Just when I
thought everything is going well, I had to hit rock bottom again. I get a
sudden phone call from my sister in law, Linda and my eldest brother saying
that my other elder brother Nanthakumar was abducted and beaten for around 6
hours because he was suspected of stealing from my sister in law's nephew's
(Simon) house.
We consider
ourselves to be living in a civilized country. When you find out your jewellery
worth RM100000.00 has been stolen, the first thing you should do was make a
police report. And if you had suspected my brother of doing so you should have
mentioned it in your report. But no report what so ever was made.
Two weeks after the alleged theft, thugs were hired and my brother was abducted. He was brought to a secluded area near a road heading towards Genting and was brutally beaten by 8 people using sticks, helmets and bricks. He was badly injured. Swelling throughout his body, jaw was dislocated, fracture near his eye socket and internal bleeding in the head. Luckily the police acted quickly and detained Simon's future bride and ordered my brother to be surrendered. He was brought to the police station by Simon alone. Simon was arrested and my brother was admitted to Selayang Hospital to receive treatment. The incident was reported in Harian Metro.
http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/Lembikdalamhutan/Article
It was traumatizing to hear the news. I couldn't imagine the amount of fear that a person will be facing when you are being beaten by 8 people without mercy and are threatening to end your life. The feeling of being helpless and the fear of your life coming to an end in a lonely jungle where probably your body would not have been found until it has decayed is unbearable. What a monstrous incident.
I use to think living in 2011 we would have become more cultured But this incident has taught me otherwise. We live in a society where violence and brutality is still practiced by majority of the people. But this makes me wonder, is the Indian community the only one acting this way whenever faced with a problem or is it the case in any community? I do not wish to be judgemental but the amount of violence projected by the Indian community is very alarming.
Even though I detach myself from being identified by any religion and ethnic and would prefer to be identified just as a Malaysian or a human being, my name, skin colour and background knits me closely to the Indian community which I am starting to fear day by day. Why is violence instilled so deeply in this community? I do not have the answer, but just wish that this radicalism could soon be diminished.
Two weeks after the alleged theft, thugs were hired and my brother was abducted. He was brought to a secluded area near a road heading towards Genting and was brutally beaten by 8 people using sticks, helmets and bricks. He was badly injured. Swelling throughout his body, jaw was dislocated, fracture near his eye socket and internal bleeding in the head. Luckily the police acted quickly and detained Simon's future bride and ordered my brother to be surrendered. He was brought to the police station by Simon alone. Simon was arrested and my brother was admitted to Selayang Hospital to receive treatment. The incident was reported in Harian Metro.
http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/Lembikdalamhutan/Article
It was traumatizing to hear the news. I couldn't imagine the amount of fear that a person will be facing when you are being beaten by 8 people without mercy and are threatening to end your life. The feeling of being helpless and the fear of your life coming to an end in a lonely jungle where probably your body would not have been found until it has decayed is unbearable. What a monstrous incident.
I use to think living in 2011 we would have become more cultured But this incident has taught me otherwise. We live in a society where violence and brutality is still practiced by majority of the people. But this makes me wonder, is the Indian community the only one acting this way whenever faced with a problem or is it the case in any community? I do not wish to be judgemental but the amount of violence projected by the Indian community is very alarming.
Even though I detach myself from being identified by any religion and ethnic and would prefer to be identified just as a Malaysian or a human being, my name, skin colour and background knits me closely to the Indian community which I am starting to fear day by day. Why is violence instilled so deeply in this community? I do not have the answer, but just wish that this radicalism could soon be diminished.
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