Few turn up in sign of Hindraf’s flagging support
By Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Only a handful of Hindraf supporters showed up today to participate in a hunger strike to mark the third anniversary of its mass rally in the federal capital — an indication of the group’s waning influence.
Thousands of ethnic Indians rallied at the Petronas Twin Towers on November 25, 2007 to protest the government’s alleged discrimination against the minority community.
But the gathering at the Suria Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) entrance today, however, saw only about 30 members turning up.
“There will be another ‘tsunami’ if the prime minister does not address the demands of the minority Indians,” Hindraf Makkal Sakthi national information co-ordinator S. Jayathas told reporters today in his trademark bluster.
Hindraf Makkal Sakthi launched an 18-hour hunger strike, which began at 9 pm yesterday and is scheduled to end at 3pm today, to press Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to resolve the grievances of the Indian community.
