“New Indian criminal class is nett effect of UMNO social engineering”. P.Uthayakumar’s 25 Nov Hindraf Rally book in daily segments No.69 (1/4/11).

New Indian criminal class is nett effect of UMNO social engineering

Mired in poverty they have very little other alternatives and upward mobility opportunities. Even Suhakam has reported that 60% of Prison and Remand inmates are Indians. The mentally weak among these Indian poor and under privileged end up committing suicide. The Kuala Lumpur General Hospital’s statistics is that for every 100,000 suicides, 35 are Indians 15 Chinese and 6 Malays. Indians committing suicide at an alarmingly high rate which is about 600% over and above the Malay muslim suicide rate is largely related to poverty, inequality and the lack of equal opportunities (Refer NST 14/9/2008 at page 21).

To the contrary this denial of birth certificates problem to the Indians was hardly heard of even during the British colonial days or it never really became a problem as in the present day. Even in those days not having a birth certificate was an exception rather than the alarming magnitude rule as it is today. As to why this can happen even after 50 years of Independence, UMNO is yet to answer the question for UMNO does not care and/or intends the Indians to be in this limbo and predicament. And UMNO does so with impunity.

Another young lady participant spoke her mind out so ferociously and fearlessly against the oppression of Indians in Malaysia. This was again a shock and a first to me as Indian ladies usually do not speak up against the State especially in public. Many more people spoke out fearlessly for the first time. This was another first.

Towards the end of the program Waytha Moorthy whispered to me that we had to take the grievances of the people vide our 18 point demands to the highest political level that is to then Prime Minister Badawi’s attention at his Putrajaya office at Seri Perdana as a final diplomatic overture and a final attempt to resolve matters amicably in Malaysia before we proceeded with the London public interest civil suit against the British Government and where Malaysia would be dragged in inadvertently.