Malaysia ban on Hindu rights group sparks outcry

Source: Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's government on Wednesday outlawed Hindu rights group Hindraf which held a massive anti-government protest last year against alleged discrimination of minority ethnic Indians.

Malaysia is holding five leaders of Hindraf or the Hindu Rights Action Force under the harsh Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention without trial, after they led the protest last November.

Ethnic Indians make up 7 percent of Malaysia's 27 million population and, like ethnic Chinese, have expressed growing resentment against decades-old government policies giving majority Muslim-Malays preferential treatment.

News agency Bernama said the Home (Interior) Ministry clamped down on Hindraf after it found evidence that the group posed "a threat to public order and morality".



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:sarcasm:

how long can Malays forcibly monopolize the financial and political sectors?

I'm a strong supporter of affirmative action, but in Malaysia, the preferential rights given to Malays has been abused to ridiculous lengths.