MARGINALISATION OF THE MALAYSIAN INDIAN COMMUNITY: A HINDRAF PERSPECTIVE

Question: Mr Waytha Moorthy, because have been you carrying upon your domestic work from England?

My Malaysian passport was revoked by a Malaysian Government in 2008 while you was carrying out general lobbying work in Europe as well as USA. As a outcome I had no preference but to find domestic asylum in a United Kingdom as well as hence you am leading the movement from exile. Now you have usually a transport request issued under a GenevaConvention, which, however, prohibits me from starting to my home country, Malaysia.

Question: You have been right away concerned in filing a box opposite a British Government for a incalculable mistreat which has befallen a Indian village upon a belligerent which the British colonialists took a Indian labourers to Malaya for developing a plantations.Why have you taken this initiative?

I feel a British Government should be hold under obligation for their past wrongs. We the Malaysian Indians were exploited for 150 years as well as upon giving autonomy to Malaya our rights as British subjects, minority adults as well as tellurian beings were not protected and safeguarded in a brand new federal Constitution of Malaya. Racist supplies favoring themajority Malay Muslims were enacted meaningful fully well which those supplies will be used to oppress, suppress as well as marginalize a minority Indian community. The purpose of this litigation, in further to looking monetary compensation, is especially to make the
world wakeful which a colonial supervision has failed in their general obligations to treat all men as equals.

Quest ion : you assimilate which dual British lawyers i! nvolved in tellurian rights issues went to Malaysia to make an upon a mark investigate of a problem, exchange views withrepresentative sections of Malaysian Indian village as well as accumulate materials for filing the case in England. What have been their impressions of Malaysia? What is a stream status oflitigation?

One of a dual lawyers Imran Khan was denied entrance in to Malaysia by a Malaysiangovernment for no apparent reason. He was refused entrance as well as a reason since to him was which he was a prohibited immigrant. His colleague Suresh Grover was allowed as well as Mr. Grover had seven day tour, exchanging views with several community leaders, compiling evidence as well as interviewing witnesses/victims of a tellurian rights violations. Upon lapse to London you had dual meetings with Imran Khan as well as Grover
and a solicitors have been convinced you have a only as well as pardonable box opposite a British Government. Due to a complexities of a box a solicitors expect to refile theaction in 6 months time. For a variety of reasons a strange polite action filed in 2007 unfortunately lapsed.

Question: Are there any precedents where a colonial rulers have been hold legally accountable for a wrongs committed by them during a era of colonial subjugation?

No. This is a singular box which will emanate a fashion for other struggling peoples across a world. It will open up brand new avenues of general law.

Question: Three years have gone by since a massive proof in Kuala Lumpur by a Indian community. Two years have gone by since a domestic t! sunami w hichswept away five State governments ruled by Barisan Nasional as well as reduced th! e dual th ird majority of a ruling coalition in Parliament. Can you sum up what is right away function in Malaysia with anxiety to a Indian community?

We had high hopes in a antithesis led governments when they were voted to power with a support. However, a antithesis led governments in a five states have equally let down a Indian community. The excuse is which they have not captured in a federal government. However, a State Governments, have comprehensive control over issues of land, local business opportunities, endowment of state scholarships etc and
yet they too have marginalized a Malaysian Indian community. Despite a repeated requests for meetings with a five State Chief Ministers to find a usual solution tothe manifold problems confronting a Indian community, they have refused to pay attention to a problems. . It appears they have been worried with HINDRAF because we place emphasis upon issues of simple rights, equivalence and, upon top of all, in putting a Indian community in a mainstream economic bulletin of a country. The antithesis led governments appear to cite to deal with politically diseased Indian leaders who will play second fiddle to them.

Question: What next?

The domestic being of Malaysia is which since a pointy polarization both among the Malays as well as a Chinese, a Indian votes can lean a change in many constituencies.We will use this label to a value and, if necessary, you may be constrained to field our own candidates. you am sanguinary which in a next election you will have some-more Indianrepresentatives to lapse to Parliament as well as State Assemblies. We have no pr! eference except to lift upon a onslaught by Gandhian non-violent means as well as mobilize inhabitant and inter inhabitant support. In this context what is function in India currently is a great source of
inspiration to us.

Question: In what approach can India, especially Tamil Nadu, support you in your struggle?

The Indian media, academic community, domestic parties as well as a NGOs should show greater sensitivity to a problems. The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs should take the lead as well as champion a cause. If India, especially Tamil Nadu, express oneness with us which will further enthuse us to lift upon a struggle. you want to echo which a struggle is based upon Gandhian principles as well as you have been means to remonstrate a Malaysian Indian community to drop fright of a beast force of a government, come to a streets andraise their voice opposite injustice. In addition, India is a growing economic as well as political
power in a segment as well as you interest to a Indian Government to raise a issues of human rights violations of a Malaysian Indian village in general forums. We inMalaysia were anxious when a Government of India, couple of years ago, got a racist Fijian Government diminished from a Commonwealth.

( Interviwed by Prof. V.Suryanarayan)
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