Batu Caves : Najib and Selangor MB not welcome.

Batu Caves : Najib and Selangor MB not welcome.

Media Statement

In early 2009, the Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim in answer to the Kota Alam Shah State Assemblyman M. Manoharan’s written question at the Selangor State Assembly replied to the effect that in every ten (10) days one hindu temple is being demolished in Selangor in the year 2007. Based on this figure our estimate is that in every one week one hindu temple is demolished in Malaysia. This kind of atrocities does not happen in any other part of the world expect in Malay-sia.

It is coming to about two years now that PKR has been the ruling government in the Selangor state government. But this Selangor Menteri Besar has yet to grant land to each and every hindu temple in the state of Selangor as what has been rightly done for all suraus and masjids by UMNO over the last 52 years. *( See notes below)

Instead Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim continues with the 50 old year UMNO regime paper politics wayang kulit “tradition” by getting his Indian Exco and other mandores to create the impression of dishing out peanuts of RM 9,000.00 or so per hindu temple or land for this or that hindu temple without substantiating the same with land titles or at least firm written letters granting hindu temple land on the state government letterhead with an express undertaking to issue the land titles thereto within sixty days or so. This is done on an almost daily basis through especially the three Tamil newspapers (The Indian victims only realize that their hindu temple land promised were mere political statements when the bulldozers appear at the temple doorsteps to literally bulldoze these hindu temples).

Each of this peanuts and chicken feet funds and the supposed hindu temple “land” announcement is then repeated and amplified over and over again under various disguised titles and sub titles in especially the three Tamil newspapers as the malay proverb goes “ayam telur sebiji rioh sekampong” and to give the impression that the hindu temple problems are being attended to on a day to day basis.

Leading in this scheme of newspaper political play is the Selangor Indian Exco mandore who in particular has aped this 50 year old MIC mandores’ practice and perfected it into an art.

This very same “kosong paper politics” is also still played by the UMNO led by Prime Minister Najib in the other states ruled by UMNO and ably aped by the Chief Minister of Penang Kapitan Lim Guan Eng, Dato Seri Azizan the Menteri Besar of Kedah and (earlier) Dato Seri Nizar Jamaluddin the former Menteri Besar of Perak who also use their Indian DCM II and Exco mandores and their other Indian mandores for this same purpose.

Now on this year’s Thaipusam day “Tuan” Najib, “Tuan” Tan Sri Khalid, Kapitan Lim Guan Eng and “Tuan” Nizar Jamaluddin are expected to be accompanied by their respective mandores - Indian Minister, Deputy Ministers, DCM II, Exco and their other Indian mandores clad in white vashty and white shirts to do their usual media and paper politics wayang kulit and fish for the critical and crucial Indian votes in particular at Batu Caves, Kalu Malai (Ipoh) the Waterfall temple (Penang) and elsewhere nationwide

We now call upon Prime Minister Najib Razak Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Kapitan Lim Guan Eng, “Tuan” Dato Seri Azizan and ex Perak Menteri Besar “Tuan” Nizar Jamaluddin (when he resumes power in Perak) to forthwith announce the granting state government land titles to all hindu temples in Selangor, Penang, Perak and Kedah and the whole of Malaysia at worst by invoking Section 76 of the National Land Code and alienating land to all hindu temples in Malaysia all in one go as a permanent and lasting solution as opposed to the present practice of doing soon a piecemeal “one by one” and wayang kulit basis (most often empty promises) and the temple by temple chicken feet funds or supposed land allocations which is almost always never backed up by a land title or at least a firm written letter to that effect on the government letterhead.

If this is not done “Tuan” Najib, “Tuan” Tan Sri Khalid “Tuan” Nizar Jamaluddin and Kapitan Lim Guan Eng are not welcome for Thaipusam at Batu Caves, Penang, Ipoh and elsewhere nationwide. The Malaysian Indian minority have had enough

Thank you,

Yours faithfully,

…………………….

P. Uthayakumar

Secretary General (pro tem)

* We note with regret that this PKR/PR Selangor State government has yet to grant state land to the hundreds of such temples in Selangor. How is this PKR/PR State government goint to be any different from the previous UMNO/BN Selangor state governments in Selangor and all the other (5) P.R. ruled states have no interest in giving these hindu temples, tamil schools, crematoriums and Indian squatters a permanent solution to their problem. To the contrary the Selangor and Perak state government within one month of their coming to power granted RM100 Million and 400 hectares of land for a pig project in Sepang (NST 11/04/2008 and 26/08/2008 pg 3) Similarly in Perak 60,000 (110,000) lots in 134 Chinese New Villages (UM 5/04/2008 pg 4) and 102,000 titles for 349 Rancangan Kampong tersusun (mostly Malay) (UM 1/01/2009 pg 1), 3.3 hectares per orang asli land approved, 18,000 hectares has been gazette as orang asli reserve and another 30,000 hectare more waiting to be gazette says Nga Koo Ham DAP Senior Perak Exco Member (NST 20/09/2008 at page 20) 1,000 hectares (about 2,500 acres) of land to nine Chinese schools in Kampar, Manjung and Taiping (NST 31/08/2008) 101 hectres to the Premier International University with a possibility of an additional 20 hectres (NST 18/09/2008 pg 20) 3,000 illegal shrimp ponds in Mangrove forests near Manjong (Chinese) to be legalized by giving them land titles says Menteri Besar Nizar Jamaluddin (NST 28/12/2008 pg 26) land titles for 10,000 orang asli in Perak to help raise their socio economic status (NST 8/10/2008 pg 10). It is clear that just about every body else are granted state land ie the Malays, Chinese and the orang asli except the Indians. Even if it for the public purpose of Temples Crematoriums Tamil schools or Public Halls. How then are these PKR, DAP and PAS governments any different from the previous UMNO/ B.N state governments? This is the political reality we are facing today!)