Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf)'s rally today had been violently swept by the police forces.KL had became a battlefield filled with teargas,police and Indians.Although the police forces had clamped down the whole Kuala Lumpur since Saturday night,but still around 5000 to 10000 people,mostly ethnic Indians turned up to the rally.
The main objective of Hindraf to sent a memorandum to the British High Commission to file a claim against United Kingdom to seek RM14 trillion damage for bringing indentured labourers to this country and exploiting them for the last 150 years.
But is that all?
NO,I think this is the voices of the marginalised Indian community,that rises the failure of MIC that represent the Indians and the true fact that the country's racial dicriminating policies.This rally had eventually reflected the problems and the real situation of most ethnic Indians in our country,being marginalised and discriminated.
Again this is a second blow for Pak Lah's adminitration in a month,a double salvo in just 15 days,followed by the BERSIH rally on 10th Novemeber.I think he won't be sleeping well in the Presidental Suite in Uganda.
OK,back to the story,and of course,Hindraf's main objective was not achieve due to the heavy blocks by the police around the embassy area and declaration of curfew in that area.
Reason of curfew ad sweeping - it's an illegal rally.OK,now by just using a brain of even a 5 year old kid,they can tell you,this rally is illegal because the police weren't giving out the permit.So,if the police are giving out the permit,it wouldn't be illegal,and it'll be a peacceful and legal rally.
But the police just make it nasty.
By Al-Jazeera on Youtube
Violence had been used to the protesters,dozens of tear gas and rounds of chemical-laced water cannons had been fired towards the protester.This time police was no more rational and tolerence like the BERSIH rally that happened in KL as well fortnight ago.And this time I can smell something "racist" behind the whole incident...
By Malaysiakini on Youtube
According to some correspondant in the city,it had been reported that the city lock-down and blocks by the police are much greater and heavier than the BERSIH rally.The attitude of the police and FRU(riot police) also show a major difference compared to the BERSIH rally.
Some police officers even issued a racist order,to halt and questioned any Indian to be seen in the city,or driving into the city.And too,the FRU show no tolerence and rational by shooting around 200 bullets of tear gas and rounds of chemical-laced water cannons to the protesters,and its not only once,but times and times since as early as 7.40 in the morning.One word to describe I should say - "BLOODY",its simply bloody.
Now,look back two weeks ago,in the BERSIH rally,although the protesters reach as much as 40000 people,but not much violence was used except in Masjid Jamek,and I can be so sure that the tear gas fired were not more than 50 or even lesser.
And overall the BERSIH rally was kinda peaceful and succesful,with much tolerence by the police.So in another words,demostration and protest became violence due to the police.Why can't the police show some tolerence like the BERSIH rally,to the Hindraf rally.Why must the police and FRU treat today's rally so heavily and badly?
Obviously,a double-standard situation you can see.Afterall,this country is still too much about racial and racist.
If the BERSIH rally is labelled as Malays protest,while the Hindraf rally is labelled as Indians protest...So,what is this? You guys are smart enough to know why and how.
For more followups,please view Malaysiakini and MerdekaReview.I bet you won't see most of this on your daily newspapers.
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