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THE KAMPUNG MEDAN CLASHES
The infamous incident, better known as the Kampung Medan clashes, took place on 8-11 March, 2001.
Apart from the six deaths, the four-day long clashes, also saw more than 40 people hospitalised. The majority of the victims were poor Indian Malaysians.
The incident created a climate of fear, anxiety, suspicion and trauma as attackers armed with parangs, samurai swords, iron rods and sticks roamed the vicinity baying for blood.
The government has been accused of denying the racial dimension of the clashes, perhaps concerned over Malaysias international image as it might rattle investor confidence.
Until today, despite numerous memorandums sent to the Prime Ministers Department and Human Rights Commission (Suhakam), there has not been a show of a response.
Malaysiakini
Remembering Kampung Medan: one year after – Malaysiakini
There was a funeral, a wedding, and a misunderstanding over a broken van windscreen. These led to a full-blown racial clash in Petaling Jaya Selatan that left six …
www.malaysiakini.com/news/10633 – Cached
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Violence Against An Ethnic Minority In Malaysia: Kampung Medan, 2001
S.Nagarajan & K.Arumugam
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“The clash was the result of people within Umno who were unhappy with the appointment of Khir as Selangor menteri besar,” Syed Ibrahim said.
Malaysian Insider
New book on Kampung Medan not a reproduction’
The new book by Suaram chairman K Arumugam has nothing to do with the book on Kampung Medan written in Tamil.
“Violence Against An Ethnic Minority In Malaysia” is a 147-page book published by human rights NGO, Suaram.
It looks into the Kampung Medan racial violence on March 8, 2001 from the perspective of the people who were victimised and lived there.
‘Perpetrators were outsiders’
Meanwhile, Arumugam told the audience of about 40 people of his hope that justice will be served to the people.
“We want to know the truth. The government should admit if there were wrongs and if there was a need to reform institutions,” he said.
After the launch, a forum was held. The panellists were Hindraf adviser N Ganesan, anti-ISA pressure group GMI chief, Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, and Kua.
Syed Ibrahim said that contrary to the official version, the Kampung Medan incident was not a racial clash between the Malays and the Indians.
“It is not an ethnic clash. This book provides an analysis [to show] that there were no group clashes…
“People there lived harmoniously despite it being a squatter area. The perpetrators were outsiders, not locals,” Syed Ibrahim said.
He pointed out that contrary to the official version, the Kampung Medan incident was supposed to be a catalyst to overthrow former menteri besar, Dr Khir Toyo.
Khir was the Selangor menteri besar from 2000 to 2008.
“The clash was the result of people within Umno who were unhappy with the appointment of Khir as Selangor menteri besar,” Syed Ibrahim said.
Ganesan, meanwhile, accused the police of working hands in glove with the assailants.
“There were 2,053 policemen against 100 mobsters. The police are pulling a wool their eyes,” he said.
‘New book on Kampung Medan not a reproduction’
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Eyewitness accounts show that in some of the racial attacks there, the police just stood by without stopping and apprehending the thugs. This was the same observation noted during the “May 13” pogrom, namely, the security forces did not play the professional role expected of them.
Free Malaysia Today
May 13, Kg Medan – Never again!
By Kua Kia Soong
Blogger: some excerpts have been selected; you can read the whole article by clicking on the link at the end.
1 The launch of “Violence against an Ethnic Minority in Malaysia: Kampung Medan 2001” by S Nagarajan and K Arumugam yesterday is a wake-up call for Malaysians to get wise to the Malaysian state’s attempts to portray racist/fascist pogroms against ethnic minorities in Malaysia as so-called “racial riots” that came about “naturally” because of social conditions and dissatisfaction.
2 The culprits who were responsible for the violence were fascist thugs from outside these communities who had been brought there by “hidden hands”. It is the duty and responsibility of the police and security forces to apprehend the thugs and to unmask the hidden hands and reveal their agenda.
3 In recent years, a pattern has emerged in which ethnic Indians, who are a minority community in this country (of less than 10% of the total population) finding themselves the majority in official statistics on deaths in police custody and victims of police shootings.
4 These shocking facts reflect the racist portrayal of the marginalised Indian community in the state institutions. Through the years, we have also witnessed many cases of racial slurs against ethnic Indians in the mainstream media and school textbooks.
The writer is the adviser for human rights organisation Suaram
May 13, Kg Medan – Never again!
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Malaysiakini
However, till this day, justice has been denied to the victims of the Kampung Medan attacks, who suffered physical injuries in 2001.
Seven victims of the Kampung Medan incident who suffered serious physical injuries sought redress for their sufferings from the court as the government had not in any way helped them, the victims’ lawyer and MP for Teluk Intan, M Manogaran, said yesterday.
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The seven victims – Suresh a/l Radhakrishnan, Ambalakan a/l Aynan, Anbarasan a/l Velappam, Janakan Pillai a/l Bala, Tamil Selbam a/l Palaniandy, Subramaniam a/l Vythilingam and Muniandy a/l Vellay – had filed a suit against the then Petaling Jaya district police chief Sheikh Mustafa Sheikh Ahmad, then Selangor police chief Nik Ismail Nik Yusof, the inspector-general of police and the Government of Malaysia in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on March 5, 2004.
Kg Medan victims: Will they ever get justice? | Free MalaysiaKini
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Malaysiakini
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There was a funeral, a wedding, and a misunderstanding over a broken van windscreen. These led to a full-blown racial clash in Petaling Jaya Selatan that left six people dead and scores others suffering from head injuries, slash wounds and broken bones.
Photographs in malaysiakinis possession are gruesome evidence of the extensive hurt, both physical and emotional, inflicted by the clashes.
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