MALAYSIA REGRETS RECENT INCIDENT
INVOLVING INDIAN PROFESSIONALS
Malaysia today expressed
regret at the recent Kuala Lumpur incidents involving a large
number of Indians including IT professionals. The Malaysian Minister
for entrepreneurial development Mr. Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul
Aziz who is on his way home from London, met the Minister for
Human Resource Development and Science & Technology, Dr. Murli
Manohar Joshi in New Delhi and told him that it was a most unfortunate
incident and that his Government is seriously looking into the
matter. He said action will be taken against the police and authorities
who were responsible for it. Such excesses can not be condoned
even if they happened to be illegal immigrants. He made it clear
that Malaysia does not condone the incident nor has any intention
to do so. He admitted that there were excesses on the part of
Malaysian authorities and also that all were not illegal immigrants
and included Indian IT professionals also. He requested Dr. Joshi
to see that the incident does not have any bad impact on friendly
co-operative relations between the two countries.
Conveying Indian
Government’s serious concern over the incident Dr. Joshi told
the Malaysian Minister to see that such incidents are not repeated.
He told him that Indian immigrants have contributed a lot for
the growth of Malaysia and such incidents are not in the best
interests of bilateral relations. He demanded strict action against
the guilty authorities whose high-handedness lead to the incident.
Dr. Joshi made it clear that Government of India allows Indian
professionals and students to go abroad only after proper verification.
The Malaysian Minister
told Dr. Joshi that he will go back and convey India’s displeasure
and concern over the incident, to his Government.
Later, he discussed
with Dr. Joshi admission of Malaysian students in Indian Medical
and IT institutions. Dr. Joshi asked him to send a proposal for
consideration.
