters, including MIC publicity and communication chief S Vell Paari, former president of Malaysia Hindu Sangam A Vaithilingam and commentators in portal mails, blogs and social network Facebook.

Some blasted Cheng for being racist and intolerant, while others chided him of being a greedy businessman with a motto of “money, money and make more money.”

Several commentators alleged that Cheng could well be parroting racist views of certain elements in ruling party, Umno.

Cheng, as quoted in a Tamil daily yesterday, denied making such a call.

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Word “Paria” in Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka dictionary under racist UMNO PM Najib Razak’s orders.

(see  The Sun  20/4/2011 at page 2)

From PJS1 longhouse to?

Disabled couple in dire straits

Unable to work and too old to apply for housing loans, they're among 41 families of Kampung Muniandy facing eviction.

KUALA LUMPUR: M Veeriah, a 60-year-old disabled man and his partially blind wife Tamilselvi, 59, will be homeless and destitute if the Selangor state government has its way.

Their home of 30 years in Kampung Muniandy PJS1 has been earmarked for demolishment on April 25 to make way for a school project.

In desperation, the couple turned up at the Human Rights Party headquarters in Bangsar to seek help and assistance.

S Jayathas, HRP’s information chief, took up the couple’s cause and this morning handed a memorandum addressed to Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim to halt the destruction of the couple’s home.

The memorandum was handed over to an official at the Parliament, to be delivered to Khalid later.

Jayathas pointed out that as the couple were unable to work and too old to apply for loans, they had nowhere else to go and the demolition would leave them without shelter.

He said that the Selangor government was “morally obliged” to provide alternative housing for free to settlers above the age of 50.

“The state government should at the very least provide them with rent-free homes throughout their lifetime,” said Jayathas.

Notice to move before April 25

He urged the state government to provide a written guarantee to these “underprivileged, victimised Indian settlers” to ensure that they would be sheltered.

The demolition notice requested that the residents move out before April 25.

Kampung Muniandy currently houses 41 Indian families, all of whom have been served eviction notices.

The project developer of Kampung Muniandy had in fact promised to build low cost houses for the initial group of 276 families seven years ago.

Of these, 235 have been shifted to low-cost housing scheme in Lembah Subang but 41 remained despite having signed Sale and Purchase agreements.

All of them paid deposits of up to RM4,000 for these homes costing between RM35,000 and RM42,000.

“The settlers have been waiting for the past seven years for their S&Ps by the developer to be honoured,” said Jayathas.

Groups blast 'cancel Deepavali, Wesak hols' call

(Malaysiakini) The call by the chairperson of the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce for the public holidays of Deeapavali and Wesak to be cancelled and made into normal working days has raised the ire of groups, who have demanded that the remark be retracted and an apology issued. 

William Cheng (left) had reportedly lamented as 'too many' the number of public holidays for being bad for business. 

The government should consider cancelling Deepavali and Wesak Day, Cheng was said to have proposed, as only a “minority” group of people celebrate the occasions. 

Expressing “shock” at his statement today, DAP said expressed its “strongest objection” against the proposal.

First of all, said the party's national vice-chairperson, Hindus who celebrate Deepavali and Buddhists who celebrate Wesak are not a mere minority. 

“These festivals are celebrated by millions in this country,” said M Kulasegaran, who is also DAP's Ipoh Barat member of parliament.

While it is fair and right for the business community and employers to put productivity as their first priority, they must not think of “robbing” the Hindus and Buddhists of the two public holidays.

“In fact, no one should rob any race or group of the current public holidays already gazetted,” said Kulasegaran (right), who said businesses should seek other ways to improve productivity instead of merely making a holiday a workday.

“Besides, public holidays encourage economic growth as more people will travel to tourist spots and throng the shopping centres,” he added. 

Cheng should realize that the declaration of some festivals as public holidays carries with it the significance of the government's respect for and recognition of the importance of the festivals, said Kulasegaran.

Cheng's statement that Deepavali and Wesak public holidays should be cancelled is thus is not only puzzling but “is in fact insensitive, irresponsible, totally ridiculous and unacceptable.”

“He must withdraw his comments and tender a public apology to the Hindus and Buddhists.”

Sin Chew runs clarification

Echoing his demands was the Malaysian Hindu Sangam, whose president RS Mohan Shan said It was “absolutely irresponsible” of Cheng to dismiss Deepavali and Wesak Day purportedly because the occasions are not celebrated by as many people as other festivities.

“Tan Sri William Cheng should have realised that his statement would hurt the sentiment and feelings of the Hindus and Buddhists in the country. 

“As a prominent person in the business community, he should have known that his statement would also have far-reaching consequences,” said Mohan Shan in a statement.

The Malaysia Hindu Sangam urged Cheng to immediately withdraw his statement and offer his apologies to the Hindus and Buddhists in the country for making “this extremely short-sighted and meaningless suggestion,” said Mohan Shan.

Meanwhile, the newspaper which first carried the news has published a clarification today that Cheng did not make the statement on removing Deepavali and Wesak as national public holidays.

Earlier this week, Sin Chew Daily quoted Cheng, who suggested a reduction of national public holidays from 17 days to 15 days, excluding Deepavali and Wesak

Video HINDRAF P.Ramesh: 20 police baton attack on head in pain after 8 days.