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KUALA LUMPUR: Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairman P. Waytha Moorthy has
accused Internal Security Act detainee K. Vasantha Kumar of being a government
plant.
Waytha had alleged that Vasantha Kumar was planted by the
Special Branch to infiltrate Hindraf.
He said two top government officials had confirmed that Vasantha Kumar was
"assigned" to break up Hindraf lawyers and the organisation at the Kamunting
detention camp.
Waytha Moorthy is seeking refuge in the United Kingdom. The allegations were in
a statement posted on the Hindraf website.
Vasantha Kumar's wife, K. Vickneswary, however, has come out fighting in defence
of her husband.
"It does not make sense for a Special Branch member to be
detained under the ISA. The rumours have been around since the day he was
arrested. This is nonsense.
"I don't know why Waytha Moorthy is making such allegations. It is only causing
friction among the detained leaders, which would lead to the destruction of the
movement."
Vickneswary said before the Nov 25 rally, Hindraf leaders had met at lawyer P.
Uthayakumar's house to discuss their plans.
"Waytha Moorthy wanted to call off the rally but it was my husband who insisted
it go on. From then, there was bad blood between the two."
She accused Waytha Moorthy of "chickening out" of the rally by not posting bail
when he was arrested along with Uthayakumar and V. Ganabatirau, another Hindraf
member.
Police had arrested the trio on Nov 16 but Uthayakumar and Ganabatirau had
posted bail and were released while Waytha Moorthy refused bail as a sign of
protest and was sent to the Sungai Buloh prison.
Vickneswary said: "He wanted to play safe and avoid being implicated for
organising or leading the rally.
"He ran away and allowed the other Hindraf leaders to languish in jail.
"If he is going to accuse my husband of anything, I challenge him to come back
here and do it, not from a foreign land."
The organisers of the Nov 25 rally -- Uthayakumar, M. Manoharan, R. Kenghadharan,
Ganabatirau and Vasantha Kumar -- are detained under the ISA.
Meanwhile, Manoharan and Ganabatirau had said that they were not unhappy that
they did not make it to the DAP's central executive committee.
The two were among 58 who vied for places in the party's decision-making body.
Manoharan's wife, S. Puspaneela, said one of the reasons why Manoharan could
have lost badly was that she did not campaign for him at branches.
"For the Kota Alam Shah seat, I had campaigned for my husband with my children.
"This time, I just left it to the delegates," she said, adding that her husband
felt all those who were elected were capable leaders.
Ganabatirau's wife, B. Buvanes-wary, said her husband did not feel sidelined.
"If (the party) didn't appreciate Hindraf, the duo would not even have been
allowed to contest."
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