A death threat was made against MIC deputy president Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, January 28, 2015.A press conference to disclose more details on MIC's internal fighting took a dramatic turn today when deputy president Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam and vice-president Datuk M. Saravanan (pic) received a death threat from an anonymous caller at the start of the event.The threat came in a phone call to Saravanan, who had called for a press conference in the building of the party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Several other party members and media personnel had already gathered for the briefing scheduled for 1pm, at the second floor of the building.While waiting for the press conference to start, Saravanan answered a call, in which the caller threatened to shoot him and Subramaniam.Saravanan put the call on loudspeaker and the person making the threat could be heard speaking in Bahasa Malaysia.In response, Saravanan said: "Mari MIC hq boleh jumpa saya dan tembak saya" (Come to the MIC headquarters, you can meet me and shoot me").Saravanan and the party number two, Subramaniam, have been urging MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel to act swiftly in responding to the Registrar of Societies' (RoS) findings that the elections of its central working committee members in 2013 were problematic and that fresh polls should be held.Palanivel has been accused of stalling, and yesterday announced changes in the MIC leadership at state level in a move seen by his critics as an attempt to further consolidate his hold on the party.In the changes to state party chiefs, Saravanan was replaced as Federal Territory State Liaison Committee chairman.MIC is a member of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and represents the ethnic Indian community. Saravanan is also the deputy minister of youth and sports.Earlier today, a commotion erupted outside the party headquarters as a group of about 15 men, described as "gangsters" by those affected, blocked the entrance into the building.They looked like "bouncers" and were barring MIC youth staff and members from entering the building, according to youth secretary Arvind Krishnan, of the incident that occurred at around 9.30am.Arvind said the men looked Malay and Indian, and claimed that they had been engaged by Datuk Kumar Aaman, the party's disputed secretary-general whose appointment was made by Palanivel.Another youth council member, M. Saravanan, said the men told him that he could only enter the building if he paid them money."They told me Kumar Aaman gave me money, if you give me the same amount, I will let you enter," Saravanan said.Police came to intervene and the group of men left about two hours later.Arvind said Palanivel should now "do the right thing and save the party from being tarnished by this act of hooliganism". – January 28, 2015.
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