Brave Seelan Palay
Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Nathaniel Tan
A Singaporean artist said today he had begun a hunger strike to seek the release of Malaysian Hindu rights activists detained under a tough security law.
“At 9am, I began (the hunger strike),” 23-year-old Seelan Palay said from near the front gate of the Malaysian High Commission.
Palay said he would drink water but not eat during the hunger strike, which will last five days - one day for each detained member from Malaysia’s Hindu Rights Action Force Hindraf.
The five are being held under Malaysia’s Internal Security Act, which allows for indefinite detention without trial.
“I’ll sleep on the ground on a straw mat,” Palay said, adding he was wearing a sign around his neck that read: “Give them fair trial.”
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malaysia must sever diplomatic ties with singapore! thats the reply by the mad malay govt officials…………… may be
No, it’s probably more creative this time: “Malaysia must stop water supply to Singapore for five days because that hunger striker is surviving on Malaysia water to survive during his hunger strike” (and forgetting that many Johoreans will be without water consequently because their clean water supplier is … Singapore!)
:-)
Joke aside, this development just shows further how closely the peoples of both countries are integrated and related.
Happy New Year.