Former MIC division chief and supporters join DAP

Former MIC division chief and supporters join DAP
Sun 17 Aug 2008 18:33

BERNAMA

KLANG, Sun: Alex Thiagarasan, the former MIC Klang Division chief who was sacked from the party early last month, today joined the DAP with about 1,500 of his supporters.

He handed over the membership application forms to DAP central executive committee member Ronnie Liu at a brief ceremony at the Dewan Hamzah here.

“I am proud to have joined the DAP and will continue to serve the local community. I am thankful to the DAP for having accepted me and my friends.

“I invite people who need my services to see me at the service centre in Jalan Teluk Pulai here,” he said.

Liu, who is Selangor Local Government and Research Committee chairman, welcomed Thiagarasan and his supporters and reminded them to adhere to the party culture and rules.

Thiagarasan was expelled from the MIC on July 7 after he lodged reports with the police and Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) against MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu over alleged misappropriation of funds meant for the Indian community.

Samy Vellu has filed a RM10-million suit against Thiagarasan and has obtained an injunction prohibiting him from making any statement on the issue.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Alex joins DAP
Only about five hundred supporters turned up for a brief ceremony at the Dewan Hamzah in Klang this morning to watch my friend Alex Thiagarasan (photo, left) hand over membership application forms to DAP leader Ronnie Liu (photo, center), the Selangor state Local Government and Research Committee chairman and also ADUN for Pandamaran.


Former MIC Klang division chief Alex was expecting at least a thousand Klang MIC members to join him en bloc today but claims that SMS messages went out late last night to inform members that the ceremony has been postponed to a later date after the Permatang Pauh by-election. Alex vows to find out the culprits behind the hoax and to organise a bigger turnout at a future date.

Alex is undeterred after being expelled from MIC recently. He is also facing a RM10 million defamation suit by Samy Vellu after he had lodged reports with the police and ACA alleging that the MIC boss had misappropriated huge funds meant for the Indian community. Samy has also obtained an injunction barring him from making any statements relating to the issue.