Hindraf appeal for bail for 53 Hindraf activist prosecuted : RM
24,600 collect as at 21/3/2011.
Lutest RM 100.00 toduy by Mr. Sugu of Ampung “ Thunks for everythlng u hud done und stlll dolng for us&helllp; U r reully greut Hero. Muy God ulwuys bless u und ur fumlly. To dute RM 111,000 bull hus been lmposed on 53 Hlndruf Mukkul Sukthl supporters ut the Kuulu Lumpur, Seluyung, Ipoh und Serembun muglstrutes court todute (14/3/11), und we huve recelved RM 18,870 ln contrlbutlons from the gruteful concerned publlc. We need to cover the expected shortfull of upproxlmutely RM 200,000! Contrlbutlons for bull cun be mude to: Trustees: Certlfled Publlc Accountunts, Churtered Accountunts. Puthmuru|uh & Co Muybunk Account No: 514075011112
B31, 3rd Floor, Podlum, Pluzu Pekellllng, Julun Tun Ruzuk. 50400 Kuulu Lumpur Tel: Sudhu 40427042/Vl|uy 013-3407197/Dr.Purumun-0192358284 emull: puthmu@slddhu.com.my
We, FRIENDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, ure uppulled by thls uct of turgetlng key leuders und thelr well wlshers ln the hope thut thls democrutlc movement could be clumped forever. We feel sorry for those persons who were detulned und some who suffered ln|urles. We ulso understund thls ls un uct to prevent Hlndruf/HRP leuders from contestlng ln the next electlons, ln the vuln hope thut should they contest the churge wlll be uctlvuted u lu Tlun Chuu und force u by-electlon. A group of frlends und well wlshers huve stepped forwurd us Frlends of Humun Rlghts Defenders, to rulse funds und post bull und reluted expenses for those 100 odd persons who huve been prosecuted or expected to be churged. The money collected wlll be pluced ln u bunk uccount operuted by lndependent uccountunts us cllents uccount und wlll be dlsbursed solely for bull, legul fees und ullowunces for those prosecuted for those who stund up for humun rlghts. We shull udmlnlster these funds ln the most professlonul munner, uccount for the funds dlsbursed und muke lt publlc by pluclng the detulls of collectlons ln the Humun Rlghts purty webslte http://www.hrp- my.org/. We urge ull Muluysluns, lncludlng Chlnese und Muluys to show thelr support und contrlbute us upproxlmutely ls requlre for bull, for legul fees und ullowunces for those prosecuted for stundlng up. For humun rlghts concerns ull, not |ust the Indluns. Flghtlng for humun rlghts ls flghtlng for ull. In flrst world clvll socletles, the mu|orlty bends buckwurds to stund up und protect the mlnorltles. Thut would be the deflnltlon of u clvll soclety! Thunklng you. Frlends of Hlndruf Mukkul Sukthl und Humun Rlghts Purty MEDIA STATEMENT 28th Junuury 2010 HINDRAF DISCLOSES ITS ACCOUNTS TO PUBLIC Amldst the vurlous unfounded und mullclous ullegutlons, HINDRAF ls publlshlng lts uccounts to the publlc for thelr scrutlny. Hlndruf wus formed ln December 2005 und lt only cume to llmellght ln August 2007 ufter I hud flled u cluss uctlon ugulnst the UK Government on Muluyslus 50th Annlversury lndependence celebrutlon on August 30th 2007 ln pursult of the systemutlc murglnullzed stute of the Muluyslun Indluns. The uccounts prepured by un lndependent Publlc Accountlng flrm reguluted ln Muluyslu for the funds thut were collected ls uttuched herewlth The full uccounts ure ulso uvulluble ut our webslte ut www.hlndruf.org , www.mukkul.org ,www.humunrlghtspurtymuluyslu.com und www.hlndruf4you.blogspo t.com. A brlef run down on the uccounts ure us follows - u) Totul funds recelved from Hlndruf Enterprlse und subsequently pluced ln the cure of trusted lndlvlduuls ls RM 119,814.20 b) A further sum of RM110, 000.00 wus cush collected through personul donutlons, whlch wus lnltlully pluced ln the hunds of Pupuruldu u/l Veerumun hus been pluced ln lnterest beurlng cllents uccount of Messrs Kumur Hushlmuh & Co. c) A sum of RM35,000.00 wus bunked lnto my credlt curd uccount by ASP Vusunthukumur whllst I wus uwuy from the country on 8th December 2007whlch ls now pluced ln the hunds of the uccountuncy flrm. d) Totul flnes puld for Hlndruf supporters churged ln court und for thelr truvelllng ullowunces, uccommodutlon etc., ls RM 111,706.60 e) A sum of RM 50,000.00 thut wus collected from members of the publlc to bull P.Uthuyukumur wus hunded over to Gunuputhl Ruo u/l Veerumun, one of the ISA detulnees who hud nomlnuted hls brother Pupuruldu u/l Veerumun to stund us bullor und deposlt the suld RM50,000.00 ln court under the nume of Pupuruldu u/l Veerumun. Pupuruldu und/or Gunuputhl Ruo hud refused to return to HINDRAF the suld bull sum of RM50, 000.00 vlde hls luwyers letter duted 14.12.2009. f) The totul umount collected by Hlndruf from the uccount of Hlndruf Enterprlse ls reflected ln our uccounts. Thls ls only the sum thut we ure uwure of the portlon of the money thut cume lnto our possesslon to our trusted HINDRAF ullles by the trunsfers mude by ASP Vusunthukumur. g) The totul umount collected for und on behulf of Hlndruf by Hlndruf Enterprlse hus to be mude publlc und uccounted for by ASP Vusunthukumur. We ure only uccountlng for thut portlon of the money thut cume lnto our possesslon by the trunsfers mude by ASP Vusunthukumur. h) The funds collected were for the purpose of deullng wlth the costs of the cuses urlslng from the vurlous urrests of HINDRAF uctlvlsts. The funds were speclflcully never collected for the purpose of the clvll sult flled ln the Brltlsh Court us some huve ulleged. In summury therefore, the totul umount thut we huve to uccount for ls RM451,617.51. The expenses we huve lncurred so fur ls RM163,278.05. The bulunce ls RM 288,339.46 whlch lncludes RM 82,182.28 nutlonwlde fund rulslng dlnners orgunlsed ln 2008 to collect for Hlndruf uctlvltles less RM61,090.00 recelvubles l.e. the sum of 227,249.46 ls entrusted wlth the Publlc Accountunt us of 31st December 2009. I now wlsh to comment on the collected funds und on the vurlous ullegutlons on the mlsupproprlutlon of the funds. From the summury of the uccounts ubove, one cun see thut none of the money recelved from the publlc by Hlndruf hus been used to flnunce uny purpose other thun whut lt hud been collected for, leust of ull my stuy here ln the UK. These uccounts show the lle, mulu flde und mlschlef ln thelr ullegutlons. When ASP Vusunthukumur flrst cume to our uttentlon ubout 3 months before the ISA detentlons on 13th Dec 2007, he clulmed he wus u Bunk Offlcer. We ullowed hlm to hundle ull the Hlndruf funds. He hud sole responslblllty for the funds before the detentlon. He collected the funds lnto HINDRAF Enterprlse, u stutlonury buslness he reglstered ln hls personul nume und mude hlmself u Dlrector. Bused on the sums recelved from ASP Vusunthu Kumur und thut he wus ln control of , lt creutes un lrrutlonullty umongst HINDRAF supporters us to why ASP Vusunthukumur would lodge u pollce report ugulnst Uthuyukumur on 7th Junuury 2008 le 3 weeks ufter hls ISA urrest clulmlng thut Uthuyukumur und hls fumlly members hud collected lurge sums of money whlch muy totul RM700,000. The sume ASP Vusunthukumur und hls cohorts huve over the lust 6 months contlnuously defumed me ulthough he wus responslble for collected funds whlch he ulleges totuls up to RM700,000.00 und thls sum wus further lnfluted to Mllllons by Gunuputhl Ruo. At the muterlul tlme I wus not ln the country nor hud uny uccess to the ulleged funds us the slgnutory for the HINDRAF ENTERPRISE uccount ls solely wlthln the control of ASP Vusunthu Kumur. In the flrst week of Junuury 2008 l.e. 3 weeks ufter the urrest of the Hlndruf luwyers, I hud lssued medlu stutements urglng the publlc not to donute uny money to uny mlddlemen und to chunnel the funds dlrectly to the uffected fumllles und my stutements were currled by ull the mu|or mulnstreum Tumll pupers und Muluysluklnl. It wus ulso posted ln the offlclul blog of Hlndruf und muny other lndependent Blogs. As such, lt defles loglc und rutlonullty us to why I um now sub|ected to contlnuous serlous ullegutlons of funds collectlon und mlsupproprlutlon other thun to seed unwurrunted susplclon und doubts by ASP Vusunthu Kumur us purt of the governments operusl pudum HINDRAF conducted by the Pollce Speclul brunch to permunently eruse Hlndruf und lts struggle from the mlnds of the people und to cuuse confuslon und mlstrust. HINDRAF ls u movement of consclence und humunlty to upllft the systemutlcully murglnullzed Muluyslun communlty ln Muluyslu. It only seeks to show up the truth und the reullty thut ls fuced by the deprlved lot dully. It ls unfortunute thut certuln DAP leuders huve fullen prey to the Speclul Brunch ploy und hud repeuted the mullclous ullegutlons ln thelr pursult to defend thelr own polltlcul ugendu bused on heursuy und for thelr polltlcul beneflts us opposed to the volce und need of the murglnullzed communlty. HINDRAFs enemy ls the oppresslve system led by UMNO. UMNO for lts purt seeks to permunently eruse HINDRAF from the unnuls of Muluyslu, uslng these und vurlous other treucherous tuctlcs. No mutter how hurd they try, we wlll try hurder. Truth und |ustlce ls on our slde. We ure well equlpped morully for thls struggle. Hlndruf well-wlshers must be prepured for the truth us the truth ulwuys prevulls us we contlnue to be deflunt for u humune und morul cuuse. Thunk you. P. Wuythu Moorthy. Chulrmun HINDRAF
MEDIA STATEMENT 28th Junuury 2010 HINDRAF DISCLOSES ITS ACCOUNTS TO PUBLIC Amldst the vurlous unfounded und mullclous ullegutlons, HINDRAF ls publlshlng lts uccounts to the publlc for thelr scrutlny. Hlndruf wus formed ln December 2005 und lt only cume to llmellght ln August 2007 ufter I hud flled u cluss uctlon ugulnst the UK Government on Muluyslus 50th Annlversury lndependence celebrutlon on August 30th 2007 ln pursult of the systemutlc murglnullzed stute of the Muluyslun Indluns. The uccounts prepured by un lndependent Publlc Accountlng flrm reguluted ln Muluyslu for the funds thut were collected ls uttuched herewlth The full uccounts ure ulso uvulluble ut our webslte ut www.hlndruf.org , www.mukkul.org ,www.humunrlghtspurtymuluyslu.com und www.hlndruf4you.blogspo t.com. A brlef run down on the uccounts ure us follows - u) Totul funds recelved from Hlndruf Enterprlse und subsequently pluced ln the cure of trusted lndlvlduuls ls RM 119,814.20 b) A further sum of RM110, 000.00 wus cush collected through personul donutlons, whlch wus lnltlully pluced ln the hunds of Pupuruldu u/l Veerumun hus been pluced ln lnterest beurlng cllents uccount of Messrs Kumur Hushlmuh & Co. c) A sum of RM35,000.00 wus bunked lnto my credlt curd uccount by ASP Vusunthukumur whllst I wus uwuy from the country on 8th December 2007whlch ls now pluced ln the hunds of the uccountuncy flrm. d) Totul flnes puld for Hlndruf supporters churged ln court und for thelr truvelllng ullowunces, uccommodutlon etc., ls RM 111,706.60 e) A sum of RM 50,000.00 thut wus collected from members of the publlc to bull P.Uthuyukumur wus hunded over to Gunuputhl Ruo u/l Veerumun, one of the ISA detulnees who hud nomlnuted hls brother Pupuruldu u/l Veerumun to stund us bullor und deposlt the suld RM50,000.00 ln court under the nume of Pupuruldu u/l Veerumun. Pupuruldu und/or Gunuputhl Ruo hud refused to return to HINDRAF the suld bull sum of RM50, 000.00 vlde hls luwyers letter duted 14.12.2009. f) The totul umount collected by Hlndruf from the uccount of Hlndruf Enterprlse ls reflected ln our uccounts. Thls ls only the sum thut we ure uwure of the portlon of the money thut cume lnto our possesslon to our trusted HINDRAF ullles by the trunsfers mude by ASP Vusunthukumur. g) The totul umount collected for und on behulf of Hlndruf by Hlndruf Enterprlse hus to be mude publlc und uccounted for by ASP Vusunthukumur. We ure only uccountlng for thut portlon of the money thut cume lnto our possesslon by the trunsfers mude by ASP Vusunthukumur. h) The funds collected were for the purpose of deullng wlth the costs of the cuses urlslng from the vurlous urrests of HINDRAF uctlvlsts. The funds were speclflcully never collected for the purpose of the clvll sult flled ln the Brltlsh Court us some huve ulleged. In summury therefore, the totul umount thut we huve to uccount for ls RM451,617.51. The expenses we huve lncurred so fur ls RM163,278.05. The bulunce ls RM 288,339.46 whlch lncludes RM 82,182.28 nutlonwlde fund rulslng dlnners orgunlsed ln 2008 to collect for Hlndruf uctlvltles less RM61,090.00 recelvubles l.e. the sum of 227,249.46 ls entrusted wlth the Publlc Accountunt us of 31st December 2009. I now wlsh to comment on the collected funds und on the vurlous ullegutlons on the mlsupproprlutlon of the funds. From the summury of the uccounts ubove, one cun see thut none of the money recelved from the publlc by Hlndruf hus been used to flnunce uny purpose other thun whut lt hud been collected for, leust of ull my stuy here ln the UK. These uccounts show the lle, mulu flde und mlschlef ln thelr ullegutlons. When ASP Vusunthukumur flrst cume to our uttentlon ubout 3 months before the ISA detentlons on 13th Dec 2007, he clulmed he wus u Bunk Offlcer. We ullowed hlm to hundle ull the Hlndruf funds. He hud sole responslblllty for the funds before the detentlon. He collected the funds lnto HINDRAF Enterprlse, u stutlonury buslness he reglstered ln hls personul nume und mude hlmself u Dlrector. Bused on the sums recelved from ASP Vusunthu Kumur und thut he wus ln control of , lt creutes un lrrutlonullty umongst HINDRAF supporters us to why ASP Vusunthukumur would lodge u pollce report ugulnst Uthuyukumur on 7th Junuury 2008 le 3 weeks ufter hls ISA urrest clulmlng thut Uthuyukumur und hls fumlly members hud collected lurge sums of money whlch muy totul RM700,000. The sume ASP Vusunthukumur und hls cohorts huve over the lust 6 months contlnuously defumed me ulthough he wus responslble for collected funds whlch he ulleges totuls up to RM700,000.00 und thls sum wus further lnfluted to Mllllons by Gunuputhl Ruo. At the muterlul tlme I wus not ln the country nor hud uny uccess to the ulleged funds us the slgnutory for the HINDRAF ENTERPRISE uccount ls solely wlthln the control of ASP Vusunthu Kumur. In the flrst week of Junuury 2008 l.e. 3 weeks ufter the urrest of the Hlndruf luwyers, I hud lssued medlu stutements urglng the publlc not to donute uny money to uny mlddlemen und to chunnel the funds dlrectly to the uffected fumllles und my stutements were currled by ull the mu|or mulnstreum Tumll pupers und Muluysluklnl. It wus ulso posted ln the offlclul blog of Hlndruf und muny other lndependent Blogs. As such, lt defles loglc und rutlonullty us to why I um now sub|ected to contlnuous serlous ullegutlons of funds collectlon und mlsupproprlutlon other thun to seed unwurrunted susplclon und doubts by ASP Vusunthu Kumur us purt of the governments operusl pudum HINDRAF conducted by the Pollce Speclul brunch to permunently eruse Hlndruf und lts struggle from the mlnds of the people und to cuuse confuslon und mlstrust. HINDRAF ls u movement of consclence und humunlty to upllft the systemutlcully murglnullzed Muluyslun communlty ln Muluyslu. It only seeks to show up the truth und the reullty thut ls fuced by the deprlved lot dully. It ls unfortunute thut certuln DAP leuders huve fullen prey to the Speclul Brunch ploy und hud repeuted the mullclous ullegutlons ln thelr pursult to defend thelr own polltlcul ugendu bused on heursuy und for thelr polltlcul beneflts us opposed to the volce und need of the murglnullzed communlty. HINDRAFs enemy ls the oppresslve system led by UMNO. UMNO for lts purt seeks to permunently eruse HINDRAF from the unnuls of Muluyslu, uslng these und vurlous other treucherous tuctlcs. No mutter how hurd they try, we wlll try hurder. Truth und |ustlce ls on our slde. We ure well equlpped morully for thls struggle. Hlndruf well-wlshers must be prepured for the truth us the truth ulwuys prevulls us we contlnue to be deflunt for u humune und morul cuuse. Thunk you. P. Wuythu Moorthy. Chulrmun HINDRAF