Y.A.B. Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim

Selangor Menteri Besar

Selangor State Secretariat Office,
Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah,
40503 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tel: 03 5544 7013
Fax: 03 5519 0032

08/06/08

Y.A.B.Tan Sri,

Re: Father’s Day ISA wish.

Weekly courtesy Public Transport for ISA detainees families from
KL to Kemta, Taiping, Perak.

We refer to the above matter and your statement in Utusan Malaysia last week offering transport and travelling expenses to Kemta prison Kamunting and school children’s allowances.

May we propose that the Selangor state government provides a free courtesy bus service belonging to the Selangor State Government from K.L. to Kemta prison once every week until all ISA detainees are released. This bus service could take off from outside Malaysiakini office in Bangsar, KL at 7am on every Sunday and ISA detainee families to be dropped back at the same point on the return journey. The Y.A.B. Menteri Besar could officially flag of this bus service on a date to be fixed preferably on or in conjunction with Father’s Day shortly. The Gabungan Mansuhkan ISA could be the co-coordinator to inform and publicise this bus service to the ISA detainee families.

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HINDRAF CHILDREN TO APPEAL TO AGONG (KING) FOR RELEASE OF ALL ISA DETAINEES ON FATHERS DAY - 15th JUNE 2008.

On Father’s Day June 15, 2008, seventy (70) HINDRAF children below the age of 10 years will lead a procession to the Agong’s Palace to present him with seventy (70) teddy bears as a Father’s day gift. This symbolic act is to show that at least seventy (70) children have been denied the right to celebrate father’s day with their fathers who are held as detainees in Kamunting under the cruel and inhuman ISA.

On this day, the Agong shall play the role of the father for these children as all Malaysians are his loyal citizens irrespective of their color, race, religion or following.

We invite HINDRAF supporters to contact Mr. Sambu should you wish to include your child/children to join this historic and symbolic occasion.

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Dear Reader, I’ve just came to know that our friend Satish who blogs in Olaichuvadi has met with a serious accident on recent Monday in Kluang, Johor and he’s badly injured. Immediately upon receiving the message, I called up Saras and inquired. It seems he just undergo an operation today. The operation cost is around 7K. He’s from a very poor family background. I also called up his fiancee to find out how is his condition. According to her, he’s still unconscious and get ups time to time out of a sudden while screaming. He’s still in the accident trauma maybe. I’m putting this on MakalVoice is for the purpose of getting some financial support for my friend Satish from generous hearted people like you. Please donate according at your own mean and please pray to the almighty for his fast recovery. I’m going to bank in my pledge now and if can….I’ll keep you guys updated on how much have been collected from time to time by getting infos from his fiancee. Thanks in advance and please read the below message for more detail.

BLOGGER WHO WAS AMONG THE 7 ARRESTED IN PENANG INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT AND NEEDS HELP !!!!

Dear friends,

Mr. Satish Kumar a blogger from Olaichuvadi was involved in an bad accident
on the 2/6/08. He was one of the 7 who were arrested during the anti ISA campaign last month in Penang Gurney Drive when he was covering the event for his blog. He is also a Tamil school primary teacher.

Mr. Satish has no any supports and lives all by his own. He was hit and run by a vechicle in Kluang Johor while he was riding on his motorbike. He has serious injuries including multiple broken bones, Shoulder dislocated and a broken thigh bone. He was first admitted to the General Hospital, Kluang but the nurse there informed that he would only go through a check up next Monday and did not take it seriously. His condition was neglected by Kluang General hospital. Fearing on this, our team decided to transfer him to the Kluang Utama Specialist Centre. The operation has been completed at 3am this morning based on humanitarian grounds but need to pay. As for now the bill has been amounted to RM 7000. He badly needs financial support to carry on with the treatment and save his legs.

Kindly support by donating any amount that you are able to give. Below is the bank in no:-

Name : Satish Kumar
Account No : 108114004851
Bank : Maybank

For any info pls contact Ms. Saras at 012-7162884

Your help is much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Racist UMNO deliberately victimizing thousands of Malaysian Indian Medical students from practicing in Malaysia with the deliberate intention of reducing the number of Malaysian Indian doctors in Malaysia. UMNO rather give the medical postings to foreigners than Malaysian Indians. The NST 30/05/08 pg 24 news report, letter to the editor proves this.

There are a number of foreign doctors (mostly from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and India) (presumably Muslims) from unrecognised Universities who are working in rural areas and university hospitals with the blessings of the health ministry. They do not have to sit for examinations to be registered and are given annual practicing certificates for up to three years. This is unfair as Malaysian doctors from unrecognised Universities have to sit exams. Why not employ them instead? Foreign doctors are also given places in the Master’s courses in public universities such as University Malaya and University Kebangsaan Malaysia when our own doctors are not given such privileges.

These foreign doctors are then given registration and annual practicing certificates so that they can undergo these courses and perform surgeries and procedures on patients. Isn’t it ridiculous that our own doctors from the same unrecognised universities are not allowed to do so? These foreign doctors then do locum in private hospitals and clinics and are therefore practically earning a living and studying at the same time while local doctors have to sit exams, do houseman ship and then work for the government for three years in order to apply for masters course. Foreign students are readily accepted into the medical courses in public universities.

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POLICE BAIL DELIBERATELY EXTENDED TILL THE 10th of JUNE

5 of us turned up at the Tanjong Tokong police station this afternoon to only be told that our remand has been extended till the 10th of June 08. Among those present was my self, Mr. Ong, Mr. Vimal, Ms. Lau Shu Shi, Mr Supramaniam and members of the press. It is very disappointing to hear of our remand. It shows how slow the police are in conducting their investigation. How much time more do they need to investigate 7 innocent activist which upholded their constitutional rights by protesting peacefully against the ISA and was later abused by the police. Are they delaying their investigation in order to scare us and slow down our upcoming protest so that we would divert our attention to our own case rather than the ISA. Till today we have not receive any apology from the Home Minister as called by the Penang State government to do so as it was a miss use of power by the Malaysian Police.

Protest in Gurney on ISA

I called upon the Malaysian Police to wrap up their investigation as fast as possible and drop all the charges that they have brought against us. Stop wasting our time, and start to work on many other important issues which effect the Public. Example, the robbery which took place in Komtar a few days ago. Komtar is located only 5min away from both the District Police HQ and State Police HQ. What a shame it is to the Police force for such incidents to happen. Don`t we have any safe place in Penang Anymore ?… and yet they can waste their time disturbing and arresting peaceful protesters as if there is no other cases for them to deal with.

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