Kit Siang: MIC MP K.Devamany owes public apology

'Offensive Al-Jazeera interview on Hindraf demo - MIC MP K.Devamany owes public apology', says Kit Siang. ----------------------------------------------------------------- A Barisan Nasional MP departed from the norm today when he said the rally organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) reflected the Indian community's disgruntlement towards certain government policies. YB K.Devamany (MIC-Cameron Highlands) added that the rally proved the failure of government policies which do not benefit the Indians. The ruling politician made the remark after interjecting Parliamentary Opposition Leader YB Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timor) who argued that the rally was 'a cry of desperation' from the Indians. "Some 50,000 people took to the streets yesterday. It shows the government's failure and it needs to be looked into carefully," said Devamany. Meanwhile, Lim stood up and told Devamany not to be a hypocrite by practising double standards. He was referring to Devamany's interview with satellite station Al-Jazeera yesterday, in which he condemned the rally. "Devamany should publicly apologise for his Al-Jazeera interview yesterday belittling the Hindraf demonstration and condemning the demonstrators when he should be deploring the police mishandling and excessive use of force in firing tear gas and liquid chemicals against the defenceless and unarmed in Kuala Lumpur yesterday", said Kit Siang in his statement today. In the Al-Jazeera interview, Devamany joined the chorus of Barisan Nasional leaders in running down the Hindraf demonstration, condemning it as irresponsible with bad intention, making derogatory reference to the "type of people" who came to join the demonstration. "As if they were the riff-raff and good-for-nothings when they in fact represented a fair cross-section of the Malaysian Indian community from all over the country, including professionals and among the most idealistic men and women for whom the Malaysian Indian community and the Malaysian nation have every reason to feel proud," said Kit Siang. More news: Malaysiakini - MIC MP: Rally reflects govt's failure http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/75313 http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/75302 YB Lim Kit Siang's statement on: Offensive Al-Jazeera interview on Hindraf demo - MIC MP Devamany owes public apology http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2007/11/26/offensive-aljazeera-interview-on-hindraf-demo-mic-mp-devamany-owes-public-apology/ 26th November 2007 - Dewan Rakyat, Parliament Malaysia.

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