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Hunger strike: Mythreyar gets approval from Gaza children
Two Palestinian children have expressed gratitude to a pro-Palestinian activist in Malaysia and Malaysians who consistently support Palestinians in their struggle.
In a TikTok video, the children conveyed their thanks through written messages. One of them, named Rawad thanked hunger striker M Mythreyar.
Two Palestinian children have expressed gratitude to a pro-Palestinian activist in Malaysia and Malaysians who consistently support Palestinians in their struggle.
In a TikTok video, the children conveyed their thanks through written messages. One of them, named Rawad, thanked hunger striker M Mythreyar.
“I’m Rawad from Gaza. My family and I want to thank you, M Mythreyar, from Malaysia. Thank you for supporting us and doing your best. We embrace your love, along with the people of Malaysia,” he said.
Mythreyar (above), 46, from Tanjung Malim, Perak, began a hunger strike in front of the Parliament building to protest the sale of shares in Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) to a company expected to be owned by Blackrock.
The action, initiated earlier this July, drew criticism from pro-Palestinian activists due to Blackrock’s investment in a company involved in arms sales to Israel amid the Gaza conflict.
“I will continue to fast until the government cancels the agreement,” Mythreyar stated.
His hunger strike, now on its second day, has seen him moving around Jalan Parlimen to downtown Kuala Lumpur.
Mythreyar is an active member of the Malaysian Tamil For Palestine NGO and has participated in various anti-Israel demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur.
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Dear M. Mythrayer, looking at the sad photo of you with your worldly possessions laid around you, I am compelled to ask you one question – Have you been evicted from your house? It appears to me that since you now seem to have no known place of abode, you have decided to do a sambil menyelam, minum air. No, that is not a Palestine figure of speech. It is a Malay axiom suggesting to make hay while the sun shines, or killing two birds with one stone. Disappointingly, the photo does not reveal any hay, sun, bird, or stone. Thus being forced by unreported circumstances to live on the streets, you have chosen to do so outside Parliament – Chow Kit perhaps does not quite carry the elegance you are accustomed to. And in the process of doing so in the full glare of the media, who knows, you might be made Roving Envoy to Gaza for Indian Affairs. Of course, to earn the prime minister’s attention, you may have to do an MGR song. “Ellam Mayam Thaana” comes to mind, but that was Savithri. Yes, good will come to those who care. Just one final question – Is the Government Security Department usually given to allowing every Tom, Dick, and Harry to protest at or in the vicinity of Parliamentary House? Perhaps that is a myth.
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