Subra’s men locked out

KUALA LUMPUR: The fight in MIC has taken a new twist.

New state chairmen announced by MIC president Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam to replace loyalists of Datuk Seri G. Palanivel on Saturday have been unable to enter the state MIC offices.

The new state officials have either been locked out of the state offices or the keys to the offices have not been handed over to them.

MIC veteran Tan Sri G. Vadiveloo said this should not have been the case.

“The old officials should have voluntarily handed over the keys and not locked out the new officials,” he said.

He said in some instances new officials had to break in and take over the offices, but found that old officials had returned and installed new locks to prevent the new officials from entering.

“This will only prolong the crisis. We can do without this sort of childish behaviour. It is only a matter of time before new officials take over the offices,” he said, adding that police reports might have to be lodged against the old officials.

There have been problems for new officials to take over from old officials in Negri Sembilan, Kedah, Perak, Pahang and Johor.

Former Perak state chief Tan Sri S. Ramasamy, who still claims he is the rightful Perak chief, said he will not resort to violence but would yield voluntarily if the new team is a legitimate one.

“It is not legitimate. The Federal Court has not disposed of our case against the Registrar of Societies (RoS). Besides, I don’t recognise Subramaniam as a legitimately elected president,” he said.

“I have also spent nearly RM400,000 to renovate the MIC offices here,” he said, referring to the four-storey building in Medan Kit in Ipoh.