Kuala Lumpur, Sep 24 : Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has agreed to consider the Malaysian Indian Congress’s appeal to release five Hindraf leaders detained under the ISA.
“The Prime Minister has promised to discuss the matter with the Home Minister and arrive at a decision,” said MIC president S. Samy Vellu.
Samy Vellu and Human Resources Minister Dr S. Subramaniam, who is also MIC secretary-general, had a 30-minute meeting with Badawi in Putrajaya.
He said the meeting was to seek the immediate release of the five Hindraf leaders R. Kengadharan, M. Manoharan, V. Ganabatirau, P. Uthayakumar and K. Vasantha Kumar from ISA detention.