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Meanwhile, an Indian doctor who was badly beaten by
thugs in Melbourne two years ago, has denied any 'racial'
angle into it, saying they are "just bad people doing bad
things".
Former Australian Medical Association president Mukesh
Haikerwal said such attacks were not 'racially motivated',
according to 'Herald Sun' report Friday.
"The Indian student issue is really one of people who
don't have transport, working very late at night to hold down
jobs to do their study, and who are in the wrong place at the
wrong time," he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
"Having said that, there has been some copy-catting. But
in general it's not the case," Haikerwal who was in coma after
being attacked on head with a baseball bat in a Williamstown
park in October 2008, was quoted as saying by the paper.
He had two fractures in his head, two life-threatening
blood clots and had to learn how to speak again.
Haikerwal recently spoke privately to Premier John Brumby
about the violence on Melbourne's streets, expressing concern
over recent attacks and offered advice to tackle the problem.
The doctor said he'd recently returned from India where
the violence against students was much discussed among locals.
"It's very much on the top of people's questions about
Australia generally and Melbourne in particular," he said.
"I have been at pains to point out that in the case of
myself, there were seven people done (attacked) the same day
and these were bad people doing bad things.
"We don't want to besmirch the reputation of Australia
and Australians because of some bad people." PTI