MAKKAL Osai, in a special report, said the Malaysian Indian community, which had great expectations when it backed Pakatan Rakyat in the 2008 general election, is now feeling extremely let down.
After two years, no concrete plan or action has been initiated by Pakatan-held states to uplift the status of Indians, while Barisan Nasional, under the stewardship of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, is attracting the community again, the report said.
Human Rights Party pro-tem secretary-general P. Uthayakumar slammed Pakatan, saying its leaders had failed to fulfil promises made during the last election to solve problems faced by the Indian poor.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said people now realised these promises were made just to win votes and not with the intention of helping the community.
> Malaysia Nanban reported that a peaceful demonstration was held by a group in front of the Subang Jaya KTM Komuter station to protest the alleged assault and verbal abuse of a wheelchair-bound man by a KTMB driver.
The group, from the Independent Living and Training Centre, carried placards calling for action against the train driver.
Karuppannan Veeramalai, 57, a contractor in charge of toilet services at KTMB stations, claimed he was kicked and assaulted by the driver over a parking incident.
He said he had been working at the station for 15 years and had been bullied by KTMB staff for the last three years.
He alleged that the train driver kicked and attempted to slap him because his son’s car was parked next to a space reserved for the disabled.
11/03/10
After two years, no concrete plan or action has been initiated by Pakatan-held states to uplift the status of Indians, while Barisan Nasional, under the stewardship of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, is attracting the community again, the report said.
Human Rights Party pro-tem secretary-general P. Uthayakumar slammed Pakatan, saying its leaders had failed to fulfil promises made during the last election to solve problems faced by the Indian poor.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said people now realised these promises were made just to win votes and not with the intention of helping the community.
> Malaysia Nanban reported that a peaceful demonstration was held by a group in front of the Subang Jaya KTM Komuter station to protest the alleged assault and verbal abuse of a wheelchair-bound man by a KTMB driver.
The group, from the Independent Living and Training Centre, carried placards calling for action against the train driver.
Karuppannan Veeramalai, 57, a contractor in charge of toilet services at KTMB stations, claimed he was kicked and assaulted by the driver over a parking incident.
He said he had been working at the station for 15 years and had been bullied by KTMB staff for the last three years.
He alleged that the train driver kicked and attempted to slap him because his son’s car was parked next to a space reserved for the disabled.
11/03/10
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