Subra vows to stop MIED from falling into Samy Vellu’s hands
By Baradan Kuppusamy, The Malaysian Insider
Former MIC deputy president Datuk S. Subramaniam has come out guns ablazing by vowing today to fight to the end any attempt by his rival, the MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, to “hijack” the MIED and turn it into a NGO headed by himself.
The MIED, worth RM1 billion, is the property of the MIC which was set up for the benefit of the Indian community, he said. He has refuted an October 2 statement by Samy Vellu that there is no connection between MIED (Maju Institute of Educational Development) and the MIC.
“If this happens it is blatant hijacking,” Subramaniam told reporters at a press conference in his Section 16 Petaling Jaya house. “I will oppose it to the very end. I will take any and all measures to stop this hijacking,” Subramaniam said.
Samy Vellu had said he plans to place the MIED, which owns the multi-million ringgit AIMST University, as well as other NGOs he had established, under a foundation to be chaired by him and other individuals, including foreigners.
The report quoted Samy Vellu as saying: “Both — MIED and AIMST — are NGOs set up by me in my personal capacity when the (Tun Dr Mohamad) Mahathir government excluded the Indian community from the mainstream and MIC could not do anything about this.”
“Just because I happened to be MIC president, it does not mean MIED and AIMST belong to MIC,” said Samy Vellu.
Samy Vellu said he would spend “all his time” with the NGOs including MIED and AIMST after he steps down as MIC president “before his term ends in 2012.”
Soon after the press conference Samy Vellu issued a four paragraph press statement that did not mention MIED nor deny his statement saying MIC and MIED were not connected.
His statement below is reproduced in full:
“I refer to the allegations made by the defeated MIC Deputy Presidential candidate Dato’ S. Subramaniam against me over the issue of the Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED) and AIMST University at a news conference today.
Since his defeat in the September 12 MIC Elections in the hands of MIC Deputy President, YB Dato’ G.Palanivel, he (Dato’ S.Subramaniam) has appeared to have lost his mind and has launched a series of verbal attacks against the MIC and my le
