The murder of Henderson dairy owner Arun Kumar and subsequent court
case raises many questions that need answers, but there are no takers. Nobody
appears to be interested or prepared to take responsibility. The family feels
as that they have been made the victims twice over, with the loss of the loved
one, plus a questioning and wanting justice system.
When NZ’s questionable Justice System becomes a casualty at Crime Forum in Henderson, Auckland
Waitakere in general and Henderson in particular is a casualty of
the utopia, Auckland Super-City, where we got ignored by the system. You would
not read anything about this in any NZ media. An ethnic reporter from NZ Herald was given the script of a
speech, but none ethnic events of the past forums saw the light of day. Thankfully,
Hindi Freeview 36 channel, Apna TV covered this, while the other Indian cum
Hindi media do not seem to be interested.
Anyway, why should they? It was only an ethnic Indian dairy owner
who got killed. If it was a celebrated White Man or relative of some politician
or Councillor, then there would have been a media frenzy to cover the aftermath
of the event. But, sadly, for most media, it is a no-story. That is why, thank
God for social media for filling in the vacuum. So here we go - how FIJI PUNDIT
fills this news-emptiness in this neglected part of former Waitakere City - the
wild - west that we call HENDERSON.
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Waitakere Ethnic Board (WEB) Forum heard that justice indeed appears to be blind where the victims have to pay for the crimes they did not commit -twice, while the criminals go free. |
Waitakere Ethnic Board (WEB) initially held a crime forum
in Henderson on 3 July, 2014, subsequent to murder of dairy-owner, Arun Kumar,
and a spate of other deaths and serious crime in Henderson. We heard major
stakeholders, including Waipareira Trust, Minister of Social Development,
politicians, community and the police. They promised that things would be done
to address the issues. To gauge progress, WEB decided to revisit the crime
issue a year after the event and this was held on 8 July, 2015 at Auckland
Council Chambers in Henderson.