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WHEN KINDNESS OF MALAYSIANS CAN BE BANE TO GOVERNMENT
By Zainal Abdul Jalil
SUNGAI PETANI (Kedah, Malaysia), July 13 (Bernama) -- When the kindness of Malaysians can be a bane to the Government...
The move by some Malaysians to offer shelter and protection to illegal immigrants could derail the relentless efforts of the authorities to flush them out.
According to Council of Anti-Trafficking in Persons secretary Nasirrahman Saad Khiruddin, the influx of illegals into the country gave rise to a myriad of problems.
Apart from affecting national security, illegals were a reason for crime, diseases and social problems to thrive in the country, he said.
"The problem with some Malaysians is that they are too kind-hearted and provide protection to immigrants who should have, instead, been reported to the authorities.
"The large territorial waters also made it easy for the illegals to slip into the country, for instance.
"There have also been cases of aliens entering Malaysia legally but leaving the country via illegal means, to a third country.
"In the Klang Valley (Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding areas in state of Selangor) alone, there are about two million immigrants who entered the country through various dubious means," he told reporters after his keynote address at the North Zone 1Malaysia Loyal Mind Seminar here Tuesday.
Nasirrahman said Malaysia had been placed on Tier Two of the Report on Human Trafficking of the United States State Department last year over its serious efforts against human trafficking.
He said Tier Two meant not fully applying the Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (TVPA) of the United States but making the effort to fulfill the stipulated conditions.
Tier One involves fully applying TVPA conditions, following the minimum standards.
Nasirrahman said the change took place because Malaysia had improved on its monitoring system, enforcement, protection of human trafficking victims and briefing on the issues of human trafficking to the public and government agencies.
In 2008, he noted, Malaysia was on Tier Three as it did not take great strides to combat human trafficking and did not fully apply TVPA.
Most immigrants who used Malaysia as a transit point were from the Asean region, including Vietnam and Cambodia.
Nasirrahman said the government provided four centres for victims of human trafficking activities. Two are in Kuala Lumpur and one each in Johor and Sabah.
-- BERNAMA
SUNGAI PETANI (Kedah, Malaysia), July 13 (Bernama) -- When the kindness of Malaysians can be a bane to the Government...
The move by some Malaysians to offer shelter and protection to illegal immigrants could derail the relentless efforts of the authorities to flush them out.
According to Council of Anti-Trafficking in Persons secretary Nasirrahman Saad Khiruddin, the influx of illegals into the country gave rise to a myriad of problems.
Apart from affecting national security, illegals were a reason for crime, diseases and social problems to thrive in the country, he said.
"The problem with some Malaysians is that they are too kind-hearted and provide protection to immigrants who should have, instead, been reported to the authorities.
"The large territorial waters also made it easy for the illegals to slip into the country, for instance.
"There have also been cases of aliens entering Malaysia legally but leaving the country via illegal means, to a third country.
"In the Klang Valley (Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding areas in state of Selangor) alone, there are about two million immigrants who entered the country through various dubious means," he told reporters after his keynote address at the North Zone 1Malaysia Loyal Mind Seminar here Tuesday.
Nasirrahman said Malaysia had been placed on Tier Two of the Report on Human Trafficking of the United States State Department last year over its serious efforts against human trafficking.
He said Tier Two meant not fully applying the Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (TVPA) of the United States but making the effort to fulfill the stipulated conditions.
Tier One involves fully applying TVPA conditions, following the minimum standards.
Nasirrahman said the change took place because Malaysia had improved on its monitoring system, enforcement, protection of human trafficking victims and briefing on the issues of human trafficking to the public and government agencies.
In 2008, he noted, Malaysia was on Tier Three as it did not take great strides to combat human trafficking and did not fully apply TVPA.
Most immigrants who used Malaysia as a transit point were from the Asean region, including Vietnam and Cambodia.
Nasirrahman said the government provided four centres for victims of human trafficking activities. Two are in Kuala Lumpur and one each in Johor and Sabah.
-- BERNAMA
