About 100 members of the MIC Youth wing protested the demolition of a Hindu temple by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council without following proper procedures. The demonstration was held in front of the Selangor state secretariat.
from The Star
MIC protests against demolition
SHAH ALAM: About 100 MIC members demonstrated here to protest the demolition of a Hindu temple by the Ampang Jaya Municipal council recently.
The crowd, which included Indian NGOs, protested at the main gate of the Selangor secretariat building yesterday morning.
Organiser T. Mohan, who is MIC Youth chief, said the PKR government had lied to the people that they would not tear down any places of worship.
“They said no temples would be destroyed, what happened now?” Mohan told reporters the MIC was unhappy with the state government’s action to demolish the Sri Mahakaliaman temple after he presented a memorandum to Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s political secretary, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
The 19-year-old temple was built on forest reserve. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times between 2002 and 2007.
Asked why the MIC did not solve the issue then, Mohan said the party had taken action and that was why the temple was rebuilt.