Wild allegation by Aide to Anwar Ibrahim R.Suresh Kumar (cryingvoices)

R.Suresh Kumar the aide of Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader who is going through sodomy trials in Malaysia has called the Human Rights Party as an ” Illegal organisation and Maybe a worst scenario than a Terrorist” in a rather one sided video produced by Malaysiakini [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOEAkxEhvE ]. Human Rights Party at the other hand produced another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmaGLDQs-k8  to explain its intentions in organising the protest in front of the PKR Headquarters which was not explained or said in the video produced by Malaysiakini.

HRP Party Pro-Tem Sec.General Mr.P.Uthayakumar has stated his dissatisfaction towards the online news portal, accusing them for acting similar to the Mainstream Medias, which is biased and one sided with their own political agendas. Anwar aide R.Suresh Kumar agreed that he was part of the demonstrators in the Nov 25,2007 Hindraf Rally, and now giving a shocking statement that HRP is an illegal Organisation, despite knowing that Hindraf was the main subject and factor that lead the Pakatan Rakyat to win overwhelmingly in the past March 08 GE.

The sense of appreciation was not there in his interview to Malaysiakini, which can be clearing seen in his defensive statement against the protest by HRP. The Motive of HRP in organising the protest is to defend the poor and helpless Indians, and in the frustration over hope that has been shattered and promises that has not been fulfilled by Pakatan Rakyat since even before the 08 General Election. The issues that has been brought are Tamil School land issues, Temple issues, Graveyard Land issues and rights of the Indians as promised by the Pakatan Rakyat Government. In the same video by Malaysiakini,

Anwar aide R.Suresh Kumar said that HRP has to have a discussion with the BN ruled State Government Chief Ministers before meeting the PR ruled state Chief Ministers but one new information in the Video is, Chief Minister of Johor Bahru which never been heard before, I hope that R.Suresh Kumar will explain his statement regarding the Johor Bahru Chief Minister.

Why must HRP need to speak to the Chief Ministers of the BN ruled states? People voted them out and replace the Government to Pakatan Rakyat in the “HOPE” that they will bring changes to the normal 50years marginalization and unfair system by UMNO/Barisan Nasional. The system has not changed since Pakatan took over the 3 states, instead the pattern can be seen in the administration of the Pakatan Rakyat Government too. Ego,Unfair, Ignorant and not transparent.

Why must be the Aide of Anwar Ibrahim, talk about the Barisan MP’s and he is justifying the act of the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, what Anwar and his alliances has to do with the Barisan Nasional Government? Any Hidden agendas? Secret and unknown future collabration?

Pakatan Rakyat top leaders must have been at least present there to discuss and treat the protesters with more cautious with respect, since HRP the child born from Hindraf, was one of the main influence to the victory of Pakatan Rakyat and to make Anwar Ibrahim as the Oppositon leader from no where. I think appointing R.Suresh Kumar as the representative or on behalf of Anwar Ibrahim to accept the Memorandum is an old technique used by the UMNO regime and it is the disastrous decision made by Anwar Ibrahim.

We are unsure of the role of P.Vasanthakumar’s presence in the protest against the protest by HRP. Pakatan Rakyat has lost the trust of the supporters due to the ala UMNO way of handling protesters in a disrespectful manner. In the times of critical turmoil within the party and its coalition, Pakatan Rakyat could have handle this protest in a more fragile and cautious manner. This is a critical time where people are confused and unsure of the genuine intentions of political parties in which Pakatan has to make every move cautiously, sincerely and with their promises fulfilled.

 Rwindraj  www.cj.my/cryingvoices

At a function the PKR ADUN announced that some RM 23,000, peanuts, was given for the year 2009 and today she and the PKR MP gave out “help” (peanuts) to 50 poor Indian students (Sinar 11/3/2010 at page S14).

The community hall problem remains unsolved until the next general elections when PKR would make more promises.

 Admin

S’gor Tuan MB appoints 45 new Indian mandores. We need representation not representatives

As a result of the HRP and Hindraf protest outside the PKR HQ in Tropicana on 7/3/2010, this ex-UMNO tuan MB is trying to do damage control in doing an UMNO style appointment of 45 new Indian mandores to play the role of mediator between the government and the people to tackle issues and problems involving the Indian community, says the Tuan Menteri Besar.

But all these Indian mandores i.e. the 45 new and in fact all the other MP, Exco, ADUN, Councillor, Village Heads, etc., have almost zero powers to address let alone solve the Indian problems. All these Indian mandores are decorative flower pot show pieces just like UMNO’s show pieces in the MIC mandores in the previous 50 years.

We need representation and not representatives.

In any event why is PKR doing an UMNO by appointing Indians to handle Indian problems. Since they are claiming to be a “multiracial” party, PKR should appoint Malays and Chinese to solve Indian problems.

And what is the big need to determine Indian problems and solutions as if it is not known? The tamil schools, temples, cemeteries, etc just need an allocation of land! Why is this so hard to understand?

S. Jayathas

Ananda Krishnan top philanthropist by Forbes Magazine – Indians excluded

This yet again another UMNO propaganda wayang kulit that the top 48 richest men in Asia Pacific includes an Indian.

Ananda Krishnan is a mere proxy for scores of UMNO linked corporate figures linked in particular to Dr. Mahathir.

As we have posted before the tax that Ananda pays yearly to the Income Tax Department estimated in the sum of RM 4 billion alone could solve half the critical Indian problems in Malaysia.

P. Uthayakumar

PKR Selangor MB’s RM 5,000.00 for Malay shot by police. DAP Penang CM – house for Chinese. Zero for Indians

PKR, DAP and PAS all claim to be multiracial parties but in practice it is other wise. UMNOs’ racism has even spilled over to these Opposition PKR, DAP and PAS parties.

Scores of Indian youths have been shot dead by the police. But the PKR Tuan Selangor M.B led government never gave them a single cent. Perhaps because they all died wheras this Malay lady survived! (We are happy this Malay lady was granted some compensation, in fact should have been awarded more).

Similarly the 24 Kg Buah Pala Indian settlers whose houses were ruthlessly demolished by DAP’s Kapitan Lim Guan Eng, but zero houses let alone the wayang kulit RM 600,000.00 double storey houses supposedly to be given to the Indians.

Refer to newsreports below:-

Malaysiakini

S’gor donates RM5,000 to police shooting victim

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Mar 9, 10 4:17pm

The Selangor state government has donated RM5,000 to unemployed single mother Norizan Salleh, 30, who was allegedly shot five times and assaulted by the police.

The donation was presented by Womens Affair, Science, Technology and Inovations exco Rodziah Ismail at the state secretariat building in Shah Alam today, as part of the state government’s effort to mark International Women’s Day.

According to her written 

HYPERLINK “http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/123651″ complaints to the Human Rights Commission and the police, Norizan (left) was shot on the chest and wrist while traveling in a car along the Middle Ring Road II on Oct 30 last year.

She was then pulled out of the car and assaulted further, resulting in a broken rib. The incident has left her with a hefty RM18,000 medical bill.

Her attempts to seek a 

HYPERLINK “http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/125145″ meeting with Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to file an official complaint were futile.

Women decision makers

In a statement today, Rodziah slammed Hishammuddin for refusing to take action against those who assaulted and shot Norizan.

“The home minister cannot run away from his responsibilities (and must) take action against the police because this involves public safety, especially to women,” she said.

Meanwhile, Rodziah (left) said the state government was committed to empowering women who makes up 50 percent of the population.

“The state government ensures that more than 30 percent of the top decision makers who are directly involved in state planning and development are women,” she said.

“The state government is also working hard to increase the number of women policy and decision makers at both public and private sectors.”

2) Ketua Menteri arah beri bantuan termasuk rumah (BH 10/3/2010 at page 6)

There should be a consistent and non-racial basis of awarding compensation to victims.

T. Ramu

Anwar Ibrahim gets low level Indian mandores to respond to HRP & Hindraf protest at PKR HQ on March 7th, 2010

These low level mandores are instructed by Anwar Ibrahim to say in effect that peanuts here and there have been dished out, as UMNO had been doing for 50 years. Their plans and promises that has been made is their “achievement”. MIC fared better as they got their Minister mandores, Deputy Ministers, MPs’ Excos’ etc to do this mandore job.

This ex-UMNO No. 2 top leader is now displaying his prowess and ferocity like his ex UMNO party.

Imagine what he is going to do for Indians when he gets to Putrajaya.

S. Jayathas

Mischievous Malaysiakini.com & Steven Gan

The UMNO controlled Bernama News agency yesterday reported with the sub headlines “Unfulfilled promises for Indians as Pakatan rule continues” (9/3/2010).

Malaysiakini.com and Steven Gan’s mischievously reports the same Bernama news but with the heading “Uthaya” MIC slam Pakatan’s unfulfilled promises”, with the view to maliciously give the impression that P. Uthayakumar is in cohorts with the MIC, and provides the opening for readers to bash HRP, Hindraf and P. Uthayakumar. This is slanted reporting!

Malaysiakini.com should return to it’s original principles of being the voice for the voiceless and the underdogs and stop being a blind PKR and PR mouthpiece and anti the voiceless and underdog HRP, Hindraf and ethnic minority Malaysian Indians.

The latest and today’s example of Malaysiakini.com and Steven Gan not being the voice for the voiceless and underdog Indians is the newsreport in Malaysia Nanban dated 10/3/10 at page 3 to the effect that about 10,000 Tamil school pupils enrolling in Standard One are unable to read and write at all because of poverty and therefore they did not attend kindergardens. This and hundreds of other such reports are not reported by even Malaysiakini.com, just as the UMNO controlled mainstream media, as it may be deemed to be “not pressworthy” i.e., it does not appeal to 92% of the malay, muslim, natives and Chinese majoritarian “political gallery”. Problematic Indian issues are blacked out.

The least Malaysiakini.com could do is to allow links to commentaries in our HRP website in their malaysiakini website. Which they did, but after just three weeks even this link had been removed under PKR’s pressure.

Just browse Malaysiakini.com on a day to day basis and one can conclude that just about every community’s interest is highlighted accordingly, except the Indian poor and underprivileged inspite of the acute nature and gravity of it.

So much for Malaysiakini.com’s press freedom and being the voice for the voiceless and the underdogs! Et tu Brutus? What a disappointment.

S. Jayathas

Information Chief

Uthaya, MIC slam Pakatan’s ‘unfulfilled promises’

Mar 9, 10 4:42pm

Two years ago, the 1.8 million-strong Indian Malaysian community was full of expectations when it backed the opposition Pakatan Rakyat to capture several key states at the 2008 general election.

The rallying call by current Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim in the run-up to the election was ‘Makkal Sakti’ or the people’s power, which stoked the emotions of Indians who then felt neglected by the BN government, after several key issues confronting them were unresolved.

But BN under the stewardship of new premier Najib Razak has since worked to win back the community.

“Both the PM and his deputy (Muhyiddin Yassin) are seen as being sincere in aiding the community now. Their stance on matters which concern the community is being well received. Overall, I have yet to see anything specific done by the opposition to help the community in the states they rule.

“Their election promises remain as just promises. It must also be noted that the demolition of temples has stopped. But things like assistance to Tamil schools by the respective state government’s is not forthcoming as promised.

“On other issues, the people are dissatisfied. Those who supported the opposition at the 2008 election feel more let down than those who just wanted to give them an opportunity,” veteran politican M Mahalingam told Bernama.

The Indian community is fragmented into various groups and it has, at least, six political parties to choose from.

They are MIC, People’s Progressive Party or PPP (although multiracial, the party is predominantly made up of Indians), Indian Progressive Front (IPF), Malaysian Indian United Party (Miup), the newly-formed Malaysian Makkal Sakti Party and the proposed Human Rights Party (HRP).

Uthaya criticises Pakatan

Of the parties above, only the MIC and PPP are in the BN while IPF, Miup and Makkal Sakti are now all BN-friendly. HRP had earlier openly joined hands with the opposition, but its political allegiance remains questionable.

Yesterday, HRP pro-tem secretary-general P Uthayakumar slammed the opposition pact, saying that its leaders had failed to fulfill their promises made during the last general election in solving problems faced by the Indian poor.

He said, after two years that the Pakatan coalition became the government in four states, they still had not understood the real aspirations of the Indian poor.

“We had great hopes in the opposition parties when we urged the Indians to vote overwhelmingly for the Pakatan coalition in the last general election.

“We attribute this to leadership without vision. You (Pakatan leaders) cannot understand the aspirations of the people who voted you in. You played the traditional political game of illusions and promises,” he said in a letter to Anwar, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, Kedah Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak and Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

Uthayakumar said, although the leaders had complete authority over state land matters, which was the most pressing issue to the Indian poor, yet till today, they had completely ignored this issue in Penang, Kedah and Selangor.

On Sunday, Uthayakumar led a group of 100 HRP supporters to protest outside the headquarters of opposition party PKR.

Dissatisfaction with BN

MIC president S Samy Vellu said the opposition’s win at the 2008 election was due to dissatisfaction towards the BN, which was eventually manipulated by the opposition.

“But now, the people are starting to realise that these promises were made just to win votes and not with the intention of helping the community.

“Even in states governed by the opposition, they had failed to fulfill their promises… not only that, they have also been accused of being unfair and had failed in looking after the welfare of the community which was guaranteed in their election pledge.

“I feel this would be the best time to seize the support of the Indian community towards the BN. BN has to work hard and retain its status as the conduit of the people and the government.

“We have strong leadership, who are close to the people. In my (years of) service, I have not seen a prime minister who is closer to the rakyat than Najib,” said Samy Vellu, who has served as MIC president for over 30 years.

- Bernama

Unfulfilled promises for Indians as Pakatan rule continues

 2010-03-09 15:58

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) — Two years ago, the 1.8 million-strong Malaysian Indian community was full of expectations when it backed the opposition, Pakatan Rakyat, to capture several key states at the nation’s 2008 general election.

The rallying call by current Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the run-up to the election was ‘Makkal Sakti’ or the people’s power, which stoked the emotions of Indians who then felt neglected by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government, after several key issues confronting them were unresolved.

As a result, Indians who traditionally backed the ruling BN, turned to the Pakatan Rakyat, which was a loose coalition made up of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), PAS and the DAP, at the 2008 polls which saw BN losing four states – Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor — to add to Kelantan which was already in the hands of PAS.

Perak has since gone back to the BN, following the declaration by three opposition state assemblymen that they were quitting Pakatan but wanted to remain independent candidates, a move which saw the BN take over the silver state by default.

The March 8, 2008 general election was the ruling government’s worst showing in the county’s history and soon after the polls, alarm bells were ringing with political soothsayers predicting that if the trend were to continue, then the Opposition would make a headway or even form the next federal government at the subsequent general elections slatted for 2013.

This prediction was based on Pakatan’s election promises and its so-called ‘People First’ slogan but after 24 months, all expectations and promises remain unrealised while its supporters are slowly but surely, making a return to the BN fold.

Indians, in this case particularly, feel extremely let down as no concrete plan or action has been initiated in opposition-held states to uplift the status of Indians living there. On the contrary, it is the BN under the stewardship of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak which is attracting the community.

“Both the PM and his deputy (Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin) are seen as being sincere in aiding the community now. Their stance on matters which concern the community is being well received. Overall, I have yet to see anything specific done by the Opposition to help the community in the states they rule.

“Their election promises remain as just promises. It must also be noted that the demolition of temples has stopped. But things like assistance to Tamil schools by the respective state government’s is not forthcoming as promised.

“On other issues, the people are dissatisfied. Those who supported the opposition at the 2008 election feel more let down than those who just wanted to give them an opportunity,” veteran politican Tan Sri M. Mahalingam told Bernama.

One of the key issues played up by the opposition in their 2008 election campaign was the demolition of Hindu temples to make way for development in several states, expecially Selangor.

The Indian community is fragmented into various groups and it has, at least, six political parties to choose from. They are MIC, People’s Progressive Party or PPP (although multiracial, the party is predominantly made up of Indians), Indian Progressive Front (IPF), Malaysian Indian United Party (Miup), the newly-formed Malaysian Makkal Sakti Party and the proposed Human Rights Party (HRP).

Of the parties above, only the MIC and PPP are in the BN while IPF, Miup and Makkal Sakti are now all BN-friendly. HRP had earlier, openly joined hands with the opposition but its political alliance now remains a question due to the ineffective Pakatan.

Yesterday, HRP pro-tem secretary-general P. Uthayakumar slammed the Opposition pact, saying that its leaders had failed to fulfill their promises made during the last general election in solving problems faced by the Indian poor.

He said, after two years that the Pakatan coalition became the government in four states, they still had not understood the real aspirations of the Indian poor.

“We had great hopes in the opposition parties when we urged the Indians to vote overwhelmingly for the Pakatan coalition in the last general election.

“We attribute this to leadership without vision. You (Pakatan leaders) cannot understand the aspirations of the people who voted you in. You played the traditional political game of illusions and promises,” he said in a letter to Anwar, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak and Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. The letter was made available to the media.

Uthayakumar said, although the leaders had complete authority over state land matters, which was the most pressing issue to the Indian poor, yet till today, they had completely ignored this issue in Penang, Kedah and Selangor.

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, when contacted by Bernama, said the opposition’s win at the 2008 election was due to dissatisfaction towards the BN, which was eventually manipulated by the opposition.

“But now, the people are starting to realise that these promises were made just to win votes and not with the intention of helping the community. Even in states governed by the opposition, they had failed to fulfill their promises…not only that, they have also been accused of being unfair and had failed in looking after the welfare of the community which was guaranteed in their election pledge.

“I feel this would be the best time to seize the support of the Indian community towards the BN. BN has to work hard and retain its status as the conduit of the people and the government.

“We have strong leadership, who are close to the people. In my (years of) service, I have not seen a prime minister who is closer to the rakyat than Najib,” said Samy Vellu, who has served as MIC president since 1979.

While the Indian support is slowly but surely making its way back to the BN, it is now in the hands of the ruling government how it will continue to woo the community back to its fold as indications on the ground are that the Indian community feels cheated by the opposition. ( By S. Retnanathan/ Bernama)