Oct 242008
 

P Vwaishhnnavi, the six-year-old niece of detained Hindraf leader P Uthayakumar, and her mother K Shanti were released today

But should they even have been held in the first place?

They were held until late last night. (But both didn’t want to leave their comrades after they were allowed to go, reported Malaysiakini.) For what? Reading out a memo, sending a greeting card and appealing for the release of ISA detainees ahead of Diwali?

And why were the other 10 arrested and now taken to court? To faciliate investigations, apparently. The KL police chief is reported in today’s Sun as saying they were detained for representing or acting for an outlawed organisation or group under Section 48 of the Societies Act.

We live in an upside-down world. In a functioning democracy, investigations are carried out first and only then are arrests made, if their are solid grounds to secure a conviction in court. Here it appears to be the other way round. Arrest first and then investigate later.

Would anyone in government care to look into the root causes of their unhappiness and grievances?

  26 Responses to “Vwaishhnnavi, 6, released: Living in a topsy-turvy world”

  1. Hindraf is officially dead… the best news this year….
    even their supporters do not bother to listen to its botak leader wayhtamoorty…
    this botak waytha ask people to turn out at PM’s office… on 11 turned up..hahaha…
    then this botak ask his supporters to wear orange t-shirt on saturday n sunday… u can hardly see any indians wearing… as matter of fact, i was walking around the city and found that there are more chinese and malays wearing orange tshirt…
    hahhaa… looks like no one is listening to botak waythamoorthy…

    serves him rite for spoiling the peace and unity in this country…
    he does not even understand the social contract which our founders pledged their support…

    to all hindraf supporters out there…. dont bull s*** your way….
    the truth is … its not about race… its about class.. between rich n poor….
    the indians can get all the rights in the world… but there will still be marginalised indians becos the issue is the gap between rich n poor…

    waythamoorthy …. talks alot,.. but cannot even defend the minority christians being persecuted and ethnic cleansed in india….

    bulls*** waytha… u go all the way to india… but u having double standards when it comes to christians in indian….

    the hell with u… u can stay in UK…. let that be ur s****y home….

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