Sunday, January 06, 2008

Just a wrap up about recent happenings around the world on Hindraf issues!!

Candlelight Vigil - The police used water cannon to disperse a crowd who had earlier defied a ban and successfuly held a short candlelight vigil at Dataran Merdeka.

— PHOTO: AFP

Palay, 23, said he planned the fast to last exactly five days -- one day for each detained member from Malaysia's Hindu Rights Action Force. Singaporean had ended a five-day hunger strike in support of Malaysian Hindu rights activists detained under a tough internal security law(ISA).

Picture grabbed from Rajoorox Blog.

Hindraf leader sues Government, IGP and A-G for RM100m
Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) legal advisor P. Uthayakumar has filed a RM100mil defamation suit against the Government and its two high-ranking officers for allegedly linking him with terrorist groups.


Protect Hindus in Malaysia, BJP tells Govt
The BJP statement said the party believes that India has a moral obligation to take up the case of injustice and persecution of Malaysian Hindus and PIOs (People of Indian Origin) with the authorities in Kuala Lumpur. “The UPA government cannot shirk from this responsibility either out of its commitment to anti-Hindu pseudo-secularism or under the pretext that this is an internal matter of Malaysia." Thanks Hindustan Times.