Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Nearly 40,000 Indian Nationals "Missing" In Malaysia - Najib

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 12 (Bernama) -- A total of 39,046 Indian citizens are "missing" in Malaysia after their tourist visas expired and it is a worrying issue for the country, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
The prime minister said they had gone missing from the Immigration Department's records, according to an estimate drawn up in June last year.
That was why the department was not keen on visa-on-arrival for Indians as the facility had been abused, especially by those from Chennai, he said.
"These people who came to Malaysia through the visa-on-arrival facility, could be back in India or be among people here...(maybe) working in the Indian restaurants.
"We just don't know where these people are now...probably still in Malaysia for economic reasons," he said in a interview with visiting Indian journalists at his office here Monday.
Najib indicated that he might take up the issue during his three-day official visit to India, beginning Jan 19.
The prime minister said Malaysia had been quite liberal in allowing priests and barbers from India to come and work in the country.
"We would like the Indian people to visit Malaysia as tourists. We have been quiet liberal. We want genuine ones. They are most welcome.
"We are willing to consider reintroducing the visa scheme for people coming from cities like Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi but not from Chennai. The problem of overstaying is only from Chennai, he said.
Asked whether the government would hold any dialogue with the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), Najib said many people had realised that the group had "really exaggerated and manipulated the whole situation" of the ethnic Indian minority.
He said that most Indians in the country wanted the government to be sensitive to their needs and the government had been responsive.
"We have attended to a lot of the Indian problems and I don't see that Hindraf has been an important force in Malaysian politics," he said.
Asked on the move by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to appoint a special envoy for Jammu and Kashmir, Najib said any follow-up action would be possible only if India and Pakistan were agreeable.
"Malaysia feels that the issue should be settled through peaceful negotiations," he added.

tunku : it is not only the indians went "missing" in malaysia after their visas are expired but also from pakistan,china,indonesian,bangladesh and some from africa and south america.the government should launch a massive raid nationwide to look for these 'missing' people as they are not only creating social problems etc but also threat to the national security. these people can do any crime and go missing without trace.the government lost it's revenue too from these "missing" people as they are "working" in this country without legal documents.i am sure the crime rate will reduce if these "missing" people are traced.

11 comments:

man dego said...

Dah tahu "missing" hang buat apa ? Apakah tindakkan pencegah. Takkan cakap aja... tapi.. negara di penuhi dgn orang asing. Kalau setakat cakap aja Penarik Beca pun boleh jadi PM.

Anonymous said...

kalau kita pergi europah, immigration negara berkenaan akan minta tiket kapal terbang pergi dan balik .
Kita kena tunjuk berapa banyak wang /kredit kad kita ada .
ditanya pula di hotel mana kita menginap.
siasat pula berapa hari nak tinggal di negara berkenaan..
ditanya lagi apa tujuan untuk datang ke negara bekenaan...

bila dah puas hati..baru lah passport di cop...

di malaysia..immigration kita lansung tak tanya...check passport.. lepas tu cop..

habis tamat tempoh..orang pun hilang didalam malaysia..

begitu mudah nya untuk masuk ka malaysia di atas nama "PELENCUNGAN"

Rhino Rin said...

Not only the Indian nationals. The Chinese too.

There are ways of bypassing the law. 2010 is the year for Bancian Negara. They might be smuggled into the list to be counted as nationals.

The end results would be the Indians figure would be register 40,000 more and the Chinese 1.5 million more.

These ghost figures could be manipulated by the sagregationalist subversive elements to their advantage.

Anonymous said...

There are people from this country telling the world that Malaysia practices ethnic cleansing on the Indians.
Yet there are Indians from India who come here and don't want to return?
They must be very brave and desperate!

jbresident said...

tunku,
1. It was a bad move and idea for the ministry to allow the visa on arrival last time just to fight with neighbouring countries for tourist numbers.
2. These people will later on apply for mykad claiming that they live in ulu/estate/jugle/ and cannot speak bahasa, but their faces do not look like malaysians! I am not suprised that hindraf will make use of them to fight for nationality...
3. It is time for the enforcement authority to get these people in whatever means so that our security will not be undermined.
4. I find that nowadays that some of our ministers are only fit to be a MP and lacking to be a minister. Najib should reconsider some ministers to be replaced in future cabinet resuffle.

Anonymous said...

Saya setuju dgn jbresident, VOA (Visa On Arrival) telah disalah guna oleh banyak pihak.

Kerajaan MESTI hentikan VOA dgn serta merta. Visa MESTI dipohon dinegara asal dan pihak immegration kita ade hak utk over-rule.

Kerajaan MESTI ikut cara negara eropah yg perlukan tiket pulang, bukti jumlah wang yg ade dan alamat yg akan didiami. Dgn ini kita boleh buat random check dialamat itu.

Hanya pendapat.

Nani Cheras

Anonymous said...

dah tahu missing jangan cakap aje pergi cari... ambil tindakan pergi geledah kat semua premis, ladang, gerai2 makanan, shopping center, kedai2, rumah2 setinggan sebagai tindakkan pencegah sebelum menjadi PARAH dan aku bersetuju sangat dengan pendapat ANON:8:32AM

Unknown said...

apa la malaysia ni.. bolih buat polisi jemput orang mai tapi tak buleh kontrol..peee..dah..

Ampatuan Jr said...

Ni kena tanya HINDRAF-yg kata Malaysia persecute Indians thru ethnic cleansing and discrimination.Tapi kenapa 40 ribu Tamils from Chennai just disappear after arrival in Malaysia? Itu Tamil Nadu tarak bagus ka? Baru2 ni UthayaKumar mengadu pada CM Tamil Nadu kata org India di tindas di Malaysia.Tapi kenapa Sri Lankan Tamils pilih utk migrate ke Australia,Canada,US dan Europe? Itu Tamil Nadu tarak bagus ka?

Ho ho ho said...

Inilah Malaysia. NATO. No Action Talk Only and continue to talk talk talk. Sudah banyak gomen telah cakap tentang VOA problem

Anonymous said...

Many countries are facing this problem. I do not think like many other problems it could be eleminated. Immigration has its hands full but must come out with more innovative ways of keeping this problem under control.

I understant that the Koreans scan all foreign passports and when the visitor leaves his scan is removed from the couputer.By that way it is possible to know who are the ones that have not left.Ramalx