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YB Manikavasagam
Born in Penang on 27 June 1965 to a family of six siblings. He started his political career about 9 years ago after being invited to join Parti keADILan Rakyat by then PKR strongman Ezam Mohd Noor. He actively involved with P Uthayakumar in Policewatch Malaysia movement fighting for the rights of those taken into police custody without valid reasons for about 7 years before before become Coordinator of HINDRAF together with other leaders fighting for the marginalized and better-men of the nation. Known fondly by friends and colleagues as Mike, he is a learner in Parliament, picking up the tricks of the trade from his seasoned political colleagues and friends. He made a great impression during the election campaign to his voter of Kapar Parliament with promise that to be there when necessary unlike his predecessors who hardly had a glimpse of those who voted them into office in the first place. He is currently PKR’s Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Tinggi , Timbalan Pengerusi Perhubungan PKR Selangor and sit in various Parliamentary Committee (Opposition) while a serious Member of Parliament . His aspires to see a Malaysia for all Malaysians that does not judge based on race gender and ethnicity. We are all Malaysians and we have to defend our home at all cost!! Prior active involvement into Politics , Mike earns living as a real estate agent for the survival of his family. Just few days after winning Kapar Parliament seat he received calls from informing flash flood that been occurring for last 20 over years in one particular area. Despite raining Y.B. Mike was at location within 30mins from his home in Damansara. Next day meeting with local council officers lead to immediate implementation of flood mitigation pond that’s currently under constructions. A Man of Principals & Conscience - S. Manikavasagam S. Manikavasagam Tuesday, October 14, 2008 I HAVE been fired from many jobs and arrested over my social activist programmes before I became a member of parliament for Kapar. Prior to that, my whole life revolved around fighting against any injustice and issues of human rights under various non-governmental organisations like Policewatch. My unexpected win in Kapar opened my eyes to a whole world of issues and made me realise that I had the power to make a change. After winning the Kapar parliamentary seat by a big majority, I also realised that my constituents wanted a change. They have such high hopes in me, especially the Indians who make up 13 per cent of Kapar's 112,224 registered voters. Kapar was a foreign area to me because I was actively involved in helping people at Batu Caves. In fact, I wanted to be an MP for Batu Caves but respected the party's request to contest in Kapar. As a first-time MP, I was quite nervous but my experience in dealing with constituency issues with senior MPs from PKR helped me cope with mine. Issues in my constituency range from stateless people to clogged drains and perpetual flood problems. We have set up four service centres in Klang, one in each state assembly seat and have staff recording complaints or grouses from those who visit the centres. They report back to me and if any of the complaints needs the state government's attention, I bring the matter up with Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. Otherwise, I try to help as many people as possible, especially with land title issues and stateless persons since I have experience in dealing with such problems. We are saddened by the fact that we have no proper allocation for remedial work such as replacing the drainage system to overcome flood problems. There are so many economic and social issues in Kapar, including high unemployment and crime rate and investors pulling out causing some businesses to close down. We have tried discussing with the police on efforts to reduce the crime rate but find it difficult to get cooperation. The last thing I want to do is hit out at the police. I want to work with them. There is much work that needs to be done. Although I have to sacrifice my privacy and time with my family,
I will not rest until I see a safe and well-developed constituency.
http://surind.blogspot.com/2008/10/man-of-principals-conscience-s.html Temple demolition:
Report lodged against police ‘inaction’ Fauwaz Abdul Aziz | Jun 2, 08 6:21pm
A police report was filed today against Klang district police chief ACP Mohamad Mat Yusop for allegedly not acting on “tens of police reports” that have been lodged over a land transfer and clearance works involving the Sri Maha Nagamuthu Karumariamman temple near Jalan Kapar. PKR’s Kapar member of Parliament S Manikavasagam filed the report this morning, a day after residents living near the 80-year-old temple and activists demonstrated against its planned demolition by the ‘owner’ of the temple.(LAND) “Tens of police reports have been lodged over several years, but nothing has been done,” Manikavasagam told Malaysiakini. According to Manikavasagam, workers for the current owner - who allegedly acquired the one-hectare land on which the temple stands through dubious means - had already broken parts of the roof of the temple and broken or taken down the statues contained inside. “We’re still doing research regarding the owner, but we believe the owner is connected to a local state assemblyperson and has development plans for the land. We believe the land costs up to RM3 million, maybe more,” said Manikavasagam. He said numerous police reports had been lodged since the temple caretaker E Muthu Kumar discovered the land was transferred to somebody else. Muthu claimed that he had lived on the land for over 50 years and that his father had been given the land by its original landowner.
A protracted struggle The original landowner, Harbhajan Singh, is said to have migrated to India in 1973 and died there in the 1980s. In 1996, however, Muthu found that the land had earlier been transferred to one ‘Lin Chee Yong’, who obtained in 2000 a Shah Alam High Court order for the land to be vacated. A protracted struggle then ensued between Lin and Muthu, which saw contempt charges as well as a spate of police reports being filed between the parties against the other. In 2007, Muthu applied for the Shah Alam High Court to set aside its earlier decision on the basis that the land transfer was allegedly “fraudulently obtained”. Muthu’s lawyer Dr SN Pathmanabhan said this claim was based on the finding that Harbhajan’s identity card (IC) number as contained in the memorandum of transfer to Lin actually belonged to a Chinese woman residing in Kuala Lipis, Pahang. He also said that contrary to the practice of Punjabis of his generation, Harbhajan - who would have been in his 80s in 1996 - had written in “very precise English”. “The signature, furthermore, did not look like that of an 80-plus year old but that of a much stronger, younger person,” he told Malaysiakini. Pathmanabhan also said the payment of RM850,000 that Harbhajan allegedly received for the sale of his land actually never materialised. Over and above all of these reasons, he added, was the fact that Harbhajan had died in India in the 1980s but supposedly entered in 1996 into a transaction to sell the land concerned.
Police inaction Pathmanabhan said the Shah Alam High Court had set Aug 27 this year to hear the application to set aside the 2000 court order. Parallel to the case, said Manikavasagam, his concern today was for the police to address the questions of Muthu and the patrons of the temple as to why they had not acted on the numerous reports lodged on Lin’s efforts to clear the land. These efforts were taken despite the ongoing court proceedings and included efforts to dislodge Muthu, the disconnection of the temple’s water supply, and damage done to the gates and other parts of the temple building, he said. On Oct 1, 2007, a police report was lodged claiming threats had been made to the lives of the Muthu and his family, Manikavasagam added. “We lodged the police report against ACP Mohamad Mat because the police had not acted on that and the many other reports that had been lodged,” said Manikavasagam. ACP Mohamad Mat could not be reached for comments. http://mpkapar.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/temple-demolition-report-lodged-against-police-inaction/
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| Parti KeADILan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament for Kapar S Manikavasagam had threaten to quit from his party by the year end over disputes with the Selangor government’s controversial decision to relocate the Klang Bus Station to Klang Sentral in Kapar although the State government had received numerous grouses from the business community and residents there. Former taxi driver S. Manikavasagam’s
political stunts propelled him to high position in the Justice party
(PKR). His latest stunt: threatening to quit his party position
for the demolition of Sri Mahakaliaman Hindu temple in Ampang. |