First year Anniversary of the HINDRAF People Power Makkal Sakthi fell on the 25/11/08 in a small but meaningful way. After a series of nationwide roadshows in September- November 2007 we have succeeded in awakening the Indians out of their fear of violence by UMNO as in the 13th May 1969 or the Kg. Medan violence. Our estimate was that about 100,000 over Indians had braved the whole Government machinery and threats of arrest and even rumours of a shooting order to attend the HINDRAF rally on the 25th of November 2007. The Chief Police Officer of Selangor had on the TV1 news at 7.00 am on 26.11.08 acknowledged that 300,000 had turned up on the 25th November 2007 HINDRAF rally. To all of you who had attended this rally, be proud that you were actually part of that historic rally which may never happen again in that magnititude during our lifetime.
HINDRAF PAYS LAST RESPECTS TO YANG DIPERTUAN BESAR OF NEGERI SEMBILAN
On behalf of HINDRAF the Negeri Sembilan Makkal Sakthi members paid their last respect to the Ruler of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Jaafar Tuanku Abdul Rahman who passed away peacefully on the 27th December 2007
Led by P.Waytha Nayagi the sister of ISA detainee P.Uthayakumar members of Makkal Sakthi paid their last respects including Siva, Komalam, and Mathavan who are key members of Makkal Sakthi Negeri Sembilan team.
Last week Manickavasagam the Kapar MP and Jayathas led a delegation to the Negeri Sembilan Royal Palace to deliver a Loyalty Petition to His Highneess the Ruler Of Negeri Sembilan to pledge its allegiance to the Ruler.
Let HINDRAF, take this opportunity to wish you, your family and friends best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2009.
HINDRAF would like to pay tribute to all HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS - those who had faced adversity and being continuously subject to various methods of systematic discrimination and marginalization practiced by the present UMNO led government as these true children of the nation have persevered through their struggle directly and indirectly to create the awareness and truly have awaken the nation.
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The following is a response to a letter from Kim Quek in Malaysiakini which I have appended below.
At the outset, I would like to say that even though I offer different opinions than our erstwhile Mr. Kim Quek, I am myself a strong proponent of regime change in our country. There are significant assumptions in Mr.Kim Quek's arguments that need to be dealt with. The conclusions may be the same, but the assumptions are vastly different.
In Kim Quek’s words - Let us start our deliberation by first asking this question: Has there been a government policy to deliberately marginalize the Indian community? Kim Quek says no.
In a press conference given by Manickavasagam, the PKR MP, he referred to Sivarasa the Vice President of the PKR as a Mandore. This is the same allegation that Uthayakumar levelled against MIC and its leaders.
Is Sivarasa a mandore in the vein of the MIC?
So, what does it mean to be a Mandore? A Mandore is one who essentially does the bidding of his overlord master.He represents his master's interests and behaves in ways that gets the results his master so desires. This often is not what the people desire, but through cajoling, through threats, through deceit, through treachery the Mandore achieves his master's objectives despite it being detrimental to the interest of the people.
UMNO was MICs overlord. Who is Sivarasa's overlord??
'Police poured boiling water on me': detainee
S Pathmawathy | Dec 31, 08 5:26pm A twenty-seven-year-old car park attendant has alleged that he was tortured during interrogation by police who beat him with a rubber hose and splashed boiling hot water on his body.
MCPXB Prabakar said he was picked up from his work place at Sri Hartamas on Dec 23 and taken for interrogation at the Brickfields police district headquarters where he was repeatedly beaten, kicked and stepped-on by at least 10 police personnel.
The restiveness of Indians in the country continues unabated, raising its heads up in various forms every so regularly. The latest in this series, is the purported move by Indian representatives in the Pakatan Rakyat Coalition threatening to pull out from the government. By the discussion that follow, I do not in any way intend to allocate blame or to insinuate that the participants in the latest quarrel are wrong . Rather, what I am saying is that the real issue needs to be understood differently and the issues to be resolved framed differently so that this move on the part of the Indian Reps in PR to leave the coalition is not misunderstood or trivialized.
25/12/08
Kottai Malai Vinayager Temple, Puduraya.
Almost a month Makkal SAKTHI lighted up a giant agal vilake for those family who lost thier love ones at Bombay Blast. Today went to temple and I saw the agal vilake is still lighted up.
On behalf of the Makkal Sakti movement I would like to convey heartiest Christmas and New Year greetings to all our Christian brothers and sisters.Hindraf and Makkal Sakthi is indeed a multi religious organisation and there is no better time to reinforce this solidarity than during this festival.
Christmas celebrates Jesus Christ a great leader of mankind, who stood up for the poor and the marginalised all through his life. What he stood up for is what Hindraf and Makkal Sakthi is attempting to do. Jesus was crucified for that. History is full of these acts of atrocity by the the powers that be. But the people always prevail and today Jesus is in altars all over the world.
Handing of Peoples Petition to Swear Allegience to the Rulers by Malaysian Indian.
3.15pm at Istana Hinggap Seremban, Malaysian Indians sent the petition to swear allegience to the Rulers and hope the Rulers can address issues of marginalization & discrimination of UMNO goverment against Malaysian Indians.
We were disappointed that the Istana official was not there to receive our petition. The official, Datuk Abdullah who was not there, had instructed Lans Corperal Zurish (Police ID.No 146288) to receive on behalf of Istana.
HINDRAF APPEALS UPON HUNGER STRIKERS TO CALL OFF STRIKE.
OPPRESSIVE UMNO REGIME WOULD PAY FOR THEIR SINS.
HINDRAF appreciates the effort of S.Jayathas and 14 others who began a hunger strike to protest the ISA arrests and had vowed to go on hunger strike until the Government abolishes the ISA.
Last few days have been tough and testing moments for those participating. They are now weak and Mr jayathas had to be rushed to hospital today after he collapsed during the Maha yaagam (Fire ritual). Jayathas is a kidney patient and last had his dialysis done a week ago.
MAKKAL SAKTHI
135-3-A JALAN TOMAN 7
KEMAYAN SQUARE 70200 SEREMBAN.
The Secretary to
DYMM Yang Dipertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan
Istana Hinggap
Seremban.
16th December 2008
Dear Sir
RE: HANDING OF PEOPLE’S PETITION (PETITION RAKYAT) TO SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO RULERS BY MALAYSIAN INDIANS.
We refer to the above matter.
MAKKAL SAKTHI is a popular grass root movement of People’s Power, which arose as a result of the recent HINDRAF ban.
Kindly take note that on behalf of all loyal Malaysian Indians, we would be submitting a People’s Petition to swear our allegiance to the Rulers’ and we wish to do so as follows:
Date : 20th December 2008-12
Time : 3.00 PM
Venue: Istana Hinggap Seremban.
email from a friend....
"There r a lot of aloof characters in the Indian society wanting to speak for the community. These people never want to know or understand the perspective of communities who are different from them.... They're like tapiocas...brown or black on the outside but white inside( cakap lain buat lain ). These half baked clown tend to speak for everybody and anybody.
These "leaders" does not really understand people, those have missed the train and are following the footsteps of the 50s."
Quote "The more important a decision, the more important it is not be left in the hands of a single person"... James Surowiecki.
