Your Reference:

In Reply :

Date : 30/4/2012

YAB. Dato Seri Najib Razak

Prime Minister of Malaysia,

Block Utama Bangunan Perdana Putra, Faks : 03-8888 3444

Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, E-Mail:najib@pmo.gov.my

62502 Putrajaya.

Y.B Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz

Minister in the Prime Minister Department (Law),

Pejabat Y.B Menteri,

Tingkat 15,

Menara Parlimen, Fax : 03-20781719

50680 Kuala Lumpur. E-Mail : padangrengas@parlimen.gov.my

Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail,
Attorney General of Malaysia.
Aras 1-8, Block C3, Parcel C                              Fax: 03-88889369
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan             Email: ag@agc.gov.my
62512 Putrajaya

Dear Sirs,

Re: 1) Bersih 3.0 512 + 1,667 = 2179 rightly not prosecuted. Similarly withdraw charges against Hindraf 54 anti Interlok activists.

We refer to the above matter and to our letter to your goodselves dated 20/9/2011 and 26/4/2012 for which we are yet to receive a reply.

Your goodselves have outlawed Bersih in 2011 as you did to Hindraf on 15/10/07 in the prelude to the watershed 25^th November 2007 Hindraf peaceful Rally.

Your goodselves have earlier also rightly dropped criminal charges against all the 14 Bersih activist Councillors, 30 PSM Bersih activists (The Star 20/9/2011 at page 4) and the 1,667 Bersih 2.0 Rally activists who were arrested on 9/7/2011 and rightly never prosecuted. (Malaysiakini.com on 9/7/2011)

The Sun today 30/4/2012 at page 4 reported that 512 Bersih 3.0 activists were released on police bail and (were rightly not prosecuted) with this a total of 2,179.

But the 54 Hindraf anti Interlok activists were swiftly prosecuted within days of their arrest. Bersih activists have rightly not been prosecuted.

These 54 Hindraf Interlok activists were at all material times merely involved in peaceful anti Interlok Rallies nationwide and P.Uthayakumar for Sedition and were acting in the general public interest in particular championing the plight against the state and private sector sponsored racial segregation of the Indian poor who regretfully suffer the worst forms of violations of human rights but get the least attention also from Opposition parties, NGOs’ and the Malaysian civil society.

The aforesaid Hindraf human rights activists have been prosecuted at 6 different Magistrates and Sessions Courts nationwide as follows:-1) Mahkamah Majistret Ipoh- Kes Tangkap No.83-338-2011, 2)Mahkamah Majistret Selayang- Kes Tangkap No.83-296-11 & 83-295-11, 3) Mahkamah Majistret Jalan Duta Kuala Lumpur- Kes Tangkap No.1-83-2054-11, 4) Mahkamah Majistret Jalan Duta Kuala Lumpur- Kes Tangkap No.6-83-2084-2011, 5) Mahkamah Majistret Seremban- Kes Tangkap No.83-347-2011 and 6) Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur- Kes Tangkap No.3-62-548-2007.

Bersih has been declared to be no more a security threat and therefore allowed to hold their Bersih 3.0 Rally at a stadium on 28/4/12 said Home Minister Dato Seri Hishamuddin Hussein. (Malaysiakini 25/4/12). Pray tell us of how Hindraf is still a security threat since it was outlawed in 2007.

On a similar note and in the true spirit of “greater democratisation and allowing greater freedom to assemble by reviewing Section 27 of the Police Act 1967 (The Star headlines 16/9/2011) as announced by Prime Minister Najib Razak on the eve of Malaysia day, the new Peaceful Assembly Act and read with Article 8 (equality before the law) and Article 10 of the Federal Constitution which guarantees every citizen the right to freedom of speech and assembly” we hereby once again ask that the criminal prosecution against all these non self serving but to the contrary public interest and public spirited Hindraf human rights activists be forthwith withdrawn and Hindraf accordingly be granted legal status as an NGO.

Kindly revert to us accordingly.

Thank You. Yours Faithfully,

______________

P.Uthayakumar

De facto leader, Hindraf.