Sequence of Events

Here's the sequence of events of Hindraf:

22 November:

PUTRAJAYA: Police will not be issuing a permit for the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) rally this Sunday.

Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum said judging from text messages being circulated, Hindraf appeared to be playing up sensitive issues which included the demolition of Hindu temples.

(Source: NST: Rally to petition Queen E 'stirring religious sentiments')

KUALA KANGSAR: The decision whether or not to charge leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force Hindraf with sedition will be known next week, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz.

He said police had conducted an investigation into whether Hindraf was behind a recent petition accusing the Government of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Indians here.

(Source: The Star: Sedition: Hindraf leaders to know next week)

5 December:

SHAH ALAM: Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Patail made a personal appearance at the Sessions Court here to lay charges against 26 people who allegedly took part in an illegal gathering at the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Batu Caves on Nov 25.


The 26 were charged with being in an illegal assembly and using criminal force on policeman Dadi Abdul Rani with the intent of causing death, under Section 149 of the Penal Code that was punishable under Section 307 of the same code.

(Source: The Star: Batu Caves illegal assembly case sees A-G laying charges)

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz was shocked during a recent work trip to India to find a newspaper there carrying a front page article that claimed that Malaysia was practising apartheid against Hindus.

Holding up the DNA newspaper of Nov 28, the International Trade and Industry Minister said that the article quoted a 22-year-old Sri Lankan-born poet who had spent 17 years in Malaysia, as saying that she fled Malaysia last month to escape “systematic racial harassment.”

(Source: The Star: Shocked by 'apartheid' report)

6 December:

KUALA LUMPUR: Allegations by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) that the Government was carrying out ethnic cleansing and had committed atrocities against Indians in Malaysia are baseless and untrue, said lawyer Karpal Singh.

(Source: The Star: Hindraf's allegations untrue, says Karpal)

7 December:

SHAH ALAM: The 31 alleged supporters of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) charged with attempted murder, causing mischief and participating in an illegal assembly were denied bail by the Sessions Court yesterday.

Sessions judge Azimah Omar said she had considered the severity of the offences and the issue of national security in making the ruling.

(Source: The Star: 'Batu Caves 31' denied bail)

8 December:

KUALA KANGSAR: The Government has identified the overseas groups linked to Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf).

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz said the groups are Sri Lanka’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the RSS, a militant organisation in India.

(Source: The Star: Link is with Tamil Tiger's and India's RSS, says Nazri)

9 December:

KUALA LUMPUR: The Indian community has been advised not to heed an SMS that claimed Hindraf would hold a gathering in Kg Baru, said Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo.

He said the messages were sent out with the intention of causing anger among the Malays and create racial tension.

(Source: The Star: Ignore SMS on gathering in Kg Baru, says MB)

11 December:

SHAH ALAM: The High Court here set aside a lower court's decision to discharge three Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders who were charged with sedition earlier.

(Source: The Star: Decision to discharge trio set aside)

PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth regrets the statement by the Hindu Rights Action Force which described Umno as its enemy.

Its treasurer Datuk Abdul Hamid Nazahar said the statement showed that the organisation was playing extremist politics.

He said Hindraf should be rejected and hated by all for the sake of peace and prosperity of the country.

(Source: The Star: Youth: Hindraf playing extremist politics)

So, I worked on all this as a run-up to telling you that there are roadblocks in place today. No one was sure why but speculation was that Hindraf was planning a mass rally or something along those lines. You see, there'd been an SMS and emails going around saying that they'd been stockpiling weapons, and there was gonna be something on Dec 16. I think these might just be stupid people trying to incite people and think it's fun. Yes, there are people like that.

And then whoren pointed me to MalaysiaKini which reported:

Dec 11, 07 10:35am
The police have closed all entries to Parliament since this morning, ostensibly to block members of polls reform group Bersih from submitting a protest memorandum on a proposed constitutional amendment.

(Source: MalaysiaKini: All roads to Parliament blocked)

So there you go. It's not Hindraf. It's the other human rights group.