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| Stateless Indians a political ploy at the expense of the poor: A firsthand experience of the 12. ... Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:44 PM PST
BN has long been accused of not adequately addressing the issue of statelessness amongst Malaysians irrespective of race, religion and creed. Recently, N Surendran has been actively pursuing his 300,000 figure of Malaysian Indian stateless tirelessly with vigour. He, however, has not been able to produce a list of stateless Indians be it 30, 300 or 3,000. Surendran this morning claims that the issue of statelessness should not exist in this day and age but the issue of statelessness is a global phenomenon and cannot be resolved even if Surendren is able to oust Padang Serai MP incumbent, N. Gobalakrishan. Taking MP for Kapar, Manikavasagam's, argument this morning that his late mother and mother-in-law were victims of statelessness, though his father-in-law ironically happens to be an MIC stalwart, is in itself cumbersome to consume. Latifa Koya that was observed this morning inquiring from her 'informers' if there was a police barricade that she and her comrades could barge through, stems questions of her actual motives. To most of the protestors and Indian bystanders that were there today, the major drawback was that Anwar Ibrahim or Nurul Izzah were not there today. To add some ethnic diversity to the PR entourage, Chua Jui Ming appeared just before the crowd was entering JPN. Interestingly, PAS also did not show their support for the stateless Indians cause. Latifa had a hard time trying to pacify the mainly Indian crowd to bring down their party flags without the assistance of Mat Sabu and Unit Amal. At the JPN foyer, the police was able to tackle the belligerent attitudes of the opposition leaders though scuffling ensued as the media was not given enough material to the opposition's advantage. A couple of hours later, Charles Santiago mentioned that Chua Jui Meng was manhandled by MIC youth leaders. A few minutes later, he was 'corrected' and it was then suggested that a PPP member was the one that shoved Chua Jui Ming. Sivarasa claimed that it was nothing serious and he (Chua Jui Meng) will 'handle' it. It took Raveen, Charles Santiago and Manikavasagam a good five years to realise that stateless Indians in Malaysia are an issue. Interestingly, Surendren managed to gather 300 people from all over Malaysia to protest in front of JPN and only 68 out of the 300 held red identity cards. An eyewitness that day |
| The tale of Pakatan hypocrites and stateless Indians Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:54 AM PST
These questionable characters assume that Indians in Malaysia will actually believe their rhetoric and vote them in for the next GE. In reality, the poor Indian old folks and affected people that were employed for the rally were the ones hoodwinked by these characters for their own individualistic agendas. Santara John Chua Jui Meng, having served party politics for nearly 40 years, happens to be the longest serving Health Minister in Malaysian history. Chua has never seen the limelight for the right reasons prior to 2008 since quitting MCA and joining PKR in 2009. He said verbatim that he preferred a two party system but in reality it is a well known fact that Chua quit because he failed to become the MCA president. And after so many years of doing nothing for the Indians, what made him turn towards the Indian plight now? What was the logic behind his dramatic presence at the protest in JPN Putrajaya today? Is he taking advantage of the situation to garner Indian votes in Segamat where he is expected to contest? But can anyone be worse that this politician from Klang? Despite his political affiliation, many neutrals and even those on the BN side have always regarded him as a decent and good man. But little do people know that in this politician exists the devil of hypocrisy. A few days back, he urged Prime Minister Najib to mobilise a special team to ensure stateless Indians are registered immediately. In making that call, Charles Santiago completely concealed the fact that he had engaged the SITF, the special unit Najib formed under his department to look into documentation issues among Indians, the very special unit Charles Santiago engaged many months ago to resolve documentation problems of people who approached him. Short-term memory lost, oh YB? Or are you feeling guilty that you engaged them? The other drama queen MP of Kapar who tirelessly rallied to gather people for the protest rather than serving his constituents stated his mother and mother-in-law were victims of statelessness. Was he so committed and busy as a Parliamentarian that he didn't get time to seriously look into the matter and assist them through the proper channels? Maybe he didn't have the time since he was too busy hitting the streets with Surendran for rallies and protests rather than doing things the right way. How can his constituents expect him to take care of their needs? These questionable characters assume that Indians in Malaysia will actually believe their rhetoric and vote them in for the next GE. In reality, the poor Indian old folks and affected people that were employed for the rally were the ones hoodwinked by these characters for their own individualistic agendas. So look at yourself in the mirror before you speak of others!
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