Monday 16 December 2013
Hindu minorities are being brutally attacked in Bangladesh after Quader Molla’s hanging.
War Criminal - Butcher of Mirpur, Abdul Quader Molla hanged to death. Gross violence in Bangladesh leading to a civil war. Helpless Hindu minorities are being attacked in many places.
Upananda Brahmachari | Kolkata | Dec 13, 2013:: Jamaat-Shibir
men and its Islamist allies resorted to vandalism, arson and attacks on
cops and the opponent groups including Hindu minorities in different
places of the country leaving at least seven dead soon after the Supreme
Court cleared the way for executing war criminal Abdul Quader Molla who was executed finally on Thursday at dot 10-01 pm BST at Dhaka Central jail.
Abdul Quader Molla was know as Mirpurer Kasai (Butcher
of Mirpur). As per source he killed 3 times much Muslim than Hindus at
the time of BD Struggle for Independence as reported. Kader was a
dangerous Jamatee and Rajakar as well. These people supported Pakistan
and opposed BD liberation.
On May 28, last year, the tribunal framed
six charges that include: the killing of Mirpur Bangla College student
Pallab; the killing of the poet Meherunesa, her mother and two brothers;
the killing of journalist Khandker Abu Taleb; a mass killing in
Ghatarchar of Keraniganj; the killing of 344 people in Alubdi village in
Mirpur; and the killing of Hazrat Ali Laskar, his wife, three daughters
and two-year-old son.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 found
Molla guilty on five charges and acquitted him on one charge related to
the Ghatarchar killing, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. But the
Supreme Court found him guilty on all charges and awarded him death for
killing Hazrat Laskar and his family members.
Reuters reported that the authority of
“Bangladesh executed Islamist opposition leader Abdul Quader Molla on
Thursday for war crimes he committed in 1971, in a move likely to spark
more violent protests less than a month before elections are due to be
held.
Molla was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail
after a dramatic week. He won a reprieve on Tuesday hours before he was
sent to the gallows.
After two days of legal argument, the Supreme Court rejected his application for a review of the death penalty.”
War criminal Quader didn’t wince once,
neither did his heart skip a beat when he led his men to thrash a
two-year-old child to death and slit the throats of a pregnant woman and
two minor girls in the whirlwind in 1971.
Around 42 years later, Jamaat leader
Abdul Quader Molla finally had to pay for these acts of cold-blooded
savagery, as he walked the gallows at 10:01pm in the first-ever
execution in a war crimes case.
The bad news coming from Bangladesh. The
execution of Quader Molla triggered the deadly violence in Bangladesh in
a very wide range. Dhaka, Satkhira, Coxbazar, Khulna,
Comilla, Chittagong, Noakhali are the most affected areas where the
peaceful and apolitical minority Hindus are being attacked under the
repercussion of hanging of Quader Molla.
As reported in Kalaer Kantha (a Bengali daily newspaper), the Hindu minorities in Khuruskul Hindu village in Coxbazar were attacked after
the news of Quader’s execution spread in the air. After 10-30 pm of
Thursday, the Jammat activist attacked the house of some relatives of
Swapan Pal in Palpara. The armed Jammati perpetrators ransacked at 10
houses and shops in Palpara and Timebazar. The attackers looted the
shops and set fire in households. Dadul Das, the president of Coxbazar
Hindu Festival Committee (Hindu Puja Udjaapan Samity) conveyed the
insecurity of the resident minority Hindus under an Islamic threat
perception increasing day by day.
In a separate reporting the a reporter of Kalaer Kantha reported the attack on minority Hindus in Jugipara in Satkhira as
an aftermath of Quader Molla’s hanging on Thrusday. The Jamaat
activists attacked the Hindu minority citizen and put fire in four Hindu
houses. The perpetrators blocked the roads by putting huge trunks of
road-side trees to put hurdles to rescue operation by police and RAB
(rapid action battalion).
The situations in Bangladesh is rapidly
changing in the face of an apprehended civil war in Bangladesh. The
Jamaat-e-Islami of Bangladesh announced that it would hold a gayebana
janaza for its assistant secretary general, war criminal Abdul Quader
Mollah, today and enforce a countrywide shutdown on Sunday.
The turmoil in Bangladesh sparks tension in neighbouring West Bengal too.
The Kolkata police have sounded a high
alert after the hanging of Jamaat-e-Islami leaser Abdul Quader Molla in
Dhaka Central Jail.
The city has witnessed many protest demonstrations in the past few months against the Bangladesh war crimes trials.
Organisations like the West Bengal
Minority Youth Federation have spearheaded these protests, even
submitting memorandum to the Bangladesh deputy High Commission in city’s
Bangabandhu Sarani (previously Circus Avenue) to stop the trials.
Kolkata has a strong population of
Urdu-speaking Muslims, many of whom fled Bangladesh after it was born
during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistani forces.
Jamaat enjoys considerable support among them.
Kolkata police commissioner Surojit Kar
Purkayastha is said to have asked for heightened security at the
Bangladesh deputy high commission.
The deputy high commission in Kolkata is
housed in a historic building where Bengali diplomats revolted against
Pakistan and set up the first diplomatic outpost of the provisional
government of Bangladesh in exile.
Other areas with high concentration of
Urdu-speaking Muslims like Park Circus, Metizbruz, Gardenrich, Tiljala,
Taltola and Rajabazar have been identified for intense security, police
officials said.
The intensifying political crisis in
Bangladesh with the ensuing elections there is producing sectarian
violence and the attacks on minorities. Meanwhile, the court cancels
the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami which is no more eligible to
participate in the vote . Many a Jamaat leaders are awaiting in the
death-row for their conviction in war crimes. The situations will go
grim further with the head counts.
The Union Home Ministry in India
apprehends a sabotage in India as a retaliation of Jammat for their
set back in Bangladesh. In a very revealing report from Intelligence
source, it is told that the exiled Jammatis are trying a ‘Hindu killing
field mission’ by making juvenile suicide squad. Out of a workable
plan, Bangladesh Jamaat operators will make inroads in West Bengal
using this region as a transit zone.
To prevent the cross border terrorism,
militant infiltration and Muslim influx in India from Bangladesh, BSF
has to tighten surveillance in West Bengal-Bangladesh border. As per report, Jamaat-e-Islam
has a networking among 108 Islamic outfits covering Afghan Council,
Council of the Islamic Revolution , the Islamic Jihad Group , Awakening
of Muslim People, Indian Mujaheddin, Rohingya Islamic Front. Some of
these organizations have their secret organization to make an Islamic
state in India.
Some Muslim organisations like Popular
Front of India, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen, All India
United Democratic Front, Jammat-e-Islami-Hind expressed their softness
to the War criminals of Bangladesh as they were all the Sahaba
(Lieutenant) of Islam. Many of these organisations are covertly
connected with their Bangladeshi counterparts to accomplish a Jihad in
India en route west Bengal.
In this critical juncture of post Quader
hanging in Bangladesh, the pro-Hindu organisations in India and the
International Hindu Community must raise their voice to stop attack on
minority Hindus in Bangladesh and the total restrain of Jehadi
activities in India, especially in the porous International border
areas of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
The hanging of Quader Molla is the
easiest prey for the supporters of Jamat-BNP fundamentals for attacking
minority Hindus in Bangladesh. As per reports of Bangladesh media,
Hindus are being attacked ruthlessly in many places. If Bangladesh may
enter into a havoc civil war again, the minority Hindus will be the
gross victim. But, Indian media, particularly Bengali media of Kolkata
will be busy with the minority rights in India.
Courtesy: BBC | Reuters | Kaler Kantha.
‘Honour’ crime: Man kills sister on suspicion of illicit relations
Police said Zafar Ikram suspected his sister, 35, of having illicit relations with a man in the neighbourhood.
The deceased, a mother of two, had moved back to her parents’ house five months ago following a falling out with her husband.
On Saturday, police said Zafar Ikram scolded his sister.
When she spoke in her defence, Ikram attacked her with an iron rod.
The Garh Maharaja station house officer told The Express Tribune that she had injuries to her head, back and legs.
She was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to the injuries.
The Station House Officer said a case had been registered against Ikram on his father Sikandar Jugta’s complaint.
“Police are waiting for a post-mortem report…a team has been constituted to arrest the suspect,” the SHO said.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2013.
Sikhs Threatened to Embrace Islam or Leave Kashmir Valley
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| Sikhs are the largest religious minority in Kashmir |
The All Party Sikhs Coordinate Committee (ASCC), has addressed its concern regarding the anonymous letters being sent to various Sikh members in a number of areas in the Kashmir Valley. At a meeting held by Jagmohan Singh Raina, the coordinator of ASCC, stated that the Sikh community has decided to stay put and fight against the threatening letters instead of fleeing. They will fight to keep their homes.
Raina quoted a letter saying, “When you are enjoying the joys here, why can’t you share the grief and sorrow of Kashmiris as well? We know you are afraid of bullets… Hold protests inside gurdwaras or leave Kashmir.” He also added that some of these letters have asked Sikhs to embrace Islam or leave the city that does not belong to them.
Raina addressed the issue to both factions of the Hurriyat, JKLF, and PoK-based United Jihad Council to take the seriousness of the notes into account and to take measures to avoid a continuation of such notes in the future.
Don’t be used by Putrajaya, Anwar tells Jakim
PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) lashed out at the religious authorities today for allowing Putrajaya to use the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to embarrass political opponents.
Speaking for the first time on the Shia allegation against PAS deputy President Mohamad Sabu, Anwar said the relevant authority should charge Mohamad Sabu if it has compelling evidence against him.
He said Mohamad Sabu should be allowed to explain his admiration for the late Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, but not on the Shia accusation against him.
"This is a political remark when he said he is a bit pro-Khomeini, so let him explain. This is not a charge like Jakim insisting he explain his Islamic principles. You have to have clear and compelling evidence before asking him to explain himself," said Anwar after a book launch at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
He advised the Jakim officer who had demanded that Mohamad Sabu defend himself over the Shia allegations, not to be manipulated into embarrassing the opposition leader.
"I would like to ask the Jakim officer, does he follow the instructions of the Umno vice president or Islamic regulations? Because there were cases that I brought to Syariah court, but Jakim did not help. Jakim should first be clear on its stand," said Anwar, referring to Home Minister and Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who last week ordered religious authorities to take action against Mohamad Sabu over his alleged links to the Shia sect, which Putrajaya deems as deviant.
Anwar said the evidence released to the media in support of the accusation against Mohamad Sabu was not clear.
He pointed out that the accusation could not be based on admiration for Khomeini, as in the 1980s most of his generation, including him, supported the Iran revolution.
"I was among them. I was among the first group of people who met Khomeini to show our support for his struggle and fight against the cruel system used by America to oppress the people in Iran, as how we admire Nelson Mandela. Does it mean I'm Shia? I am not," said Anwar.
He said at the time of his visit to Iran, he was still with ABIM (the Islamic youth movement).
"When I returned, the special branch monitored us, but they did not see any harm in it," he added.
Anwar said his admiration for Khomeini at the time was due to his power to unite the Iranians in fighting oppression.
"However, I did not agree with other things that he introduced, including the Iranian constitution," he said.
The Home Ministry on Thursday revealed what it called evidence to back Zahid’s claims that Mohamad Sabu was involved in Shia activities. Most of the evidence revolved around his admiration of Khomeini's struggle.
Earlier today, Zahid said the ministry will present evidence on the allegations to Jakim for further action.
"All evidence, including the Grade A evidence, will be presented to Jakim because we (ministry) are involved in security issues. As for matters concerning faith, we will leave it to the religious authorities," he added. - December 15, 2013.
Mat Zain wants cops to probe Shafee's affidavit
Former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim today lodged a police
report against senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah for allegedly
making false statements in a recent affidavit to the Court of Appeal.The lenghty four-page police report also contained allegations that Shafee had concealed vital evidence regarding Anwar Ibrahim's "black eye" case, which implicates attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail.
Shafee, a senior private lawyer, was appointed the lead prosecutor in the government's appeal against a High Court decision to acquit Anwar of sodomising his former aide Saiful Bukhari Azlan.
The allegedly tainted affidavit was submitted last week in reply to Anwar's second application to disqualify Shafee from prosecuting.
Mat Zain's police report against Shafee is the latest twist, following the former's damning statutory declaration about the Abdul Gani's alleged mishandling of the Batu Puteh dispute with Singapore.
In his police report, Mat Zain reiterated that his statutory declaration dated Oct 7 over the sequence of events following his meeting with Shafee and former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, was the true version and provided supporting documents including his phone records to back up his claim.
Documents handed to Shafee
Mat Zain said in his report that he had only met Shafee for the first time in his life during the meeting, although Shafee claims to have also met Mat Zain a day before on Aug 9 in his affidavit.
"It is clear that Shafee’s statements (regarding the exact circumstances of the meeting) are a deliberate fabrication based on his own imagination to confuse or mislead any party who are considering his affidavit in totality...
“(This is so) to make an erroneous decision on a critical subject, on the true nature of things, and on my credibility and that of the statutory declaration I made on Oct 7," he said in the police report, before describing his version of the events in detail.
On the "black eye" incident, Mat Zain wrote in his police report that he had delivered bundles of documents regarding the case to Shafee on Sept 24. He said that he had official confirmation of receipt from Shafee's firm.
But since there was no further correspondence from Shafee regarding the matter, Mat Zain said he chose to make a statutory declaration.
"After studying Shafee’s affidavit, I found that he has deliberately conceals from the court that he has received the bundle of documents on Sept 24," he said.
Probe by MACC
Anwar's application had used Mat Zain's statutory declaration was evidence that Shafee was complicit in other cases involving the PKR de facto leader.
In the statutory declaration, Shafee was alleged to have agreed with Mat Zain that Abdul Gani was alleged to have fabricated evidence against Anwar in the "black eye" case.
Since unveiling the statutory declaration, Mat Zain has been investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
However, Shafee has brushed off the latter's allegations.
Pua replaces Kok as S’gor DAP chief
Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament Tony Pua has been appointed Selangor DAP chief taking over from Teresa Kok, the former Kinrara state assembly person.
PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament (MP) Tony Pua is the new Selangor DAP chief, while Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo will be his deputy.
The appointment follows the win of the two MPs at the Selangor DAP elections held here today. A total 687 delegates to the elections elected 15 leaders to helm the state DAP and the elected leaders made appointments to the posts based on consensus.
Although Pua did not come first among the 15 candidates, he was chosen based on consensus of the newly elected state DAP committee.
“It is a position that I accept with humility, due to the heavy and challenging responsibility. I come in at a time when DAP has won every seat it contested in Selangor, so I have to maintain my predecessor’s record and not tarnish the image,” said Pua, who obtained 422 votes at the polls.
Selangor state assembly speaker Tricia Yeoh and Teng Chang Kim (358 votes) are the two new vice-chairman.
Ean Yong Hian Wah and Ng Suee Lim maintained their positions as secretary and assistant secretary respectively. Newcomer Ng Sze Han, the present Kinrara assemblyman, is now the new treasurer, taking over Yeoh’s previous post.
Lau Weng San kept his post as organisational secretary, while new face Philip Tan, the Teluk Datu state assemblyman, and Ganabatirau are the assistant organisational secretaries.
Ronnie Liu is the new publicity secretary and Lee Kee Hiong is the director of the education and politics bureau.
Yeoh garnered the most votes with 495 followed by Gobind with 491. V Ganabatirau, a former Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader came in third with 451 votes.
All those who were elected last term retained their seats this time around with the only change being Kok and now Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching. Kok maintained her Seputeh seat at the last general election and did not contest the Kinrara state seat in Selangor.
Teo on the other hand was ‘tranferred’ from the Serdang parliamentary constituency to Kulai at the May general election.
Lee Kee Hiong (362 votes) and Ganabatirau were previously appointed to the DAP state committee, but contested and won seats this time around, replacing the two.
The newly elected committee also appointed for additional members in — Ong Kian Ming, Rajiv Rishyakaran, Yeo Bee Yin and Eddie Ng Tian Chee;
1. Charles Santiago
2. Ean Yong Hian Wah
3. V. Ganabatirau
4. Gobind Singh
5. T. Kannan
6. Lau Weng San
7. Lee Ka Hiong
8. Ng Suee Lim
9. Ng Sze Han
10. Philip Tan Choon Swee
11. Ronnie Liu
12. Tiew Way Keng
13. Tony Pua
14. Hannah Yeoh
15. Teng Chang Khim
PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament (MP) Tony Pua is the new Selangor DAP chief, while Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo will be his deputy.The appointment follows the win of the two MPs at the Selangor DAP elections held here today. A total 687 delegates to the elections elected 15 leaders to helm the state DAP and the elected leaders made appointments to the posts based on consensus.
Although Pua did not come first among the 15 candidates, he was chosen based on consensus of the newly elected state DAP committee.
“It is a position that I accept with humility, due to the heavy and challenging responsibility. I come in at a time when DAP has won every seat it contested in Selangor, so I have to maintain my predecessor’s record and not tarnish the image,” said Pua, who obtained 422 votes at the polls.
Selangor state assembly speaker Tricia Yeoh and Teng Chang Kim (358 votes) are the two new vice-chairman.
Ean Yong Hian Wah and Ng Suee Lim maintained their positions as secretary and assistant secretary respectively. Newcomer Ng Sze Han, the present Kinrara assemblyman, is now the new treasurer, taking over Yeoh’s previous post.
Lau Weng San kept his post as organisational secretary, while new face Philip Tan, the Teluk Datu state assemblyman, and Ganabatirau are the assistant organisational secretaries.
Ronnie Liu is the new publicity secretary and Lee Kee Hiong is the director of the education and politics bureau.
Yeoh garnered the most votes with 495 followed by Gobind with 491. V Ganabatirau, a former Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader came in third with 451 votes.
All those who were elected last term retained their seats this time around with the only change being Kok and now Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching. Kok maintained her Seputeh seat at the last general election and did not contest the Kinrara state seat in Selangor.
Teo on the other hand was ‘tranferred’ from the Serdang parliamentary constituency to Kulai at the May general election.
Lee Kee Hiong (362 votes) and Ganabatirau were previously appointed to the DAP state committee, but contested and won seats this time around, replacing the two.
The newly elected committee also appointed for additional members in — Ong Kian Ming, Rajiv Rishyakaran, Yeo Bee Yin and Eddie Ng Tian Chee;
1. Charles Santiago
2. Ean Yong Hian Wah
3. V. Ganabatirau
4. Gobind Singh
5. T. Kannan
6. Lau Weng San
7. Lee Ka Hiong
8. Ng Suee Lim
9. Ng Sze Han
10. Philip Tan Choon Swee
11. Ronnie Liu
12. Tiew Way Keng
13. Tony Pua
14. Hannah Yeoh
15. Teng Chang Khim
NUTP:More teacher counsellors needed
In line for the call to conduct mental health checks on students, NUTP hopes more teacher counsellors will be employed
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) welcomes the health ministry’s effort to conduct mental health checks on students, but hopes there will also be an increase in teacher counsellors at schools.
Its president, Hashim Adnan said in line with the health ministry’s move, the education ministry should also meet the need for teacher counsellors in schools to help students cope with problems.
He said the current ratio of one teacher counsellor to 500 students was no longer suitable.
Hence, the ratio should be reduced to one teacher counsellor to 300 or 350 students, he said.
“The smaller ratio will assist the teacher to be more focused in carrying out the task of assisting students cope with mental and emotional stress,” he further stressed.
Hashim was commenting on a statement by Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam that the ministry would conduct mental health tests on secondary students from year one to year four next year.
In a news report yesterday, Dr Subramaniam said as of last December, the Healthy Mind Programme screening conducted on 19,919 students from 357 schools nationwide showed that 7.45 per cent suffered from depression while 7.59 per cent had stress problems.
-Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) welcomes the health ministry’s effort to conduct mental health checks on students, but hopes there will also be an increase in teacher counsellors at schools.Its president, Hashim Adnan said in line with the health ministry’s move, the education ministry should also meet the need for teacher counsellors in schools to help students cope with problems.
He said the current ratio of one teacher counsellor to 500 students was no longer suitable.
Hence, the ratio should be reduced to one teacher counsellor to 300 or 350 students, he said.
“The smaller ratio will assist the teacher to be more focused in carrying out the task of assisting students cope with mental and emotional stress,” he further stressed.
Hashim was commenting on a statement by Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam that the ministry would conduct mental health tests on secondary students from year one to year four next year.
In a news report yesterday, Dr Subramaniam said as of last December, the Healthy Mind Programme screening conducted on 19,919 students from 357 schools nationwide showed that 7.45 per cent suffered from depression while 7.59 per cent had stress problems.
-Bernama
MIC delegate lodges police report
A disgruntled delegate lodges police report in regards to irregularities during party polls
PETALING JAYA: MIC Kuala Langat delegate S Velayuthan today lodged a police report on the irregularities of the party polls.
The delegate who is also the Kg Sungai Manggis branch leader made the police report at Bandar Puchong Jaya police station today morning.
When FMT contacted him, he stated that the party should have investigated the matter after receiving complaints from several members and delegates.
He also added that till date the party’s top officials have delayed the process and have not looked into the matter, causing a distrust and bad image on the party.
Not only that; he further commented that the party president G Palanivel should have announced his official office bearers’ line-up and get his party people to seriously look into the complaints.
“At the moment everything is in a stalemate and no news from the party leadership and looks like the party is heading without a radar.
“And yet again, we do not know the president’s whereabouts who should be responsible to handle the issue,” said Velayuthan.
The branch leader also wants the party leadership to take up the matter seriously and not further delay the process in probing the irregularities; as it shows in-efficiency in handling complaints made by the members.
Meanwhile, former MIC Youth and veep candidate who lost in the party polls, T Mohan said that the party’s top officials should seriously look into the complaints made by the members.
“They can’t be delaying the party polls investigations as it looks bad on the party and urge either the president or sec-gen to resolve the matter as soon as possible” said Mohan.
MIC confirms five complaints
It is reported in the media today that the party sec-gen A Sakthivel have confirmed five written complaints alleging discrepancy in the party elections were received.
According to the party sec-gen the complaints from members would be directed to the election steering committee but refused to elaborate further as to whether the complaints were related to the contest for the three vice-president’s posts or the 23 positions on the Central Working Committee (CWC).
Sakthivel further pointed out that some quarters have been using this opportunity to smear the good name of the party by giving irresponsible press statements and believes it is not a healthy practise which leaves a bad impression on the party.
The party secretary general also claimed that out of the 96 candidates who contested in the polls only five have lodged official complaints and that it was “not a big issue.”
However, last week a MIC election steering committee member and a party veteran leader have pointed out that the MIC election steering committee was powerless to act on the matter.
A election steering committee member, who did not want to be named, told FMT that the MIC election by-laws specifies that the party CWC must decide if a re-election is warranted or otherwise.
MIC held its internal election to select three vice presidents and 23 CWC members on Nov 30. A total of eight candidates contested for the vice president race while 88 aspirants fought for the 23 CWC seats.
The polls was marred by various irregularities with some candidates going public with their allegations.
Barely 24 hours after the election, Palanivel flew out of the country for a holiday. He is expected to return today.
The MIC president has yet to appoint anyone for the party secretary general, treasurer general and information chief positions.
PETALING JAYA: MIC Kuala Langat delegate S Velayuthan today lodged a police report on the irregularities of the party polls.The delegate who is also the Kg Sungai Manggis branch leader made the police report at Bandar Puchong Jaya police station today morning.
When FMT contacted him, he stated that the party should have investigated the matter after receiving complaints from several members and delegates.
He also added that till date the party’s top officials have delayed the process and have not looked into the matter, causing a distrust and bad image on the party.
Not only that; he further commented that the party president G Palanivel should have announced his official office bearers’ line-up and get his party people to seriously look into the complaints.
“At the moment everything is in a stalemate and no news from the party leadership and looks like the party is heading without a radar.
“And yet again, we do not know the president’s whereabouts who should be responsible to handle the issue,” said Velayuthan.
The branch leader also wants the party leadership to take up the matter seriously and not further delay the process in probing the irregularities; as it shows in-efficiency in handling complaints made by the members.
Meanwhile, former MIC Youth and veep candidate who lost in the party polls, T Mohan said that the party’s top officials should seriously look into the complaints made by the members.
“They can’t be delaying the party polls investigations as it looks bad on the party and urge either the president or sec-gen to resolve the matter as soon as possible” said Mohan.
MIC confirms five complaints
It is reported in the media today that the party sec-gen A Sakthivel have confirmed five written complaints alleging discrepancy in the party elections were received.
According to the party sec-gen the complaints from members would be directed to the election steering committee but refused to elaborate further as to whether the complaints were related to the contest for the three vice-president’s posts or the 23 positions on the Central Working Committee (CWC).
Sakthivel further pointed out that some quarters have been using this opportunity to smear the good name of the party by giving irresponsible press statements and believes it is not a healthy practise which leaves a bad impression on the party.
The party secretary general also claimed that out of the 96 candidates who contested in the polls only five have lodged official complaints and that it was “not a big issue.”
However, last week a MIC election steering committee member and a party veteran leader have pointed out that the MIC election steering committee was powerless to act on the matter.
A election steering committee member, who did not want to be named, told FMT that the MIC election by-laws specifies that the party CWC must decide if a re-election is warranted or otherwise.
MIC held its internal election to select three vice presidents and 23 CWC members on Nov 30. A total of eight candidates contested for the vice president race while 88 aspirants fought for the 23 CWC seats.
The polls was marred by various irregularities with some candidates going public with their allegations.
Barely 24 hours after the election, Palanivel flew out of the country for a holiday. He is expected to return today.
The MIC president has yet to appoint anyone for the party secretary general, treasurer general and information chief positions.
‘Pakatan leaders failed the Indians’
Uthayakumar's wife hopes her husband will be released next month and continue his struggle for the Indian community
KUALA LUMPUR:Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) legal advisor M Manoharan urged Pakatan Rakyat Indian leaders to place community interest first instead of focusing on their self enrichment.
Speaking at the book launch of the life story of Hindraf leader P Uthayakumar, Manoharan said Pakatan Indian leaders have to buck up to serve the community.
Manoharan said they should not disappoint the people who trusted them and voted for Pakatan in the past election.
He said they must emulate Uthayakumar, that has put his self interest aside by fighting for the Indian community.
“Please do not use the community name for your personal agenda,”
“Stop the dramas ,” he urged
Manoharan said Pakatan Indian leaders are not sincere in serving the community likewise Uthayakumar.
He said Uthayakumar is a legend and still concerned about the community despite being held in the Kajang Prison.
Uthayakumar was arrested over a sedition charge and was placed in the Kajang prison last May.
Manoharan is confident that Uthayakumar will win his case during the next court hearing on January 15 and really hopes that the Indian community to be behind him as he sacrificed a lot for them.
He also defended Uthayakumar saying that he had never used the Indian community for his personal agenda as claimed by certain quarters.
Meanwhile Uthayakumar’s wife S Indra Devi, who was also present in the event, during her speech said that even though she is going through a hard time being without her husband she is still proud of him.
She hopes the community will appreciate her husband’s sacrifice.
“My husband can choose to mind his own business but he cares for others than himself,”
“He has been ill treated in prison and going through his worst times of his life,”
“Me and my two daughters missed him so much- the house is very quite without him,” she said in tears.
Indra said that she really hopes that her husband will be freed next month and Uthayakumar will not bow down but continue to fight for those who need justice.
The official book launch of ‘Utayakumarin Varuthapadatha Poratta Payanngal’ was held in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly hall yesterday.
The book portrays the struggle of Uthayakumar for fighting for Indians in Malaysia.
KUALA LUMPUR:Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) legal advisor M Manoharan urged Pakatan Rakyat Indian leaders to place community interest first instead of focusing on their self enrichment.Speaking at the book launch of the life story of Hindraf leader P Uthayakumar, Manoharan said Pakatan Indian leaders have to buck up to serve the community.
Manoharan said they should not disappoint the people who trusted them and voted for Pakatan in the past election.
He said they must emulate Uthayakumar, that has put his self interest aside by fighting for the Indian community.
“Please do not use the community name for your personal agenda,”
“Stop the dramas ,” he urged
Manoharan said Pakatan Indian leaders are not sincere in serving the community likewise Uthayakumar.
He said Uthayakumar is a legend and still concerned about the community despite being held in the Kajang Prison.
Uthayakumar was arrested over a sedition charge and was placed in the Kajang prison last May.
Manoharan is confident that Uthayakumar will win his case during the next court hearing on January 15 and really hopes that the Indian community to be behind him as he sacrificed a lot for them.
He also defended Uthayakumar saying that he had never used the Indian community for his personal agenda as claimed by certain quarters.
Meanwhile Uthayakumar’s wife S Indra Devi, who was also present in the event, during her speech said that even though she is going through a hard time being without her husband she is still proud of him.
She hopes the community will appreciate her husband’s sacrifice.
“My husband can choose to mind his own business but he cares for others than himself,”
“He has been ill treated in prison and going through his worst times of his life,”
“Me and my two daughters missed him so much- the house is very quite without him,” she said in tears.
Indra said that she really hopes that her husband will be freed next month and Uthayakumar will not bow down but continue to fight for those who need justice.
The official book launch of ‘Utayakumarin Varuthapadatha Poratta Payanngal’ was held in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly hall yesterday.
The book portrays the struggle of Uthayakumar for fighting for Indians in Malaysia.
Ku Li to open Perkasa meeting in the hope of turning right-wing Malay group around
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's credentials as a statesman and a politician with enlightened views on
race are now on the line as he has reportedly accepted Perkasa's invitation to open its fourth annual general meeting next week.
While the Gua Musang MP has regularly met Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali as both are from Kelantan, they cannot be more different as chalk and cheese.
Tengku Razaleigh is urbane, sophisticated and cosmopolitan while Ibrahim has been known to be crude with a narrow racial view that has seen him jump from one party to another, earning the sobriquet of a “political frog”.
The Malaysian Insider understands that the former finance minister and Umno veteran, popularly known as Ku Li, has confirmed he would attend the meeting at Pusat Islam in Kuala Lumpur on December 22.
Those close to the Kelantan prince said he had weighed the pros and cons of associating with the right-wing Malay group before confirming his attendance at the assembly themed “Upholding the Constitution for the wellbeing of all”.
"He wants to engage the Perkasa leadership and persuade them to be more inclusive. He wants them to look at the bigger picture," a Ku Li confidante told The Malaysian Insider.
Tengku Razaleigh, who was tasked with setting up national oil firm Petronas, has been an advocate of market and economic liberalisation in the past decade unlike Ibrahim who believes that the Malays should have a greater control and share of the economy.
Ibrahim has articulated his views through Perkasa, which boasts a 500,000 membership mainly from Umno, which he found after 2008 elections when he stood on a PAS ticket.
He turned independent to support the ruling Barisan Nasional after Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi stepped down as prime minister.
His relationship with Ku Li goes back to the time when both were in the old Umno and the now defunct Semangat 46, which was once in power with PAS in the Kelantan government.
Both only returned to the Umno fold in 1996, where Ibrahim eventually became a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department in Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's government.
Ku Li, who was also once trade minister, had been Dr Mahathir's political foe when he ran for the Umno presidency in 1987 which he lost by 44 votes. Ironically, Dr Mahathir is the Perkasa patron.
Last month, former Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Rahman announced that he had joined the Malay rights group.
Ibrahim told The Malaysian Insider that more well-known personalities would soon join the movement but he declined to name them.
“Perkasa is open to all... There are more people interested in joining Perkasa, including some big names. I will elaborate more on this during the AGM,” he said.
Other prominent members include former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor.
Perkasa grabbed the headlines on November 24, when Abdul Rashid announced he had joined the group six months ago to help the group achieve its goal of strengthening Malay-Muslim dominance.
He added that the three redelineation exercises undertaken while he was chief were done to keep Umno and in his view, Malay Muslims, in power. – December 15, 2013.
The wrath of a losing ‘winner’
Richard Loh
Malaysians should be very proud of their country, a nation where they are born into, raised and will die and buried here irrespective of what kind of government they have. But sadly many still could not differentiate between the country that they owned (belong to) and an elected government that are supposed to serve. The long serving one party (precisely 56 years) has gone overboard and arrogant to remind the rakyat that they must be grateful and be patriotic to the powers that be.
Most Malaysians are moving forward fast and are adapting well to the various changes that are ongoing together with the outside world but are pulled back or hindered by a restrictive government that are not willing to open up and face the present day reality. The results of the 12th and 13th General Elections have shown that most Malaysians wanted to move along with the rest of the world but post 308 and 505 gave you a more opaque and an intolerance government.
They are still using the old formula of divide and rule, enhancing their racism and religious intolerance including veiled threats which they thought can still work to their advantage and hold on to power. We wish them all the best except not to create chaos and ‘crushed bodies and lives lost’ to fulfill their wish of holding on to power.
Are Malaysians really that blind, dumb and deaf to fall yet again to all these antics? Yes, there are still 47% of the voters that believe in them. What then can we do to make the ruling government listen to us? Guess there is not much we can do individually but to lend support to a greater force that can challenged the ruling government to ensure that they served the rakyat and not the reverse and if possible a total change in GE 14. Presently we have this greater force by the name of Pakatan Rakyat.
Many would not agree that Pakatan Rakyat is the greater force. Let me just ask one question and let you decide if PR is or is not the greater force. Why is the ruling government going all out to kill-off DAP, activating their ‘speculative moles’ inside PKR and enticing PAS in talks? The motive is very clear for all to see, “TO BREAK UP or DESTROYED PAKATAN RAKYAT” before GE 14.
With the reintroduction of ‘detention without trial’, The Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, fuelling anti-Shia sentiments, no intention of removing the sedition act and the daily doses of veiled threats against anything that are challenging their stay in power comes GE 14, Pakatan Rakyat must be at their toes at all times.
The machinery “TO BREAK UP or DESTROYED PAKATAN RAKYAT” before GE 14 has gain momentum each passing day and I would like to provide PR my 2sen worth of suggestion.
Their modus operandi is very simple, to keep PR coalition parties busy fighting the fires which are thrown at them be it lies or slanders ranging from racial, religious issues to just about anything that they can think of to ensure that PR is broken or destroyed by GE 14.
PR must form a council or committee comprising members from all the three parties and on full time basis. The members should be from the younger generation that are trustworthy, with integrity and are presently not elected MPs or Adun. Elected representatives will be busy with their work functions to serve the rakyat and nation on pressing daily issues. The senior leaders can act as advisers. The council job functions are to study all the attacks from the opponent collectively, work out counter solutions and response to the attacks on PR platform. If time permit and if experienced enough, this council should also be on the look out and identify suspected moles.
No doubt there may be such a council in each party where each party will response to the attacks individually. It may work that way but at times there are conflicting responses from each other that gave more bullets to the opponent for further attacks.
The new PR council should be able to identify if the attack is very specific to a certain party but will still study together to provide solution and response. This response will be conveyed to that particular party leader before any statement is issued publicly. Most attacks are interlinked within the three parties, it would be better to study, resolve and make a final PR stand to ward of the attacks. PR must be able to work together, to help each other and resolve matters on a standard platform no matter how hard the attacks are.
Pakatan Rakyat is a coalition of three parties that are supposed to be equal partners but sometimes we still read about party members going after each others throat. Should there be any disagreement, the problems can be forwarded to the new PR council to try and find a solution before any of these go to the press. One thing PR politicians must learn is, try not to talk too much to the press (especially in this country) on personal and party issues should there be any differences among you all, one minute of fame can destroy you if not the party!
Unless there are any hidden agenda within each individual party or lack of credible members, I see no problem in forming a new PR council or committee to work in tandem and proving to Malaysians that PR is the greater force that can bring down a very much disliked present government in GE 14.
This is not the case of ‘too many cooks spoil the soup’ but ‘united we stand, divided we fall’
Malaysians should be very proud of their country, a nation where they are born into, raised and will die and buried here irrespective of what kind of government they have. But sadly many still could not differentiate between the country that they owned (belong to) and an elected government that are supposed to serve. The long serving one party (precisely 56 years) has gone overboard and arrogant to remind the rakyat that they must be grateful and be patriotic to the powers that be.
Most Malaysians are moving forward fast and are adapting well to the various changes that are ongoing together with the outside world but are pulled back or hindered by a restrictive government that are not willing to open up and face the present day reality. The results of the 12th and 13th General Elections have shown that most Malaysians wanted to move along with the rest of the world but post 308 and 505 gave you a more opaque and an intolerance government.
They are still using the old formula of divide and rule, enhancing their racism and religious intolerance including veiled threats which they thought can still work to their advantage and hold on to power. We wish them all the best except not to create chaos and ‘crushed bodies and lives lost’ to fulfill their wish of holding on to power.
Are Malaysians really that blind, dumb and deaf to fall yet again to all these antics? Yes, there are still 47% of the voters that believe in them. What then can we do to make the ruling government listen to us? Guess there is not much we can do individually but to lend support to a greater force that can challenged the ruling government to ensure that they served the rakyat and not the reverse and if possible a total change in GE 14. Presently we have this greater force by the name of Pakatan Rakyat.
Many would not agree that Pakatan Rakyat is the greater force. Let me just ask one question and let you decide if PR is or is not the greater force. Why is the ruling government going all out to kill-off DAP, activating their ‘speculative moles’ inside PKR and enticing PAS in talks? The motive is very clear for all to see, “TO BREAK UP or DESTROYED PAKATAN RAKYAT” before GE 14.
With the reintroduction of ‘detention without trial’, The Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, fuelling anti-Shia sentiments, no intention of removing the sedition act and the daily doses of veiled threats against anything that are challenging their stay in power comes GE 14, Pakatan Rakyat must be at their toes at all times.
The machinery “TO BREAK UP or DESTROYED PAKATAN RAKYAT” before GE 14 has gain momentum each passing day and I would like to provide PR my 2sen worth of suggestion.
Their modus operandi is very simple, to keep PR coalition parties busy fighting the fires which are thrown at them be it lies or slanders ranging from racial, religious issues to just about anything that they can think of to ensure that PR is broken or destroyed by GE 14.
PR must form a council or committee comprising members from all the three parties and on full time basis. The members should be from the younger generation that are trustworthy, with integrity and are presently not elected MPs or Adun. Elected representatives will be busy with their work functions to serve the rakyat and nation on pressing daily issues. The senior leaders can act as advisers. The council job functions are to study all the attacks from the opponent collectively, work out counter solutions and response to the attacks on PR platform. If time permit and if experienced enough, this council should also be on the look out and identify suspected moles.
No doubt there may be such a council in each party where each party will response to the attacks individually. It may work that way but at times there are conflicting responses from each other that gave more bullets to the opponent for further attacks.
The new PR council should be able to identify if the attack is very specific to a certain party but will still study together to provide solution and response. This response will be conveyed to that particular party leader before any statement is issued publicly. Most attacks are interlinked within the three parties, it would be better to study, resolve and make a final PR stand to ward of the attacks. PR must be able to work together, to help each other and resolve matters on a standard platform no matter how hard the attacks are.
Pakatan Rakyat is a coalition of three parties that are supposed to be equal partners but sometimes we still read about party members going after each others throat. Should there be any disagreement, the problems can be forwarded to the new PR council to try and find a solution before any of these go to the press. One thing PR politicians must learn is, try not to talk too much to the press (especially in this country) on personal and party issues should there be any differences among you all, one minute of fame can destroy you if not the party!
Unless there are any hidden agenda within each individual party or lack of credible members, I see no problem in forming a new PR council or committee to work in tandem and proving to Malaysians that PR is the greater force that can bring down a very much disliked present government in GE 14.
This is not the case of ‘too many cooks spoil the soup’ but ‘united we stand, divided we fall’
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