JPN - Buka pintu...buka pintu...depa mai tuntut Mykad...

Ibu pejabat Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) di sini cemas dengan kehadiran dan sorakan 2,000 rakyat serta pemimpin pembangkang di depan bangunan itu .

Pintu pejabat tersebut ditutup sebaik kumpulan itu sampai di situ kira-kira jam 11.15 pagi tadi.

Kumpulan tersebut datang dengan lebih 10 buah bas persiaran daripada seluruh negara dan mula berkumpul di lapangan parkir berhampiran seawal jam 9.30 pagi sebelum bergerak ke JPN pada 11 pagi.

Sepanjang perarakan, para peserta bersorak “Najib tipu”, “Hishammuddin tipu”, “JPN tipu” serta membawa sepanduk dan replika IC merah bergambar Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Dalam Negeri.

Sebelum perarakan dimulakan, beberapa pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat dan penganjur himpunan memberikan ucapan kepada peserta yang majoritinya masyarakat kaum India yang memegang kad pengenalan (IC) merah.

Penganjur perhimpunan, Naib Presiden KEADILAN, N Surendran dalam ucapannya menempelak Datuk Seri Najib Razak kerana menipu semasa berucap pada Perhimpunan Agung MIC hujung minggu lalu.

Najib menyatakan hanya 9,000 sahaja yang memohon kerakyatan kepada JPN.

“Najib kata 9,000, dia tipu!

“Sebenarnya lebih daripada angka itu. Ramai lagi rakyat Malaysia yang masih belum mendapat kerakyatan sebagai warganegara,” kata Surendran.

Turut berucap, Ahli Parlimen (MP) Kapar, S Manikavasagam dan MP Subang, R Sivarasa.

Manikavasagam di depan pintu JPN menunjukkan IC Hijau yang diberi pada sebahagian rakyat Malaysia berketurunan India.

Manakala peserta himpunan sekarang duduk di depan bangunan itu sambil membantah pengabaian kerajaan ke atas mereka.- malysiakini

JPN tutup pintu bila ratusan pemegang kad pengenalan merah berhimpun di Putrajaya

 

Protesters rally in Putrajaya against statelessness...

Some 300 people have gathered in Putrajaya to march to the National Registration Department (NRD) headquarters to drive home the issue of statelessness resulting from the absence of personal identification documents.

The protesters, who have been arriving since 10am, began marching an hour later to the NRD from the area adjacent to the Palace of Justice.

The rally was organised by PKR.

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has pledged to rectify the problems leading to statelessness if Pakatan Rakyat forms the federal government.

Many protesters held up a mock red MyKad bearing the images of the pime minister and home minister respectively, to illustrate their claim that the government has failed them in their bid to obtain citizenship.

The protesters chanted slogans such as "Fight for rights" and "Fight for IC rights".

PKR vice-president N Surendran, Kapar MP S Manikavasagam and Subang MP R Sivarasa delivered speeches before the rally began.

 

'Give late application forms, not citizenship forms'  

At the NRD office, a few PKR leaders were seen entering the building but some protesters were unhappy that more had not been allowed in. 

A minor argument broke out between the protesters and police personnel, who had a strong presence in the vicinity of the building. 

The dissatisfied protesters shouted "Buka pintu!" (Open the door), as Pakatan leaders tried to calm them and the police closed the door to the building. 

At 12.45pm, the leaders, comprising Surendran, Sivarasa and M Manogaran, walked out of the NRD building after nearly two hours of negotiation with NRD director-general Jariah Mohd Said.

Surendran(left) announced that NRD agreed to set up the counters to process the applications of those stateless, but stressed that the NRD should give them late application forms instead of citizenship forms.

"All of us here are born in Malaysia, we are Malaysian citizen, by right we should get the IC application form" he said while addressing the crowd, which has since swelled to some 500-strong.

Chua: MIC leaders pushed my shoulder

Meanwhile, PKR vice-president Chua Jui Ming claimed that he was pushed by several MIC youths and leaders following the negotiation.

 

"Why MIC tried to stop us? They are the traitors of the Indians".

He said MIC leaders pushed on his shoulder but he did not suffered any injury.

His claim was backed up by Surendran, who further told reporters that he had recognised some of Chua’s assailants as MIC youth leaders and they were wearing t-shirts bearing the 1Malaysia logo.- malaysiakini