Jika kerajaan sokong Sri Lanka, kami sokong Israel

PETALING JAYA: Masyarakat Tamil Malaysia akan terus membenci kepimpinan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak jika beliau terus menyokong tindak-tanduk kerajaan Sri Lanka, kata Presiden Tamilar

Progressive Team,  A Kalaimugilan.

Tamilar Progressive Team, sebuah NGO yang memperjuangkan isu pendidikan dan hak asasi manusia.

Kalaimugilan bertanya kenapa kepimpinan Najib dan kerajaan Barisan Nasional melihat Liberation of Tamil Tiger Eelam (LTTE) sebagai pengganas, sedangkan kerajaan Sri Lanka menghadapi pelbagai tuduhan pembunuhan etnik Tamil atau jenayah perang.

“Kenapa kerajaan masih menjemput Setiausaha Pertahanan Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Adik Presiden Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa) dalam satu majlis yang diadakan di Putrajaya beberapa hari lalu?

“Gotabaya kata LTTE terlibat dalam pengedaran dadah  dan pengganas.

“Boleh tak Najib membuktikan dakwaan ini?

“Di Malaysia di kalangan masyarakat India 90 peratus adalah penyokong LTTE , termasuk saya sekali.

“Kami pernah menganjurkan pelbagai program termasuk ”Hari Pahlawan  LTTE”.

“Kalau betul LTTE pengganas, kenapa kerajaan tidak mendakwa saya di mahkamah kerana menganjurkan program sedemikian? tanya Kalaimugilan.

Kalaimugilan berkata LTTE adalah pejuang bangsa Tamil dan juga wakil masyarakat Tamil sedunia.

“Najib sebagai pemimpin Islam dan memimpin sebuah negara majoriti Islam tidak ada perasaankah apabila masyarakat Islam di Sri Lanka turut ditindas oleh kerajaan Sri Lanka?

“Di mana maruah Najib sebagai seorang Islam apabila ada rakyat Sri Lanka beragama Islam turut ditindas di sana.

“Kalau kerajaan terus menyokong tindakan kerajaan Sri Lanka, maka kami akan menyokong kerajaan Israel.

“Kami akan menjemput Presiden Israel untuk program-program kami atau kami akan menyertai majlis-majlis dianjurkan oleh kerajaan Israel di luar Malaysia,” kata Kalaimughilan.

Kalaimugilan berkata sokongan masyarakat Tamil di Malaysia kepada LTTE samalah seperti mana sokongan masyarakat Melayu Islam Malaysia kepada pejuang Hamas di Palestin.


Source :http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/04/24/jika-kerajaan-sokong-sri-lanka-kami-sokong-israel/

‘What was Sri Lankan leader doing here’

KUALA LUMPUR: Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy criticised MIC leaders today for keeping mum on Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa’s visit to Malaysia, especially when the island state had killed 150,000 Tamils.

Gothabaya had told Malaysia to be wary of Tamil terrorists in the country.

Ramasamy criticised Gothabaya for making the statement at a forum organised by the Defence Ministry last week. The report was carried by a daily in India, The Hindu.

“I’m baffled by Gothabaya’s statement. Since the Tamil Tigers are not present in Malaysia, we can assume that the phrase was used to refer to local Tamil community, said Ramasamy in a press statement today.

He said Gothabaya’s visit was an embarassment to Malaysian Indians because the Sri Lankan government had killed nearly 150,000 Tamils in the island in its 26-year military campaign which ended in 2009.

Gothabaya is the brother of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

DAP MP M Kulasegaran urged the government to explain the motive of Gothabaya’s visit to Malaysia.
“Why did our government keep his visit a secret?” he asked.

Sungkai state assemblyman A Sivanesan criticised MIC president G Palanivel and his deputy, Dr S Subramaniam, for keeping mum on the matter.

“I am sure Palanivel and Dr Subramaniam are aware of Gothabaya’s visit since it must have been discussed in the Cabinet meeting.

“Being ministers representing the Indians, the duo should have objected to the decision,” he said.