vox populi small thumbnail ‘This is another classic example of the NIMBY attitude: not in my backyard. Everyone requests for cemetery land, in fact there's a big shortage for public ones.'

Residents demand Pakatan's stand on mega-cemetery

Lee Hwa Beng : This is another classic example of the NIMBY attitude: not in my backyard. Everyone requests for cemetery land, in fact there's a big shortage for public ones.

However, nobody wants one near their home. When MPSJ approved the whole development in this area, including all the nearby housing projects, the cemetery was approved at the same time. The fault lies with the developer in not disclosing it in their beautiful brochures.

This cemetery is for all faiths. It will be a pity if the Pakatan government scraps it. Where can the non-Muslims go except to the expensive Nirvanas.

Mr M : The issue here is about protecting the forest reserves. They are reserved and shouldn't be destroyed for something as meaningless as a cemetery. Good land is becoming increasingly sparse. Perhaps a better option would be to reclaim and recycle old cemeteries.

Ngawajimpang: Just let Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve remain a green lung and Pakatan Rakyat will score points with the residents, NGOs and environmentalists. At a time when Umno is doing its utmost best to undermine the Pakatan Rakyat government, this is the best chance for Pakatan to win over the people and make Umno's task all the more daunting if not impossible.

Ong : The dead need to be either buried or cremated, so cemeteries and crematoriums are always going to be necessary. Unfortunately we all want cemeteries to be near other peoples' houses and away from ours.

And then there are people who complained that another forest reserve is being hijacked but conveniently forget that their own houses could have been part of a hijacked forest reserve.

It is just like all of us who use mobile phones but protest against the presence transmission towers. How nice if mobile phones can work without those towers. Or like so many who love pasar malams, provided that the pasar malams are outside other people's houses.

Pawancheek B Marican : From the location plan that is shown above, the cemetery is not really that near the residential areas. In any event, the protesters must realise that there is a shortage of land in the Klang valley for such purposes.

It is also good that this big cemetery is multi-faith in concept like the one in Kg Tunku, Petaling Jaya. Will the protesters please be charitable towards the dead instead of talking about "land values" all the time?

Dr Subra: MIC still enjoys community support

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Yuvan : I am not surprised about Dr S Subramaniam's comments. This is typical of all BN leaders who are still living in a state of denial. Yes, MIC played a vital role in the development of the Indian community in Malaysia but that was a long time ago. The fact remains that MIC did not do enough.

Samy Vellu's handling of party affairs (especially the sacking of many senior leaders from the party), formation of IPF and other Indian-based splinter political groups, the complete failure of Maika Holdings and MIC's lack of direction and finally led to the party's disastrous performance and the last general elections.

MIC leaders must stop 'day dreaming' and accept the fact that the party is now standing on an extremely fragile ground. The party has to be thoroughly overhauled and fully revamped from top down which I believe cannot be done even in the next decade!

Geronimo : Stop deluding yourself. With Najib's tacit support for the Makkal Sakthi party and the strong emergence of Hindraf, MIC will be history.

Gandhi : With the community's hatred towards MIC, I can't help laughing at this Dr Subramaniam's cheeky and callous denial. What does he think of the post-Hindraf Indian mindset? Gone are the days of your don's salad days in boasting about his power.