Is Samy Vellu relevant for the future generations - REASONS WHY HE IS NOT FIT TO BE A LEADER

1. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN CREATE WEALTH FOR THE INDIANS AND NOT TO DESTROY THEM.

2. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN LEAD AND GUIDE US TO BE A BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

3. WE NEED A LEADER TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE MINORITY.

4. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN PROMISE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THE INDIANS.

5. WE NEED A LEADER WHO HAS A VISION FOR A SOCIETY.

6. WE NEED A LEADER WHO HAS AN AGENDA FOR ITS SOCIETY.

7. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF THE POOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE DARK.

8. WE WANT A LEADER WHO IS AMBITIOUS.

9. WE NEED A YOUNG BLOOD.

10. WE WANT AN EDUCATED, HUMBLE AND HONEST LEADER AND NOT A GANGSTERS

11. WE DONT NEED A LEADER WITH EMPTY PROMISES

12. WE DONT NEED A CORRUPT LEADER

1. Since holding his post as Works Minister of Malaysia, Samy Vellu is alleged to have been involved in several money scandals and work defects in several prominent construction projects in Malaysia by cover up the bumiputera contractor anc companies, which included the discovery of fungus growing in the air-conditioning system of the operating theatre in the Sultan Ismail Hospital in Johor Bahru as well as long closure cracks on MRR2, an overpass highway in Ampang.

2. Samy Vellu is often accused of sucking up shares of many of Malaysia's companies

3. And the MAIKA Telecom Share Scandal continues to haunt him. Samy Vellu is alleged to have siphoned off 9 million (of the original 10 million) Telekom shares that were allocated to MAIKA. He had allegedly used three companies -- Clearway Sdn. Bhd., S.B. Management Services, and Advance Personal Computers Bhd. -- linked to Samy Vellu, his son S. Vell Paari, and brother-in-law to carry out his misdeed. When the scandal broke in mid-1992, the shares were valued at RM 120 million.

4. In 1994, the then Chairman of the MIC Public Claims Committee, V Subramaniam (aka "Barat" Maniam), charged that the accounts have been fabricated to make it appear that the profits from the sale of the Telekom shares were channelled to MIED. He declared, "Samy Vellu is a thief. He has stolen (Telekom) shares from the Indian community.

5. Some believe that Samy Vellu had sold the Indian-Malaysian community off in order to save himself from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency. They allege that he did not do enough or protested loud enough when the Indian-Malaysian situation worsened, or when the Malaysian government dissolved the South Indian Labour Fund.

6. Currently, he has committed his energy to building the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST). However, AIMST, built with donations collected from the Indian-Malaysian community, too, is riddled in controversy, as its shares are owned by Samy Vellu's associates, Tan Sri K. Ambikaipakan and Datuk Dr. T. Marimuthu.

7. With regards to the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2), on August the 10th 2004, the Works Minister reminded the public that the cracks were not due to design flaws and "nobody can simply open their mouth and suggest it is design flaw" (Bernama 10 Aug 2004). However, findings from Halcrow Consultants Ltd suggested design deficiencies and the improper anchoring of the column rebar to the crossbeams were responsible for cracks(NSTP 1 Oct 2004).

He has been criticized by his voters for permitting a construction of an elevated highway that cuts through a residential area near Sri Petaling[11]. Despite local protests, he has ordered the construction to continue.

8. Samy Vellu is also often criticised for his leadership style. As one critic put it, "He (Samy Vellu) is very much in control of the party (MIC), and the party's run almost [as a] feudal organisation where almost all decisions are made by the President himself. A lot of Indians are critical of MIC's role in the coalition government ... the Indian middle class does not want to associate itself in the MIC and largely making the MIC a working class party."

9. There have also been allegations that Samy Vellu uses thugs to intimidate his political opponents, and that he uses phantom voters to win elections both at the party and the parliamentary levels

10. A petition by Samy Vellu's challenger, Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj, to the election court alleging electoral fraud during the 1998 General Election at Sungai Siput constituency, however, was dismissed by the presiding judge, Justice Wan Adnan, on technical grounds.