Hindraf vigil on 27 Sept 2008 ON 25 Nov 2007, the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) burst into public consciousness through a mammoth street rally. Few doubt that Hindraf was pivotal in swinging Indian Malaysian votes away from the Barisan Nasional (BN) three months later in the March 2008 general election. On 2 July 2009, [...]

FOR the week of 16 to 22 March 2009, the Tamil press gave wide coverage to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan’s interview in the Tamil dailies. The Tamil press also highlighted the displeasure of some Indian Malaysians over the nomination of S Manikumar as the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate for [...]