News abt Nationwide Protest - 11 th May ( HINDU)

HINDU International

HINDRAF demands medical aid to detained leader
Kuala Lumpur (PTI): Hundreds of ethnic Indians on Sunday held protests across Malaysia and demanded government to provide medical aid to one of the community leader, currently detained under the controversial Internal Security Act.

"Doctors have confirmed that P Uttayakumar has some irregularities in his heart and we want him to be moved to the National Heart Institute immediately, " Eshwari Wayathamoorthy, wife of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) Chairman P Wayathamoorthy, told PTI.

Wayathamoorthy is in London on self-imposed exile while his brother P Uttayakumar and four other Hindraf leaders have been detained under ISA since December for organising a rally on November 25 last year to protest against marginalisation of ethnic Indians in this country.

Hindraf supporters, calling for moving P Uttayakumar to the Heart hospital, held small protests outside the iconic Petronas Twin Towers here. Protests were also held at Penang, Seremban, Ipoh and Johar Baru, Eshwari said.

She said police was on standby but just watched the peaceful chants by the protesters. She said at least 300 protestors had assembled outside the Twin Towers while 100 Hindraf supporters chanted in Seremban.

"Uttayakumar wants one of his family members to present when he is taken to the Heart hospital, though the Home Minsiter has not yet responded to his request," Eshwari said. Hindraf supporters claimed that Uttayakumar' s condition had become worse.

Meanwhile, Uttayakumar' s mother is to lead an appeal on behalf of all the ISA detainees to prime minister Abdullah Badawi's office in the adminsitrative capital of Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, on Monday and later to parliament.