YeinJee's Malaysian Voices » Children’s Rights http://yeinjee.com/malaysia Malaysian social political blog with discussions on public safety, education, economics, government, corruption and human rights issues. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:11:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 5-year-old to lead Hindraf petition on Feb 16 http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/5-year-old-to-lead-hindraf-petition-on-feb-16/ http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2008/5-year-old-to-lead-hindraf-petition-on-feb-16/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:22:11 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/5-year-old-to-lead-hindraf-petition-on-feb-16/ The five-year old daughter of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairperson P Waythamoorthy will lead hundreds of rose-bearing children – and their parents – on February 16 to petition at the Parliament building for the release of the group’s detained leaders. [Malaysiakini]


Hindraf supporters gathered at the Prime Minister’s office in Putrajaya on Jan 22
to state their plans on handling over the petition on Feb 16

I don’t feel good about this at all. I am against the use of ISA, but I am also against using children to fight for political or social causes.

I can understand the girl’s pledge to have her father home… but to fight for the rights of Indians? Am I supposed to believe that a 5-year-old girl could have such a mature thinking without being influenced or exploited by the adults?

Believe in what you want… I see this as a shameful exploitation.

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