As a non-Tamil Indian of Christian background I am deeply disturbed by the lack of non-Indian voices in their support for this legitimate walk for justice and human rights. Unfortunately, the umno putras have conveniently camoflouged it as a racial issue to diver attention from its ethnic cleansing of Indians.

As you have rightly pointed out the Indians have been crushed for decades. The tared our roads and they became like the melting tar, their children faced the same cycle of poverty, discrimination and bullying.

The Indians have often stood with others in the cause of fighting against injustices, often to the point of losing the little fincances they have got and often losing their lives. However, when Indians stand up for their own plight, they stand alone. Nevertheless, it is time to stand up and be counted, it is time to speak out against the “Police prison lock up mystery deaths”, it is time to speak out against the establishment’s silence and refusal to prosecute those who perpetrated brutal killings of innocent Indian families in Kampong Medan.

Selective journalism has been with us long before the oldest profession. And it does exhibit its “assets” for maximum appeal. Rock, of Rocky Bru blog quotes a Singapore news paper interview as it is a “credible source.” It is like quoting ‘what i did to my sister’s husband’ from “True Confessions” magazine.

It amuses me to varying degrees of hilarity and sorrow as to how far some would go to legitamize their prejudice and religous bigotry against Indians. After all Rocky as well of the dearth of former Barisan media enuchs are only too familiar with the tradition of the boys at NST group and party.

Feeding off the crumbs of Umno printing press act table can have an adverse effect on your sense of loyalty or allegiance. Rice bowl journalism does create a dependence that is hard to disenggage.

It is interesting to observe that none of the goverment-controlled media has dared to break ranks from the establishment leash or to feature an independent non-biased interview giving Uthayakumar’s view or version of the Hindraf march.The issue of multiple deaths of Indians in prison or to the Kampong Medan killings has been deliberately concealed.

I have yet to see Rocky or any of the BN concubine media take Umno Youth keris waving jihadists to task for inciting racial and religous violence. The simple fact is threats of ethnic cleansing by Umno putraa and ultras are to be gotten used to…. and we the non-bumis must not make a big deal of it.

After all, are we not to smile and politely nod as hamba Melayu? We must softly repeat that we are are just servants of the ketuanan Melayu. Dalaut bumiputra! Silakan guna keris anda untuk hapuskan orang kafir cina dan india dan lain bangsa Malaysia yang bukan islam. Dalaut bumiputra!

The legitimate issues brought up by Hindraf will not be eclipsed by selective journalism, nor the deliberate twisting of statements. As Malaysians witnessed, none of the goverment-controlled media told the truth about the Police and FRU bulldozing the Batu Caves temple and its shooting of chemical-laced water jets and tear gas into captive crowds.

Infact the media went on a rampage to feature a tirade of fabricated “scoops” like the allegation that Hindraf members allegedly attacked an Indian restaurant in Brickfields(Paandi). Even in their retraction (when the restaurant owner himself exposed their blatant lies), the Star failed to acknowledge its fabrication.

The Malaysian public will no longer be bamboozeled by media fabrications, and neither will the threats of Umno putras or their agents be succesful. Indians of various religous background and persuasions will stand with Hindraf for the following reasons:

Firstly, Hindraf has a legitimate right to speak out against the systematic ethnic cleansing of poor and marginalised Indians. There is irrefutable evidence of this in the aspect of multiple deaths or “Police related lock-up deaths” and the involment of goverment officials.

Uthayakumar himself has documented death threats against him and destruction to his car and property for his dedication in exposing these injustices.

Secondly, Indians of other religous and ethnic persuasions have witnessed these injustice hapenning to them with the destruction of churches and property including the demolition of crosses and statues in Christian schools and Convents. There is documented evidence of these and other violations and the goverment must demonstrate sincerity in its claim to openess.

Thirdly, the current MIC agents of Umno has continued to betray the trust the Indian community has given them. They will not receive any support either in the elections or in leadership. The Indian community has broken its silence and its voice will never be silenced.

All the malicious propaganda that they are on a path of violence to overthrow the goverment is simply a pernicious deflection concoted by Umno. The blatant racisim and apartheid of Umno will not prevail. Malaysians of all ethnic and religous persuasion will see the witing on the wall and take a stand against it.

Berita Harian should be called “berita Hairan”

Why did the government break us up ?

Its really a blessing that we are in Malaysia with other races together. The government thinks otherwise.

Why government you destroy our nation ?
You talk about violence is not the malaysian way.

You should Proved it to us. Not only you have failed to do it but trying to incite hate among my Faizal, Joseph, Mandy lee, and Gurminder Singh.

To tell you the truth, you may not suffer from your greediness but your children will and maybe 10 fold because of your wickedness.

Hey Eli…how come people dont react when you call them “brainless reactionary liebrals?” (btw, i love that). but my “hypocrite” label offended some people. sigh…

Well, the rejection of Hindraf isnot about multiculturalism but politics. We all see how clearly UMNO was mentioned as the perpetrator. But clearer still for me is who people’s political master is, and that’s where they throw their support.

I am glad the Hindraf rally happenned. It gave many of us a chance to re-think our politics and actisim.

A Mouse Story

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.

‘What food might this contain?’ The mouse wondered –
he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard,
the mouse proclaimed the warning…..

‘There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!’

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,
‘Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.’

The mouse turned to the pig and told him,
‘There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!’

The pig sympathized, but said,
‘I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray.
Be assured you are in my prayers.’

The mouse turned to the cow and said,
‘There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!’

The cow said,
‘Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.’

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap– alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house — like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught.
In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer’s wife.
The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient.

But his wife’s sickness continued,
so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock.
To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died.
So many people came for her funeral,
the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn’t concern you,
remember — when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this journey called life.
We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another. ”

My fellow Malaysians, do we still look the other way? Can we afford to keep looking the other way?