JAITLEY RAISES ISSUE OF IT PROFESSIONALS WITH MALAYSIAN MINISTER
Shri Arun Jaitley,
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Law & Justice,
today expressed the country’s deep anguish over the treatment
meted out recently to Indian IT professionals in Malaysia when
the Malaysian Minister for Entrepreneurial Development, Mr. Dato’
Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz called on him here this afternoon
along with other members of his delegation. Shri Jaitley pointed
out that not only was the number very large, but practically all
of them had valid travel documents. The Minister was specially
concerned about the defacing of the documents and the maltreatment
to which they were subjected. Shri Dipak Chatterjee, Commerce
Secretary, was also present at the meeting along with Shri Vinay
Bansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
The Malaysian Minister tried to explain that the exercise was
not per se directed against Indians but was part of an ongoing
drive against illegal immigrants.
Some bilateral trade
issues such as early accreditation of abattoirs also briefly figured
in the discussions. The matter relating to India’s participation
in the Sudan oil project through ONGC Videsh had been resolved,
it was indicated during the discussions.
