Consider views of Indian panelists on ‘Interlok’ issue: MIC Chief
March 19th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANIKuala Lumpur, Mar.19 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress President G. Palanivel has asked the government to take the views of the three Indian representatives on the Interlok panel seriously.
He said in a statement that whatever the Indian representatives put forward the feelings of the Indian community, must be given serious consideration, The Star reports.
Palanivel met two of the representatives Uthaya Sankar and G. Krishnabahawan along with Prime Minister Seri Najib Tun Razak’s special officer P. Ravin at the MIC headquarters. However, third representative Prof Dr N.S. Rajendran was unavailable.
Palanivel said the three were willing to work together to resolve the controversy over the novel that has been written by national laureate Abdullah Hussain.
“I have been briefed on what had transpired at the emergency meeting on Wednesday,” he said, adding that MIC had also received a report from them.
The Indian representatives walked out of the independent panel looking into the controversial novel ‘Interlok’, which represents the Indian community in a degrading manner.
They claim that the other panelists only agreed to the word “pariah” being removed.
Uthaya has said that the Indian representatives were willing to have a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Tan Muhyiddin Yassin, to put forward their reasons for wanting certain amendments to the book, which has been set as a literature text for secondary school students. (ANI)
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