SAMY SUING TWO DAILIES
Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu is suing two vernacular tamil newspapers over reports which quoted the MIC president as saying that former PM Tun Dr M had done nothing for Malaysian Indians.
"The newspaper, Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai, had purposely distorted my speech at the Johor MIC state conventio on Tuesday to create unnecessary friction between me and Dr M," he told the Star last night.
Both newspaper had frontpaged stories under the heading, Mahathir did not do anything as he ha dpromised and Nahee , Mahathir respectively.
The stories quoted Samy Vellu as saying that Dr M had done nothing for Malaysian Indians while he was the PM
Samy , who is in Kuching , explained that a dellegate at the Johor MIC concention had stood up and asked him what had happend to the 3% equity proposal for Malaysian Indians.
"In reply, I said that in the 8th Malaysia Plan, Dr M was the one who made the 3% equity proposal fro Malaysian Indians in the Third Outline Perspective Plan (OPP, which was to be achieved by 2010.
"I also said that at the end of the 8MP, nothing has happend, Nahee (Nothing in hindi). But I never said that Dr M had done nothing for Malaysian Indiands.
"I have directed my lawyers to file an action against Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai, " he said
Star Thursday 18 May 2006
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