PETALING JAYA: PAS has become the first opposition party to hit out at the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), urging the Government to set up a commission to investigate the “absurd” allegations it has made.
Its president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang slammed Hindraf in a statement here yesterday, saying:
“We think that part of the demands and accusations made by Hindraf are extreme and we want the Government to immediately set up an independent body to investigate them.”
However, he stressed that PAS still agreed that all parties should be given the right and freedom of assembly and speech as provided for in the Federal Constitution.
“Racial unity should continue to be maintained in this country and anything that will evoke the emotions of either Indians, Malays or Chinese should be rejected,” he said.
Last Sunday, police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse an illegal gathering organised by Hindraf.
Thousands converged at various locations in Kuala Lumpur to support Hindraf’s plan to submit a petition with 100,000 signatures to the British High Commission.
The petition was to ask Queen Elizabeth II to appoint a Queen’s Counsel to represent the Indian community in a class-action suit filed against the British government for bringing Indians as indentured labourers to the then Malaya and exploiting them.
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