Malaysian Indians suspicious of the MoU between Malaysia and India

The Indian Union Cabinet, on 21 March, gave the green signal to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian government to protect the rights of the emigrant workers, mainly skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers, from India. The conditions of the Indian workers are deplorable and after constant appeal from the Indian government to intervene on their behalf, finally help is on the way.

However, Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader P Waytha Moorthy is unhappy with the decision. He alleges that there are workers of many nationalities in Malaysia and a MoU with India will create discrimination between foreign workers in Malaysia.

Moorthy, against whom an arrest warrant has been issued, also believes the MoU is Malaysian government’s ploy to keep India from voicing against the fifty years of atrocities enacted upon the Malaysian Indians.

Hindraf leader has urged the Malaysian government to seriously consider it’s 18 point demand to implement measures to uplift the economic conditions of the Malaysian Indians and stop violence against them.

This fight has given Hindraf leverage over Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), an influential Indian political party in Malaysia, and has become the ‘new voice’ of an estimated two million Malaysians of Indian origin.

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