KUALA LUMPUR: Hindraf’s P. Uthayakumar, 48, was brought to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court at 10.55am on Tuesday for his sedition trial.
The ISA detainee smiled and waved to his supporters. His mother and sisters hugged him while his fiancee broke into tears and embraced him before he chatted with her.
Uthayakumar was charged with sedition in December for publishing material on a website alleging “ethnic cleansing” of Malaysian Indians.
Before the trial started, Uthayakumar told reporters that he had asked the prison authorities to send him to a private hospital to attend to his swollen left leg but that they had not responded.
"My foot is darkening which shows acute diabetes. It is spreading to my toes. It can be chronic and shows risk of amputation.
"So today I asked my lawyers to get a court order so that I can get medical attention in a priovate hospital," he said.
He also told reporters that he had informed the prison authorities that only he and his brother P. Waytha Moorthy, now in self-imposed exile abroad, were responsible for Hindraf.
He said the three other lawyers detained with him under ISA - M. Manoharan, V. S. Ganapathy Rao, K. Kengadhadran - were mere legal advisers and not involved in the day-to-day operations of the now-banned Hindraf.
M. MAGESWARI
Star Online
03/02/09
PEOPLE'S POWER
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