Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy
- January 10, 2024
- Lawyer
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Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy Biography
| Name | Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy |
| Birthday | Jul 16 |
| Birth Year | 1966 |
| Place Of Birth | Malaysia |
| Birth Country | Malaysia |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Siblings | P. Uthayakumar |
| Spouse | Nagesvary Karuppen |
Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on July 16, 1966 in Malaysia, Malaysia.
Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy was born on 16 July 1966 to Ponnusamy Arunasalam who was a first-generation immigrant. Waytha Moorthy mentioned in his statement of claim that his parents sold their home to finance his studies in the United Kingdom. Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy also stated that he was denied entry into a local university despite having all the requirements purely because he was an Indian origin.
Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy sometimes spelled Waythamoorthy (Tamil: வேதமூர்த்தி பொன்னுசாமி , romanized: Vētamūrtti poṉṉucāmi; born 16 July 1966) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and activist formerly serving as the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of National Unity and Social Wellbeing since 2018 under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the current Cabinet of the Pakatan Harapan coalition. In addition, he has also served as the Senator in the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Malaysia since 2018 after being appointed by his majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah. He is a Barrister from Lincoln’s Inn and began his career as a lawyer in Malaysia in 1997. Waytha’s work involved public interest litigation relating to arbitrary arrests, unlawful deaths in police custody, extrajudicial killings; police abuse of detainees; denial of the grant of citizenship status to ethnic Indians born in Malaysia, forced conversion of ethnic Indians to Islam, unlawful demolition of Hindu Temples or places of worship; and denial of government compensation to ethnic Indian Estate/Plantation workers. Much of Waytha’s work was done pro bono due to a lack of public funds allocated to those areas of the law. He is well known among Malaysian Indians as the Founder of Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) and his domestic and international campaign to fight discrimination against Malaysian Hindus.
Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Lawyer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy is one of the richest Lawyer from Malaysia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He sued and accused the British Government of “abandoning minority Indians to the mercy of majoritarian authoritarian government while granting independence on 31 August 1957”. Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy sued the British Government to pay £1,000,000 to each Malaysian Indian for the “pain, suffering, humiliation, discrimination and continuous colonization”. This extraordinary lawsuit had the backing and support from HINDRAF or Hindu Rights Action Force.
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Who is Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy Dating?
According to our records, Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy married to Nagesvary Karuppen. As of December 1, 2023, Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy’s is not dating anyone.
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Just as Malaysia was celebrating its 50th Independence on 31 August 2007, Waytha Moorthy led a team of lawyers to file a 4 trillion pound lawsuit against the British Government. “After a century of slaving for the British, the colonial government withdrew after granting independence and they left us unprotected and at the mercy of a majority authoritarian government that has violated our rights as minority Indians,” said Waytha after filing the suit.
Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malaysia. Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.
On August 1, 2012, despite fears that he would face arrest and detention on return to Malaysia, he voluntarily returned to Malaysia. Immediately after his return, he invited the government to engage in talks on issues relating to human rights issues. On March 10, 2013, Waytha Moorthy began a hunger strike to raise human rights issues. 21 days into his strike, then Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak invited him for discussions, which led to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Hindraf and the government in uplifting the socio-economic standing of the Indian community in Malaysia.