Monday 23 July 2012

Waytha Moorthy be allowed to return safely

Waytha Moorthy be allowed to return safely

Statement by Friends of Suaram Working Committee Johor
23 July 2012


The 30,000-strong mass rally organized by Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) on 25 November 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, highlighted the dissatisfaction of the marginalized Indian community and their perseverance in demanding equality and justice. The mass rally drew nationwide attention, and rocked the UMNO-led BN government. Contemplating that his detention might be imminent, Mr. Waytha Moorthy, as Hindraf core leader, left the country the following day, in order to preserve the leadership for the purpose of continuing the just struggle for the interests and dignity of his community.

On 13 December 2007, five Hindraf leaders were arrested under ISA. They were released separately in the months of April and May 2009. On 21 April 2008, Mr Waytha Moorthy was informed by the UK Border Agency upon entry into UK, that his passport had been revoked by the BN government. He has been in exile since then.

An official reply from the UK Border Agency to Mr. Waytha Moorthy’s solicitor, stated that the Malaysian government had informed the British authority in a letter on 14 March 2008 that Mr. Waytha Moorthy’s passport had been revoked as he was facing criminal charges. On 2 July 2008, the BN government wrote to the British authority demanding that the British authority hand over Mr. Waytha Moorthy’s passport to the Malaysian High Commission.

Since his passport had been revoked, Mr. Waytha Moorthy applied to the British government for political asylum. He managed to obtain a travel document from the British government granted according to the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees. He is now able to travel freely around the world, except Malaysia.

He filed a legal suit in the British court against the British government. The grounds for filing such suit are: Since Independence of Malaya in 1957, the British government abandoned the Indian community. The Indian community was left to be dominated at the mercy of the racist UMNO regime. In the circumstances, the British government must be held responsible for the plight of the Indian community in Malaysia.

Mr. Waytha Moorthy representing the poverty-stricken Indians in Malaysia has made known to the various governments and peoples all over the world that “the Malaysian institutional racism has brought about unending disasters to the various oppressed communities”. Now, it is time for him to return to his beloved country, be with the people, and to carry on the struggle for new democratic revolution.

Hindraf has announced that their visionary and courageous community leader will be returning home on Wednesday, 1 August. As a grassroots organisation striving for democracy and human rights, Friends of Suaram (FOS) Johor hereby declare our unreserved support for the uprighteous stand and resolute move taken by Mr. Waytha Moorthy and Hindraf . We firmly believe that:

1. The struggle for preserving the dignity and rights of the Indian community under the leadership of Mr. Waytha Moorthy, is a social movement against racial discrimination and racial oppression. It does not violate human rights or the rights of other ethnic communities, nor does it constitute a threat to national security or terrorism. The BN government is unable to proffer any convincing fact or reason so far to justify its action against Mr. Waytha Moorthy. The following facts bear testimony to this:

The BN government had in fact informed the British government of the revocation of Mr. Waytha Moorthy’s passport. Despite such glaring fact, the government remains in a state of denial. According to news reports1, both the then home minister Mr. Hamid and the present home minister Mr. Hishammuddin still refused to admit such fact.

According to 6 October 2009 Malay Mail2, the IGP Mr. Musa Hassan indicated that the police had no reason to arrest Mr. Waytha Moorthy. The police would not issue a warrant of arrest against him on his return to Malaysia.

2. Mr. Waytha Moorthy and Hindraf have launched various forms of struggle. Though they have declared that their struggle is a “new democratic revolution”, it is not in breach of any law of the country, and it is well within the framework on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and International Covenants.

Article 13 of UDHR :
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 14 of UDHR:
(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
Article 19 of UDHR:
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers.

Despite the unjustifiable revocation of Mr. Waytha Moorthy’s passport, Mr. Waytha Moorthy has travelled to many countries to carry on with his work yet to be completed, using a travel document issued under the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees that has been endorsed by many countries globally.

In view of the above, the BN government should return Mr. Waytha Moorthy his passport, and allow his safe return to his own country on 1 August.

We welcome the return of this visionary and courageous leader, with a view to carrying on the struggle for the marginalized Indian community as well as the rights and well-being of other communities, until the dawn of the new democratic revolution strived for by the various communities.


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工委会议决:将徐袖珉除名

人民之友工委会2020年9月27日常月会议针对徐袖珉(英文名: See Siew Min)半年多以来胡闹的问题,议决如下:

鉴于徐袖珉长期以来顽固推行她的“颜色革命”理念和“舔美仇华”思想,蓄意扰乱人民之友一贯以来的“反对霸权主义,反对种族主义”政治立场,阴谋分化甚至瓦解人民之友推动真正民主改革的思想阵地,人民之友工委会经过长时间的考察和验证,在2020年9月27日会议议决;为了明确人民之友创立以来的政治立场以及贯彻人民之友现阶段以及今后的政治主张,必须将徐袖珉从工委会名单上除名,并在人民之友部落格发出通告,以绝后患。

2020年9月27日发布



[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
舔美精神患者的状态

年轻一辈人民之友有感而作


注:这“漫画新解”是反映一名自诩“智慧高人一等”而且“精于民主理论”的老姐又再突发奇想地运用她所学会的一丁点“颜色革命”理论和伎俩来征服人民之友队伍里的学弟学妹们的心理状态——她在10多年前曾在队伍里因时时表现自己是超群精英,事事都要别人服从她的意愿而人人“惊而远之”,她因此而被挤出队伍近10年之久。

她在三年前被一名年长工委推介,重新加入人民之友队伍。可是,就在今年年初她又再故态复萌,尤其是在3月以来,不断利用部落格的贴文,任意扭曲而胡说八道。起初,还以“不同意见者”的姿态出现,以博取一些不明就里的队友对她的同情和支持,后来,她发现了她的欺骗伎俩无法得逞之后,索性撤下了假面具,对人民之友一贯的“反对霸权主义、反对种族主义”的政治立场,发出歇斯底里的叫嚣,而暴露她设想人民之友“改旗易帜”的真面目!

尤其是在新冠病毒疫情(COVID-19)课题上,她公然猖狂跟人民之友的政治立场对着干,指责人民之友服务于中国文宣或大中华,是 “中国海外统治部”、“中华小红卫兵”等等等等。她甚至通过强硬粗暴手段擅自把我们的WhatsApp群组名称“Sahabat Rakyat Malaysia”改为“吐槽美国样衰俱乐部”这样的无耻行动也做得出来。她的这种种露骨的表现足以说明了她是一名赤裸裸的“反中仇华”份子。

其实,在我们年轻队友看来,这名嘲讽我们“浪费了20年青春”[人民之友成立至今近20年(2001-9-9迄今)]并想要“拯救我们年轻工委”的这位“徐大姐”,她的思想依然停留在20年前的上个世纪。她初始或许是不自觉接受了“西方民主”和“颜色革命”思想的培养,而如今却是自觉地为维护美国的全球霸权统治而与反对美国霸权支配全球的中国人民和全世界各国(包括马来西亚)人民为敌。她是那么狂妄自大,却是多么幼稚可笑啊!

她所说的“你们浪费了20年青春”正好送回给她和她的跟班,让他们把她的这句话吞到自己的肚子里去!


[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
"公知"及其跟班的精神面貌

注:这“漫画新解”是与<人民之友>4月24日转贴的美国政客叫嚣“围剿中国”煽动颠覆各国民间和组织 >(原标题为<当心!爱国队伍里混进了这些奸细……>)这篇文章有关联的。这篇文章作者沈逸所说的“已被欧美政治认同洗脑的‘精神欧美人’”正是马来西亚“公知”及其跟班的精神面貌的另一种写照!




[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
"舔美"狗狗的角色

编辑 / 来源:人民之友 / 网络图库

注:这“漫画新解”是与《察网》4月22日刊林爱玥专栏文章<公知与鲁迅之间 隔着整整一个中国 >这篇文章有关联的,这是由于这篇文章所述说的中国公知,很明显是跟这组漫画所描绘的马来西亚的“舔美”狗狗,有着孪生兄弟姐妹的亲密关系。

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