Sunday, July 19, 2009

Hindraf's Uthayakumar launches new political party

KLANG: Hindraf’s P. Uthayakumar launched a new multiracial party called Human Rights Party (HRP) with an objective to champion the rights of marginalised sectors of all communities.
After the launch here on Sunday, he announced that he was giving up practicing law and would fully concentrate on being a political activist and to lay the groundwork for the next general election.
He added that Hindraf will continue to be apolitical and will be led by his younger brother Waythamoorthy who is still in self exile in London.
Uthayakumar also identified 15 parlimentary and 38 state assembly seats that the party would contest in the elections.
He said he would hold the post of protem secretary-general of HRP but did not announce any other people or posts.
Uthayakumar, a former detainee under the Internal Security Act, also launched his book titled Malaysian Indian Political Empowerment Strategy: The Way Forward that was conceptualised and written during his 514 days detention in Kamunting.
About 2,000 people attended the launching ceremony at the Hokkien Hall here.

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