MIC strongly condemns the assault on Deputy Education Minister and Hulu Selangor Member of Parliament, P. Kamalanathan last Sunday, said its president Datuk Seri G.Palanivel.
"I have spoken to Kamalanathan on this matter. It should not have happened and I do not know why it has happened. Maybe Kamalanathan had agreed to the person asking for a teacher to be transferred.
"But, I will meet the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Wednesday to discuss further on this," he told reporters after attending MIC's Pongal (harvest festival of the Indian community) celebration at Little India, Brickfields, on Tuesday.
He was responding to the incident whereby Kamalanathan was punched by a man while attending a programme in Hulu Selangor.
Palanivel, who is also the Natural Resources and Environment Minister, noted that several police reports has been made by MIC members regarding this unexpected incident and hoped police would take action against the assailant.
In a separate statement, MIC Deputy President Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam urged the police to take visible and stern action against the offender as such incident should not be repeated.
"In our duty as members of the administration, we cannot always please everyone. If we allow any form of intimidation to affect the performance of our duties, it will eventually lead to a lawless society," he said.
On a separate development, Palanivel said MIC will be distributing 50,000 drink and snack packets to devotees in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration (on Jan 17), outside its headquarters early morning on Jan 16.
"The temple procession from the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Jalan Tun H.S.Lee to Batu Caves would start at 12 midnight and we expect them to pass in front of the MIC headquarters between 2 and 4 am," he said.
Palanivel also urged all temple management committees and non-governmental organisations to go green to preserve and protect the environment.
Some 200 people including foreigners took part in the Pongal celebration on Tuesday.
"I have spoken to Kamalanathan on this matter. It should not have happened and I do not know why it has happened. Maybe Kamalanathan had agreed to the person asking for a teacher to be transferred.
"But, I will meet the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Wednesday to discuss further on this," he told reporters after attending MIC's Pongal (harvest festival of the Indian community) celebration at Little India, Brickfields, on Tuesday.
He was responding to the incident whereby Kamalanathan was punched by a man while attending a programme in Hulu Selangor.
Palanivel, who is also the Natural Resources and Environment Minister, noted that several police reports has been made by MIC members regarding this unexpected incident and hoped police would take action against the assailant.
In a separate statement, MIC Deputy President Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam urged the police to take visible and stern action against the offender as such incident should not be repeated.
"In our duty as members of the administration, we cannot always please everyone. If we allow any form of intimidation to affect the performance of our duties, it will eventually lead to a lawless society," he said.
On a separate development, Palanivel said MIC will be distributing 50,000 drink and snack packets to devotees in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration (on Jan 17), outside its headquarters early morning on Jan 16.
"The temple procession from the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Jalan Tun H.S.Lee to Batu Caves would start at 12 midnight and we expect them to pass in front of the MIC headquarters between 2 and 4 am," he said.
Palanivel also urged all temple management committees and non-governmental organisations to go green to preserve and protect the environment.
Some 200 people including foreigners took part in the Pongal celebration on Tuesday.
