Malaysian Ethnic Indian origin Minister heckled
15.02.2008 04:21:05 The cabinet minister Samy Vellu is the Works Minister in the Abdullah Badawi cabinet was surrounded and heckled by some youths during the foundation laying ceremony for a Tamil school here.
(live-PR.com) - PETALING JAYA: MIC leader Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu and Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo were involved in an angry exchange with a group of abusive hecklers Wednesday.
Samy Vellu was speaking before the ground-breaking ceremony for SJK (T) Seaport, Petaling, when they started hurling abuses at him.The MIC leader smiled and waved at them.When Dr Khir took to the stage, he told off the hecklers.
This angered the hecklers who became more aggressive, with some attempting to move towards the VIP stage.The hecklers were unhappy over the size of land allocated for the school. They claimed that the government had promised 3ha but only set aside 0.6ha. Dr Khir tried to explain that the size had actually been increased from 0.4ha.
Dr Khir Toyo also presented a cheque for RM2 million to Samy Vellu to build 22 Tamil schools in the state. The Education Ministry has topped this up with another RM2 million.
Angry youths surround and jeer Samy at school event
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu was surrounded by some youths who jeered him during the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Tamil school here.
Samy Vellu was walking back to a canopy after performing the ceremony for the SRJK Tamil Seaport in Kampung Lindungan when the youths surrounded him.The school is being relocated from Kelana Jaya.
MIC supporters quickly came in to help but Samy Vellu and the youths were already involved in a heated argument by then.Police were called in and they escorted Samy Vellu from the area.
After listening to their grievances, Samy Vellu assured them that the new school building would be bigger.He said the new building could hold 450 pupils compared to the 150 now.
“We should be happy that an extra RM500,000 has been allocated to build this school at a cost of RM1.5mil,” he said.
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(live-PR.com) - PETALING JAYA: MIC leader Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu and Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo were involved in an angry exchange with a group of abusive hecklers Wednesday.
Samy Vellu was speaking before the ground-breaking ceremony for SJK (T) Seaport, Petaling, when they started hurling abuses at him.The MIC leader smiled and waved at them.When Dr Khir took to the stage, he told off the hecklers.
This angered the hecklers who became more aggressive, with some attempting to move towards the VIP stage.The hecklers were unhappy over the size of land allocated for the school. They claimed that the government had promised 3ha but only set aside 0.6ha. Dr Khir tried to explain that the size had actually been increased from 0.4ha.
Dr Khir Toyo also presented a cheque for RM2 million to Samy Vellu to build 22 Tamil schools in the state. The Education Ministry has topped this up with another RM2 million.
Angry youths surround and jeer Samy at school event
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu was surrounded by some youths who jeered him during the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Tamil school here.
Samy Vellu was walking back to a canopy after performing the ceremony for the SRJK Tamil Seaport in Kampung Lindungan when the youths surrounded him.The school is being relocated from Kelana Jaya.
MIC supporters quickly came in to help but Samy Vellu and the youths were already involved in a heated argument by then.Police were called in and they escorted Samy Vellu from the area.
After listening to their grievances, Samy Vellu assured them that the new school building would be bigger.He said the new building could hold 450 pupils compared to the 150 now.
“We should be happy that an extra RM500,000 has been allocated to build this school at a cost of RM1.5mil,” he said.
Press Information:
Enkaysagar Holdings Pvt Ltd
India
Contact Person:
Nksagar
Chairman
Phone: 9810974027
eMail: eMail
Web: http://www.nksagar.com
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