Hostile Padang Jawa residents hurling abuses at Samy Vellu

Al Jazeera documentary on the plight of Indian Malaysians

Malaysian Indian Minority and Human Rights Violations Annual Report 2008

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Samy Vellu To Consult MIC Members On BN Open Membership Proposal

Feb 28 (Bernama) - "This proposal has to be deliberated and studied carefully by the respective component parties. The important thing is to get the feedback of their (respective) members. This is what we will do," he said. (.....more)

Najib’s Samy Vellu problem

themalaysianinsider.com, Feb 26 2010 -- He has also refused to set a firm date to leave the scene nor allow his anointed successor deputy president Datuk G. Palanivel to take charge of the party, clean up the mess that is the MIED, the party’s education arm nor give the space for Palanivel to travel the country and meet party grassroots and give new hope. (...more)

Woman Paid A$7,000 For Lover's Body To Be Returned To Malaysia, Court Told

Feb 25 (Bernama) -- Nita Iskander, the lover of slain Malaysian Consulate driver Mohd Shah Saemin, had paid about A$7,000 (RM17,500) to send his body back to Malaysia, a court in Sydney was told Thursday. (.....more)

Spare the Rod, Spoil the Country

Asia Sentinel, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 -- Malaysia appears determined to make an international fool of itself. The latest news, according to Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, the Women's Minister, is that the country is considering organizing an international conference on caning and whether it is an appropriate punishment for women under Islamic law. (.....more)

MIC Not Against BN Proposal To Allow Direct Membership - Samy Vellu

Feb 23 (Bernama) -- Samy Vellu said the MIC would discuss the proposal "behind close doors" and would participate actively in the discussion "when the time comes". (......more)

Kayveas to mediate in Makkal Sakti internal feud

The Star, Feb 23 2010 -- Speculation is rife that Murugiah is trying to work his way into the MMSP as the party’s deputy president or secretary-general to secure his position as senator and deputy minister. (.......more)

Malaysia embarrassed by outdated political thuggery

The Age, February 23, 2010 -- Dumb autocrats use the army, goon squads and guns to repress the opposition. Smart autocrats use the law courts to do it. Indonesia's Soeharto was a dumb autocrat. Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad were smart autocrats. (......more)

MIC Expected To Resist BN's Direct Membership Proposal

Feb 22 (Bernama) -- The 1.8 million-strong Malaysian Indian community is fragmented into various groups and the community has at least, six political parties to choose from. (.....more)

Pressure mounts but Ajith sticks to his position

The Times of India, Feb 21 2010 -- At the felicitation ceremony for chief minister M Karunanidhi, Ajith had appealed that he put an end to the practice of film stars being forced to show support for social and political issues. Actor Rajnikanth gave Ajith a standing ovation when he made the statement. (.....more)

PM to consider Murugiah’s position

themalaysianinsider.com, Feb 20 2010 -- “Datuk Seri Najib is very clear as to the party’s stand. The party has made it very clear and reported that this guy (Murugiah), which was originally by party recommendation, has turned to be a super-con. He knows how to manipulate people and situation. He just talks in blank. (.....more)

Malaysia's Brain Drain

Asia Sentinel, Thursday, 18 February 2010 -- t's Not Just Politics and Racial Discrimination. Malaysia's brain drain appears to be picking up speed. According to a recent parliamentary report, 140,000 left the country, probably for good, in 2007. Between March 2008 and August 2009, that figure more than doubled to 305,000 as talented people pulled up stakes, apparently disillusioned by rising crime, a tainted judiciary, human rights abuses, an outmoded education system and other concerns. (.....more)

MACC Officer Charged With Bribery

Feb 19 (Bernama) -- M.Mohan, 37, who is charged with two counts of bribery, however, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial to both the charges before judge Azhanis Teh Azman Teh. (.....more)

Malaysia Court Canes Three Women

The Wall Street Journal, Feb 18 2010 --Wednesday's announcement that three Muslim women were caned on Feb. 9 for having illicit sex thus came as a shock to many Malaysians. "This was a big a surprise. We had no idea this was going to happen," said Ragunath Kesavan, president of the Malaysian Bar Council. "We were always told Ms. Kartika would be the first." (.......more)

Malaysia's Opposition Coalition in Crisis

Asia Sentinel, Feb 17 2010 -- In particular, former Selangor State Chief minister Mohd Khir Toyo, a former dentist, has come under repeated criticism over how he was able to buy a vast mansion spread over two entire blocks with a swimming pool and playground estimated to have cost US$10 million on a state salary of RM48,000 (US$2,000) a month. (....more)

Malaysia may jail 'Kiss-fame' Jayalakshmi

Palanivel on the stump, waiting for an election

themalaysianinsider.com, Feb 16 2010 -- Being an MP and a minister, even a deputy minister, is of utmost importance in the MIC and Palanivel no longer holds any of those jobs. But he is deputy MIC president in a patronage driven party and keenly feels the loss of Hulu Selangor. (....more)

Malaysia's Richest Record Better Fortunes Last Year, Magazine Survey Reveals

Feb 16 (Bernama) -- Tan Sri Robert Kuok, the Kuok Group patriarch who relinquished his "Sugar King" crown last year, still tops the list with a wealth of RM42.76 billion, up RM16.1 billion from RM26.6 billion a year ago.

Media-shy and telecommunication tycoon Ananda Krishnan ranked second, clocking in at RM27 billion. (.....more)

Court Rejects Author's Bid To Quash Ban On Kg Medan Book

Feb 12 (Bernama) -- The High Court on Friday rejected an author's application to quash the government's decision to ban his book on the Kampung Medan riots, almost nine years ago. (....more)

MIC To Propose Formation Of Special Agency For Indians

Feb 11 (Bernama) -- The recommendations include the setting up a cooperative for Indians to be run by the government with an initial capital of RM100 million, a Youth Visionary Programme with a government grant of RM100 million for school drop-outs and the unemployed, and the yearly allocation for Tamil schools. (....more)

Hindraf Should Pick An Ally

Malaysia Faces Severe Test as Anwar Stands Trial

Samy Vellu Ordered To Pay RM1 As Costs To The Late Athi Kumanan

Feb 9 (Bernama) -- MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu was on Tuesday ordered by the Court of Appeal to pay a symbolic sum of RM1 as costs to the late Kumanan Pupathi Athimulan, Malaysia Nanban's chief group editorial advisor in a RM100 million defamation suit. (....more)

Anwar trial another black eye for Malaysia

Asia Times Online, Feb 05 2010 -- Meanwhile, much has changed since Anwar's first trial. During the last trial, websites were just emerging. Now, every detail of the court proceedings is available for a more skeptical and informed public to follow on social-networking sites, blogs, independent news portals, text messages, and the government-controlled media. (....more)

Don't cry racism for every attack, says Australia

The Times of India, Feb 03, 2010 -- MELBOURNE/NEW DELHI: Australia on Wednesday criticised the Indian media and called for "some balance in reporting" after an Indian national whoclaimed to have been attacked was found to have accidentally set himself on fire while attempting to torch his car to falsely claim insurance. (......more)

PM’s charm sours with aide’s ‘racist’ remarks

themalaysianinsider.com, Feb 2 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s charm offensive on the Indian community today threatened to come unstuck after senior aide, Datuk Nasir Safar, allegedly said “Indians came to Malaysia as beggars and Chinese especially the women came to sell their bodies” at a 1 Malaysia seminar in Malacca. (......more)

Court Rules No Foul Play In Dr Cynthia's Death

Feb 2 (Bernama) -- Dr Cynthia, 42, died at the Pantai Cheras Medical Center here on Sept 27, 2004, and police exhumed her body on Dec 2, 2004, after her family lodged a report suspecting foul play in her death. (......more)

Could Sodomy Charges Be the End of Malaysia's Opposition?

The Time, Tuesday, Feb. 02, 2010 -- By most counts Malaysia, too, goes on trial today. The judiciary, which was showing some independence in recent years, has once again come under attack again for bias and for pandering to political masters. Neither the Attorney General nor the police are widely seen as independent or impartial institutions and opposition lawmakers constantly accused them of selective persecution. (......more)

Go-ahead for Maika sale of Oriental Cap

themalaysianinsider.com, Jan 29 — MIC’s troubled investment arm Maika Holdings has been given the green light by the government to proceed with the proposal to sell off one of their most profitable subsidiaries — Oriental Capital Assurance Berhad — to a government-linked company (GLC). (......more)