Chennai, March 24 : Malaysia’s interest in signing an agreement with India to protect Indian workers is a diversionary tactic intended to keep the latter quiet on the rights of Malaysians of Indian origin, a leader of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) said here Monday.

“Such an MoU (memorandum of understanding) protecting just the Indian workers’ rights will effectively silence the government of India on the issue of rights of Malaysians of Indian origin,” said Hindraf leader P. Waytha Moorthy.

“There are workers of all nationalities in Malaysia and the country has enough laws to protect foreign workers. An MoU with India will only create discrimination between foreign workers in Malaysia.”

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RE: “FRAGILE” SAMY-SUBRA PACT IS NO “POP” TO HEAL THE “FRACTURED” INDIAN COMMUNITY. MIC NEEDS TO PURGE ALL CRONY LEADERS AND ABSORB NEW BLOOD WITH VISION FOR THE FUTURE PROGRESIVE INDIANS.

HINDRAF views the “fragile” Samy-Subra pact no POP to heal the “fractured” Indian community who have been marginalized over the last 50 years.

The MIC echelons failed to realize that the real reason behind the loss of Indian community support is the communities’ suppression, marginalization and discrimination over the years by the majority dominant bully rule of UMNO led Government of which MIC is part of.

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At last, our MIC chief Uncle Sam has made a gentlemen statement that he’s not going to offer himself to accept any cabinet post in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s new administration. He also mentioned that he would not return to the Cabinet by seeking a senatorship title.

It is learnt that he has submitted the names of the three MIC parliamentarians - Dr S Subramaniam (party secretary general and Segamat MP), K Devamany (central working committee member and Cameron Highlands MP) and M Saravanan (party information chief and Tapah MP).

New face Saravanan, also the Federal Territory MIC chief, is seen as a favourite to be offered a minister’s post.

Most Indians in Malaysia were celebrating while Uncle Sam suffered a very humiliating loss on the recent election. They were even merrier when other candidates of MIC were being casualties on the heavy defeats in the midst of a swing among the voters, which resulted opposition new comers to win unprecedented number of seats in parliament and DUN.

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Samy to stay on as MIC chief

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who crashed to a shock defeat in the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat, will continue as the MIC president and restructure and rebuild the party.

In a statement, he said he was not feeling unhappy but reminded the MIC members that they were in a very challenging period. - Star

After sitting so comfortably in his parliamentary seat for Sungai Siput and as a minister since 1979, he lost with great humiliation to his competitor Dr D Jeyakumar for the first time with a vote different of 1820++. He knew the Indians were not happy with him, but he was stubborn and doesn’t want to accept the reality.

While I was back in my Hometown Taiping to vote, I have heard people saying that he is campaigning so aggressively on his territory for the first time. He bought 300 brand new Motorcycles for the Orang Asli and regained jewelries from pawnshops for local Indians there. Still he was not able to capture their support. Why?

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