When PMX came to power, Malaysians believed they were finally witnessing the dawn of a new era – one built on justice, inclusivity, and the end of race-based discrimination. His decades-long rhetoric of “Reformasi” promised a Malaysia where every citizen, regardless of race or background, would be treated with dignity and fairness.
The Indian community, along with our Chinese brothers and sisters, rallied behind that vision. We believed in the dream. We voted for it. We defended it.
But today, we say this without hesitation: we have been betrayed.
PMX’s government, far from dismantling the architecture of racial inequality, has reinforced it. His silence in the face of HINDRAF and MAP’s repeated efforts to engage – including over 20 letters seeking a meeting to present a detailed, fully-costed solution to the Indian community’s structural poverty in RMK-13 – is not just disappointing. It is an act of wilful neglect.
He once spoke boldly for equality. He championed the language of multiracialism. He positioned himself as the leader for all Malaysians. But once in power, that language was discarded, and in its place came the same old politics – appeasement, racial discrimination, and strategic silence.
It is now painfully clear that the Indian and Chinese communities were used as political stepping stones – mobilised to catapult PMX into office, only to be cast aside once power was secured.
His reform agenda has been exposed for what it truly is: a slogan, not a commitment.
This is a betrayal of trust, a denial of dignity, and a deliberate abandonment of an entire community's future. While HINDRAF and MAP came forward with a serious, meticulously detailed RM25 billion blueprint — a visionary investment that represents merely 1% of the national budget — this government responded not with dialogue, not with debate, but with complete and calculated silence.
It is not that the solutions are unavailable. It is that the political will does not exist.
And so we ask the question every Malaysian should be asking:
Was “Reformasi” ever real – or was it simply a mask worn on the road to power?
To PMX, we say: you betrayed the very values you claimed to fight for.
To the people: let this be a wake-up call. If we do not hold our leaders accountable now, our children will inherit not a better Malaysia – but a more cynical and divided one.
History will judge those who stayed silent in the face of injustice. And it will remember those who stood and spoke truth.
HINDRAF
VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
22ND JUNE 2025