சிறையில் வாடும் HINDRAF மலேசிய தலைவர் உதயமூர்த்தி மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதி

சிறையில் இருந்ததால், டயபடிக்கான உதயமூர்த்தி தற்போது மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்

Detained ethnic Indian leader hospitalised in Malaysia


Kuala Lumpur, Jan 24: An ethnic Indian leader in Malaysia, who was on a hunger strike to protest against the detention of himself and four others under a draconian security law, was hospitalised after complaining of weakness, his wife said on Thursday.

47-year-old P Uthayakumar, a member of non-governmental Hindu Rights Action Forum (Hindraf), which spearheaded protests against alleged marginalisation of ethnic Indians, was hospitalised this afternoon following the hunger strike, which the five men began on Monday.

"My husband is a diabetic and I suspect his sugar level might have gone down following the fast," his wife Indira Uthayakumar said.

The five Hindraf activists were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for having organised a massive rally, declared illegal by the government, on November 25 last year demanding better treatment of ethnic Indians in the Muslim-dominated Malaysia. The rally was attended by over 20,000 people.

The ISA, which allows indefinite detention without trial, has come in for criticism by the human rights groups.

Uthahyakumar, a lawyer and brother Hindraf Chairman Waytha Moorthy, was put on a drip in hospital in northern Perak state after he complained of weakness.

Ethnic Indians, mostly Hindus from Tamil Nadu, comprise 8 per cent of Malaysia`s population of 27 million people.

Bureau Report