Wednesday, April 30, 2008

BALKIS PENANG BRANCH


THE PENANG VERSION OF THE INFAMOUS BALKIS
IS CALLED BUNGA TANJUNG.

ITS FOUNDER, WIFE OF FORMER CM OF PENANG CHUI KAH PENG
FILED FOR DISSOLUTION OF THE EXCLUSIVE CLUB
ON MARCH 9.

ALL FUNDS WERE DONATED.





RM350,000 to, the federal Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers,
RM220,000 to Bureau On Learning Difficulties (BOLD)
and RM20,665 to three other non-governmental organisations.




NOW HERE IS A QUESTION I DO NOT UNDERSTAND:

Chui pointed out that Article 5 of the PBT constitution states that "'ordinary members are to be made up of wives of assemblymen and MPs of Penang, except for those from the Opposition"

READ THAT AGAIN!

I THINK SHE FORGOT WHO ARE THE OPPOSITION IN PENANG , AND WHO ARE THE RULING PARTY.

SO IN THIS CASE AFTER FEB 13,
SHE IS AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.


HOW CAN THEN SHE FILE THE DISSOLUTION?????.



MASSIVE VICE CLEAN UP IN KL


DANG WANGI POLICE CHIEF
TO WIPE OUT FLESH TRADE


HE PROMISED TO ERADICATE THE
MENACE COMPLETELY......AND THIS TIME
IT WILL BE PERMANENT......SAID THE CHIEF.


GOOD LUCK CHIEF!!!

NO WASHING DIRTY LAUNDRY IN PUBLIC


DISCIPLINARY ACTION
FOR ALL BN PARTY MEMEBERS
WHO WASH DIRTY LAUNDRY

INSTRUCTION FROM PM

MALAYSIA SINGAPORE DISPUTE


UNKNOWN TO MANY MALAYSIANS,
THE SMALL ROCK ISLAND WHICH LIES
7.7 SEA MILES(12KM) FROM JOHOR

HAS A OWNERSHIP CRISS.

BOTH MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE LAY CLAIM
FOR THE ISLAND, KNOWN AS PULAU BATU PUTEH
BY MALAYSIA.
SINGAPORE CALLS IT PEDRA BRANCA(WHITE ROCK
IN PORTUGUESE).

THE CASE IS BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE HAGUE.

ON MAY 23 2008 WE WILL KNOW THE VERDICT.

POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK


...... UNEMPLOYED WARLORDS

TRADING WAR OF WORDS

ON TEMPLE DEMOLITION ISSUES.


WHO IS THE CULPRIT????.

MANCHESTER BOOK PLACE IN FINAL


HISTORY IN THE MAKING
FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE AN ALL ENGLISH AFFAIR!!!!

A stunning
14th minute goal from Paul Scholes put Manchester United in the Champions League final.
They won 1-0 over Barcelona on Tuesday .
Either Liverpool or Chelsea will book the other spot for Moscow next month.


WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO SEE LIVERPOOL VS MAN U FINAL???....

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

ABDULLAH'S FATE

UNEMPLOYED UMNO WARLORDS MAY BOTTLE PM FOR GOOD
(DEATILS FROM INSIDER)



Ahmad Badawi fate could be short-lived if he does not win the Umno division chiefs over. Especially the 90 division chiefs who have become “unemployed” since the election.

The Umno division chiefs dictate the voting pattern at the branch and division levels and influence key decisions at the ground level.

So now do you see why mohd taib was appointed as a minister??.......his influence at grassroots level is formidable

In short, he is the Kingmaker........


OUR PM MAY BE A SLEEPY HEAD, BUT NOT STUPID!

ISA FIREWORKS

DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang has filed a motion in Parliament for an urgent debate on the release of the Hindraf 5 and over 60 other detainees being held in Kamunting detention centre under the ISA.



Expect fireworks on the Hindraf 5 and other Internal Security Act detainees.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged BN MP's to be ready for provocative questions from the Opposition, especially on the Hindu Rights Action Force issue and ISA.

Lim kit siang has said ISA is undemocratic and issue needs to be handled immediately.

Hopes of an early release were dashed,this week when the King, on the advice of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Board, signed a two-year detention order for the five in mid-April.


Pakatan Rakyat made the abolishing of ISA as one of the election promises.

TO ALL BN MP's, IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE IN POLITICS, HEED THIS WARNING.
IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION TO ABOLISH ISA, THEN COME SEPT 16,
BETTER PREPARE THE COFFIN TO BURY YOU POLITICAL CAREER !!!!

THE YANG DI PERTUAN AGONG IN PARLIAMENT


THE KING'S SPEECH (MALAYSIAN INSIDER)


Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, said today the government would strive to retain its subsidies and other forms of assistance to enable the people face the consequences of rising fuel prices in the international market.

He expressed his appreciation to all quarters for the running of a smooth general election.

In his speech, the King also said he wanted the government to ensure that its five regional economic development corridors will benefit all the people.

He said he was confident the nation would chalk up bigger successes, comparable to those attained by developed countries, when it entered the second 50-year phase of its development after independence. — Bernama

IN a related issue Anwar returned to parliament after a ten year absence........no no, not as a MP yet, but as a spouse guest.

I have entered. I will never leave again," Anwar said
it won't be long before he is elected a lawmaker in a by-election......yes yes yes!!!!!


REMEMBER THIS DATE:

SEPT 16......THE FOG WILL CLEAR BY THEN!!


GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS

SOARING FOOD PRICES HAS REACHED OUR DOORSTEPS

SINCE 2006 PRICES ARE GOING UP AND UP....KEEPING A STRANGE RHYTHM WITH OIL PRICES.


The price hike has affected virtually all major commodities.So, higher prices mean smaller portions, fewer meals and consuming foods with lower nutritional value. To afford essential food needs, many low and middle-income households must also cut spending on education and health.

Why are higher commodity prices not benefiting the poor?

Analysts generally consider higher food prices beneficial to poor countries that depend on export of agricultural goods. But this not happening because of international trade liberalization has transformed most developing countries from net-exporters into net-importers of food. Poor countries dismantled tariffs and other barriers to trade, enabling large agribusiness and subsidized goods from rich countries to undermine local agricultural production.

Why are food prices increasing?

1) Food prices have soared because agricultural production has not kept up with the rising demand for food consumption, cattle feeding and biofuel production.

2) Population growth in poor countries is boosting the grain demand for food consumption. But cereal demand for the feeding of cattle is increasing even more rapidly as consumers in both rich countries and fast growing.

3) The most important factor behind the sudden spike in food prices, however, is the rapidly growing demand for biofuels, particularly in the EU and the US. Of total corn production, 12% is used to make biofuel, and that share is growing fast. Concerns about global climate change and soaring energy prices have boosted demand for biofuels.

PLEASE DO YOU PART IN NOT BEING WASTEFUL ....TAKE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED!

"WASTE NOT WANT NOT"

DRUG SYNDICATES ON THE RISE


DRUG RINGS NOW TARGETING NEGRI SEMBILAN.


RECENTLY THE ARRESTS FOR DRUG RELATED ACTIVITY IN NEGRI AS SEEN A STEADY RISE.

ACCORDING to State narcotics chief Supt R. Ravi Chandran, more young people are being caught for
trafficing.

Supt Ravi said police also arrested 208 people for drug abuse in the first four months, a 21% increase from last year.

Supt Ravi said without help from the public, the police would not be able to effectively check trafficking.
The public can call the police at 999 or ASP Mohd Isa Bidinat 06-7682402 to report drug-trafficking activities.

Monday, April 28, 2008

CHINA CONCERNED

Chinese leaders have taken a keen interest in the 24-km-long 2nd Penang bridge

All the fuss and talk of delays has caught the attention of the Chinese government.


Government officials are unsure if Beijing will urge CHEC to cut their losses and pull out of the RM4.3 billion project ....(full report malaysian Insider)



Beijing also wants to know if the US$800 million loan to Malaysia is viewed as helpful or an impediment by stakeholders and the public.



my 2cents worth:

KOPI DUIT TAK CUKUP LAH!!!

MP's SWORN IN PARLIAMENT

THE 12th PARLIAMENT IN SESSION


222 Members of Parliament (MP) were sworn-in in the august House

AMID SOME DRAMA TODAY, THE PARLIAMENT SESSION HAS BEGUN.

one MP failed to raise his right hand when taking oath.
another did not adhere to the dress code.

opposition MP's complained that
invitation card with the official Parliament emblem bearing the MP’s name and his or her spouse
was not given Wan Azizah.
she was only given a letter but there was no invitation for her husband, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.????....


Asked if a motion of no-confidence against the Prime Minister can be expected, Wan Azizah said: "At the moment, no.".....keep guessing guys???



MALAYSIA FAILED TO HONOR IRAN

Iran criticized Malaysia for failure to honor the commitment it had taken by the invitation it extended to Iran in the defence trade exhibition in KL



According to New Straits Times, US embassy officials had approached organisers and the Malaysian defence and foreign ministries to voice their concern and threatened to pull out of the show if action was not taken.

Iran said that the Kuala Lumpur failure to extend services to Iran's pavilion was "fully political under the US pressure".


The Iranian pavilion at the Defence Services Asia exhibition was closed on the second day of the four-day trade show .


NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A FLIP FLOP PM, LOOKS LIKE NOW OUR DEPUTY PM HAS NO BACKBONE, OR DOES THE CIA KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE C4 THAT WE DON'T??

DIPLOMATIC BREAK


Mongolia has threatened to break diplomatic ties with Malaysia over the murder trial of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.



Dr Shaariibuu Setev, father of the murder victim, announced that both the Mongolian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister have said Mongolia would sever ties with Malaysia if the outcome of the ongoing murder trial is deemed “irresponsible and unfair.”


“The Mongolian prime minister has written to the Malaysian Prime Minister three times, but there is still no reply. Mongolia should not be taken for granted.”


I HOPE OUR FOREIGN MINISTER IS READING THIS......... JUST REMEMBER THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF GENGHIS KHAN ......

BIG FIGHT IN PERAK

DAP vs PKR AND PAS OVER MAYOR’S APPOINTMENT



WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT MAYOR OF IPOH?


IT LOOKS LIKE NOW OUR PAKATAN RAKYAT ARE AT IT AGAIN!

GUYS GROW UP......

PERSONALLY I BELIEVE IPOH IS THE BEST KEPT TOWN ANY WHERE IN MALAYSIA.

Mohamad Rafiai Moktar the incumbent BN Mayor has done a good job.

why change it?....remember Meritocracy should be the only criteria .

Hishammuddin Must Go



SEVERAL Umno branch and divisional leaders want Hishammuddin Hussein to resign over the keris issue, which they said had adversely affected Barisan Nasional in the recent general election.


Last Friday,he apologised for wielding the keris at Umno meetings, acknowledging that it had upset minority racial communities who later punished the government at elections held last month.(read details at malaysia today)



Hishammuddin is the son of Tun Hussein Onn, malaysia 3rd PM and the grandson of Onn Jaafar(UMNO founder), He is the cousin of C4 guy.
Graduated bachelor of law from university of Wales, and received a Masters of Law from London school of economics.....................my my educated in London but still with village mindset.....


"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn"...A Toffler

Sunday, April 27, 2008

IRON RICE BOWL

Wanita Umno Chief Rafidah Aziz said:




WE DON'T WANT IT EITHER!


Speaking to reporters at a state Wanita Umno meeting here yesterday
Rafidah said "We do not want power grabbing here. We want a smooth transfer of power that will happen when the number one and number two person decides it is time."
(REPORT FROM NST...CLICK HEADER FOR FULL REPORT)

"Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work".



EX-MINISTER MOLEST CASE

City deputy police chief Senior Asst Comm (I) Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said:
“We called in the ex-minister for questioning yesterday (Friday) and he was very helpful.




The ex-minister is being investigated for allegedly outraging the modesty of the 30-year-old promoter at a hotel here on April 17. A police report was lodged against the politician on April 18.......star online(click header for full report)

"I'll state my case of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and evr'y highway And more, much more than this, I did it my way"....paul anka

(FOR FURTHER READING....READ MY BLOG : EDUCATED-BUT REJECTED AS MINISTER)

Give Back The RM10 Million

Wife of former Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, was told to return the money.


BALKIS, is the Wives of Selangor Assemblymen and MPs Welfare and Charity Organisation .

Coincidently, BALKIS was the muslim name of the legendary "Queen Sheba", who was said to have out witted King Solomon......wow a beauty with brains to spare!

but this was not so apparent with our former menteri besar's wife....The issue blew up when it was revealed that Balkis, lead by Zahrah, who is the wife of former Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, transferred RM9.9mil to the Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti) three days after the state fell to Pakatan Rakyat....report from star online.

(read the full story by clicking the header)

"It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things".








Saturday, April 26, 2008

"ISA Will Not Be Abolished



Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar
in no uncertain terms today declared
that 'preventive laws' such as the
Internal Security Act will not be abolished.


ISA facts

Enacted in 1960

Targets any person

who "has acted, is

about to act, or is

likely to act in any

manner prejudicial

to the security of

Malaysia "Police can

detain anyone for

up to 60 days without

trial No access to lawyer

during this period Further

detention up to 2 years

on approval of Home

Affairs Minister







FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THREATENS PENANG

Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
delivered a hardline message to Penang:




federal government would scrap the monorail project and other infrastructure projects in Penang if the state government does not play ball.

On his part, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has accused the federal government of dragging its feet




"THE WAR GOES ON"


RUMOURS OF DEFECTIONS

The Barisan Nasional takes seriously the rumours that its members of parliament are DEFECTING







Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said:

"We will do something about it, don't worry. I won't tell you what we are going to do but we will (do something about it)," ...FROM NST

Hishammuddin says sorry over keris waving

What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature....VOLTAIRE

Memorandum to the King


The five-year-old daughter of Hindraf chairperson P. Waythamoorthy

















"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world".

Friday, April 25, 2008

WILL IT HAPPEN


ONLY ONE MAN KNOWS

BARKING AT THE EPU


EPU not for making some people rich
(SOURCE FROM NST)
The Economic Planning Unit must be restored to its rightful place.
SAID former energy, water and communications minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday.


I once had a dog named "prince", a huge fellow it was. but a real coward. once it let in a stranger into my house, then my dog prince ran out of the main gate, and from a save distant started barking. imagine letting a would be burglar into the house and then trying to warn me???.
luckily the stranger was a friend..no harm done in this case.

but what is our former minister barking about. when he was in the system, everything was nice and comfortable......no keep my mouth shut or else the krissmuddins will be out to get me.

now that he is at a safe distant, he squeaks the EPU should do the right thing and not be
the "authority that decides on who becomes rich" .

this is the cancer in our government.........always towing the line , no balls to speak up.

my friend when you where in power no body listen to you....what more now!


"Reality is the name we give to our disappointments."




CIVIL SERVICE TO EMPLOY THE DISABLED


It was announced on Wednesday
that the government would hire
10,200 disabled people
with immediate effect.










Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen (pic right), is going all out to improve the intake of
the disabled into the civil service.

at present there are about 400 disabled in their employ.

Her ministry will be meeting the Public Service Department to address issues such as access, mobility and infrastructure for the prospective disabled civil servants.

this is great news... minister.....keep up the good work.

unlike some ministers we know, who lack the intellect to dish out good programs, i suggest you take some lessons for dr ng.

remember the are only two types of people in this world
the disabled and
the not yet diasbled........quoted unknown source.

A FATHERS ANGUISH

JUSTICE FOR ALTANTUYA

Two years and still dragging ……

Case was postponed yet again and set to resume on May 5 due to the backlog of cases faced by the trial judge, presided by Shah Alam High Court Judge Zaki. and the lawyers

what a cheap excuse for the delay

Altantuyaa’s father shaariibuu was outraged at a press conference yesterday.

This is not an ordinary case.

“His daughter has been murdered and blown up to pieces. Malaysia should not be known to the world like this.

“Do you know these explosives used by the police officers from the military? It is not a simple knife. “You see what kind of dangerous people are working in your official level especially the police officers.” the Mongolian government will end their relationship with Malaysia, if Malaysia makes an unfair, irresponsible decision on this case.

Shaariibuu slammed his hand on the table, yelled “finish” and stormed off.



A brief recall of events:

Altantuyaa was born in 1978 .She was a part-time modeled, for a brief time and also started a tour business in Mongolia. She moved to Hong Kong in 2005, allegedly becoming a professional escort

It was around this time she met Abdul Razak Baginda, a defense analyst from the think tank Malaysian Strategic Research Centre, reportedly beginning a relationship.


Some sources allege that Altantuya came to Kuala Lumpur with a cousin in early October 2006 intending to confront her lover Abdul Razak Baginda. When she went missing on Oct 19, her cousin lodged a police report and sought help from the Mongolian embassy in Bangkok.


Police later found fragments of bone, later verified as hers, in forested land near the Subang Dam in Puncak Alam, Shah Alam. Police investigation of her remains revealed that she was shot twice before C-4 explosives were used on her remains.

Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 30 and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, and abdul razak baginda were arrested for the the murder investigation. The two police officers belong to the Malaysian Police Special Action Force and were both assigned to the office of the Deputy Prime Minister .(extract from wikipedia)





the accused: baginda and officers involved

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Makkal Osai is back


Tamil daily Makkal Osai will be back on newsstands.

JUSTICE DONE!



general manager S.M. Periasamy said the Home Ministry had renewed its publishing licence after after an appeal.Makkal Osai has a staff of 102 people and so far no one has left.


Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar ....you did good! one diamond star for you.

now please work on the ISA issues....and release all the detainees and scrap that draconian law.

since our courts is credible now, i am sure you can properly charge the wrongdoers publicly!....
go for it man.....i will give YOU a titanium star.


"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done".



MOLEST CASE WITHDRAWN

IN A SUDDEN TWIST OF EVENTS

The victim of the alleged sex offence has now withdrawn the police report lodged against the ex-minister, according to The Star daily.

According to The Star, the woman said she regretted lodging the police report as there was no intention on the part of the former minister, who is still an MP, to outrage her modesty or act inappropriately.





but according to karpal singh a lawyer
a person who lodged a police report could not at her whim and fancies withdraw a report . The person ran the risk of lodging a false report.

this was a serious offence under Section 354 of the Penal Code, which carried imprisonment of up to 10 years or fine or whipping or with two of such punishments.

Karpal called on the police to carry out an investigation to determine the culpability of the ex-minister for allegedly outraging the woman's modesty, or the culpability of the woman concerned for giving false information to the police.


mean while people all over malaysia are running wild ,
like headless chicken to determine who the rascal was......it looks like another mystery for sherlock homes.

"When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her"

THE HISTORY OF MIC

(this is an extract from mi1 blog, would like to thank the author for the research)

1st MIC President - John Aloysius Thivy

MIC started as Malayan Indian Congress in August 1946. Its founding president

John Aloysius Thivy was a lawyer who studied in London. When he was

studying in London he met Mahatma Gandhi and was inspired by Gandhi’s

determination to fight for India’s Independence. On his return to M

alaya,

after getting his law degree in 1932, he became actively involved

in Indian nationalist movements.

In 1947 India won its independence and in January 1948,

John Aloysius Thivy became the first official appointed by

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (India’s first prime minister),

to represent the Indian Republic in Southeast Asia.

2nd MIC President – Sardar Budh Singh


The baton of MIC presidency then passed on to Sardar Budh Singh whose

term as the 2nd President of MIC was from 1947 to 1950. The sentiment of the

party during this period takes the path of anti-colonialism.

3rd MIC President – K. Ramanathan

Mr. K. Ramanathan. MIC’s third president, from 1950 to1951, the main issue

during his tenure was citizenship issue. But this guy had the opinion that all

Malayan Indians will earn their money in Malaya and

go back to India to lead normal lives.

4th MIC President – Kundan Lal Devaser


In 1951, the Fifth Annual Conference of MIC was held in Johor Bahru. This is

when Kundan Lal Devaser

, a lawyer of Northern Indian origin succeded K

Ramanathan as the 4th President of Malayan Indian Cong

ress. K.L. Devaser

helmed MIC from 1951 to May 1955. It was during his period that MIC started

focusing on the fight for Malayan independence. Under his presidency, MIC had

contested in the 1952 Kuala Lumpur Municipal Elections in partnership with the

Independence of Malaya Party (IMP) under Dato’ Onn bin Jaa

far and other noncommunal

organisations against the Alliance.


Note: Dato’ Onn Jaafar is the founding president of United Malays National

Organisation (UMNO) on May 1st 1946. Being a far sighted visionary and an

idealist, he subsequently became disillusioned with what he considered UMNO’s

communalist policies. He called for party membershi

p to be opened to all Malayans

regardsless of race,and for UMNO to be renamed as the

United Malayans National Organisation. When his reccommendation

was bitterly opposed by hardline elements in UMNO, he left the party

on August 26th 1951, to form the Independence of Malaya party.

If only his vision was adhered to, Malaysia would n

ow be a

better place

with less friction between the races and more emphasis

would have been shown on the

idea of a Malaysian race in place of rampant communalism

we see today.

5th MIC President – Tun V. T. Sambanthan


Sambanthan Thirunyana s/o Veerasamy, better known as Tun V.T.

Sambanthan, then a state MIC leader, emerged during this

period as an

alternative candidate for the party leadership.

At the Ninth Annual MIC Conference that was held in Teluk Anson (Teluk Intan),

Perak in May 1955, Tun V.T. Sambanthan was elected as the fifth President of

the Malayan Indian Congress. His term in office was from 1955 to 1973. Going by

historical records, he was literally coerced into taking

up the

presidency.


Sambanthan took over the mantle of the MIC during a period of turmoil in the party in 1955, barely

months before the first federal elections, and over time strengthened the party and consolidated its

position in the coalition. He did not always please his

members, but was able to gradually unite a party

that had considerable internal splits. Following negotiations w

ith the Alliance leaders, the MIC was

allocated two seats – in Batu Pahat, Johor, and Sg. Siput, Perak. Sambanthan contested the Sg. Siput

seat and won comfortably. The Alliance swept 51 of the 52 seats, the exception being a seat in Perak.

Following the election win, Sambanthan was appoint

ed to the Cabinet and sworn in as Labour Minister in

the Alliance government.

As president of a party that was a component of the ruling Al

liance Party, he was appointed Minister of

Labour (1955-57), Health (1957-59), Works, Posts and Telecommunications (1959-71) and National Unity

(1972-74).


[MIC only officially became known as Malaysian Indian Congress, after the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963.]


In the early 1970s, internal pressure was applied on Sambanthan to resign but he resisted, leading to a

coup against him. Five senior leaders of MIC openly defied Sambanthan and played a key role in

persuading then Deputy MIC president, V. Manickavasagam to go for the presidency. One of the five

leaders is; Samy Vellu . In March 1973, Tun Abdul Razak nego

tiated

a deal with Sambanthan who agreed to quit on J

une 30, 1973.


6th MIC President – Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam


Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam officially became MIC’s president on 30th June 1973

and remained in office till he died on 12th October 1979. He was also appointed

as Minister for Communications. Under Manickavasagam, the party secretariat

was reconstituted with Indian civil servants, professionals and academics

dominating the policy committees. Representatives from state MIC and local

branches were excluded from the central committees

. This exclusion was made

on the grounds that their petty rivalries and divisive elements would have

threatened the deliberations taking place in the headquarters.

The fear of challenges from within the party probably would have moved

Manickavasagam to assume complete authority and alienate state and branch

leaders thereby preventing a challenge similar to the o

ne he made on Sambanthan.

Hence, the state and branch leaders were left with little influence on decisions making.


A further weakness that crept into the MIC under Manickavasagam was nepotism. The president

introduced his brothers into important posts in the party. For example, his brother V.L. Kandan was

variously MIC Youth leader (1975), appointed to the

state executive council in 1974, and elected member

of the state legislative assembly in Selangor.

During Manickavasagam’s rule, MIC had two ministers in the government. Manickavasagam was the

Minister for Communications and the other minister was Athi Nahappan.

In addition to this, Manickavasagam brought in new faces to the forefront: This was the time when Datuk

S. Subramaniam, Datuk K. Pathmanaban (a Harvard MBA holder), and several others entered the

political arena, and Manickavasagam gave them preference.

Manickavasagam had personally maneuvered Subramaniam’s nomination to MIC Central Working

Committee (CWC) in July 1973 and later to the post of Secretary General of MIC. Subramaniam’s

position in the party was built with support from the p

rofessional groups, the youth movement, and the

estates in Perak. Under political patronage from then Prime Minister, Tun Hussein Onn, Subramaniam

rose rapidly in the government from Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Manpower

after the 1974 elections, to Deputy Minister for Local Government and Federal Territory in January in

1978

Subramaniam’s rise caused jealousy and resentment in Samy Vellu and his faction; thus, strong

opposition to Manickavasagam was brewing. MIC was once again plunged into a bitter power struggle.

Senator Athi Nahappan, the deputy president and strong supporter of Manickavasagam, acted as a

peacemaker during this turbulent time. His death in May 1976, robbed Manickavasagam of an important

force of stability. Fearing that Samy Vellu would b

e a strong candidate for the vacant position,

Manickavasagam attempted to delay the election of a successor to Athi Nahappan. However, by 1977,

further delay had become impossible. Still determined to thwart Samy Vellu, Manickavasagam brought

forth his own candidate.

S. Subramaniam was hand-picked by Manickavasagam to succeed him; however, Samy Vellu fought

back, literally, and in a closely fought contest in 19

77, Samy Vellu defeated Subramaniam by a mere 26

votes to become the Deputy President of MIC.


7th MIC President – Dato Seri S. Samy Vellu



Samy Vellu s/o Sangalimuthu, better known as S. Samy Vellu; is the longest

serving president of the MIC.

Samy Vellu; the eldest of three children, was born in June 20, 1936 to rubber

tappers Sangalimuthu and Anggamah at the Rengo Malay Estate near Kluang,

Johor. His father, who had arrived from India in 1919, moved between estates in

search of better wages and was working as a labourer at the coal mines in Batu

Arang, Selangor when the war ended.


Sangalimuthu later sold coconuts, fish and mutton at the Batu Arang market while his son Samy Vellu

went to various Tamil schools. After his mother's death in 1950, he left to Kuala Lumpur with his father.

There, he began work as a bus conductor with G.T.C. transport company, a forerunner to Syarikat Sri

Jaya (The blue colored bus with white stripes as the elder generation of KL will remember).

He and some friends formed a theatre group that staged dramas in estates and small towns. The group's

leading actors were Samy Vellu and V. Govindaraj (now Datuk V. Govindaraj). One of their earliest and

most successful dramas was entitled Nattpu (Friendship).


In 1959, a year before he got married, he and Govindaraj joined the Batu Caves MIC branch as ordinary

members. Samy Vellu was 23, and winning the MIC presidency was his ultimate objective. (It took him

20 years to reach the top). Five years after joining the party, he was elected Selangor MIC committee

member and the head of the party's cultural bureau.


During the Indonesian Confrontation, he made headlines by climbing up the Indonesian Embassy's flag

pole, pulling down the flag and burning it. "I was charged in court and fined RM25," Samy Vellu later said.

Malaysian newspapers called him Hero Malaysia on the front pages.

Samy Vellu became a household name after he became a newscaster in the Tamil news of Radio

Television Malaysia (RTM), through the assistance of his friend Durairaju, the head of RTM’s Tamil

section. He would continue to read Tamil news over RTM from 1963 until he became a Member of

Parliament in 1974. Samy Vellu used this popularity to garner votes, and eventually, after five futile

attempts, won the Selangor MIC's secretary post on the sixth attempt, trumping V.J. Balasundram by 13

votes in 1967. Samy Vellu was 31 then.



In the early 1970s, he became the main instigator for the coup against Tun V.T Sambanthan, and then

fought against the next president Manickavasagam as highlighted earlier.

On 12th October 1979, Samy Vellu’s ambition of becoming the president of MIC became a reality after

Manickavasagam’s death. The new president came under considerable pressure to advance

Subramanian to the vacant seat of Port Klang that used to be Manickavasagam’s constituency. But

Samy Vellu resisted the pressure and nominated his own protégé, V.Govindaraju.


Upon assuming the presidency, Samy Vellu moved rapidly in a brash manner, to purge the party of those

who had been loyal to Manickavasagam. In particular, he secured the fall of the late Manickavasagam’s

brother, Kandan, who held the position of MIC Youth leader. The rest is history, so till today samy rules the MIC.