Is There Justification for HINDRAF Rally, Nov 2007

Is there justification in Hindraf rally? an analysis
dear frens,the protest by indian youths was a good thing as itgave them an opportunity to release the collectivepent up anger which was worked up boiling point. thegovt shud not be unduly worried besides they must havelearnt from the many protests held by umno youth andpas against the foreign embassies. it is natural forsome in the such protests to go overboard and breakthe law.the protest will help to reduce crime among indianyouths as they have become politically aware. we dont need anymore protest. we need to get down towork.if we analyse the protest well, it will show thathindraf leaders tapped into the latent anger of theindian community over many years due to mainly MICsstupid and ignorant leadership over teh decades. whenwe accompany somebody to a crime, we become accused ofthe crime even if we did not participate in the veryact of the crime. and so the barisan nasional becomesa partner to the stupid even criminal leadership ofMIC.eg the maika holdings scandal.the protest was due to the failure of MIC and the govthas to bear teh resposnsibility for alllowing the rotin MIC to happen over the decades. perhaps thecomponnent parties ie UMNO, MCA,GERAKAN PPP, ETClistened too much to the lies of samyvellu. the factis MIC is teh most corrupt political party in thecountry. thats where much of teh problem of the indiancommunity arose over teh decades.i come from a rubber estate and my roots are alwaysthere. life is not that bad in the in the planatationsexcept that the workers neither own the land nor tehhomes they live in . when the plantation land weretaken up for development, the workers were thrown intothe urban slums. and suddenly the crime rate ofindians began to rise concluding in the kg.medanriots. MIC shud have placed home ownership for the workersand urban poor as well. this is crucial for raisingehalthy families and kids. besides, what ahrm couldhappen to teh country if teh plantation workers weregiven small plots of land for cattle or goat farmimgby teh big greedy planantion groups. we are talkingabout workers whose skill is realated to agriculture.how could the the plantation groups and MIC be soignorant about the needs of this group and tehproblems that may arise in the future.the damage doen to the planation workers by tehcarelessness and stupidity of SIMEDARBY, GUTHRIE,IOIETC ETC and MIC will take years to rectify.IT is this problem of latent anger that hindraf tappedinto causing the protest. the protest is excellent forthe people and teh country as it gave the youths tovent their anger.as for uthayakumar etc in hindraf- being lawyers youshud know about property laws governing any structureincluding buildings of worship ie they need to haveland title. many of the hindu temples dont ahve titlesand you shud be working with bodies like malaysianhindu sangam and the govt to get land titles. and alsowork for the orderly cosntruction of hindu temples.as for MIC, barisan nasional must have learnt a lessonthe hard way that MIC ought to be checked. tehres notransparency or democracy at all or even welcome forpeople with ideas. i gave a report to samyvellu 12years ago on ways to assists planation workers. it wasunder " society for the advancememnt of planationworkers" . he saw the report ad said good. he gave merm 500 for the effort which i took on the believe thatmy effort was recognised. i told him him that i expecthim to call me to work in MIC. but this supposed man-is so bloody corrupt that he totally ignnored me. isuppose this is what he would have done over the last28 years as MIC leader to any ideas from the centralworking committtee ie CWC.hindraf leaders have shot themselves in the foot. howcould you as lawyers show disrespect to the King andappeal to the british Queen. besides, indians inmalaysia have been given representation in the govtover the last 52 years beginning in 1955. you guyshave much to answer.and to use words like ethniccleansing is illegal.but my heart and soul is with the protesters as theprotest wasnt a religious or racial. it is GOD sentprotest against the corruption in MIC whichunfortunately UMNO,MCA,GERAKAN,PPP ETC have becomepartners unwitingly.it is the corrupt politics of MIC that caused thecrime among indian youths that also spilled over intothe other communities. what the govt ought to do now is tos et up a multiracial committee to look into the community's problem.leaving to MIC or hindraf alone is dangerous. thereare many other indian organisations as well. but itwould be good idea to invite existing MIC leaders andother leaders in hindraf as well such as kp samy aswell once they have cleared their court matters. thank you. --- Arokianathan Michael wrote:> Is there justification in Hindraf rally? > R Rama Chandran> Nov 30, 07 4:45pmAdjust font size:> > At the outset, this situation would not have arisen> if the ruling elites - the Barisan National> government - had been equitable in their strategies> and implementation of programmes where race and> religious matters were involved. > > Umno being the anchor of the government did not> yield much to the honest requests of MIC or MCA for> their communities, if at all these parties made> honest attempts. Over the 35 years, we have> witnessed only the growth of the elites and cronies> of these two parties. Though Umno elites and cronies> took the lion¢s share, they developed a strong Malay> middle-class using New Economic Policy as its> strategy. > > And today they control 50 percent of the economy> including government-linked companies whose CEOs are> all Malays. All the vice-chancellors of public> universities are Malays. All the secretary-generals> of the ministries are Malays. Most of the> director-generals are Malays too. > > Whilst the Chinese who had a head start in commerce> and industries were able to progress by leaps and> bounds, the Indians remained stagnant for want of> resources, especially capital and banking support.> At professional levels, the Indians?domain was in> medicine and in law. This too slowly dwindled from> that of the yesteryears. The Malays speedily filled> these positions through effective implementation of> the NEP. > > All right-thinking Indians do not hold grudges. The> Malays being the majority race should have their> rightful share in the economic and social> development of the country. But the manner in which> it was implemented under the Mahathir Mohamad regime> was atrocious. Today the entire civil service is the> monopoly of the Malays. > > This is not nation building. The main thrust of the> NEP was to eradicate poverty of all races and that> race should not be identified with a particular job> or occupation. It must be noted that the Indians and> the Tamil Ceylonese once held a significant number> in the civil service. This has been wiped off almost> completely and it is most unjustified. We cannot> blame the Umno ministers totally when MCA and MIC> ministers have been grossly ineffective, allowing> this state of affairs. > > In this monopolistic situation - the Malays in the> public sector and the Chinese in the private sector> - the Indians have no place to survive. The estates> started to employ cheap Indonesian labour. The> Indians slowly drifted to urban areas only to find> that they were unfit for any jobs as they lacked> skills and proper qualifications. Many of them do> not even have proper identity cards to prove their> citizenship because with the fragmentation of the> estates, the registration of births and deaths> became an individual chore and these illiterates do> not have identity cards. The vicious circle begins> there. > > The MIC and the cabinet miserably neglected these> poor souls. Now these young Indians in the cities> have become first-class drug pushers and gangsters.> This is a national problem like the Mat Rempit> problem affecting young Malays. > > With this backdrop and with the thoughtless> demolishment of temples, legal or otherwise, coupled> with snatching dead bodies from Hindu homes and> declaring them Muslims, the conversion of young> children to Islam without their mother¢s consent> mother and other issues have brought about an> organisation like Hindraf. > > If the MIC leadership at all levels had played an> effective role, if the cabinet had taken cognisance> of the Indians?problems and social ills then there> would not have been a Hindraf or any other> organisation to take up the challenges of community.> It is an established history that when good deeds> are not done over the years after repeated requests,> people will spontaneously rally for the government> to take corrective measures. So the rally is> justified. > > People in power say that it is not our culture. But> in reality, it is a universal culture. It has> brought down corrupt and despotic governments like> in Philippines and Indonesia. Therefore, I request> that Pak Lah as the prime minister of all Malaysians> implement immediately the following for Indians to> sustain our continued peace and harmony in our> nation. > > > The cabinet recruit at least 10 percent Indians at> all levels of the civil service, police, army, air> force, navy, GLCs, public universities and schools.> MIC, Gerakan and PPP needs to monitor this> recruitment and promotion exercise.> > > Legalise all temple buildings on land bigger than> 5,000 square feet and that have been in existence> for more than 10 years. > > > Provide MyKad to the thousands of illiterate and> stateless Indians so that they can secure proper> jobs and their children can attend proper schools.> > > Cabinet needs to review the conversion procedures> that govern conversion to Islam. They should only> convert for the love of the religion, not for> material gains, handouts, promotions and others. > > > Students in universities should reflect the racial> composition of the people in the country.> > > Five percent of all new IPOs in the share market> should be reserved for Indians so that their> corporate wealth, which remained less than two> percent since independence, will rise to at least> five percent of the total corporate wealth in the> country..> If the cabinet and Pak Lah can implement the> recommendations above, there will be continued peace> and harmony in our nation. The cabinet should also> look into the rural poverty of the Malays and others> as the gap between the rich and the poor is widening> fast. This is a dangerous trend.> The private sector too should reflect the racial> composition, particularly the Malays. But this> should be based on skills and meritocracy, otherwise> the quality and productivity of the country will be> badly affected and all will suffer in the end.> >