Name leaders with underworld links, Kayveas told

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Indian politicians, from both sides of the fence, have urged PPP president M Kayveas to name the Indian leaders who have links with gangsters.MIC vice-president M Saravanan said Kayveas should " name and shame" these leaders as the blanket allegation that most Indian leaders had links with gangsters was unfair.He said this when asked to comment on Kayveas' statement, published in a Malay daily yesterday, that several irresponsible Indian leaders were actually protecting gangsters in order to consolidate their political strength and protect their immoral activities.

The PPP chief also said that he was willing to cooperate with the police and provide information on these leaders.“Kayveas should be specific in his allegation,” Saravanan told FMT.Saravanan, who is also federal territories and urban well-being deputy minister, said the PPP chief should not make a general allegation against all Indian leaders.“The blanket allegation will tarnish the image of all Indian leaders,” he added.

Meanwhile, PKR's Padang Serai MP N Gobalakrishnan also called on Kayveas to spill the beans.“If he does not name them, then he is merely shooting in the air,” he told FMT.Gobalakrishnan added that he was aware of police reports made against certain Indian leaders who were working with gangsters, namely from Indian based political parties within Barisan Nasional.

Murugiah fears negative perception

In another development, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator T Murugiah also denied any involvement with any gangsters.He said persistent rumours linking him with the main suspects in the murder of cosmetic tycoon Sosilawati Lawiya was the work of his political enemies.
He said these enemies were sending text messages of his alleged links with the suspects and that of his office as well as his wife's beauty parlour having been raided by the police.

“None of these are true,” he said in a press conference today.“I am disappointed that my political enemies are using this opportunity to derail my career,” he added.He said that the public perception on him was damaged as the result of these rumours.“I am now afraid to meet the public. I feel as though they look at me with jaundiced eye,” he said.

Source : http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/barisan-nasional/10458-name-leaders-with-underworld-links-kayveas-told