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Friday 25 October 2013

MIC CWC meeting set to be an explosive one

The MIC central working committee (CWC) meeting today is expected to a heated one as irreguralities in the division polls is top of the agenda.

PETALING JAYA:MIC president G Palanivel is expected to come under fire at the central working committee (CWC) meeting today as documents endorsed by the Registrar of Societies (ROS) showed that delegates from defunct branches voted in the division polls.

According to the documents, nine out of 109 branches in the Subang division were classified as defunct.

The branches are Taman Kayu Ara Indah, Bukit Lanjang, Desa Jaya Selatan, Desa Jaya Utara, Desa Permai 1, Damansara Damai Selatan, Merbau Sempak Elmina, Petempatan Sungai Buloh and RRI Sungai Buloh.

The documents were endorsed by ROS and forwarded to FMT by a branch chairman, who wish to be anonymous.

“This is a solid evidence on how the ‘hidden hand’ used his power to topple certain division leaders,” said the branch chairman.

He said this was a serious issue which could lead to the MIC being deregistered.

“The party members hope Palanivel will set up a committee to conduct a transparency investigation and bring to book election officers who manipulated the election results,” he added.

The CWC meeting was called after the party leaders received numerous complaints on the division polls.

Palanivel will be chair the meeting at 5pm at party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

This is Palanivel’s first CWC meeting after being elected unopposed in the presidential election in September.

There were also irregularities in the Kota Raja, Petaling Jaya Selatan, Teluk Intan, Batu Gajah, Tambun, Setiawangsa, Bukit Gelugor and Hulu Selangor divisions.

In Kota Raja and Petaling Jaya Selatan, the party leadership was accused of allowing ineligible candidates to contest in the elections.

In Hulu Selangor, which is previously held by Palanivel, a branch chairman said there were also discrepancies in the division polls. The Setiawangsa and Tambun divisions also faced similar problems.

In Teluk Intan and Batu Gajah, five police reports had been lodged against Perak MIC chief A Ganeson and Palanivel’s political secretary P Palaniappan for trying to manipulate the election results.

Bukit Gelugor division chairman K Loganathan has threatened to report to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) over the alleged irregularities in conducting his division’s annual general meeting and nomination.

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