M. Manoharan
| Manoharan Malayalam | |
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| Member of the Selangor State Assembly for Kota Alam Shah |
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In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ching Su Chen |
| Succeeded by | Ganabatirau Veraman |
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| Born |
13 September 1961 Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Spouse(s) | S. Pushpaneela |
| Children | Hariharan , Shivaranjini and Ganendra |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Manoharan s/o Malayalam (born 13 September 1961) more commonly known as M. Manoharan is a prominent Malaysian lawyer and was the State Assemblyman for Kota Alam Shah in the Selangor State Assembly. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP).
Manoharan is more famous for his involvement in the HINDRAF movement. He was the lawyer that represented M. Moorthy's widow, Kaliammal Sinnasamy in a legal tussle over the late Everest conqueror's body. Manoharan.
Manoharan is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP). In the 1999 general elections, Manoharan was the DAP candidate for the Segambut Constituency. Manoharan lost to the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Tan Kee Kwong with 16,340 votes opposed to Tan's 24,926 votes.
In the 2008 general elections, Manoharan, represented the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and won the state seat getting twice as many votes as the ethnic Chinese candidate, in a seat dominated by ethnic Chinese voters. M Manoharan obtained 12,699 votes to win with a 7,184-vote majority the Kota Alam Shah state seat.
The news of his victory was one of the surprising ones in the 2008 elections as he is being detained under the Internal Security Act without trial after organising anti-discrimination protests. Manoharan is only the third person to have won an election while under ISA detention.
On 9 May 2009, Manoharan, along with P. Uthayakumar and K. Vasantha Kumar were released from ISA detention at about 2.30.
HINDRAF or Hindu Rights Action Force is a coalition of 30 Hindu NGOs. Manoharan along with four other lawyers, P. Uthayakumar, P. Waytha Moorthy, K. Ganghadaran and V. Ganabatirau are seeking justice for the Hindu and Indian Malaysian community.
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