Ten PIO's in Malaysian parliament

After recent elections in Malaysia


May 20, 2008



In the recent election in Malaysia, 10 Malaysians of Indian Origin were elected as members of the nation's Parliament. In the outgoing Parliament, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) which has been part of the ruling Coalition and headed by veteran ethnic Indian Community leader S. Samy Vellu, had nine elected members but only three made to the parliament this time.

Democratic Action Party (DAP) is a major opposition party in Malaysia and is headed by a prominent Malaysian Sikh leader Karpal Singh, a lawyer and current Member of Parliament. The DAP has members of all the three major groups - Malays, Chinese and Indians. Karpal Singh was re-elected while his lawyer son Gobind Singh Deo was elected to the parliament for the first time. Another son of Karpal Singh was elected to a state assembly. Jailed Hindraf leader M. Manoharan is a member of DAP and was elected to the state assembly also.


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