PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, August 21, 2003: A Malaysian Youth organization called the Serdang MIC Youth has been working vigorously to delay the demolition of seven temples in Serdang. The chief of MIC Youth, T. Mohan says, “We are strongly against the decision to demolish the temples as some of them have been in existence for several decades.” Leading a delegation of 200 people, the youth wing along with members of the Hindu Religious Association Committee of Serdang presented a memoradum to the Selangor Housing and Property Board. A general election is approaching in Malaysia and this may help protect the temples as parties have been campaigning to gain the support of the Indian community. Mohan further adds, “I urge the state government and local councils to discuss the fate of the temples with the Hindu Sangam, the temple committee and the MIC divisions.”
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