Lawyers told to speak out against religious and racial dominance. Better late than never!

"All of us must speak against all forms of racial and religious dominance that have no respect for other races or religions. The way forward is to assure the people that there is a place for everyone in Malaysia regardless of race or religion", Bar Council President Ragunath Kesavan said.

The single most serious violation of human rights in Malaysia ever since is and has been UMNO’s religious and racial supremacy in supposedly the name of Article 153 (1) of the Federal Constitution (which has no provision for the same). And the poor and powerless Malaysian Indian have suffered and suffereing the most and on a day to day basis from even the most elementary basic necessities like food, shelter, clothing, denied birth certificates and identity cards, jobs, business licences and business opportunities, their Hindu temples and cemeteries demolished, Tamil schools in cowshed like conditions, etc.

But the almost always Indian led Bar Council leaders out of their inferiority and minority complex syndrome lends zero voice to the poor and powerless Malaysian Indians but would readily and with great ease champion orang asli, malay and Chinese causes.

Observe that they called an EGM when Teresa Kok and Raja Petra was arrested, but no EGM when four of their own lawyers are arrested after the Hindraf Rally.

But on a positive note we see change coming slowly but surely.

P. Uthayakumar