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Fire Yogi ( http://selians.blogspot.com/2008/02/fire-yogi_18.html ) will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for another Homa from 10th March to 19th March. Homa will start from about 9 am till 9pm. Location: Perumal Temple, Batu Caves Please drop a comment here if you are keen to assist as a volunteer during the period.

Police arrested Human Rights Party (HRP) leader P Uthayakumar and 108 others and erected roadblocks around Kuala Lumpur in the bid to stop an 'anti-racism' rally organised by it and its affiliate Hindraf in the city centre today . The rally was also aimed at protesting the controversial 'Interlok' novel by national laureate Abdullah Hussain, which has been criticised for containing racial slurs and stereotypes against the Indian and Chinese communities. Uthayakumar ( right ), who has been arrested numerous times, including as leader of the banned Hindraf, and spent 18 months in detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA), was today intercepted by the police as he left his apartment in Pantai Hillpark, Kuala Lumpur, at 8am. “He was handcuffed and taken in a white van,” said Uthayakumar's younger brother, Waythamoorthy from London in an SMS message to Malaysiakini . According to HRP information chief S Jayathas, Uthayakumar was been brought to the Sent...

The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has requested for observers from the United Nations (UN) to monitor its 'People's March in Solidarity Against Umno's Racism' this Sunday. The march will start from the KLCC at 9am, and end at the Dang Wangi Police station. The demonstration is to protest against Interlok , the controversial novel that Form Five students use as a compulsory literature text. Hindraf national information coordinator, S Jayathas ( third from left ), said that it would only be fair if the UN were to to witness how the protestors were being handled by the police. He was speaking at the UN office in Kuala Lumpur. "The UN will see that we are running a peaceful demonstration ." Jayathas added that the police have yet to reply regarding their application for a police permit submitted on Feb 11. Asked to comment on Ibrahim Ali Perkasa president lodging a police report against Hindraf today , he replied: "Perkasa is under the Umno. I...

While previous arrests have only occurred when forums are under way, the police today tried to pre-empt an anti- Interlok forum in Hulu Selangor by arresting its organiser, prior to tonight's event. Malaysiakini was alerted to the arrest of M Gobalakrishnan, 26, whose name appeared as the contact person on fliers promoting the anti- Interlok forum by a representative of the Human Rights Party (HRP) this afternoon. "They came to his house at 12.30pm today, without an arrest warrant. They picked him up and took him to the local police station. "I believe they arrested him for organising an illegal event," the Indian party's information chief S Jayathas said when contacted. However, Jayathas ( left ) said, the forum would go on despite the absence of Gobalakrishnan, who was picked up by six plainclothes police officers. "We will go on with it, and hold the event at another venue in the same housing area," he said, adding that HRP was not daunted ...

Seven leaders and activists of the Human Rights Party (HRP) were arrested earlier today during a forum held by the Indian-based group's on the controversial 'Interlok' novel in Kulim, Kedah. According to HRP pro-tem secretary-general P Uthayakumar, the seven include HRP president W Sambulingam, Kedah HRP deputy-chief P Muniandy. Among the others were Kedah HRP coordinator R Ramu, Selangor HRP deputy chief MS Maniam, and activists S Dass, D Raja and CF Mani. Uthayakumar said the party also expects arrests to be made at a similar forum to be held this afternoon in Farlim, Penang. The police, Uthayakumar added, have put up notices of arrest against those attending the forum. According to HRP information chief S Jayathas, all seven activists who were arrested in Kulim were taken to the Kulim district police station. The police, said Jayathas in a posting on the group's website, had said the forum was illegally held after its application for a permit was rejected. ...

After more than two decades of promises, SRJK (T) Merlimau, now squatting in the compound of a secondary school, may finally get its own premises. But even Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's presence at the groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow may not be enough to convince residents. Approached by Malaysiakini during a visit to the constituency last week, voter Ramachandran, 60, said that the same promise has been made for the past four general elections. “They are now measuring the place, but we don't know what will happen after the by-election,” said Ramachandran, who has lived in Merlimau almost all his life. The promise is also pretty familiar to Durairaj, 48, who had attended the school with his siblings some three decades ago. “I was a student there, as were my sister and brother. Now my children go there. We have heard this promise many times. “The first plot of land had a temple on it. They demolished the temple and said that they will build the Tamil school t...

The Start of INTERLOK Results..... The Psycological Impact to the student that will make a "inferior" future INDIANS and the "SUPERIOR" "UMNOtizen" that can make sure the Indians of tomorrow will never raise and question the UMNO and will remain the slaves of UMNO.... this is the future that the current UMNO wants to leave for the future UMNO so that they will not see another similar HINDRAF Rally or an upraise that caused a fall of the UMNO/BN in the last GE DO YOU STAILL WANT TO REMAIN THE UMNO SLAVES..... well MIC till date have been .... will you too? Then make sure we move into 2 party system!!! Will MIC and the NGO and who ever make a police report and get the BULLY arrested? I will say whatever the BULLY is .... he too the worst kind of the BABI (for the one who don't know that BABI is, it is a PIG! )

Comments by motivational speaker Siti Nor Bahyah Mahamood linking Valentine's Day to Christianity and immoral activities by Christians have been criticised by the Council of Churches Malaysia (CCM). The remarks, the council's Youth coordinator for social, economic and environment justice Elaine Teh said, "are derogatory and irresponsible". A well-known Islamic motivator on local television networks, Siti Nor Bahyah said on an TV9 programme that "immoral activities, partying and unmarried couples associating in private are traditions of the Christian community". She is said to have made the remarks in her bid to discourage Muslim youth from celebrating Valentine's Day. A clip of her TV programme was posted on YouTube . Siti Nor Bahyah is a popular TV personality, with Semanis Kurma on TV9 and Astro being her biggest hit. 'Erroneous opinions disguised as facts' She comperes the programme with her husband, Wan Akashah Wan Abdul Hamid, i...

If you cross the North Korean border illegally You get 12 years hard labour. If you cross the Iranian border illegally You are detained indefinitely. If you cross the Afghan border illegally You get shot. If you cross the Saudi Arabian border illegally You will be jailed. If you cross the Chinese border illegally You may never be heard again. If you cross the Venezuelan border illegally You will be branded a spy and your fate will be sealed. If you cross the Cuban border illegally You will be thrown into political prison to rot. If you cross the British border illegally You will be arrested, prosecuted and sent to prison and deported If you are an Indonesian and cross the Malaysian border illegally You will get: - My PR (Permanent Residence) - A driving license - Voting rights - Job reservation - Special privilege to be consider as a bumiputera - Credit cards - Subsidized rent or a loan to buy a house - Free education - Free healthcare...

Former United States ambassador to Malaysia John Malott has lambasted Prime Minister Najib Razak's hypocrisy over his 1Malaysia slogan in a scathing article published today in the Asian Wall Street Journal . Malott ( left ), a frequent critic of the government since ending his three-year tenure as US ambassador in 1998, told Najib to take “a long look in the mirror” if he was serious about achieving his 1Malaysia goal. “Despite the government's new catchphrase, racial and religious tensions are higher today than when Najib took office in 2009. “Indeed, they are worse than at any time since 1969, when at least 200 people died in racial clashes between the majority Malay and minority Chinese communities,” said Malott in his AWSJ commentary . He blamed the recent escalation of tensions on the government for “tolerating, and in some cases provoking, ethnic factionalism through words and actions”. Malott cited a number of examples, incl...

The BN open house for Chinese New Year in Penang today, with Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and federal cabinet minister Koh Tsu Koon in attendance as hosts, turned out to be a mortifying experience to some guests, notably Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. The practice of one-upmanship, nominally confined to out-and-out political occasions, was on uncomfortable display, with Gerakan president Koh leading the way and Muhyiddin following suit. Guan Eng and a slew of Pakatan Rakyat reps and their aides attended the function for reason of their being invited. As on Friday, when both Koh and Guan Eng were guests of the Penang Chinese Town Hall at their open house at the same venue - the PCTH building in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Kling - Koh could not resist the temptation to score political points. On that occasion, he has lauded federal-Penang state relations as having brought much benefit to the people of Penang during the time when Gerakan helmed the administration (1969-200...

Fire Yogi ( http://selians.blogspot.com/2008/02/fire-yogi_18.html ) will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for another Homa from 10th March to 19th March. Homa will start from about 9 am till 9pm. Location: Perumal Temple, Batu Caves Please drop a comment here if you are keen to assist as a volunteer during the period.