Hindraf name being exploited by MMSP: Waythamoorthy

September 27th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad believes that Barisan Nasional could form a major political coalition with the newly-formed Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party (MMSP) to garner support from the Indian community with the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) losing grassroots support. The MIC is member of the ruling Barisan Coalition (BN) that lost its two-thirds parliamentary majority and control of five of the 13 states in the election in March last year.

August 21st, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - HINDRAF activist V. Ganabatirau has accused the outlawed movement's leader P.

August 12th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The chief of Malaysia's proscribed Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has been asked to account for money collected from the ethnic Indian community to file a suit against the British government in 2007. Penang state's Deputy Chief Minister P.

May 28th, 2009 KLANG - The newly formed Malaysian Makkal Sakthi Party (MMSP) is not exclusively for Indians and its founders hope that Malaysians of all races will join it. Pro tem secretary-general Kannan Ramasamy said the MMSP was registered as a party with an open membership.

May 21st, 2009 PUTRAJAYA - Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has said Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders are no longer deemed a threat to Malaysia. The Hindraf, which is a coalition of 30 Hindu non-governmental organizations committed to the preservation of Hindu community rights and heritage in a multiracial Malaysia, was declared an illegal organisation last year.

May 15th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu has brushed off the political aspirations of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf).

May 12th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leader P. Waythamoorthy had called on the Government to lift the ban imposed on the movement.

May 11th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader, who was released after 18 months in a Malaysian jail, has denied the government's charge of having terror links, saying 'ours is a people's struggle, we are not terrorists'. Hindraf legal adviser M.

May 11th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Inidan Congress (MIC) has invited HINDRAF leaders for possible talks and partnership for the sake of the Indian community. The Star quoted MIC secretary-general Dr S.

May 10th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), the party that traditionally speaks for the country's ethnic Indian community, has invited leaders of the banned Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) for unity talks. On Saturday, Hindraf founder P.

April 27th, 2009 KLANG - H indu Right Action Force leader P. Waythamoorthy wants to have a dialogue over the condition of Indians living in Malaysia with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

April 24th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Hindraf chairman P.Waythamoorthy, who is in self-exile in London, has vowed to keep the organisation non-political. The Makkal Osai quoted him as saying that any former Hindraf coordinator or leader who was interested in forming a political party should temporarily detach themselves from the movement.

April 18th, 2009 PETALING JAYA - Leaders of Malaysia's Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) have agreed to reorganize the banned organization. However, they are at loggerheads as to whether it should be transformed into a political party.

April 4th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The wives of Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leaders R. Kengadharan and V.

March 12th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar has said that Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) chairman P. Waythamoorthy, whose passport has been revoked by the Malaysian Government, is free to return home.