Edited by Syd at 6-8-2016 12:13 PM
PDRM, Stop targeting Indian youths – MIC Youth Chief
Sivarrajh Chandran, MIC National Youth Leader says:
I am very unhappy with a document that has been leaked in social media that shows police targeting Indian youths.
MIC Youth protest in the strongest terms possible, why police seems to be targeting Indian youths in the latest Ops Cantas Khas Dua that will be launched on Aug 5.
A document has been leaked and it is circulating in social media that shows that police are specifically targeting Indian youths.
If this document is true then it is very unjust, unfair and very upsetting.
It is an unfair action against Indian youth who have been linked to crime and are widely labelled as criminals.
It is just like in the US in recent months where police shot dead African American youths causing widespread protest.
Criminals and gangster comprises of all ethnic groups and origins.
There are Malay, Chinese, Indian and east Malaysian gangsters and criminal groups.
Crime is a Malaysian problem and cannot be isolated to one minority group like Indian. Sure Indians might be seems to be more involved then others but this is a mere perception.
So police operation should target all the criminals without discrimination.
Is there a need to classify them by race?
According to the leaked document Indian youths in parking places, Indian gangs, shady Indian businesses and Indian alongs and gambling outlets are targeted in this operation.
I hope this document is false.
I hope police come out and deny its authenticity.
Police are only hitting Indians and this is clearly racial profiling which should not be the way.
We strongly support police action to go after gangsters but question why police are only targeting indians spots and Indians youths.
Such police action to profile Indian youths with crime reinforces the false believe prevalent in society that gangs and gangsters are a Indian hobby, that Indian youths are all involved in such activities. Before long society will equate crime with Indians, if they have not done so already.
PDRM should not contribute to such perception but eradicate such perception and treat Indian youths with the same respect they accord to others.
*Press statement by Sivarraah Chandran, MIC National Youth leader
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