The then new Sultanah Aminah General Hospital in 2009 was reported to have a muslim death ceremonial hall but like in the colonial days one for non muslims were intentionally not built under the UMNO racist and religious supremacist agenda.
The mostly rich Chinese have the means to afford the services of a funeral parlour.
The UMNO government builds ample muslim death ceremonial halls and suraus at hospitals and in all high rise flats, apartments and condominiums as a basic public necessity.
But for especially the Indian poor even during a death they are unable to grief in peace and dignity but are humiliated to the brim.
Yesterday (20/11/11) was the death of a beloved family member. Ab Initio (from the beginning) the management of Pantai Hill Park refused to allow the Indian Hindu family to bring home their beloved deceased elder. For the Indian and Hindus death is very personal and it is customary to conduct the final rites from their homes. When told of this the management office did not agree. We were informed that at least in one previous case the condo management harassed the family into taking their deceased loved one away and out of the condominium by the Security guards harassing them and repeated written notices.
When questioned why there is a place for the Malay muslims at the Condo and never for the Indian Hindus there was no answer forthcoming.
In almost all the hundreds of low cost flats especially the ones built over the last 40 years, there is a death ceremony hall and a surau in all these flats. But there is none for the Indian poor. To the contrary the Sri Sabah flats in Cheras which was built during the immediate post colonial era there is a Hindu death ceremony hall.
The poor Indians are forced to conduct their elaborate last rites in a temporary make shift tent by the roadside of some back ally and many a time next to and beside the rubbish and garbage dump/disposal area. Why this level of humiliation and yet another of the scores of temporary solution for the Indian poor?
Why this level of state sponsored and institutional indignity and insult in victimising and targeted the Hindu Indian poor.
And this also happens in the new high rise residences also in the Pakatan Rakyat states of Kedah, Penang and especially in Selangor.
Our biggest fear yet again is the racist UMNO would be replaced with UMNO 2 @ Pakatan Rakyat.
A civil suit compelling the UMNO Federal and State governments and Menteri Besars and the Pakatan Rakyat Menteri Besars to compel the local authorities to set a precondition for building permission of a non muslim place for final rites and a place of worship in all apartment blocks, as done for Malay muslims, and the same to be implemented in all existing high rise residences, would not see justice done in the UMNO courts. But it would have the effect of naming and shaming both the UMNO and P.R. State governments.
Karunai nithi @ Compassionate Justice
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