GAS cancels rally, plans anti-Samy VCDs

By B Nantha Kumar - Free Malaysia Today

KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan Anti-SamyVellu (GAS) is going ahead with its mission to topple the MIC president despite attempts to derail it, said the movement's founder and sacked party member V Mugilan.

The former MIC deputy Youth chief, in dismissing reports of GAS’ irrelevance, said the movement will be launching 500,000 VCDs soon detailing Samy Vellu's failures in relation to the Indian community.

“There is no truth that GAS has no support. It is utter rubbish. Everyday I attend to hundreds of calls giving me support.

“It is obvious that GAS is not dead and Samy Vellu should stop trying to kill us off,” he said, referring to rumours that the embattled chief had spent millions trying to quell GAS.

Speaking at a press conference today, Mugilan said the next step for GAS was to flood the market with the 30-minute-long VCDs.

“We have produced it in Tamil and English. It's our next move to shove him (Samy Vellu) out.

“GAS has been effective. Before we began our campaign, Samy Vellu said he will step down next September.

“Within three weeks of our existence, he told an MIC function in Negri Sembilan that he will step down if the government gave him a good option.

“Then at the Johor MIC AGM, he declared that this would be his last and most recently in Selangor he said he will carry out a major reshuffle in party ranks within six months.

“All this means our pressure on him is working,” said Mugilan.

June 13 rally shelved

Mugilan also said that the next GAS gathering, scheduled to be held in Klang on June 13, has been called off on grounds of "public safety".

"We heard that Selangor MIC was planning to stir some trouble at the rally.

“Our main concern is public safety. We do not want Samy Vellu’s supporters to make trouble at the rally. We don’t want fights.

“So we decided to defer it. We will face Samy Vellu in another rally soon. But I want to remind him to stop wasting his money trying to stop us.

“He should put the millions to better use,” said Mugilan.

Also present at today’s press conference were former MIC central working committee members KP Samy and G Kumar Amman, both sacked from the party by Samy Vellu for criticising him.

GAS' first rally against Samy Vellu in Kuala Lumpur last month attracted about 5,000 people, far fewer than the expected crowd by the organisers.