Malaysia Bans Indians ! ...

Zarks

14 Jan 08, 13:54

This is what from the link.. sigh why need to make ppl click n read it.. so ma fan.. Enjoy..

A Malaysian cabinet minister has denied reports that his government has imposed a ban on migrant workers from India.

Officials earlier confirmed they had stopped granting visas to Indian workers, in a move said to be linked to rallies by Malaysian Indians last year.

But Works Minister S Samy Vellu cast doubt on that assertion, saying his government had made no such order.

If the prohibition is put in place it will affect about 140,000 Indians currently working legally in Malaysia.

Speaking at a conference in the Indian city of Delhi, Mr Vellu, the only ethnic Indian member of the cabinet, initially said Malaysia had enough workers and did not want any more.

But he later appeared to take a different stance and denied the reports.

"There is no such thing as banning workers from India and Bangladesh," he told the BBC.

"I have talked to the minister of human resources. We have never made such a decision."

'Hindraf link'

News of the apparent ban emerged after leaders of Malaysia's ethnic Indian community complained that Hindu priests and musicians had been denied visas.

Lingering ethnic divide

Authorities had already stopped issuing work visas for Bangladeshi migrant workers, arguing that labour agents were bringing in more workers than there were jobs.

The government said that the move to stop issuing visas to Indians was taken three weeks ago.

An official from the Ministry of Home Affairs told the BBC that the decision "may be linked to Hindraf", the Hindu activists group which organised recent rallies by Malaysian ethnic Indians.

Thousands of ethnic Indians took to the streets late last year in protest against perceived social and economic discrimination by the Malay-Muslim majority.

Significant move

The announcement of a ban being put in place came on the final day of a visit to Malaysia by Indian Defence Minister AK Antony and took many people by surprise.

A Vaithilingam, president of a Malaysian inter-faith group, said that the decision came without dialogue and was "unprecedented".

The BBC's correspondent in Kuala Lumpur, Robin Brant, said such a ban would be a significant diplomatic move by the Malaysia government.

An Indian worker told Reuters that the Malaysian government should not have taken such a drastic step.

"They should recognise the contribution made by Indian workers and professionals in the economic growth of the country," he said.

Our correspondent says tensions are high with a general election expected to take place early this year.

Zarks

14 Jan 08, 14:04

This is just rumours, hard to confirm if it was because of enough workers or really bout racism.

This drastic move will even make the indians angry ler.. sigh.. sudden move like this after Hindraf issue will cause more problem.. Stupid one

fudgester

14 Jan 08, 14:08

Originally posted by Zarks:
This is just rumours, hard to confirm if it was because of enough workers or really bout racism.

This drastic move will even make the indians angry ler.. sigh.. sudden move like this after Hindraf issue will cause more problem.. Stupid one

The problem is....

Other government officials at first claimed that there was a ban. Samy Vellu himself gave statements that confirmed the ban at first.

Then he did a kebelakang-pusing and denied that there was such a thing.

If there has been any confusion at all then they've only got themselves to blame for not being able to coordinate properly and stick to decisions once they're made.

Zarks

14 Jan 08, 14:19

Originally posted by fudgester:
The problem is....

Other government officials at first claimed that there was a ban. Samy Vellu himself gave statements that confirmed the ban at first.

Then he did a kebelakang-pusing and denied that there was such a thing.

If there has been any confusion at all then they've only got themselves to blame for not being able to coordinate properly and stick to decisions once they're made.

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Did sami vellu gave confirmed statement bout the ban ? When ?

What he said is:

1. no such order to stop granting visas
2. Enough indian workers and didnt want anymore
3. NO such thing as banning workers from india and bangla and even consulted ministry of human resource to confirm it.

Zarks

14 Jan 08, 14:25

politics are like that.. always putar belit...

1st said bout granting visas.. then said its bout enough worker then suddenly said bout banning workers.. kinda obvious. Seems he's giving some hidden message bout banning workers from india and bangladesh. He's telling indirectly to all ppl around the world bout banning lol

CfCJ

15 Jan 08, 14:18

then all the building and construction Co gonna suffer. Maybe hire more PRC to replace the Indians.. Well. More xiao long bao and less roti prata.

phil30k

15 Jan 08, 19:31

Erm..

You guys do know that the practice of importing demonstrators exists?

I'm guessing a report of such came to the ears of the Malaysian government, hence the ban. Then the realization that it was bad press, hence the retraction. Then the complaints really start flooding in.

Poor Malaysia, I wonder how they're going to untangle this knot.

I'd probably try to spin it as kind of misreported confusion of computer software tabulation error of some sort for managing visas. Which they're looking into but meanwhile issuing/checking of visas have to be done manually so it's going to be pretty slow going. Sorry about the delay folks!

Demonight

15 Jan 08, 19:37

Originally posted by phil30k:
Erm..

You guys do know that the practice of importing demonstrators exists?

I'm guessing a report of such came to the ears of the Malaysian government, hence the ban. Then the realization that it was bad press, hence the retraction. Then the complaints really start flooding in.

Poor Malaysia, I wonder how they're going to untangle this knot.

I'd probably try to spin it as kind of misreported confusion of computer software tabulation error of some sort for managing visas. Which they're looking into but meanwhile issuing/checking of visas have to be done manually so it's going to be pretty slow going. Sorry about the delay folks!

You give the mats too much credit...if they can take more than 10 years to build a damn border checkpoint what makes you think they'll be able to put a good spin on this?