There was ‘no threat to Tamil language and Tamils in our country’, P Rajendran, President of Tamil Writers Association, heading a 34-member delegation of Tamil Writers Association of Malaysia said here last night.
Tamils, constitute about 85 to 90 per cent of 20 lakh Indians in Malaysia, were safe as of now, Rajendran said.
About the attitude of the Malaysian Government towards the Tamil language, he said, "with 523 Tamil schools, we have the liberty to study Tamil from the elementary level to PhD."
Reacting to reports of 'marginalisation' of Tamils especially after November 25 demonstration of ethnic Indians in Kuala Lumpur, leading to the arrest of 31 persons, Rajendran said the rally was taken without permission.
The delegation is on a visit to the state to spread Malaysian Tamil Literature and culture.
He said though ethnic Indians were ‘happy’, they encountered some ‘problems’ and have their own ‘demands’ like the minorities of any other country.