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Malaysian Indians allege discrimination

KUALA LUMPUR: Police used tear gas and water cannons on Sunday to crush a banned rally by ethnic minority Indians here. “This gathering is unprecedented,” said protest leader P. Uthayakumar. “This is a community that can no longer tolerate discrimination.”

It was the second such street protest in Kuala Lumpur this month.

A November 10 rally that drew thousands of people demanding electoral reforms was also broken up with similar force, but lasted only a few hours.

The latest rally was meant to support a $4 trillion lawsuit filed in London in August by the Hindu Rights Action Force, a Malaysian rights group, demanding that Britain compensate Malaysian Indians for bringing their ancestors to the country as “indentured labourers” and exploiting them. — AP

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