Joint Media Statement by P. Uthayakumar and
Y.B Manoharan Malayalam (15/12/09)
BTN anti Hindraf video “P. Waytha Moorthy musuh utama negara”
We refer to the newsreport which reported that 1,016,749 (Utusan Malaysia Buliten 27/6/08 at page 19) (almost all malay muslims) had attended the Biro Tata Negara courses over the years to implement UMNO’s racist, religious extremist and supremacist policies in particular against the poor and working class Indians. And that the Hindraf 25th November 2007 “demonstration” was screened on video at this BTN course and which ended with a full screen picture of Hindraf Chairman P. Waytha Moorthy and the concluding words “musuh utama negara”. (HRP posting dated 4th December 2009 - http://www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com).
But Datuk Ahmad Maslan the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department “denied claims that the BTN courses were racist” “ A parent wrote to an English daily recently after her son came back from five-day course, claiming that he and his Indian friends were hounded, attacked and blamed for the Hindraf demonstration (NST 15/12/09 at page 10). This is a clear cut case of Sedition but the BTN Director has not been prosecuted for Sedition and / or criminal defamation.
But to the UMNO led Malay-sian government this is not Sedition. But when a suspected UMNO linked mob from outside Kg. Medan attacked and grievously injured 100 over poor and working class Indian of Kg. Medan including five Indians who were murdered in cold blood and at least one before the very eyes of uniformed policemen and when P. Uthayakumar complained vide his letter to the British Prime Minister of this “ethnic cleansing” he was speedily and expeditiously prosecuted for Sedition. This charge carries a maximum jail term of three years and the courts are now going on full steam against P. Uthayakumar and his trial now fixed for hearing on 13/1/2010.
But we are not inclined to lodge a police report on this matter as from past experience:-
1) The police are not going to seriously investigate.
2) The Attorney General would not prosecute the criminals.
3) Even if there is a token prosecution there is no history of a court conviction.
4) Even if the Court convicts there is suspicion of the criminal not serving out his jail sentence as was the case of former Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor who was convicted for having caused Anwar Ibrahim’s black eye. We recall newsreports that on the day of his “release” from prison, reporters were waiting outside the prison but never saw him come out!
Based on this New Straits Times newsreport the two million Indians in Malaysia feel threatened and fear for the safety of their lives by this Biro Tata Negara courses.
In fact the same is a threat to national security but the Director of this BTN course would never be detained under the Internal Security Act (which we want abolished) as was done for the four (4) Hindraf lawyers on 12/12/07.
Equality before the law at works as is enshrined in Article 8 of the Federal Constitution?
This is UMNOs’ political reality vis a vis the Law, Justice, the administration of Law and Order, Independence of the Judiciary etc in Prime Minister Najib Razak’s One Malay-sia …………
We hereby call upon Prime Minister Najib to forthwith announce the abolishment and also implement the abolishment of this Biro Tata Negara course with immediate effect.
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P. Uthayakumar YB Manoharan Malayalam
Secretary General (pro tem) Ahli Dewan Undangan
Human Rights Party (HRP) Negeri Selangor,
Kota Shah Alam
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