Six charged with sedition in Malaysia’s ‘cow-head protest’ case

October 4th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian authorities have lifted restrictions on legislator-lawyer M. Manoharan who was the legal advisor of the banned outfit Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf).

September 9th, 2009 Malaysia charges 12 Muslims for anti-Hindu protestSHAH ALAM, Malaysia — A Malaysian court charged 12 Muslims with criminal offenses Wednesday for parading a severed cow head to protest the construction of a Hindu temple in a case that stoked religious tensions in this multiethnic country. The 12 were among a large group of people who had marched from a mosque in Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor state, to the state chief minister's office on Aug.

September 8th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Police Tuesday nabbed four of the 12 people allegedly involved in the Aug 28 protest when a severed head of a cow was displayed, trampled and spat upon to oppose location of a Hindu shrine. The others, who have been identified, have been asked to come to the police station by the end of the day, failing which police would pick them up, Selangor state police chief Deputy Commissioner Khalid Abu Bakar was quoted as saying by Star Online, website of The Star newspaper.

September 8th, 2009 Malaysia court charges 6 Muslims with seditionSHAH ALAM, Malaysia — A Malaysian court charged six Muslims with sedition Wednesday for parading a severed cow head to protest the construction of a Hindu temple in a case that has stoked religious and racial tensions in this multiethnic country. The six also were expected to be charged — along with six others — with illegal assembly later Wednesday.

September 8th, 2009 6 Malaysian Muslims charged with insulting HindusSHAH ALAM, Malaysia — Six Malaysian Muslims have been charged with sedition for parading a severed cow's head to protest the planned construction of a Hindu temple. The cow is the holiest animal in Hinduism.

September 4th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Home Ministry has said that it considers last week's 'cow's head' protest against a temple relocation proposal in Shah Alam city as a very serious issue. The New Strait Times quoted Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein as saying that he could not accept protests which clearly offended the feelings and religious beliefs of certain groups.I consider such an action as very serious and it should not have been done, as I have stated many times before," he added.As such, I have ordered the police to continue their investigation and take firm action against anyone responsible, especially those who had marred the protest by the residents by bringing the cow's head that led to a highly sensitive situation," he added.

September 3rd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian police have identified those who displayed a severed cow head to protest the relocation of a Hindu temple in Shah Alam last week as the Attorney General's office began taking action over it, media reports said Thursday. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, the constitutional head and monarch of Selangor state, has directed Mentri Besar (chief minister) Abdul Khalid Ibrahim "to find the best way" to resolve the issue.

September 2nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Home Minister Hishamuddin Tun Hussein Wednesday brought together various parties to resolve a dispute over relocation of a Hindu shrine that had led to some protesters displaying a severed cow head. The residents' committee of the Section 23 locality in Shah Alam, capital of Selangor state where the incident occurred, will meet the Malaysian Hindu Sangam Council Friday to resolve the issue.

September 1st, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Over 100 people have been questioned in Friday's 'cow's head' protest against a temple relocation proposal in Malaysian city of Shah Alam. On Friday, nearly 50 protesters gathered at State Secretariat building's gate carrying a cow's decapitated head.

September 1st, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Ethnic Indians held special prayers to seek racial harmony on Malaysia's 52nd Independence Day and condemned last week's display of a severed cow head by a group of protesters opposing relocation of a Hindu temple. A group of 54 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from various faiths were criticial of the protest that took place in Shah Alam, capital of Selangor state, last Saturday.

August 3rd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian Sessions Court will start hearing the sedition case against Hindraf leader P. Uthayakumar from September 28.

June 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Sydney Police have charged another man for carrying a weapon and participating in a third successive night of protests by Indian students in the Harris Park area of Sydney, even as Indian community leaders called for an end to the protests. The man was charged for carrying a piece of timber found in his car during a search, the Sydney Morning Herald quoted a police spokeswoman, as saying.

June 10th, 2009 SYDNEY - Sydney police have charged a man who allegedly carried a pole during a protest by Indian students in western Sydney. Two men were arrested after 70 protesters took to the streets of western Sydney for a second night in protest at a series of attacks they claim are racially motivated, The Australian reports.

June 4th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress has urged the government to take immediate action against a writer of Mingguan Malaysia for indirectly referring the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia as immigrants. MIC president S.

May 7th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee P. Uthayakumar has failed in his bid to get the Sessions Court to strike out his sedition charge on grounds that the consent signed by the Attorney-General was invalid.