Gangsterism numbers have ministry scrambling for solution

Youth and Sports Ministry to organise a seminar soon in search of moves to curb ethnic Indian involvement in gangsterism.

PETALING JAYA: The alarming figure that 71 percent of gang members are Indians, has sent the Youth and Sports Ministry scrambling to come up with ways to arrest the numbers and eradicate the problem.

The ministry will be organising a national special forum soon which participants will comprise non-governmental organisations, political parties and government agencies.

During the special forum, the presenters and participants will discuss on the issues in a bid to come up with a short- and long-term solution to the social problem.

“Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin will give a keynote address at the special forum. We want to gather ideas on how to curb this problem on the short-term and long-term basis. For a start, let’s get all the proposals,” Youth and Sports deputy minister M Saravanan said today.

Speaking to FMT, the MIC vice-president said although there were many views on how to curb the problem, it must be put in perspective.

“Tackling this problem is not going to be an overnight affair. It takes the right strategy. As immediate measure, we must look at rehabilitation. We also need to concentrate on employment. This is where there government can come in.

“On the long term, we need to put in place a system for youth once they leave Form Five. We also need to educate children on gangsterism and its dangers as early as when they are in primary schools. I am aware that there are various views,” he said.

Saravanan hoped that the government and especially Khairy and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak would pay personal attention to this problem, which threatens the safety of the people.

Police taking stern action

The social menace caused by Indian youth has become a national concern over the last few months with the police vowing stern action. Five men, suspected to be hardcore criminals, were shot dead in Penang earlier this month with weapons found on them.

This incident sparked a furore among the family members of the five, which the family members alleged that the suspects were asleep when they were ambushed and shot by the police in the wee hours of the morning when they could have been arrested instead.

Last week, police criminal investigations department head Hadi Ho Abdullah revealed that 71 percent of triad members were Indian with the Chinese and Malays trailing far behind. The Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar has warned that the authorities will not hesitate to use firearms when tackling the problem.

The police have also started an operation dubbed, Ops Cantas to curb gangsterism and the number of those arrested is rising steadily, running into the hundreds. The police has also said the special operation does not have a life span.

He said the government should not only depend on the police to combat this problem but also solicit the help of the community.

Saravanan said a holistic effort was needed including holding talks with those involved in gang-led activities.

“We must also have a mechanism for those who want to repent and mend their ways. These should be handled by the police. The community too, has a big role to play. Lets hope that this seminar would be for better things to come,” Saravanan added.

MIC senator: Policies matter more than merging parties

Government policies are what will ultimately decide the Indian Malaysian community's support for the BN, not the merger of their political parties, says MIC's senator Jaspal Singh.

"The problem is beyond merger. Getting the support of the community depends on policies and a combination of many other things.

"Delivering on promises of the government to ensure that Indians no longer feel marginalised is more important than a merger," Jaspal (left), who is also MIC treasurer, told Malaysiakini today.

While acknowledging that a merger of Indian-based parties may give the community a stronger voice, he said the BN had to look beyond mergers, for this would not necessarily garner wider support for the ruling coalition.

Jaspal said this in response to BN secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor's call to Indian-based parties aligned with the BN to merge in order to consolidate the ruling coalition's support base.

Tengku Adnan also called on the MIC to reflect if it was doing something wrong that Indians would resort to creating so many political parties.

‘MIC is improving'
However, Jaspal denied that MIC was to be blamed for the large number of Indian-based political parties in the country.

"I think after the 2008 (political) tsunami, there were many new political parties, not only Indian parties. It happened across the board as the needs of the people have become complex.

"More traditional parties, like the MIC, Umno and MCA, are not attractive to some people because these parties are not able to change quickly to meet the needs of the people," he said.

However, since then the MIC has been doing a good job and the smaller parties are the ones that are now doing "soul searching".

Jaspal said even though BN only garnered 48 percent of the votes from the Indian Malaysian community in the 13th general election, it should not be viewed solely from a racial lens.

"In the non-urban areas, we got more than 48 percent of the Indian vote but the urban support is not along racial lines and here the voters did not support the government.

"So we cannot blame any one particular community," Jaspal added.

Unlike the other component parties of the BN, MIC managed to arrest its continued slide in GE13 by increasing its parliamentary seats from three to four.

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Parent: OCPD's denial of student questioning a lie

A parent whose child goes to SK Seri Pristana has refuted Sungai Buloh OCPD Junaidi Bujang’s denial that police did not interrogate pupils while at school over the makeshift shower room canteen case.

The marketing executive, who only wished to be known as Raj, 39, claimed his 9-year-old daughter was questioned by police officers twice within the school compound, between July and August.

"She (his daughter) was so scared after being questioned by the police and she cried, not wanting to go to school anymore.

"The OCPD is telling a big lie," the father alleged, adding that 10 parents also complained that their children were “harassed” by police.

"How can they (police) talk to our children without our presence?" he questioned.

Raj said this during a joint press conference with other parents, non-governmental organisations and Subang MP R Sivarasa today.

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'Waytha will not be pushed out by ministers'

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department P Waythamoorthy will not be pushed out of the government by cabinet ministers bent on seeing him go, says Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia adviser N Ganesan.

"Waytha is not going to resign because of his cause. He is going to continue to try to materialise the memorandum of understanding (that Waythamnoorthy signed with the BN just before the 13th general election of May 5).

"That is what he is in government for. We consider these (calls by the ministers that he quits) as just incidents along the way," Ganesan (left) told Malaysiakini.

He added that Waythamoorthy, who was a founding member of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), remained steadfast that the ministers who were critical of him should instead work with him on the problems faced by Indian Malaysians.

Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, have called on Waythamoorthy to step down for criticising the police in their handling of five gang- members who were shot dead in Penang.

Waythamoorthy joined the government after he entered into a pre-election pact with the BN, under which the coalition agreed to implement Hindraf's five-year blueprint to uplift the Indian Malaysian community.
Ganesan said the only thing that would make Waythamoorthy resign would be if he failed to push the government into implementing the blueprint.

In a statement issued later, Ganesan called on Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to expedite implementation of the blueprint.

He lamented that the unit headed by Waythamoorthy in the Prime Minister's Department has yet to be named; neither has its charter been publicly confirmed.

"Najib must expedite work on blueprint'

The government's expert steering committee, which is to propose specific plans for income opportunities, housing and skills training for displaced estate workers, has yet to be identified, Ganesan said.

Furthermore, he said, the unit's infrastructure had yet to be purchased and its budget allocation has not been deliberated, let alone the planning for next year's budget.

"The process seems to be painfully slow. It is ironical that, on the one hand we have this situation with regard to crime being addressed in a hurried manner with these shootings and arrests, and which do not assure sustainability anyway.

"On the other hand, we have a plan that promises to be a sure and sustainable remedy and which will have long-term positive effects that is being effectively delayed," Ganesan said.

He pointed out that the large involvement of Indian Malaysian youths in gangsterism was due to their displacement from their traditional abode in the estates.

He called on Najib to implement the blueprint with the similar rigour that the government now has in combating crime.
"The current lacklustre and half-hearted approach is not going to win the hearts and minds of the affected Indian estate workers whose expectations are sky high because of the public promises during the recently-concluded general election.

"If Najib fails to keep his promises, he is looking at the imminent resignation of Waythamoorthy from government and we believe this will permanently shift the Indian voter completely away from BN on a long-term basis," he said.

Ganesan added that a report card on the status of the implementation of the blueprint would be prepared next month to update the Indian Malaysian community on its progress.

Court: Sirul could have been framed for Altantuya murder

Hindu Rights violated in Ayodhya. Mulla Mulayam Singh regime returns in Imam Akhilesh Govt in UP. While anti Hindu cops counter VHP’s ‘guerrilla’ strategy to curb parikrama, VHP plans protests across country after foiled Ayodhya yatra.

Muslims can block the roads and street all over India in every Friday for Namaz, but Hindus cannot continue 84 kosi parikrama in Ayodhya, the ancient city of Lord Rama! 

  

News Flash [25.08.2013] Hindu Existence News Alert::  

1. VHP Leader Ashok Ji Singhal arrested and detained at Lucknow Airport at about 10 am. Police is unable to take away him from the airport as 10000 VHP supporters still surrounded by them and raising slogans to allow Shri Singhal to proceed towardsAyodhya. 2. Earlier in the morning, the respected Saints have offered Puja to Sarjuji to start 84 Kosi Parikrama in Ayodhya. 3. An anti Hindu and oppressive Akhilesh Yadav Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, has already arrested senior VHP leaders like Dr Pravin Togadia,  Dr Ram Vilas Vedanti and other 500 VHP activists, while Mahanta Nritya Gopal Das Ji &  Swami Chinmayanand are kept under house arrest. 4. Police and paramilitary forces are torturing the saints and pilgrims to attend the Ayodhya yatra. 5. No can can stop 84 kosi parikrama and Nationwide agitation will start from Monday – VHP. 6. Hundreds of VHP supporters have been brutally assaulted outside Lucknow Airport by UP (Akhilesh Yadav) Govt.  7. Shri Ashok Singhal ji is being taken out in an unidentified place. Who will take care? Oh Hindu! Protest, Protest and Protest. 8. Dogvijay Singh of Congress described the 84 Kosi Parikrama is a fixed match between SP (Samajwadi Party, actually Namazwadi Party) and VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad), as the VHP leaders met Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Singh (CM, UP) to give intimation about the parikrama in  a very formal manner to get the administrative co-operation. 9. A reluctant father and son duo of Samajwadi leadership conveyed an apathy to such programmes by VHP. 10. The notorious Azam Khan, a cabinet minister in UP Govt retaliated vehemently to oppose such meeting of CM with Hindu orgs and demanded to stop 84 kosi Ayodhya Parikrama. 11. Mulayam and Akhilesh repressed all Hindu sentiment to appease Muslim fundamental power (read vote bank) and put a ban upon Ayodhya Parikrama violating the religious rights of Hindus. 12. When Muslims are allowed to offer Namaz on Friday on streets and roads by blocking in every city and metropolises, then why the Ayodhya Parikrama is being restricted by the anti Hindu SP-BSP-Congress joint conspiracy whether it is conducted in Sept or April.

WHO HAVE GIVEN THE POWER TO THE POLITICAL PARTIES LIKE SP-BSP-CONGRESS TO DECIDE THE SCHEDULE AND WAY OF HINDU FESTIVALS, CELEBRATIONS AND DHARMIK PROGRAMMES ? THIS IS TOO MUCH. HINDU BROTHERS STRENGTHEN YOUR ARMS TO FIGHT WITH SUCH ENEMIES OF HINDUS & HINDU RASHTRA. ~ Upananda Brahmachari, Editor, Hindu Existence.

Al-Qaeda’s Indecent Proposal to Widows

Al-Qaeda leaders called on widows of their slain militants to participate in Jihad al-Nikah and offer themselves to their militants who are fighting in Syria. 

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Governor of al-Khalis in Iraq’s Diyala Province, Oudai Al Khadran, was quoted by al-Sumeria news that "Intelligence cells commissioned with monitoring al-Qaeda’s activities within Diyala’s borders have reported that the highly-ranked officials in the organization urged the widows of the commanders and members to abide by the sexual Jihad Fatwa".

"This Fatwa allows al-Qaeda’s women to have sexual intercourse with members of the organization to lift their morale," he said.

"The attempt to implement the Sexual Jihad Fatwa issued by clergymen that support the armed groups in Syria proves that such laws are transnational. This also points out that al-Qaeda’s course of action in Syria or in any other country is closely related to the events that are taking place in Iraq," he added.

"Al Qaeda’s Fatwas issued in the previous years by crooked clergymen have done harm to Islam," Khadran said.

He further stressed the importance of "standing up to these jurists and fighting extremist tendencies that blemish the humanitarian values of Islam".

The sexual Jihad Fatwa made its first appearance in Syria a few months ago and it allowed for armed members to have sexual intercourse with women for a determined period of time as per a momentary contract that loses effect after a few hours.

This will allow other men to sign a similar contract and women to sleep with more than one man per day.

The call has been followed with several cases of rapes and sexual assaults on women and girls in Syria who fall victim to extremist al-Qaeda militants.

The insurgency in Syria which is going on with US strong support is showing vicious incidents of human rights violations, almost all ignored by the western and regional allies of Washington.

The fact that al-Qaeda and other extremist groups are gaining more attention in Syria has mounted worries among Muslim clerics and prominent figures who are concerned by the impressions left on the image of Islam world by the unacceptable acts of extremism done in the name of Islam.

Court: Sirul could have been framed for Altantuya murder

While the Court of Appeal last Friday detailed the non-calling of Najib Abdul Razak's aide-de-camp DSP Musa Safri as a factor in acquitting the two Special Action Unit officers, the written judgment also states that the second accused, Sirul Azhar Umar, could have been framed.

Sirul Azhar in his testimony from the dock had described how he had been made "a scapegoat" by the police, to be sacrificed in order to protect their plans.

In the written judgment released today, Court of Appeal judge Tengku Maimum Tuan Mat described why it was unsafe to accept the evidence from the police officers who went to Sirul Azhar's Kota Damansara home.

"There is thus a conflicting and inconclusive account of events as regards the discovery of the black jacket and (Altantuya Shaariibuu's jewellery). There is also no conclusive account of what exactly was said by Sirul as regards the jacket.

Justice Tengku Maimum said according to one of the police witnesses, ASP Zulkarnain Hassan, Sirul Azhar had told him he kept the items (jewellery) in the jacket, but the testimony of another officer did not disclose any such statement being made.

The judge said Sirul Azhar had contended that one of the police officers, who said the jewellery was kept in the black jacket, had asked the accused (Sirul Azhar) to hold the jacket for the purpose of him being photographed with it, twice.

"The same officer took out some items from inside the same jacket and placed them on the bed before forcing him (Sirul Azhar) to point, by his finger, at all those items again for his pictures to be taken.

"The second appellant is thus saying that the police had planted the jewellery in his house. Relevant to this issue is the fact that the keys to the house were in the possession of the police prior to the search for the black jacket from inside the unlocked cupboard in Sirul's unlocked room," Justice Tengku Maimum said.
Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar were discharged and acquitted last Friday, after the Court  of Appeal ruled there were serious misdirections by the court.

The appellate court also contrasted the evidence of Zulkarnain and the other officer who were in Sirul Azhar’s house and noted conflicting and inconclusive accounts of events with regard to the discovery of the black jacket and jewellery.

Justice Tengku Maimun said the trial-within-a-trial version conducted to determine this supported Sirul Azhar’s version that it was Zulkarnain who had directed him to show the items.

Conflicting police reports

The court also noted that Zulkarnain had interviewed Sirul Azhar prior to going to his house but what puzzled the court was why Zulkarnain had his own particulars wrong when lodging the police report on the interrogation.

“This is followed by another police report tendered by Sirul Azhar’s defence, purportedly by Zulkarnain with his name spelt wrongly, along with his date of birth wrongly stated and his rank as Chief Inspector (and not ASP).”

The two police reports had different versions and this, the court found, led to discrepancies.

Similarly, with the evidence on Azilah purportedly leading them to the crime scene in Puncak Alam, the court found it was unsafe to accept the testimonies of the police witnesses.

This follows the contradictory account where one police officer claimed Azilah had shown the crime scene where Altantuya was blown up, and the place where she was first shot.

However, another officer contradicted the testimony, claiming Azilah had shown the place where Altantuya was first shot. In addition, an officer claimed he had informed his superior officer about the crime scene discovery by calling him on the handphone. However, the superior said he had not received such a call from his subordinate.

“We find there is a non-direction by the learned trial judge in failing to evaluate the evidence before admitting the police statements (testimonies),” ruled Justice Tengku Maimun.

Blood-stained slippers planted?

Similarly with the blood-stained slippers found in Sirul Azhar’s car, the court said the accused left his car keys with one Sergeant Rosli as the accused was on overseas assignment, in Pakistan.

“Sergeant Rosli had testified that he had not seen the (blood-stained) slippers when he started Sirul Azhar’s car twice. What was important that Sergeant Rosli had also testified that one DSP Mohd Khairi Khairuddin had asked for Sirul’s car keys for some unknown reason and Khairi handed the keys back to him three days later,” he said.

The court noted that Khairi was not called by the prosecution to testify and hence there was no evidence as to what happened in the car while it was under that officer’s custody.

Non-calling of Musa Safri

Attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail had defended the non-calling of Musa as irrelevant.

Justice Tengku Maimun said the court could not accept the prosecution’s logic on the non-calling of Musa, as political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda was jointly tried with Azilah and Sirul Azhar from the outset and it was the prosecution’s case that Abdul Razak had conspired with the two policemen to commit murder.

“Hence it is incumbent upon the prosecution to adduce all available, relevant evidence against the third  accused. The affidavit by Abdul Razak, which has been taken by the learned trial judge to be part of the prosecution’s evidence, contains  prejudicial matters against the appellants and it tends to suggest the guilt of the appellants.

“In fact, since Abdul Razak was acquitted and discharged with no appeal lodged by the prosecution, it appears that whatever the appellants did in committing the crime was entirely on their own accord.”

Justice Tengku Maimun said it must not be overlooked that “this ugly and horrendous episode” started with Abdul Razak’s request to Musa, before the two accused came into the picture.

“The evidence established that the appellants’ task was to patrol Abdul Razak’s house and their presence on Oct 19, 2006, was upon the request for such assistance from the political analyst to Azilah.

“The trial judge is bound to view the whole of the evidence objectively and from all angles in finding whether the evidence or the  facts point to the irresistible inference and conclusion that both the appellants committed this crime or whether there are some other reasonably possible explanation of those facts.

“Now that the task of patrolling the house had ended with murder, we agree with Sirul Azhar’s lawyers  that only Musa can confirm the scope of the request,” the judge ruled.

The court in its judgment found that circumstantial evidence was insufficient and not strong enough to sustain the finding of guilt.

“We are conscious that a heinous crime has been committed but where the guilt of the appellants had not been satisfactorily proved, we are constrained to give the benefit of the doubt to the appellants,” she said in ending the 47-page judgment.

Kesilapan besar pendakwa kes Altantuya menyebabkan dua polis bebas

Azilah Hadri dan Sirul Azhar Umar, yang bebas dari pertuduhan membunuh Altantuya, Jumaat lalu.

Timbalan Superintendan Polis (DSP) Musa Safri yang tidak dipanggil oleh pihak pendakwaan adalah kunci untuk membongkar kes pembunuhan model Mongolia Altantuya Shaariibuu, menurut laporan penghakiman 47 muka surat yang dikeluarkan hari ini.

Laporan itu juga mendedahkan kegagalan hakim perbicaraan menimbang notis alibi sebagai punca kepada pembebasan dua komando polis, ketua inspektor Azilah Hadri dan bekas korperal Sirul Azhar Umar pada Jumaat lalu.

Kedua-dua tertuduh sebelum ini disabitkan dengan kes pembunuhan Altantuya pada 19 Oktober 2006.

Laporan penghakiman oleh salah seorang hakim, Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat juga menekankan wujud percanggahan dalam afidavit oleh penganalisis politik, Abdul Razak Baginda dengan keterangan Sirul di mahkamah berkaitan pembabitan Musa dalam kes itu.

"Ia tidak boleh terlepas pandang episod buruk dan dasyat ini bermula dengan permintaan Razak kepada Musa sebelum pembabitan Azilah dan Sirul.

"Bukti yang diperoleh menunjukkan tugas Azilah dan Sirul adalah meronda sekitar rumah Razak dan kehadiran mereka di sana pada malam itu atas permintaan Razak kepada Azilah," tulis Tengku Maimun dalam penghakimannya.

Hanya Musa akan membongkar semua ini, katanya.

Dalam pembebasan Azilah, Mahkamah Rayuan mendapati hakim perbicaraan Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yassin gagal menimbang notis alibi yang menunjukkan Azilah tidak mungkin boleh berada di dua lokasi pada suatu masa ketika malam pembunuhan Altantuya.

Mahkamah Rayuan berkata, rekod panggilan oleh syarikat telekomunikasi yang diberikan pendakwa raya bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti pergerakan Azilah pada hari pembunuhan Altantuya.

Berdasarkan kepada bukti yang diberikan itu, Azilah berada di Pekan Subang pada 10.15 malam dan di Kampung Melayu Subang pada 10.19 malam.

Bagaimanapun, diari balai Bukit Aman menunjukkan Azilah berada di sana mengutip senjatanya, Glock EAH 387 dan dua kelopak peluru pada jam 10.18 malam.

Beliau kemudiaan beredar ke Putrajaya dalam tugasan mengiringi Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Pegawai penyiasat dalam pembunuhan Altantuya, ASP Tonny Lunggan memberi keterangan dalam perbicaraan mengenai kebenaran diari itu dan ketepatannya.

Namun, Mahkamah Rayuan berhujah meragui ketepatan rekod panggilan telefon berkenaan.

"Hakim perbicaraan sepatutnya menfokuskan kepada dua bentuk bukti berbeza dan kegagalan bertindak sedemikian menyebabkannya tersalah arah. Setelah meneliti alasan penghakiman, kami tidak mendapati hakim perbicaraan dalam penghakimannya menimbangkan sama ada diari stesen dan bukti Azilah berada di Wangsa Maju dan di Bukit Aman pada waktu kejadian menunjukkan alasan beliau tidak boleh ataupun tidak mungkin berada di Puncak Alam.

"Dalam keadaan ini, hakim itu tersalah arah dirinya dengan cara bukan arahan gagal untuk mempertimbangkan bukti," katanya, merujuk kepada kegagalan hakim untuk mempertimbangkan pembelaan alibi.

Tengku Maimun berkata rekod panggilan dan jangkauan liputan adalah bukti penting untuk menyabitkan kehadiran Azilah di tempat kejadian.

"Ia adalah penting agar perbicaraan belajar untuk memfokuskan fikirannya terhadap cabaran bukti yang dibangkitkan oleh pasukan pembelaaan dan membuat penemuan sama ada sebenarnya berlaku satu perubahan atau penyalahgunaan data dan sama ada kesahihan data itu dipersoalkan atau sebaliknya," kata beliau.

"Malangnya, hakim gagal untuk melakukan ini, yang tanggungannya berat menjadikan ia tidak selamat untuk bergantung kepada bukti tersebut."

Mahkamah juga berkata hakim perbicaraan sewajarnya membuat pencarian terhadap hubungan antara bahan letupan dengan dua bekas anggota polis dan kegagalan memfokuskan dirinya terhadap hubungkait yang hilang mengakibatkan satu lagi tersalah arah berlaku.

"Kita tidak boleh mengatakan jika tribunal secara munasabah mengarahkan mungkin mensabitkan perayu berasaskan bukti yang ada. Mahkamah dibawah telah mengabaikan dan terlepas pandang fakta-fakta penting dan bukti yang memihak kepada perayu menyebabkan keadilan salah dilaksanakan dan sangat serius," katanya.

"Kesan terkumpul bukan arahan menunjukkan sabitan itu tidak selamat. Kami sedar bahawa jenayah kejam telah dilakukan tetapi jika perayu bersalah tidak dibuktikan dengan memuaskan, kami terpaksa memberi manfaat keraguan kepada perayu.

"Kami sebulat suara meluluskan kedua-dua rayuan. Sabitan dan hukuman oleh Mahkamah Tinggi diketepikan, perayu sewajarnya dilepaskan dan dibebaskan." – 26 Ogos, 2013.

Snatch thieves are cops!

Despite lodging a police report on the matter on July 3, B Saravanan claims that the police have yet to take action against the errant police officers.

PETALING JAYA: A lorry driver lodged a police report last month claiming that one of the snatch thieves he caught red handed was none other than a police officer.

In the report lodged at the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters on July 3, B Saravanan, 27, said that he was going out to lunch outside his office at Taman Mayang Jaya on that day, when he saw two men on a motorcycle trying to snatch a gold necklace from a foreign national.

“It was about 12 pm. I was going for lunch when I saw the thieves on a Yamaha LC bike attempting to snatch a necklace from an Indonesian lady.

“I immediately drove to the scene and rammed my car on their motorcycle, causing the duo to fall on the street,” said Saravanan.

He said that he got down from his car to face the thieves, getting into a scuffle with them. Unfortunately, the perpetrators overwhelmed him and even manage to snatch his gold chain.

Adding that he tried his level best to apprehend them, Saravanan decided to back off as one started throwing stones at his car while the other threatened him with a knife.

Saravanan subsequently called up the police, who later arrived at the area to take pictures of the crime scene.

Suspects turn out to be policemen


“At 1pm, one Corporal Zamrus called me up to Kelana Jaya police station, asking my assistance to identify the thieves, which I did about three hours later.

“I managed to identify both men during the identification parade. To my shock, Zamrus told me that one of the suspects was a police officer,” alleged Saravanan in the report.

When contacted today Saravanan said that both suspects were indeed police officers. Saravanan further claimed that the investigating officer, known as Inspector Hasbullah, tried to talk him out of lodging a police report.

“I saw them both walking in and out of the Kelana Jaya police station together. So when I got to know that the suspects were officers from the same station, I decided to lodge the report at the PJ police headquarters instead,” said Saravanan.

He added that he was called to the Kelana Jaya police station for a second time on July 19 for another identification parade.

“I identified them again but after that I received no information from the Kelana Jaya police station on the status of the investigation,” said Saravanan.

However FMT learned today evening that Saravanan has been asked to be present at the Kelana Jaya police station to give a statement later tonight.

No comment from district chief

A police source meanwhile told FMT that he has yet to receive any updates regarding the status of the two police officers.

“I am not sure if they have been transferred to another desk or department or they have been suspended from the force. They are attached to a different police station thus I did not get any updates regarding their status,” the source said.

Meanwhile, Petaling Jaya district police chief, Arjunaidi Mohamed when contacted refused to comment on the matter.

“You have to check with the Selangor police headquarters. I can’t comment on this,” he said briefly.

NIAT defends Waytha against quit call

“And why hasn't Najib spoken up?” asks the group's chairman.

PETALING JAYA: The National Indian Action Team (NIAT) today defended Hindraf leader P Waythamoorthy against criticism for his comments on last week’s police killing of five suspected criminals.

Commenting on recent statements by Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, NIAT chairman Thasleem Mohamed Ibrahim said: “They have no locus standi to tell Waythamoorthy to quit his job because it is the Prime Minister’s prerogative.”

Thasleem also remarked that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had the obligation to make public his views on the issue.

“The question now is, why is Najib being silent?”

Last week, Zahid ticked off Waythamoorthy for demanding an explanation from the police for the Penang killing. He said the deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department was speaking like a Hindraf leader instead of a government official.

Hishammuddin was quoted by Bernama today as saying he agreed with Zahid that Waythamoorthy should resign.

“Indeed, I thoroughly agree with Ahmad Zahid,” Hishammuddin reportedly said. “What he said was 101% correct. As a member of the Cabinet, we cannot place our self-interest over our collective interest.”

Thasleem called for maturity among politicians, especially members of the Najib administration. He said they should welcome differences of opinion among themselves.

“Being in the government does not mean you cannot voice out the sentiments of the people,” he said.

Referring to killing of the five alleged guns for hire, Thasleem called it “a racially profiled shooting” and a case of “treating the symptom instead of the disease”.

He congratulated Waythamoorthy for questioning the propriety of the shooting. “It is good and I stand by him,” he said.

Two other Indian NGOs also commented on the issue today.

Blame MIC

Warga Aman urged the government to rehabilitate gangsters instead of killing them off.

“Indian criminal offenders should be given a thorough rehabilitation and the system should ensure that they lead a normal life after they have been released from prison,” said the group’s secretary-general, S Barathidasan.

“We do have a rehabilitation system in place to treat hardcore criminals, but why do we still have repeat criminal offenders?”

Tamilar Action Force (TAF) member and PKR Puchong division chief S Murali said MIC was partly to blame for gangsterism among Indian youths.

As a member of the ruling coalition, MIC had failed to address the issue, he alleged.

He said many Indian students who could not make the grade in school saw gangsterism as a way of making a living.

“Imagine a poor and jobless Indian youth being offered RM1,000 to commit a crime on someone’s behalf,” he said. “It’s big money to him. He might not think twice.”

Murali urged the police to go after the criminal syndicate bosses instead of “wiping out small fishes” in their bid to curb crime.

MIC vice president and Perak state assembly speaker SK Devamany has meanwhile urged Waythamoorthy, Zahid and Hishammuddin to talk out their differences.

“They are cabinet colleagues and their contradicting statements can create a negative perception on Najib’s administration,” he said.

Police report against racist FB postings

wo Indian NGOs want the authorities to haul up one Hanum Hizan for her racist remarks on the Indians and Chinese.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two NGOs, the Tamilar Action Force (TAF) and WargaAMAN, lodged a police report against one Hanum Hizan for posting derogatory comments over a news report in FMT yesterday.

TAF assistant secretary R Kannan said the comments posted by Hanum Hizan under a report headlined, ’71% gang members Indian because of racial profiling’ belittled the Indians and the Chinese.

“She also insulted the way Hindus perform their rituals at the Ganges in India,” said Kannan, who was accompanied by WargaAMAN sec-gen S Barathidasan and PKR Puchong division leader S Murali.

“We are very disturbed and angry over her comments. We want the police to take action,” added Kannan after lodging the report at 1.45pmat the Jalan Travers police station off Jalan Bangsar.
Hanum Hizan’s comments labeled the Indians as “kurang ajar pendatang”, and called them “pigs”. She also said that “150,000 illegal in the country should be pushed out of the sea before it is causing more trouble”.

Engaging other commentators who chided her, she hit back at them: “Low you are very dumb. The White American, The Australian and NZ will laugh at you. By the way Chinese has taken over from the white Australian and Sydney. I can smell trouble is coming if decide to migrate please dont go there.”

One FMT commentator, Contest Chris, reported her profile to the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

Meanwhile FMT has barred Hanum Hizan from posting comments in the news portal.