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YB Manikavasagam
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YB S. Manikavasagam is the elected MP for Kapar during the political
tsunami that hit the nation on the 8th of March 2008. He has the
reputation to be a “on the field MP” as he believes
that its about time that someone goes down to the grass root and
addresses the issue’s and concerns of rakyat!
Not afraid to dirty his hands
Born in Penang on 27 June 1965 to a family of six siblings. He
started his political career about 9 years ago after being invited
to join Parti keADILan Rakyat by then PKR strongman Ezam Mohd Noor.
He actively involved with P Uthayakumar in Policewatch Malaysia
movement fighting for the rights of those taken into police custody
without valid reasons for about 7 years before before become Coordinator
of HINDRAF together with other leaders fighting for the marginalized
and better-men of the nation.
Known fondly by friends and colleagues as Mike, he is a learner
in Parliament, picking up the tricks of the trade from his seasoned
political colleagues and friends. He made a great impression during
the election campaign to his voter of Kapar Parliament with promise
that to be there when necessary unlike his predecessors who hardly
had a glimpse of those who voted them into office in the first place.
He is currently PKR’s Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Tinggi , Timbalan
Pengerusi Perhubungan PKR Selangor and sit in various Parliamentary
Committee (Opposition) while a serious Member of Parliament . His
aspires to see a Malaysia for all Malaysians that does not judge
based on race gender and ethnicity. We are all Malaysians and we
have to defend our home at all cost!!
Prior active involvement into Politics , Mike earns living as a
real estate agent for the survival of his family.
Just few days after winning Kapar Parliament seat he received calls
from informing flash flood that been occurring for last 20 over
years in one particular area. Despite raining Y.B. Mike was at location
within 30mins from his home in Damansara. Next day meeting with
local council officers lead to immediate implementation of flood
mitigation pond that’s currently under constructions.
A Man of Principals
& Conscience - S. Manikavasagam
S. Manikavasagam
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
I HAVE been fired from many jobs and arrested over my social activist
programmes before I became a member of parliament for Kapar.
Prior to that, my whole life revolved around fighting against any
injustice and issues of human rights under various non-governmental
organisations like Policewatch.
My unexpected win in Kapar opened my eyes to a whole world of issues
and made me realise that I had the power to make a change. After
winning the Kapar parliamentary seat by a big majority, I also realised
that my constituents wanted a change. They have such high hopes
in me, especially the Indians who make up 13 per cent of Kapar's
112,224 registered voters.
Kapar was a foreign area to me because I was actively involved
in helping people at Batu Caves. In fact, I wanted to be an MP for
Batu Caves but respected the party's request to contest in Kapar.
As a first-time MP, I was quite nervous but my experience in dealing
with constituency issues with senior MPs from PKR helped me cope
with mine.
Issues in my constituency range from stateless people to clogged
drains and perpetual flood problems. We have set up four service
centres in Klang, one in each state assembly seat and have staff
recording complaints or grouses from those who visit the centres.
They report back to me and if any of the complaints needs the state
government's attention, I bring the matter up with Selangor Menteri
Besar Datuk Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.
Otherwise, I try to help as many people as possible, especially
with land title issues and stateless persons since I have experience
in dealing with such problems. We are saddened by the fact that
we have no proper allocation for remedial work such as replacing
the drainage system to overcome flood problems.
There are so many economic and social issues in Kapar, including
high unemployment and crime rate and investors pulling out causing
some businesses to close down.
We have tried discussing with the police on efforts to reduce the
crime rate but find it difficult to get cooperation. The last thing
I want to do is hit out at the police. I want to work with them.
There is much work that needs to be done.
Although I have to sacrifice my privacy and time with my family,
I will not rest until I see a safe and well-developed constituency.
Posted by Surind
http://surind.blogspot.com/2008/10/man-of-principals-conscience-s.html
Temple demolition:
Report lodged against police ‘inaction’
Posted on June 3, 2008 by mpkapar
via malaysiakini.com
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz | Jun 2, 08 6:21pm
A police report was filed today against Klang district police chief
ACP Mohamad Mat Yusop for allegedly not acting on “tens of
police reports” that have been lodged over a land transfer
and clearance works involving the Sri Maha Nagamuthu Karumariamman
temple near Jalan Kapar.
PKR’s Kapar member of Parliament S Manikavasagam filed the
report this morning, a day after residents living near the 80-year-old
temple and activists demonstrated against its planned demolition
by the ‘owner’ of the temple.(LAND)
“Tens of police reports have been lodged over several years,
but nothing has been done,” Manikavasagam told Malaysiakini.
According to Manikavasagam, workers for the current owner - who
allegedly acquired the one-hectare land on which the temple stands
through dubious means - had already broken parts of the roof of
the temple and broken or taken down the statues contained inside.
“We’re still doing research regarding the owner, but
we believe the owner is connected to a local state assemblyperson
and has development plans for the land. We believe the land costs
up to RM3 million, maybe more,” said Manikavasagam.
He said numerous police reports had been lodged since the temple
caretaker E Muthu Kumar discovered the land was transferred to somebody
else.
Muthu claimed that he had lived on the land for over 50 years and
that his father had been given the land by its original landowner.
A protracted struggle
The original landowner, Harbhajan Singh, is said to have migrated
to India in 1973 and died there in the 1980s.
In 1996, however, Muthu found that the land had earlier been transferred
to one ‘Lin Chee Yong’, who obtained in 2000 a Shah
Alam High Court order for the land to be vacated.
A protracted struggle then ensued between Lin and Muthu, which
saw contempt charges as well as a spate of police reports being
filed between the parties against the other.
In 2007, Muthu applied for the Shah Alam High Court to set aside
its earlier decision on the basis that the land transfer was allegedly
“fraudulently obtained”.
Muthu’s lawyer Dr SN Pathmanabhan said this claim was based
on the finding that Harbhajan’s identity card (IC) number
as contained in the memorandum of transfer to Lin actually belonged
to a Chinese woman residing in Kuala Lipis, Pahang.
He also said that contrary to the practice of Punjabis of his generation,
Harbhajan - who would have been in his 80s in 1996 - had written
in “very precise English”.
“The signature, furthermore, did not look like that of an
80-plus year old but that of a much stronger, younger person,”
he told Malaysiakini.
Pathmanabhan also said the payment of RM850,000 that Harbhajan
allegedly received for the sale of his land actually never materialised.
Over and above all of these reasons, he added, was the fact that
Harbhajan had died in India in the 1980s but supposedly entered
in 1996 into a transaction to sell the land concerned.
Police inaction
Pathmanabhan said the Shah Alam High Court had set Aug 27 this
year to hear the application to set aside the 2000 court order.
Parallel to the case, said Manikavasagam, his concern today was
for the police to address the questions of Muthu and the patrons
of the temple as to why they had not acted on the numerous reports
lodged on Lin’s efforts to clear the land.
These efforts were taken despite the ongoing court proceedings
and included efforts to dislodge Muthu, the disconnection of the
temple’s water supply, and damage done to the gates and other
parts of the temple building, he said.
On Oct 1, 2007, a police report was lodged claiming threats had
been made to the lives of the Muthu and his family, Manikavasagam
added.
“We lodged the police report against ACP Mohamad Mat because
the police had not acted on that and the many other reports that
had been lodged,” said Manikavasagam.
ACP Mohamad Mat could not be reached for comments.
http://mpkapar.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/temple-demolition-report-lodged-against-police-inaction/
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