Tamil Nesan (21/10/08)
Dewan rejects emergency motion on Hindraf
The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat has rejected an emergency motion filed by M. Kulasegaran (DAP - Ipoh Barat) to discuss the Hindraf issue after it was declared illegal.
The emergency motion, filed last Friday, was rejected by the Speaker in chambers on the ground that there was no urgency to debate the matter.
Kulasegaran raised the issue in the Dewan Rakyat Monday but Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia told him that it was not necessary to allow the emergency motion as MPs could do so in their speech on budget.
Kulasegaran filed an emergency motion over “unjust, unwarranted and ham-fisted” ban of Hindraf.
In his application, Kulasegaran urged the government to immediately lift the ban and engage Hindraf for the betterment of the Indian community.
He said the move to ban Hindraf would only aggravate the disaffection of the Indian community with the Government.
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