The Hindraf letter that angered Badawi

last SG · 2007-12-21T09:06:01+00:00

can someone please summarize in 10 words or less what the fuk that was about.

Gun SG

Hindraf memorandum to UK Prime Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 (Bernama) --
Following is the Hindraf memorandum to the UK Prime Minister:

HINDRAF

Hindu Rights Action Force
No. 135-3-A, Jalan Toman 7,
Kemayan Square,
70200 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia. Tel : 06-7672995/6
Fax: 06-7672997 Email [email protected]

15.11.2007
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kindom
10 Downing Street, Fax: +442079250918
London, URGENT
SW1A 2AA

Dear Sirs,

RE: 1. COMMONWEALTH ETHNIC INDIAN PEACE LOVING SUBJECTS IN MALAYSIA PERSECUTED BY GOVERNMENT BACKED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST VIOLENT ARMED TERRORIST WHO LAUNCHED A PRE DAWN VIOLENT ARMED ATTACK AND DESTROYED THE KG JAWA MARIAMAN HINDU TEMPLE AT 4.00 A.M THIS MORNING (15.11.2007).

2. APPEAL FOR U.K TO MOVE EMERGENCY U.N RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ETHNIC CLEANSING IN MALAYSIA.

3. APPEAL TO REFER MALAYSIA TO THE WORLD COURT AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR CRIMES AGAINST ITS OWN ETHNIC MINORITY INDIANS.

We refer to the above critical matters in Malaysia but which generally gets the least attention locally even by the Opposition parties, NGOs, the Malaysian Human Rights Commission and the media for this community is generally regarded as politically insignificant, do not draw local or international funding and are deemed not pressworthy. To the contrary the Malaysian government has successfully projected itself to the world as a modern Islamic thinking country which is not true.

The ethnic minority Indians in Malaysia were brought in to Malaysia by the British some 200 over years ago. Since independence in 1957 the Malaysian Indians have been permanently colonialised by the Islamic fundamentalist and Malay chauvinists UMNO led Malaysian government.

Among the recent atrocities committed by this government are as follows:-

1.100 over Indians were slashed and killed by the UMNO controlled Malaysian government in the Kampung Medan mini genocide. Despite numerous appeals, the Malaysian Human Rights Commission has refused to hold a Public Inquiry. The UMNO controlled Malaysian courts struck off a victims public interest civil suit for a Public Inquiry to be held without even the said UMNO controlled government having to file in their defence. The UMNO controlled Attorney General and the Inspector General of Police refused to investigate and / or initiate an inquest into the death of at least six Indians in this tragedy despite.

2. Every week one person at average is killed in a shot to kill policy and in every 2 weeks one person is killed in police custody. About 60% of these victims are Indians though they form only 8% of the Malaysian population.

3. In every three weeks one Hindu temple is demolished in Malaysia.

The latest being the demolishment of the Mariaman temple in Padang Jawa, Shah Alam, Selangor early this morning (15.11.2007) and the next being the (Mutaiya) Hindu temple in Sungai Petani scheduled for the 29.11.2007.

A violent armed pre down attack at 4.00a.m this morning was launched by the UMNO controlled Malaysian government backed by about 600 police, riot police, Islamic extremist and armed terrorists which completely destroyed this temple.

In an attack two weeks ago, uniformed police, riot police and city Council officers hurled rocks and attacked unarmed Hindu devotees with knives, sticks and iron rods.

At least 20 Hindu devotees were seriously injured and 19 arrested including 4 of their United Kingdom trained lawyers in direct violation of Article 5 (Right to life) Article 8 (Equality) Article 11 (Freedom of Religion) Section 295 (defiling a place of worship), Section 296 (disturbing a religious assembly), 298A(causing racial disharmony) and Section 441(criminal trespass) of the Malaysian Penal Code.

These authorities are plagued by an above the law mindset and in fact liberally take the law into their own hands. These atrocities however does not happen to almost all Islamic places of worship. Please visit www.policewatchmalaysia.com for further and better particulars.

4. State sponsored direct discrimination against the Indians in Public University intakes, Indian (Tamil) Schools, skills training institutes, civil service and private sector job opportunities, business and license opportunities and in almost all other aspects of daily life.

Despite our hundreds of letters, appeals and pleas to the Malaysian King and Sultans, the Prime Minister, Attorney General, Inspector General of Police, Ministers, Chief Ministers and the latest being our letters to the Prime Minister dated 29.10.2007 and 30.10.2007 and to the Attorney General dated 1.11.2007 the Malaysian authorities are only proceeding with greater ferocity and with impunity with very little regard for the Federal Constitution and laws of Malaysia. So please help us.

CONCLUSION

We fear that this peace loving Indian community of Tamil origin having been pushed to the corner and the persecution getting worse by the day may be forced to into terrorism in a matter of time as what has happened to the Sri Lankan Tamils.

APPEAL

On our part we are committed to a peaceful and lawful struggle and pray and appeal that the Government of the United Kingdom:-

1. Moves an emergency United Nations resolution condemning these state sponsored atrocities and persecutions of Malaysian Indians in Malaysia.

2. Refers Malaysia to the World Court and the International Criminal Court for Crimes against its own ethnic minority Indians

Thank You,

Yours Faithfully

P.Uthayakumar

Legal Adviser

00011000 SG

I am not an Indian but the situation in Malaysia is not surprising. It has to come sooner or later.

Their leaders have to stop feeding its ppl on nonsense. Kris waving, emotive talk, propagation etc

hloc SG

What to do..... Malaysia belongs to them.

CUM ON MY FACE SG

Bumiputras totally rock my world.

Thank goodness Sg is not governed by the 'orang laut'. Or America ruled by the 'American Indians'. Or Australia ruled by the 'aborigines'. Or NZ ruled by the 'Maori'.

MyParentsDunWanMe SG

I think some of the facts are exaggerated. Would be nice to classify them as overseas indians or malaysian indians. I think there could be differences in the way these two groups are treated.

Demonight SG

woah hang on there..don't compare the native Malaysians to natives of other countries..it's just not fair to them..not the Malaysians Rolling Eyes I'm glad Singapore isn't ruled by mats (yeah I said mats...which are an incredibly idiotic sub-group of malay people...like comparing the intelligence of mentally slow orang utans to chimpanzees) and they can wave their ceremonial daggers about as much as they want as long as they do it in a padded cell....faaaaarrr faaaarr away from seats of power...probably a padded cell on a deserted islet in the Bermuda Triangle

maggot SG

They should ask India which have nukes to bargain Rolling Eyes

Gun SG

Hang on guys.

Yes, we know the pro-bumi policy obviously isn't working for the benefit for all and in fact detrimental to Malaysia's future.

However, I suggest you read Uthayakumar's letter again. In it he uses the words like "genocide", "government backed Islamic extremist", "armed terrorist", and even "ethnic cleansing" to describe ethnic-Indian Malaysians condition.

These are very serious and misleading accusations. Made more dangerous when he attempt to internationalise the issue against a democratically elected government.

HINDRAF demonstrations and subsequent riot served NO ONE. And its agenda remains suspicious.

The incident has made KL a more unpredictable place where communal and sectarian cracks begins to challenge the authorities which is also pressured by Islamization forces from within.

IMO, the Letter is counter-productive, mischievous and inflammatory.

Read his Conclusion and you know what HINDRAF is "hinting"

""We fear that this peace loving Indian community of Tamil origin having been pushed to the corner and the persecution getting worse by the day may be forced to into terrorism in a matter of time as what has happened to the Sri Lankan Tamils. "

One can be easily infer as a threat against KL and attempting to import LTTE style terror into SEA. And this isn't the 1st time that LTTE activity had involved SEA countries. Singapore is no exception.

(See LTTE in Singapore 2007 report
http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/399
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/shrilanka/database/outsidemajorincidents.htm)

Folks, this is NOT another UMNO-bashing shadow play. This will have serious repercussions on SEA stability if race-terror takes hold.

Everyone will loose.

Demonight SG

the Brits should be familiar with Indians' policy of exaggeration Wink

zenden9 SG

Originally posted by Gun:
Hang on guys.

Yes, we know the pro-bumi policy obviously isn't working for the benefit for all and in fact detrimental to Malaysia's future.

However, I suggest you read Uthayakumar's letter again. In it he uses the words like "genocide", "government backed Islamic extremist", "armed terrorist", and even "ethnic cleansing" to describe ethnic-Indian Malaysians condition.

These are very serious and misleading accusations. Made more dangerous when he attempt to internationalise the issue against a democratically elected government.

HINDRAF demonstrations and subsequent riot served NO ONE. And its agenda remains suspicious.

The incident has made KL a more unpredictable place where communal and sectarian cracks begins to challenge the authorities which is also pressured by Islamization forces from within.

IMO, the Letter is counter-productive, mischievous and inflammatory.

Read his Conclusion and you know what HINDRAF is "hinting"

[b]""We fear that this peace loving Indian community of Tamil origin having been pushed to the corner and the persecution getting worse by the day may be forced to into terrorism in a matter of time as what has happened to the Sri Lankan Tamils. "

One can be easily infer as a threat against KL and attempting to import LTTE style terror into SEA. And this isn't the 1st time that LTTE activity had involved SEA countries. Singapore is no exception.

(See LTTE in Singapore 2007 report
http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/399
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/shrilanka/database/outsidemajorincidents.htm)

Folks, this is NOT another UMNO-bashing shadow play. This will have serious repercussions on SEA stability if race-terror takes hold.

Everyone will loose.

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Fully agree.. Those words are highly misleading and that guy is very dangerous! But who is going to supply arm for them? Laughing

Gun SG

Like I said before, New Dehli politicians better shutup and let the Malaysian handle their own domestic business.

mancha SG

The majority of the protesters are peaceful, and want the demo to be peaceful. But as usual they are made use of by those who want dramatic results.

It takes tremendous self-policing for peaceful marches to remain peaceful to the end.

Arapahoe SG

Another perspective i think cannot be ignore is that the increasingly assertiveness of islamic teaching into grass root n state level.

What this riot incident also allow sg to look at malaysia gov response if the gov has change its fundamental. A generation that grew up under Bumi policy may create a paradigm shift in malaysia politics to a more islamic conservative and eventually declared itself as islamic state. This may impact malaysia election in years to come.

LazerLordz SG

Yes.

The Bumi policy is likely to be an issue of securitisation in the near future.

Arapahoe SG

when touching on religion issue it get people emotion. i do not believe Tamil in MY is asking for a home land. What they are saying its a projection of fear that if this segragation continue downline.

gUms SG

i totally agree with this part . Thank goodness Sg is not governed by the 'orang laut'.

This ppl will always cover , their own ppl butt even if they are in wrong.

Catknight SG

Who knows after all the non= malays left they are free to develop as the next JAPAN

Gun SG

Then I pity those who got involved in a supposedly "peaceful" demo. As one had suggested, getting into such activity will can be emotionally driven without afterthought.

Did any one recalled why Hindraf held the demo in the 1st place?

laurence82 SG

Malaysia getting a lot of protests recently

will4 SG

This protest might not be the last especially election is nearing in Malaysia.