Orang Asli hospital: 'We're losing our humanity'
'To rob the poor and disabled is the ultimate crime of greed and power. We as a nation should be ashamed.'
Doc spills beans on Orang Asli hospital
Ninja Bradley: Thank you, Dr Selvaa Vathany, for your brave expose of the wrongdoings which have been eating away at our humanity in this country. To rob the poor and disabled is the ultimate crime of greed and power.
We as a nation should be ashamed. Its not the Twin Towers or beautiful Putrajaya, nor the pomp and pageantry of our government events, but who we are inside that counts. Irrespective of race, creed or colour, we must rise and rid our country of this curse of corruption.
Help the poor and unfortunate. It is the only way to restore our own humanity.
Habib RAK: Dr KP Selvaa Vathany, you are a hero in my books. Thank you for being brave and for fighting corruption. I am sure the public will back you. To the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), please act on this immediately.
Nackeeran Sivapunniam: This is only the tip of the iceberg.
The Department of Orang Asli Affairs (JHEOA) never reply to letters from NGOs asking for the provision of help to the Orang Asli. Some of the settlements in Pahang do not have even drinking water, and women have to walk miles just to get drinking water. Malnutrition and child mortality is very high.
The actual bumiputeras are treated as pariahs in their own native land.
Hardtail: Stealing milk from malnourished babies. These low-lives are worse than thieves. JHEOA better not shoot the whistleblower! Dr KP Selvaa Vathany is a true patriot.
Kris: Dr KP Selvaa Vathany is one brave doctor, a decent and caring human being. I hope in this case the authorities would show compassion for the real bumiputeras and do the right thing.
But I fear that she might also be threatened, persecuted and victimised by her superiors. We know that after A Kugan's death in police custody , a pathologist reported that the horrible injuries on his body were caused by police beatings.
The Health Ministry director-general, Dr Ismail Merican, rounded up several pathologists to study the matter and gave the impression that the injuries did not cause Kugan's death.
Under the present BN regime, the people in the top positions have very little credibility, and they will do anything to cover up the truth to protect and please their counterparts and political masters.
Lim Kah Cheng: It is time to dissolve the Department of Orang Asli Affairs (JHEOA), which has time and again betrayed the Orang Asli. We need a new ministry which will take immediate steps to restore and protect the rights of all indigenous people, including the Orang Asal in Sabah and Sarawak.
But this is only a pipe dream under BN, which knows only to plunder even from the poor and marginalised. Thank you, Dr Selvaa Vathany for your courage and speaking up. We need more people like you.
Anak Sarawak: This is exactly how the Sarawak state government treat the Penans in Sarawak. If you report or complain, you become their target. They send ‘authorities' to pretend to investigate while their actual intention is to cover up.
Lvbala: If the real bumiputeras are treated in such a manner, what about the others? 1Malaysia is only for Umno. All the others are ‘pendatang' (migrants) and do not belong to this land.
David Dass: I congratulate the good doctor for her courage and compassion. This is just more evidence of Third World behaviour. How disgraceful.
I hope that there is a quick investigation by MACC and that the aid is assured of reaching the Orang Asli, wherever they may be.
Rayfire: I do hope the authorities (those who actually serve the nation, not the corrupted leaders) take heed of this complaint and act to stop the misuse of public funds. The Orang Asli are indeed people in need.
And please don't harass the complainant to cover up the perpetrators' tracks. There's been enough damage done already.
Maha Yoni: Dr KP Selvaa Vathany, your courage and integrity make my heart swell with joy and hope. Thank you!
The JHEOA was established during the Emergency as a strategic manoeuver against the Malayan Communist Party guerrillas. Why does this useless agency still exist? More jobs for the greedy and mediocre?
S Chandrasegaran: Thank you Dr KP Selvaa, you are a gem.
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