Dr.JeyaKumar is a passionate MP who came all the way from Sg.Siput and consoling the villagers and advised not to use violence under any circumstances and observe patients to all the injustices thats going on to the Villagers of Buah Pala. he listened to all the plight and grievences of the community here, and made the villagers here feel relieved for now. Thank you YB!
This is the photos of this beautiful Kg.Buah Pala, Indian High Chaprral!
This is not a squatters! as claimed by the Uneducated Developer!
Banana and many tropical fruit available 365days a year
NATURE WELL PRESERVED IN BUAH PALA
BORN ON 12.08.09
BORN ON 13.08.09
VILLAGERS ARE HAPPILY AND IN PEACE FOR SO LONG
Source: Cryingvoices
Why? Ex-Adun for Sri Delima said early this year that the Land in Kg.Buah Pala is not a safe place for Highrise building due to the condition and structure of the earth in this area which contains flowing underwater passage, this can be proven with the amount of Wells that's available in this Village till today!
One of the village is suprised to know that a portion of cement cracked and fell as deep as 2metres and shocked to see water rushed and made a well, the well is not man made until the villager realise the changes in the ground and made it as a well now.. check the photos below :
This is the portion of the well that has collapsed unexpectedly and re-built by the Owner as a well last month!
in the middle of house! Think .. what will happen to the oasis condo!
He claimed he was tortured during his four-day imprisonment in November 2007 in the Sungai Buloh prison. However, he declined to provide further details.
"There were other kinds of torture and threats which I don't wish to reveal at this point in time because I'm planning to come back home," he told Malaysiakini during an interview in London.
Malaysiakini: Your civil suit in 2007 propelled Hindraf into prominence. What made you file a suit against the British and not the Malaysian government?
Waythamoorthy: They Indians have suffered tremendous injustices. I researched the history of the country's independence and discovered that the British colonial governance was the root of the Indian predicament in Malaysia. The British, through its East India Company, brought in thousands of Indians from India as indentured labourers.
They failed to safeguard the interests and rights of Indians when the British drafted the Malayan Federal Constitution prior to the independence. Because the constitution was vague, Indians remained colonialised by the Umno government.
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So I told the Indians that they should go after the British. Since I had no confidence in the independence of the country's judiciary, I filed the civil suit against the British.
I claimed £1 million for each of the estimated 1.8 million Indians in Malaysia in damages for the suffering of their forefathers and the present generation. Based on this, the AFP report summed up my claims at US$4 trillion.
The AFP report became international news.
What's the status of the suit now?
I filed the civil action on the eve of the country's 50th anniversary of independence. But I have not served the writ on the defendant, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It should have been done within three months of filing the case. I could not serve it because I did not have British solicitors and barristers to do so. I need a legal team to proceed with the suit.
I filed the action as a symbolic gesture with the intention of serving it to the defendant. I was hoping that by handing over the letter of appeal, which had 130,000 signatures, to Her Majesty the British Queen via the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 25, I would be able to secure free services of Queen's counsels and solicitors to pursue the case further in the British courts.
However, my effort was spoilt by the Malaysian government and the police. The authorities, not Hindraf, turned an originally pre-planned peaceful march to the British High Commission into an anti-government rally. As a result, the status of my suit remains as it is, pre-Nov 25.
It's not an overstatement then to say that your civil suit shot Hindraf to prominence?
I would not agree with that assessment because my civil suit was filed in my personal capacity. It had nothing to do with Hindraf. But, since I'm Hindraf chairperson, public perception swiftly linked the suit to Hindraf, and I eventually adopted it. It put Hindraf at forefront of the Malaysian civil rights movement.
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I initially expected only about 5,000 Indians to turn up at the rally. But it ended up with tens of thousands thronging into the city.
So the Umno government was at fault for turning a simple straightforward peaceful event into an ugly and brutal anti-government rally. The Indians then realised that the government agenda's was to stop us from handing over the letter.
Why you think the government resisted the rally?
My guess is that the Umno government got worried when it received intelligence reports pointing out that Indians across the country were united in fighting for their rights. Umno did not want this because the government would face difficulties in handling a united Indian community. Umno was worried that the government would lose its popularity and relevance among Indians in the country. That's the reason why I think the Umno government went out of way to clamp down on the rally.
When you were detained and charged with sedition, you refused bail. Why?
It was a protest to send a clear message to the government that Indians no longer feared intimidation and imprisonment. Secondly, since the city was locked down, I wanted to compel the government to allow Indians to come into Kuala Lumpur peacefully.
We were charged with sedition because the government wanted to instil fear as a way of intimidating the Indians that something bad would befall on them if they attend the rally on Nov 25.
So I wanted to send a signal to the authorities that the days of Umno government instilling fear on Indians were over. I'm told I was the country's first human rights lawyer to voluntarily refuse bail and stayed in jail and go on a hunger strike.
I was sending a clear message we don't fear the prison and the days of criminal intimidation on Indian were over. We are a new breed of Indian activists who are prepared to face any consequence to uphold truth and justice.
You stayed in jail for four days and missed the rally. Would you like to narrate your experience in jail?
During the four-day imprisonment in Sungai Buloh, I was jailed in the maximum security cell unit meant for suspects of serious crimes such as murder and drug traffickng. Mine was a special cell, small, filthy, full of insects, without air circulation and a locked in by a thick door. It was extremely bright with a special flickering light. Some of insects were of species that I have never seen in my life.
I was inhaling and exhaling the same air. On the second day, they deliberately stopped tap water supply to the filthy toilet in my cell. I believe that I was deliberately put into it because the authorities wanted to teach me a lesson.
There were other kinds of torture and threats which I don't wish to reveal at this point in time because I'm planning to come back home. Even though I underwent tremendous torture, when I was taken to court on the morning of Nov 26, I told the jail director that I would come back to the cell later that evening because I planned to refuse my bail further.
However, I was surprised by the court's decision to discharge me not amounting to an acquittal.
How did you sneak out of the country during the police clampdown on Hindraf activists?
I don't think I sneaked out. I believe the government planned the clampdown much later after I had left the country. Following my release on Nov 26, I had nightmares of the torture and could not sleep at night. I was mentally disturbed by the memories of my four-day imprisonment. I was restless and did not have a peace of mind.
On Nov 27, I decided to go to India for my annual pilgrimage to regain my physical and mental strength. I normally do this in early December. I got my visa on Nov 27 and left for India the next day. My initial plan was to stay in India for a week.
A few days after I left for India, allegations linking Hindraf with the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers surfaced. Although Uthayakumar and I denied such links, the media was not with us.
Uthayakumar suggested that since I was already in India, I should start my international lobby to garner global support for Hindraf and its legitimate struggle. So I started my international lobby in India and finally ended up going to England.
The government linked Hindraf with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Any comments on it?
IGP Musa and the attorney-general Gani Patail maliciously wanted to brand Hindraf as a terror organisation linked to terrorists. They cooked up the story to justify the subsequent arrest of the Hindraf Five under ISA.
When you realised your passport was revoked, how did you manage to seek political asylum from the British government?
I found out that my passport was revoked by the Malaysian government when I returned to Britain from Geneva on April 19, 2008. The Malaysian government's intention was to prevent me from carrying out my international human rights lobby.
Under the British immigration law, I was supposed to be deported back to my last port of entry - Geneva. I decided to exercised my rights stipulated in the Geneva Convention to seek British political asylum. On April 21, I applied for political asylum and the British authorities processed my application the same day.
The authorities sought more evidence to back my application. Through the help of a Queen's counsel, I managed to appoint a solicitor to manage my application. A month later, I was interviewed formally and in three months, my application was granted.
Isn't it strange that the British government granted you asylum while you are suing the same government for neglecting Indians in Malaysia?
That's the beauty of British governance. The British government knows how to differentiate between a political asylum and a civil suit. The civil suit is my personal right while my request for asylum was a matter of justice. It's only just for the British government to grant my application.
The Nov 25 rally was hailed by many as the catalyst to the political tsunami that swept Malaysian electoral politics on March 8, 2008.
Hindraf never planned the rally to create a political tsunami. We least expected it. It's the Umno government fault to turn the event ugly. Assuming that the government had allowed us to hand over the appeal letter and returned home safely, the Indians would have been only excited, that's all.
The hardline action taken on Hindraf activists before and after the rally, and the police's brutal action on that day angered not just Indians but all decent Malaysians and it translated into anti-BN votes.
Why did Hindraf decide to support and subsequently called on Indians to vote for Pakatan Rakyat during the general election in 2008?
There was a groundswell of Indians demanding an electoral stand. Then we held the Rose Rally during Valentine's Day celebration in February. A few days before the rally, Parliament was dissolved.
The Umno government again reacted brutally against peaceful demonstrators holding roses. Like Nov 25, chemical spraying and tear gas marred the rally. That was the final nail in Umno's coffin.
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The Rose Rally was a message of love and peace. But we were treated badly by our very own government.
I told them to vote against BN enbloc. Thousands of our supporters were working on the ground to ensure the success of Pakatan. For the first time, the Indians, a minority community, embarked on bulk voting in the country's electoral process. They voted against BN and Umno.
Indians proved that a minority community's bulk votes had the power to make a change. The Chinese were traditionally fence sitters. Their voting pattern are dependent on the political and economic climate.
They knew they only could increase the number of opposition parliamentarians but can't possibly change the government. When the Chinese saw Indians changing trend, they knew the time had come for a change.
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We now hope that the Malays would have a better understanding of Hindraf's struggle and we can all work together in the next general election to effect a change at federal level.
The majority of Indians have voted for BN faithfully for 50 years. I think the Umno government had taken the Indian support and votes for granted. The government has been disrespectful to Indian votes, rights and feelings by continuing to oppress and suppress them.
The best way to teach Umno and BN a political lesson is to hurt them at the ballot box. After all the Umno government leaders were arrogant enough to frequently challenge the people to demonstrate their grouses and unhappiness through the ballot boxes.They took their electoral victories for granted.
So Hindraf called on Indians to vote against the Umno government and its hegemony.
Hindraf played a decisive role in changing the country's political landscape. Has it addressed the inequality among races that you were seeking?
No, because the same BN is ruling the federal government. The Umno dominated government has been throwing craps and scraps here and there. But it has done nothing worthy. The Pakatan states too, have done little for the Indians.
Thus far Pakatan states have not formulated, let alone implemented, any worthy long term policies benefiting Indians. Pakatan leaders claim that they are new to state administration and are not in control of the federal government.
They have been in power for 15 months now and the Pakatan states cannot go on singing the same tune. They are duty bound to carry out constructive policies to upgrade the Indians. Pakatan states must do something worthy for Indians before the general election.
Lately though, it seems Hindraf and Pakatan are having an uneasy relationship.
Hindraf will remain apolitical. We will point political mistakes committed by both BN and Pakatan. Just because Indians supported and voted for Pakatan, Hindraf will not remain idle if the coalition made a mistake. We must speak out. It's better for us to speak out now than later.
Pakatan states must understand that they have a responsibility to help the marginalised minority communities, especially Indians. They will have to rule with justice, equality and fairness to all. Currently there are rifts between Hindraf and Pakatan in certain states, especially in Penang on Kampung Buah Pala.
What about the Kampung Buah Pala issue?
Firstly, DAP leaders had promised to safeguard the village for the residents before and after the general election.
DAP acknowledges the land deal was a fraud committed by the previous BN government but why are they now siding the developers and the Koperasi who are part of the fraud?
And it's puzzling that the DAP government accepted the balance payment of the land premium and effected the actual land transfer of Kampung Buah Pala.
This happened even after the DAP government was advised against it by a senior lawyer and its own leaders have promised to secure the village land for the residents prior to the last elections. The DAP government may have condemned the previous Gerakan government for alienating the land.
But now it is colluding with the landowner, Koperasi Pegawai Pegawai Kanan Kerajaan Pulau Pinang, and developer Nusmetro Venture (P) Sdn Bhd to evict the residents from their own land. We are shocked. We are shocked that the same socialist DAP leaders, who are supposed to champion the cause of poor and the marginalised communities, are now collaborating with capitalists.
What you think the DAP government should do now?
Simple. They have to undo it, with a mere stroke of a pen. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has the power under the National Land Code and Land Acquisition Act to acquire the land for the villagers and undo the unjust.
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First he claimed it was RM150 million and now he had lowered the sum to RM100 million to acquire the land.
How did he pluck out those sums? According to the land law, an independent land administrator shall assess the land value.
So how did a responsible chief minister come up with such sums? The land was sold for RM3.21 million. The state government could buy back the land for the same amount or even lesser. The residents are not squatters. They are rightful owners of the land. It was stolen from them.
If the DAP government fail to acquire the land for the villagers, I think the Indians in Penang will punish them in the next general election. Hindraf will be duty bound to expose DAP's inaction to Indians in Penang and nationwide. The party should not hold Hindraf responsible for it.
Will the Kampung Buah Pala crisis affect the DAP in long run?
The ball is in DAP's court. DAP can choose to maintain its position or the party can forsake justice and fairness. If the DAP allows the village to be demolished, it will be the beginning of its demise. Guan Eng will be another Khir Toyo.
There seems to be concerted effort in the media and in blogs to attack Hindraf, you and Uthayakumar personally over the village crisis.
Normally I don't read blogs but I have heard criticisms leveled at us. I have read this in Pakatan, and DAP linked websites. Obviously these mails were posted by DAP supporters.
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I'm not a politician. I have forsaken all that I had, to fight for justice and truth which is often is buried and clouded by the rich and powerful.
These die-hard supporters of DAP should in fact find out the truth and advise their party to act in accordance to what is right and just. But such criticisms will not deter me. I will continue to oppose any form of injustice and unfairness.
Certain DAP leaders are allegedly touchy whenever criticisms are levelled at them. They apparently use bloggers and ghost writers to launch personal attacks on their critics.
I think some DAP leaders are instigating certain ghost writers and bloggers to attack their critics by feeding wrong information, facts and figures.
I don't think this propaganda would benefit the DAP in the long run, like how the pro-establishment mainstream media had not really benefited Umno. People finally realised that Umno controlled the mainstream media, spreading lies and disseminating false information.
People have now refused to believe the mainstream media. Eventually this will happen to DAP. Just because bloggers played a big role in creating awareness among the people in the last general election, it doesn't mean that the people will continuously believe bloggers. Malaysians from all walks of life are politically matured and they can see lies.
Maybe in the short term, DAP could succeed. Eventually they will say all these lies were spread and instigated by DAP leaders. I just hope DAP can come out of this denial syndrome and address issues intelligently - after all, I'm one of those Malaysians wishing and praying to see Pakatan take over the country from the clutches of BN.
Premier Najib Razak has come up with a 1Malaysia slogan. Any comments on it?
I noticed that each time a new prime minister comes to power, he comes up with a punchy slogan to woo the people. Dr Mahathir (Mohamad) came up with 'Cekap, Bersih, Amanah', then Abdullah Ahmad Badawi with 'Islam Hadhari', now Najib with '1Malaysia.'
Najib is talking about 1Malaysia but it two systems, one system for the Malays and another for non-Malays. The 1Malaysia concept is obviously a non-starter when the government runs two systems.
If he is serious in realising 1Malaysia, first and foremost Najib has to educate and revamp Umno and its members, and stop propagating the Malay supremacy agenda. If he can do that then all his 1Malaysia programmes would be successful.
Can the Pakatan states work to meet Hindraf's 18-point demand?
Maybe not all of them. The state governments are vested with certain powers to carry out policies that could meet our demands. For example, the federal government claims that it cannot make Tamil schools fully aided because most of them were sitting on private lands. Land issues are under the purview of state governments.
The menteri besars and chief ministers can acquire these privately-owned Tamil school lands under the National Land Code and Land Acquisition Act, and hand over the lands to the federal government. Thereafter, we will go after the federal government if it fails to make the schools as fully aided.
On the religious aspect, the state governments can enact amendments to the state Islamic laws to provide greater freedom for religion. Additionally they can gazette all temples that existed before independence in 1957 as places of worship. Pakatan state governments are vested with the power to do that.
They could also open up the state government policies to include all marginalised societies to be included in the mainstream economic upward mobility programmes and get all races equally entitled to all state economic and development projects.
If the state governments refused to use their power then there is no difference between them and Umno governments.
How can the BN government meet Hindraf's 18-point demand?
For a start, the BN government could hold a dialogue with Hindraf, which we have been asking from the very beginning. The dialogue can be the forum to explore various ways and means to resolve the plight of the Indian community.
Do you think Indians would stay with Pakatan in the next elections?
It depends on how Pakatan leaders address the Indian issues. They have to address the problems objectively and not adopt the Umno method of employing mandores to address the Indian issues.
BN is already working out a strategy to win back the Indian voters and thus regain the 50-odd lost parliament seats whereas Pakatan are in their new-found shell of fiefdom in their respective states as menteri besars and are not looking beyond their states.
The four Pakatan states have to prove themselves as leading the onslaught to capture the federal administration in the next general election. Unfortunately they are not addressing the issues let alone resolving them. From 2010, I believe Umno-led BN are going to implement major strategies to win back the Indian voters.
The Indian grassroots are already complaining about the inaction of Pakatan states mainly Selangor, Kedah and Penang. My sincere hope is that Pakatan does not make the same mistake BN did - that is living in denial.
This is the letter submitted to the world Heritage Centre Chief for Asia-Pacific Unit Mr.Giovanni Boccardi and has been endorsed in conducting study on this Village!
One Sms has been spread which sounded;
"I lived in the village. I am saddened that my own race spoke with lies and deception. When the Pg govt. came with a solution mind you, my Indian leaders told me to ignore it.I knew the previous govt. had sold us off like like cows.LGE met us 4 times and spoke with truth. Now, i hve accepted the offer and I hope the leaders in PR are real unlike Hindraf and MIC! Raj, former Kg.Buah Pala resident.
fwd from 019-4711491...
There is no former resident by the name of Raj, Someone trying to tarnish some parties name and this sms sounds instigating! This is not the sms from the villager and it must be from some outsiders trying to create chaos and taking advantage of the situation!
By Lawyer Darshan,
Federal court judgement will be heard on Tuesday, Another case will be filed on Monday at the Penang Court and a caviat will be applied to claim ownership of the Land Kg.Buah Pala. Hope the Villagers will face Justice and Justice alone!
Press conference has just started, Dr.ganesan, Mr.Tamaraj and Lawyer Darshan is answering and explanining to the reporters, this is a life report so more details to be updated after the press conference.
All details will be in point form :
By Mr.Tamaraj
- Buah Pala Villager was harrassed by the Nusmetro Gangsters on the 13.08.09.
- 24 july Lim Guan Eng said he will do something for kg.Buah Pala Village for the second time. and it has been going on again and again
- Karpal was sick is one of the reason.
What Lim Guan Eng said ; using my authoruty as the chief Minister to direct MPPP to immediately revoke the development order issued to Nusmetro!
Dr.Ganesan. .. The changes in need from the BN government and now the DAP government has no changes in any of it's policies,Its a waste in of Human Potential in terms of Culture and Heritage.
The opressed and the marginalised people are kept that way even with the new Governme
Tamaraj has explained the agreement by Nusmetro.. details on my previous article.
- the agreement does not look like an agreement and has not been stamped and signed with name and no company chops!
Mr.ganesan continued that non of the POlitician from the State Government has visited the village before and after the incident on the 13th Aug. We were abondoned said the villagers.
A meeting has to be arranged between the Villagers, Developer, State Government and Land Owner, and the developer cannot contact my clients said Lawyer Darshan. The meeting has to be arranged on a written form, not through calls.
No one has invited the Villagers for a meeting in the State Government but the residents went and saw Prof.Ramasamy by their own will, and were asked to sign an empty Paper as an agreement, said some residents!
On the 13.08.09 the bailiff has produced one agreement which has been hand written and the villagers were asked to sign the paper, but non of the villagers has signed the paper and only 3 members from the Makkal Sakthi political Party has signed the paper, including its leader Thananthiren.
Lawyer Darshan said that all the Land Transaction will be freezed at the first week of his nomination as the Chief Minister, but nothing has been utilised so far, and he also said that all land as the Lease Hold will be converted to Free hold! Not even one land has been converted so far by Lim Guan Eng!
100 Gangsters from Chong Nam Gangsters has assaulted the villagers on the 13th Aug 2009. it has been assured by the Villagers whom recognised them and willing to be sued if they are wrong!
Lawyer Darshan also added that there is an agreement between Nusmetro Ventures and the Koperasi pegawai pegawai kerajaan Pulau Pinang but the state government or any one of them refused to produce the agreement to the the villagers Lawyer.
Linked house 2storey building has been signed by only 6 resident in an invalid agreement and 4 of them has signed a blank paper at the Ramasamy's office, by residents!
Press conference has just started, Dr.ganesan, Mr.Tamaraj and Lawyer Darshan is answering and explanining to the reporters, this is a life report so more details to be updated after the press conference.
All details will be in point form :
By Mr.Tamaraj
- Buah Pala Villager was harrassed by the Nusmetro Gangsters on the 13.08.09.
- 24 july Lim Guan Eng said he will do something for kg.Buah Pala Village for the second time. and it has been going on again and again
- Karpal was sick is one of the reason.
What Lim Guan Eng said ; using my authoruty as the chief Minister to direct MPPP to immediately revoke the development order issued to Nusmetro!
updating soon...
This is to announce that RSN Rayer has been awarded as the Best Adun In Malaysia by Kg.Buah Pala Villagers and the surrounding area which has the same time zone.
This award was presented to him on few merits ;
1. he was not here for the people under his constituency, at the time they suffer!
2. Giving press statement without even accessing the exact condition that is going here in Kg.Buah Pala.
3. Never even once visited the village from the time I came here on the 12.08.09.
4. Not answering the phone calls from the villagers
5.The Ungrateful Adun of the year.
You are the worse Adun that I have seen in Malaysia! You are just staying less that 1.5KM from Kg.buah Pala but did not even come and visit the Villagers for the past 8month. He is the Adun for the Family and his wife and not for the people who voted for them!! Koy Kah Hwa, former Delima Assemblyman has visited the villagers more than any other Aduns here, he is the one who stated that the soil test results made in Kg.Pala is not suitable for the High Rise Building development! He was concern about the villagers more than RSN Rayer!
Source: Anilnetto.com
It’s like a bad dream… but it’s more than that. At least with a nightmare, we can soon forget about it. But no matter how hard we try, Kg Buah Pala won’t go away. When an injustice has been perpetrated, it will fester like an open sore, causing the entire body pain and anguish. In our anguish, the questions linger:
Why is it taking so long for the MACC to carry out its investigations after several reports have been lodged?
What is the outcome of the probe into the land deal by the Penang state government’s investigative committee?
Why are Koh Tsu Koon, his former deputies and those in charge of land deals back then not shedding more light into this fiasco? Why was prime land sold for peanuts?
Why is Mohd Faridz Karim, the main shareholder of Asia Link-up Sdn Bhd (the parent company of Nusmetro Ventures (P) Sdn Bhd) keeping very quiet?
How was MPPP permission given before the land title was registered in the name of the Koperasi?
Why is the Koperasi proceeding with its condo development plan with Nusmetro when there is a restriction on the temporary land title forbidding any transactions?
P Gunasegaram, managing editor of Star Biz, raises five other important questions here.
Kg Buah Pala is not just another village. It is also a symbol of what the rest of us have largely lost in the concrete jungles of our age. Here’s a reflection I wrote for Aliran:
Yesterday’s (13 Aug) unsuccessful demolition of Kg Buah Pala revealed how strongly the villagers feel for their homes and the affinity they have for the land.
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Hindraf still calling the shots
The movement is perceived as the only Indian-based human rights group capable of standing up to the injustices meted out on the community. The government banned the movement in October last year, and its leaders detained without trial in Kamunting in late 2007.
How did Hindraf manged to stay relevant and continue to call the shots in the Malaysian socio-political scene?
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