Malaysian Police arrested 160 Hindraf protestors

Malaysian Police arrested 160 Hindraf protestors
Malaysian Police arrested 160 Hindraf protestors.Hindraf adviser R. Raguram was arrested while giving a speech

16.02.2008 18:46:07 Rally coordinator S. Manickavasagam was among the first to be picked up by police.
The supporters later moved to the Puduraya area where they gathered at a temple before proceeding to Pudu jail. Hindraf adviser R. Raguram was arrested while giving a speech outside the temple.

(live-PR.com) - Nearly three hundred ethnic Indian supporters with flowers in their hands, of a Hindu rights group defying a ban today tried hold a rally near Parliament house in lieu thereof gathered in Independence Square in downtown Kuala Lumpur for their demand to more rights for the minority community.Ethnic Indians are marginalised in terms of education, wealth and opportunities.

Police in Kuala Lumpur arrested 160 Hindraf supporters who took part in the rally in Dataran Merdeka area today on Saturday.

The total number of supporters arrested are one hundred and sixty out of which 138 were men and 22 were women and included an 11-year-old girl. However the girl was later released.

The Hindraf supporters with children holding roses had planned to gather outside the Parliament building and the leaders of the protesters wanted to hand over a memorandum to the Prime Minister on improving the lot of the Indian community.

Police had earlier declared the gathering illegal and set up roadblocks and closed the road leading to the Parliament building. The road closures resulted in Hindraf changing their destination to the Suhakam office at Jalan Raja Laut.

Police started to fire tear gas and spray water cannons at 9.20am on Jalan Raja Laut after warnings for protesters to disperse did not work.

As many of the supporters scattered to the Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Masjid Jamek areas and the police began detaining those who refused to go back home. Chief rally coordinator S. Manickavasagam was among the first to be picked up by police. The supporters later moved to the Puduraya area where they gathered at a temple before proceeding to Pudu jail. Hindraf adviser R. Raguram was arrested while giving a speech outside the temple at 12.25pm. The Hindraf supporters who gathered at the temple dispersed at 1pm.

“It is an embarrassing attack on the Indian community and on people who just wanted to hand over flowers to the prime minister,” said R. Thanenthiran, one of the rally organisers.

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