A review of HINDRAF's 18 targets...(thanks Naga)

1. Realizing the five leaders from the ISA because they were arrested for Malaysian
Malay political purpose
2. Realizing or acquittal the Hindraf people charged by AG /PM Charges against for
political purpose
3. 18 POINT DEMANDS OF THE MALAYSIAN INDIANS TO
1. Whereas:
The Reid Commission was appointed by her Majesty the Queen of England and the
Conference of Rulers in 1956 with the view to Malaya (and now Malaysia) achieving
independence by August 1957.Among the primary terms of reference of the Reid
Commission were a Common Nationality for the whole of the Federation.
2. And whereas
The overwhelming of the 131 written memoranda submitted to the Reid Commission as
evidenced by the declassified documents from the Public Records Office, Kew, London,
United Kingdom which represented the will and wishes of the then Malayan population
were primarily equality and equal opportunities etc for all Malayans irrespective of
race or religion as follows: -
2.1 In the grant of state land,
2.2 Admission to public and administrative service;
2.3 To trade and do business, licences, permits etc
2.4 Primary, secondary, skills Training, university and overseas university education.
2.5 No special privileges for the Malays,
2.6 No discrimination of any ethnic community based on race or religion,
2.7 The retention of all their places of worship in particular Hindu temples, crematoriums
and burial sites,
2.8 Freedom of Religion,
2.9 Malaya is to be a Secular State and not an Islamic state,
2.10 Right to mother tongue education in particular Tamil schools to be fully aided,
2.11 Minimum wage for the lowest paid, and
2.12 Equal recognition as sons of soil for all Malayan born.
3. And whereas
Based on the aforesaid proposals the Malaysian Federal Constitution, which is the
supreme law of Malaysia as drawn out by the Reid Commission in 1957 was passed by
the inaugural Malayan Parliament and which formed the basis of independent Malaysia.
4. And whereas
Over the last 50 years since independence on the 31st day of August 1957, the United
Malays Organisation (UMNO) controlled Malaysian government with their majoritarian
might, and backed by police, Attorney General’s Chambers, Judiciary, civil service and
the media continuously violated the Malaysian Federal Constitution by their racist and
Islamic extremist policies and which in effect have created an apartheid system ala
Malaysia and especially resulting in the degeneration of at least 70% of the ethnic
minority Indians to become the underclass of Malaysia who end up in the poor and
hardcore poor category. The rest of the 29% raised above the poor and hardcore poor
category wholly and/or substantially through their own efforts, sacrifices and labour with
no or very little assistance by the UMNO controlled government. The 1% of the cream
thrives anyway.
5. And whereas
The plight of the Indians have been made worse by the racist UMNO mindset having
spilled over to even almost all of the Opposition parties, NGOs’, Civil society, Malaysian
Human Rights Commission (Suhakam), Bar Council, the media etc who do not take up
the Indian plight for they are deemed to be lacking “political mileage” (race based) and/or
no funding.
6. And whereas
The Indians having no or very little opportunities for upward mobility or hope either turn
to crime (60% of Malaysian detainees are Indians though they are only 8% of population-
Suhakam 2005) or end up committing suicide which is 1000% higher than Malays
(Utusan Malaysia 12.9.2005).
7. And Whereas at a public forum attended by 1,000 over Indians on 28.7.2007 at
7.00p.m at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, the participants unanimously resolved to
forward their 18 point demands and which this peaceful assembly gathered here today on
the 12th day of August 2007 at Putrajaya once again unanimously resolves to demand as
hereinbelow outlined.
And now it is hereby demanded for and on behalf of the two (2) Million ethnic minority
Indians in Malaysia from the UMNO controlled Malaysian Government their 18 point
demands as follows: -
(1) End 50 years of violations of the Malaysia Federal Constitution.
(2) End Racism, end Islamic extremism and end Malay privileges on the 50th year golden
jubilee mega Independence celebrations of Malaysia on 31st August 2007.
(3) Call for affirmative action plans for all poor Malaysians especially the ethnic minority
Indians. A Protection of Ethnic Minority Malaysian Indian Act 2007 be passed to secure
and safeguard the interests of the poor and defenceless ethnic Indian Minority
Community.
(4) All 523 Tamil Schools in Malaysia be made fully aided government schools with
immediate effect and to have equal and same facilities as granted to national schools
especially in terms of financial allocations, sufficient graduate teaching staff, financial
allocation for extra tuition, ample computers, Information Technology facilities, school
fields, sports, recreational facilities, air conditioned library, textbook loans, kindergarden,
school uniforms and pocket money for poor pupils, nutritional food programmes,
teaching aids, school building, infrastructure, film screening room and facilities, financial
assistance for poor students, rehabilitation classes, non Muslim
religious classes, etc. A RM 100 Billion grant @ 20 Billion per year with effect from
2007 be allocated to Indians under the 9th Malaysia Plan (5 years) for refurbishing the
existing 523 Tamil schools and rebuilding of the 300 Tamil schools demolished over the
last 50 years.
(5) Extend and implement with immediate effect to Indians the affirmative action plans,
grants, scholarships, loans etc as extended to Malay Muslim citizens with the view to
providing equal opportunities for higher education, university education, admission to
foreign universities, post graduate studies locally and overseas, Trade and Skills Training
Institutions, Science Colleges especially for each and every Indian student from the 70%
poor and hardcore poor Indian category.
(6) Extend and implement with immediate effect affirmative action plans as extended to
Malay Muslim citizens with the view to provide equal opportunities in acquiring wealth,
venturing into business, trade, industries, medium and small scale industries, government
linked companies, corporate sector, procurement of direct government contracts, in
acquiring licenses for contractors, blue chip and / or guaranteed return shares, lorry, taxi
and bus permits, loans and licenses to venture into trade, business banking and the
corporate sector for each and every Indian from especially the 70% poor and hardcore
poor Indian category. To this effect the UMNO controlled government allocates RM100
Billion at RM20 Billion per annum with effect from 2007 and implements successful
strategic schemes in investments for the Indians as implemented for the Malay Muslims
with the view to the Indians acquiring at least 10% of the nation’s equity.
(7) All the aforesaid is to be handled directly by the UMNO controlled government and
UMNO is to stop “playing politics” through the “Mandore” (supervisor) system by
dishing out on a piecemeal and/or peanuts basis or merely public and/or newspaper
announcements and declarations by the Malaysian Indian Congress ( M.I.C) who have no
or very little power or say in the UMNO controlled Malaysian government.
(8) 20% of the Government top most level postings (Secretaries Generals), Middle level
Management (Directors) and management level (Managers) postings, and the same for
the Private Sectors, and positions of District Officers; Foreign and Diplomatic Service
positions, civil service positions are reserved for Indians for the next 15 years.
(9) The UMNO controlled government makes public and is transparent on all of the
aforesaid affirmative action plans i.e. the aforesaid education places, licenses,
scholarships, grants, loans, permits, licenses, opportunities etc by publishing the same in
the official website of the Government of Malaysia as and when the same is granted
and/or on a monthly basis specifying the Indian beneficiaries thereto.
(10) Stop the indiscriminate unconstitutional and unlawful demolitions of Hindu temples,
crematoriums and burial sites in Malaysia. All existing Hindu temples, crematoriums and
burial sites be granted state land and permanently gazetted as Hindu temple reserves as
has been done for all Islamic places of worship and burial sites. Compensation at RM10
Million per temple be paid by the UMNO controlled Malaysian Government for the
15,000 Hindu temples demolished up to date over the last 50 years.
Every individual given the Right to practice and profess Religion/s of his/her choice in
accordance to Standards adopted by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948.
The State and its Authorities barred from interfering in the personal beliefs and
conscience of individual citizens. Disputes between Muslims & Non Muslims should be
adjudicated in the Civil Courts.
(11) Stop the victimization and direct discrimination by the Police and all other state
authorities of the Indians. All Malaysians earning RM 3,000.00 and below are to be fully
borne by state funded legal aid for any criminal charges they face.
(12) The UMNO controlled government forms with immediate effect a Royal
Commission of Inquiry into the Kg Medan Mini Genocide, condemns the violence
thereto, apologises to the Indian community on this mini genocide, undertakes not to
repeat the same in future and pay a compensation of RM1,000, 000.00 for each and every
citizen killed, permanently maimed, maimed or injured in this tragedy.
(13) Each and every Indian especially the Indian poor in the aforesaid 70% Indian poor
and hardcore poor category is paid compensation which is to be adjudicated and
determined by the United Nations Secretary General for the aforesaid 50 years of
Constitutional violations by the UMNO controlled government.
(14) All homeless Malaysians are to be provided affordable homes and not low cost flats
by law. A minimum wage of RM1,000.00 for each and every Malaysian be made law.
(15) A Royal Commission of Inquiry is initiated to report on the aforesaid constitutional
violations by the UMNO controlled government and appropriate recommendations for
amongst others further affirmative action plans for especially the 70% Indian poor and
hardcore poor category.
(16) All forms of racial and religious discrimination, oppression and suppression of the
Indians / Hindus in both the public and private sectors are stopped with immediate effect
and a Race Relations Commission Act 2007, an Equal Opportunities Commission Act
2007 and a Freedom of Religion Commissions Act 2007 be passed and powerful
Commission thereto be put into force to give effect to anti racism, anti Islamic extremism
and anti direct discrimination practices by the UMNO controlled government in both the
public and private sectors.
(17) The UMNO controlled government passes specific laws to give effect to the
Independence of the Judiciary, the Attorney General’s Chambers, Civil service, Police
Force, Army, the Malaysian Human Rights Commission and the Malaysian media and for
the Opposition parties, NGOs’ Civil Society groups, Bar Council and the media not to
discriminate and side step Indian issues but instead to voice out the same without fear or
favour. The Malaysian media is also to be legislated to report the real happenings
especially on the 70% Indian poor and hardcore poor without fear or favour.
(18) A minimum of 20 Opposition members of Parliament are elected exclusively by the
Indian Community to represent their interest at the highest political level and also as a
Parliamentary Democracy check and balance and the same is safeguarded and entrenched
into the Federal Constitution and which is to be increased proportionately with the
increase in Parliamentary seats.

That was just a copy and paste...Thanks to Mr.Naga...