The Malaysian Makkal Sakti Party (MMSP) inquiry committee today revoked the membership of its president RS Thanenthiran after he failed to answer several charges against him.

hindraf thanenthiran supports anwar ibrahim pc 160908 02 Thanenthiran ( right ) did not turn up at the meeting, chaired by central committee member R Thakurdas, which was held at the party headquarters in Shah Alam.

The decision was made by 14 of the 27 central committee members after an hour-long meeting. The remaining 13 members were not present.

Speaking to reporters later, MMSP deputy president A Vathemurthy claimed that out of the 13, six were fence sitters while the rest were aligned to the president.

At the meeting it was also decided that Vathemurthy holds the position of acting president while secretary-general R Kannan said Thanenthiran’s attempt to amend the constitution was discovered.

Vathermurthy, who is not interested in taking over the reins, said the next president would be announced on Feb 7.

He however did not discount the possibility of party advisor and businessman 'Ohms' Thiagarajan assuming the post.

EGM, only way out for Thanenthiran

As for Thanenthiran's fate, Thakurdas said the only way of overturning this decision is via an emergency general meeting.

"He has to gain majority support from the members to challenge this decision," he said, prompting Vathemurthy to add that they have no personal grouses against Thanenthiran.

Kannan meanwhile confirmed that he would be updating the Registrar of Societies on the latest developments.

"A chronology of events would also be sent to the Prime Minister's Office and the police," he added.

This morning, the central committee members discovered that the party premises was locked, forcing them to call in a locksmith.

They also discovered that the office was broken into, with some party documents and a CPU missing.

Kannan said they have filed a police report on the incident.

Tanenthiran’s brother and party vice-president, who arrived later, said they would not recognise the decision of the inquiry committee.

He also revealed that Thanenthiran would call for a meeting on Jan 21 with regards to the show cause letters sent to members aligned to Vathemurthy

The Barisan Nasional-friendly MMSP was launched in October by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. 

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