MIC chief Datuk Seri G. Palanivel says the video clip posted on Kitchen UP TV's Facebook page is doctored. – The Malaysian Insider filepic, March 10, 2015.
MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel has denied making candid remarks about party members and Indians as featured in a video uploaded on a Facebook page today.
He said the contents of the three-minute video clip uploaded on the Kitchen UP TV Facebook page, have been "doctored and completely untrue".
"I have never made and will never make such untrue statements or remarks," he said tonight.
Palanivel said he will lodge a police report on the matter, urging authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and bring those responsible to justice.
"I am appalled that people can stoop to such a low level to put up untrue video clip for reasons best known to them.
"I can only see this being the result of the fresh elections for MIC that I have called and the solid show of support by the branch chairmen of MIC to my leadership." he said.
In the video, a man resembling the Cameron Highlands MP had spoken candidly on several issues where he said MIC members will vote for the opposition in the event of the Permatang Pauh by-election.
He also touched about his lower majority at the last election in May 2013 and the opposition’s role in getting the large numbers.
It was reported earlier that the Facebook page operator said he had uploaded the clip so that people would know “what type of leaders we have now”.
He said that the clip was shot at a private meeting between Palanivel and the crew.
“I could not provide you more details as this will put my safety at risk. I have more videos of Datuk Seri Palanivel’s confession, which I will upload very soon,” he said in a message to The Malaysian Insider while assuring that the clip was not fake or superimposed.
He said Palanivel should have been aware that he was being filmed as it was a formal interview and not a casual talk.
The Kitchen UP TV Facebook page does not carry much information about itself, and appears to have started its Facebook presence earlier this year.
The video comes on heels of a crisis that is pitting its party members against each other.
It arose due to differing views after the Registrar of Societies (RoS) declared the election of the three vice-president posts and 23 central working committee (CWC) posts at the party's general assembly in Malacca in November 2013 null and void.
In a letter dated December 5, 2014, RoS ordered MIC to call for a fresh election for the posts within 90 days.
The conflict within the party worsened after Palanivel, on February 14, requested RoS to withdraw all its letters as it allegedly contravened the party constitution and Societies Act and threatened to take legal action if RoS did not comply.
- TMI
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