My one time mentor who had sowed the seeds in my mind, heart and soul not to be blind supporters of the UMNO regime and to fearlessly question their atrocities is by no other than the most senior opposition leader Lim Kit Siang when way back in 1979 I read his book Time Bombs in Malaysia. This seed even led to my 514 days of ISA detention.But today I regret to say that Lim Kit Siang is no more my hero because I now realize that like the UMNO regime he has been and is choosing to champion race based causes, populist issues, gallery issues, issues that appeal to 92% of the Malaysian population ie the Malays, Chinese and natives and issues which are “news worthy”, ie, again issues that appeal to the aforesaid 92%, problems concerning the Indians however serious, grave or unjust are merely given token or cursory attention by not only Lim Kit Siang but also Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Dato Seri Hadi Awang as they are not politically rewarding. Why it is not politically rewarding is because the Indian population forms a mere 8% of the Malaysian population but are disproportionately plagued with 200% problems and maybe deemed to be a political liability.
Never mind the most serious and grave pain, suffering, hardships, injustices this community faces on a day to day basis as reported in HYPERLINK “http://www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com”www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com and never faced by any other community in Malaysia.
But all this in the name of pseudo-democracy and pseudo multi-racial politics or pure political opportunism.
To us UMNO’s racism and supremacy has over the last 53 years also spilled over to the DAP, PKR and PAS top leadership. Would Lim Guan Eng have served 18 months jail for an Indian girl? Like what he did for the 15 year old Malay girl allegedly raped by a former Malacca Chief Minister or any other Indian victim under the UMNO regime?
This very same “our” Lim Guan Eng almost immediately upon ascending the Penang throne in collaboration with UMNO tore down Kg. Buah Pala, the last traditional Indian village in Penang.
To add insult to injury “our” very own DAP even bent backwards at lightning speed granted the adjoining land to the developer, had used Chinese gangsters, Penang Enforcement officers and the UMNO police to tear down the last two remaining cow sheds belonging to the poor Indians in Kg Buah Pala. Murugan (40s) not able to digest this DAP’s injustices even suffered a heart attack and prematurely passed away. But does DAP care? Do they even know?
And neither was alternative land given to these cowherds from the 1,033 sq km of land in Penang. In particular the families who fought against this DAP demolishment up to date have been denied the very much publicised double storey houses. Where is the promised Hindu temple and the community hall?
This is how vindictive the DAP has become against even the Indian poor. DAP is more blameworthy than UMNO because especially Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng themselves have been victims of injustices themselves but today have joined forces with the UMNO regime and further oppressing the already injured and wounded Indian poor.
DAP, PKR and PAS has taken a leaf from UMNO and is continuing with the Indian DCM II Exco, ADUN and MP mandore politics. This cannot be the change they promised in the 2008 general elections.
The latest case in point is in today’s The Star 26/5/10 at page N24 “Kit Siang to propose another roundtable” and Malaysiakini on 25/5/10. “Police shootings: DAP moots parliamentary roundtable” after Aminulrasyid and Mohd Afram Arin were fatally shot dead by the police and the shooting of Sharil Azlan Kamil.
Over the last many years hundreds of Indians have been shot dead by the police. The last being the gunning down of five Indians in Kulim last year, five Indians in Klang in November 2009 including three from just one family and the sister of the fourth victim committing suicide as she could not bear the pain of her brother having been shot dead by the police.
And Seetha’s four young children who were also given paraquat somehow survived but are very likely to face medical problems in the near future. DAP, PAS and PKR leaders did not bother. No funds were collected for these young children like what was rightly done for Teoh Beng Hock’s wife and new born baby. Why? Why PKR, DAP and PAS does not cares for these children? Because they were Indians? Little needs to be said about the level of championing also by PKR, DAP and PAS and the media attention they draw for weeks for Teoh Beng Hock and Aminulrasyid. But never the same for especially the aforesaid victims.
The latest is the shooting dead of the two Taiping brothers by the police and actually witnessed by at least three eyewitnesses.
But Lim Kit Siang was then never moved to move a Parliamentary Roundtable meeting. Why? The victims were merely Indians? NO or very little political capital to be “harvested”? Or never mind, the victims are merely the Indians! Kugan’s case may have been the exception as it was at about the peak of the Hindraf struggle.
It is a pity that racism has been brought down to this disgraceful level in Malaysia If only Lim Kit Siang, Anwar Ibrahim and Hadi Awang had also spoken up, for especially the Indian poor, the pain and suffering, blood, sweat, tears and misery of hundreds of thousands of Indians would have been spared if not saved.
Even now it is not too late. Better late than never. While UMNO has oppressed, suppressed and repressed especially the poor Indians by commission over the last 53 years, the DAP, PKR and PAS top leadership has passively contributed by their omission.
It appears plain and obvious that the only thing PKR, DAP and PAS wants from the Indians is only their votes and not their problems.
But we are not prepared to beg for Justice. We will fight for Justice.
P.Uthayakumar
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