18 April 2023
Topik Pada Hari Ini
> Abdul Aziz Ismail, Ahli Majlis Anti-Pemerdagangan Manusia Selangor – Malaysia sedang menghadapi krisis Migrant yang kritikal
> Tijah Yok Chopil. Presiden JKOASM – Hanya jika masyarakat Orang Asli mahu masuk Islam maka mereka baru dibantu dengan mendapatkan IC
> Apai Manggi dari Kapit – IC Hijau bermaksud anda adalah warga asing
> Puan Amy dari Batu Niah dan Stephen Epay dari Selangau – masyarakat mahu Anwar menumpukan penderitaan mereka
On Today Show
> Abdul Aziz Ismail, Selangor Anti Human Trafficking Council – Malaysia is facing a critical Migrant crisis
> Tijah Yok Chopil. President of JKOASM – Only if the Orang Asli community want to convert to Islam then they will help to obtain IC
> Apai Manggi from Kapit – Green IC means you are foreigner
> Puan Amy from Batu Niah and Stephen Epay from Selangau – communities want Anwar to focus their suffering
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Abdul Aziz Ismail, Selangor Anti Human Trafficking Council
*Malaysia is facing a critical Migrant crisis*
On 16 April 2023- Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar was called by the MACC to record a statement regarding the corruption investigation of the approval of hiring foreign workers. Several officials at the Ministry of Human Resources were detained by the MACC.
It is estimated that there are 5 million illegal immigrants in Malaysia and 95% are victims of labor exploitation. On 17 January 2023, the Minister of Home Affairs confirmed that 120 thousand foreign workers have landed in Malaysia and this number will continue to increase to 500 thousand by the end of 2023. This is all to meet the needs of the workforce.
According to Aziz, the law to protect foreign workers is sufficient. But the problem now is enforcement and corruption. Asked why there are so many cases of foreign workers being brought into Malaysia but there is no work for them?. Aziz explained that all this is due to syndicates that want to make quick profits through the exploitation of foreign workers. For example a company that only needs 100 employees but reports that they need 200 employees. When these 200 workers arrived in Malaysia, only half got jobs. The company that colluded with the agent has received money from the fees charged and the excess workers who do not have work actually need to be sent home by the employer and their fees must be refunded. In fact, the employer can be sued in court and subject to action under existing laws. But all this did not happen.
The laxity of enforcement and the widespread occurrence of corruption cause the problem of foreign workers without permits, foreign workers who have expired, foreign workers who later become slaves and tools of human trafficking. The offense of advertising non-existent jobs. Applying for job quotas exceeding the requirements and MOU between G to G- as a marketing tool, irresponsible agents should be monitored and supervised by the government- Aziz.
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Tijah Yok Chopil. President of JKOASM
*Only if the Orang Asli community want to convert to Islam then they will help to obtain IC*
Tijah says that on IC issues for in Sememanjung is actually communities of Jahai and Bateq. There are also isolated cases but very rare. For example those who stay near to town or city due to ignorance of the family that cause the children grown up stateless. And facing problem when applying for IC.
And further more the procedure is very strict. With the case that she shared with Malaysiakini is about to get married but no IC when the mother can't afford to deal with it. As the JPN need photo of his father to match but unfortunately his father already passed away.
The complicated cases are the Jehai and Bateq as they are living in the interior and don't know how to obtain Birth certificates. They only depand on JAKOA. But for them JAKOA is not serious in addressing this issue. Only if the community want to convert to Islam then they will help to obtain IC.
There is no government agency coming to help them. Until there was a case which is very serious when that particular person went out to town to purchase some stuffs and and coincidentally at that time was an operation to clear illegal immigrants that fellow was caught and treated as one of illegal immigrants . He has to convinced the enforcement that he is not immigrants.
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Apai Manggi from Kapit
*Green IC means you are foreigner*
Apai Manggi is a green IC holder who has to renew every 5 years. It is difficult to have a green IC because our status is considered as a foreigner.
It once happened when he wanted to attend the convocation day invitation of his son named Manggi in Peninsular Malaysia but was not allowed to get on the plane because of the green IC, this is very disappointing.
Lately a new hope through PH's own office has sent his request for a blue IC.
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(Call in) Puan Amy from Batu Niah and Stephen Epay from Selangau
*communities want Anwar to focus their suffering*
Puan Amy from Batu Niah expressed her disappointment with the unity government because there is still no solution to the problems of the people who are still depressed with the cost of living increasing due to the high prices of goods and oil not falling.
Since the people's economy is not good, it is certain that the people need an injection of money from the EPF to cover the people's finances saved in the EPF, why should EPF withdrawals be blocked without targeting? Isn't that the right of the people to issue their own money?
While Stephen epay from Selangau called for the people to be patient with the increase in the price of goods because give some time for PMX to carry out his duties for the well-being of the people. don't often stab this Unity government in the back. Our country's economy has been so poor since it was ruled by the previous PM.
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