This Hindraf Makkal Shakti’s application to be registered as a legal NGO is just the latest of the scores of Public Interest Litigation cases that the UMNO High Courts and right up to the Federal Courts has struck out mostly without even hearing the merits of the case beginning with the Kampong Medan racial attacks case of Subramaniam v Suhakam (government of Malaysia way back in 2001.
The UMNO High Court Judge Abang Iskandar bin Abang Hashim decided that as the registration of Hindraf as an NGO therefore this application to the High Court is frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the process of the courts and this Hindraf civil suit dismissed with costs of RM 3,000 payable to One Malay-sia Prime Minister Najib Razak, Home Minister and the Registrar of Societies of K.L and Putrajaya .
P. Uthayakumar had earlier on 21/6/2011 submitted that if the High Court dismisses this Hindraf civil suit it would give legitimacy to the UMNO Registrar of Societies to remain in the above the law mindset ie they are not duty bound to even reply to any letter or Hindraf’s application. This would also give legitimacy to the UMNO Registrar of Societies not being answerable to the general public in their discharge of their public duties. What more giving legitimacy to the impression of the absolute powers of the Registrar of Societies.
It was within our contemplation that this UMNO High Court Judge Abang Iskandar bin Abang Hashim would under the Prime Minister Najib Razak’s orders dismiss this our application as he had done in the 2007 Hindraf Rally era when he ‘fixed up” three Hindraf lawyers including P. Uthayakumer & P. Waythamoorthy to stand trial for sedition at Klang Courts .
Hindraf would file an appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Irrespective of this High Court decision Hindraf would defy this High Court order or UMNO and would continue to operate as usual.
Conclusion
This is the UMNO brand of law and order in One malay-sia. When Hindraf applies to be registered as a legal NGO, the UMNO Registrar of Societies refuse to even reply let alone approving Hindraf as an NGO.
And when we continue operating as a pro tem NGO as per our Constitutional Right to form Associations as per Article 10 (1) (c) of the Federal Constitution, 54 Hindraf has thus for been prosecuted for being a member of Hindraf, an unlawful NGO.
And now when we come to the Malay-sian Courts this rejection of even leave to register Hindraf as and NGO is made. So what do we do? Become an underground movement?
All of this only shows one thing. The neo colonialist UMNO regime is simply frightened of the magical Hindraf and HRP. Otherwise why approve 46,780 other NGOs’ and 31 political parties with no problems and single out Hindraf and HRP for rejection.
Irrespective our struggle for the Indian poor continues.
Rights not Mercy.
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