By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
PUTRAJAYA, A 12 member group led by Hindraf national coordinator, S. Jayathas, submitted a memorandum at the prime minister’s office.
The memorandum asked for a meeting with the prime minister in two weeks time in order to discuss on Hindraf’s 18 point demands.
The Hindu activist group handed in their first memorandum to the former prime minister Tun Abdullah Badawi two years ago but did not receive any response.
In a press statement, Hindaf Chairman P. Waythamoorthy said that he hopes that Datuk Seri Najib Razak would not ignore them like the previous administration.
“Hindraf, in good faith, wishes that the Najib administration will grant us an opportunity whereby we will be able to raise our 18 point demands to seek amicable and workable solutions for the systematically marginalized and discriminated Malaysian Indians,” he said.
Waythamoorthy hopes that Najib will fulfill the 1 Malaysia promise and listen to the “grievances brought forward by Hindraf.”
Jayathas also pointed out that 1 Malaysia was about equality for all races.
“Until now there is no implementation of the 18 point demand. The Prime Minister says 1 Malaysia and we believe that if it is truly 1 Malaysia, then everybody will be treated equally. One Malaysia is equal rights but what is happening now is just lip service and hearsay.
“We are not asking for more than the rights of other people but what we are asking is for equal rights,” Jayathas told The Malaysian Insider.
Dr Oh Ei Sun, political secretary to the prime minister, was present to receive the memorandum and told Jayathas that he would convey the message to Najib.
“In this month of Ramadan, Islam says that everybody is equal. I hope the prime minister will practice this in the beautiful month of Ramadan,” Jayathas said.
Hindraf’s 18 point demands include the call for all 523 Tamil schools in Malaysia to be fully aided by the government and an end to “racism, Islamic extremism and Malay privileges.”
PUTRAJAYA, A 12 member group led by Hindraf national coordinator, S. Jayathas, submitted a memorandum at the prime minister’s office.
The memorandum asked for a meeting with the prime minister in two weeks time in order to discuss on Hindraf’s 18 point demands.
The Hindu activist group handed in their first memorandum to the former prime minister Tun Abdullah Badawi two years ago but did not receive any response.
In a press statement, Hindaf Chairman P. Waythamoorthy said that he hopes that Datuk Seri Najib Razak would not ignore them like the previous administration.
“Hindraf, in good faith, wishes that the Najib administration will grant us an opportunity whereby we will be able to raise our 18 point demands to seek amicable and workable solutions for the systematically marginalized and discriminated Malaysian Indians,” he said.
Waythamoorthy hopes that Najib will fulfill the 1 Malaysia promise and listen to the “grievances brought forward by Hindraf.”
Jayathas also pointed out that 1 Malaysia was about equality for all races.
“Until now there is no implementation of the 18 point demand. The Prime Minister says 1 Malaysia and we believe that if it is truly 1 Malaysia, then everybody will be treated equally. One Malaysia is equal rights but what is happening now is just lip service and hearsay.
“We are not asking for more than the rights of other people but what we are asking is for equal rights,” Jayathas told The Malaysian Insider.
Dr Oh Ei Sun, political secretary to the prime minister, was present to receive the memorandum and told Jayathas that he would convey the message to Najib.
“In this month of Ramadan, Islam says that everybody is equal. I hope the prime minister will practice this in the beautiful month of Ramadan,” Jayathas said.
Hindraf’s 18 point demands include the call for all 523 Tamil schools in Malaysia to be fully aided by the government and an end to “racism, Islamic extremism and Malay privileges.”
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