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north_malaysian
07-30-2007, 03:00 AM
As there are lots of Muslims who want to visit Malaysia... and even some who want to migrate here... I would love (perhaps syilla, Muslim Knight, Nasima Al Ghazi would help me too) to give some tips about Malaysia and Malaysians.

Anything you want to ask about visiting/living in Malaysia. Kindly post your question here.
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north_malaysian
07-30-2007, 03:22 AM
Entry Requirements to Malaysia

To enter Malaysia, a visitor should possessthe following documents:

1) Passport or Travel Document
2) Fullfill visa requirements
3) Valid return travel ticket and sufficient funds
4) Not a prohibited person
5) Complete in the arrival/departure card

PASSPORT/TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
* Valid national passport or internationally recognised travel documents

VISA REQUIREMENTS
* Foreigners who require visas for entering the country must obtain it in Malaysian representative offices abroad before entering the country.

VALID RETURN TRAVEL TICKET AND SUFFICIENT FUNDS
* A foreigner is required to present proof of his/her financial ability to finance his/her stay in Malaysia together with a confirmed return ticket to other destinations.

NOT A PROHIBITED PERSON
* Any person who is unable to show that he/she has the means of supporting himself and his dependants (if any) or that he has definite employment waiting for him or who is likely to become a pauper of a charge on the public.
* Suffering mental disorder
* Who refuses to submit to a medical exam aftr being required by an Immigration officer.
* Who has been convicted in any country of any offense and sentenced to imprisonment for any term
* Prostitutes
* A vagrant/habitual beggar
* whose entry into Malaysia is or at the time of his entry unlawful under any written laws.
* who believes in or advocate to overthrow Malaysian government by force or violence
* who is opposed to the establishment govenrment.
* who advocates the assassination of public officials
* who advocates or teaches the unlawful destruction of properties
* who is a member of any organisations teaching disbelief or opposition to established government
* undesireable immigrants (by receiving infos from other countries)
* the family and dependants of a prohibited person

COMPLETE IN THE ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE CARD
* a visitor is required to complete the arrival/departure card upon arrival at the gazzetted entry points
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north_malaysian
07-30-2007, 03:32 AM
Offences frequently commited by foreigners

1) ILLEGAL ENTRY
A foreign visitor whose presence in Malaysia can be interpreted as illegal entry if:-

* Fails to produce a genuine passport/travel documents upon request
* Passport/travel documents do not have valid entry endorsement/visit pass

The penalty of illegal entry:

* A fine not exceeding RM 10,000.00 or to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.
* A compound of RM 3,000.00

Foreign visitors are reminded:
* to take precaution on the safety of their passports/travel documents and MUST CARRY WITH THEM during their stay in Malaysia.
* must ascertained that they produced the passports/travelling documents to an immigration official at the point of entry and has been issued with relevant pass.
* Report immediately to the Immigration Department on the lost of their passports/travelling documents


OVERSTAYING
Stay exceeding the expiry date/cancellation of visit pass
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north_malaysian
07-30-2007, 04:41 AM
VISA REQUIREMENTS

NO VISA REQUIREMENTS
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Australia
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Botswana
* Brunei
* Canada
* Cyprus
* Dominica
* Fiji
* Gambia
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Ireland
* Jamaica
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Lesotho
* Liechtenstein
* Malawi
* Maldives
* Malta
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Saint Kitts-Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* San Marino
* Seychelles
* Singapore
* Solomon Islands
* South Africa
* Swaziland
* Switzerland
* Tanzania
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* United Kingdom
* USA (for social, business and academic purposes only)
* Vanuatu
* Zambia


NO VISA REQUIRED FOR A STAY NOT EXCEEDING 3 MONTHS
* Albania
* Algeria
* Argentina
* Austria
* Bahrain
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Kuwait
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Morocco
* Norway
* Oman
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Saudi Arabia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* UAE
* Uruguay

NO VISA REQUIRED FOR A STAY NOT EXCEEDING 2 MONTHS
* Samoa

NO VISA REQUIRED FOR A STAY NOT EXCEEDING 1 MONTH
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Benin
* Bolivia
* British National Overseas
* Bulgaria
* Cambodia
* Cape Verde
* Chad
* Chile
* Costa Rica
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Gabon
* Georgia
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Hong Kong
* Indonesia
* Kazakhstan
* Laos
* Macao
* Macedonia
* Madagascar
* Mauritania
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Myanmar (Diplomatic/Official Passport only)
* Nicaragua
* North Korea
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Philippines
* Russian Federation
* Sao Tome and Principe
* Senegal
* Sudan
* Suriname
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Togo
* Ukraine
* Uzbekistan
* Vatican City
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zimbabwe
* Other Countries

NO VISA REQUIRED FOR A STAY NOT EXCEEDING 14 DAYS
* Iran (not exceeding 15 days)
* Iraq
* Libya
* Palestine
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Somaliland
* Syria

VISA REQUIRED UPON ENTRY
* Afghanistan
* Angola
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* China
* Colombia
* Comoros
* Congo, Democratic Republic of
* Congo. Republic of Congo
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Djibouti
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bissau
* India
* Liberia
* Mali
* Mozambique
* Myanmar (normal passport)
* Nepal
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Pakistan
* Rwanda
* Sri Lanka
* Taiwan
* United Nations (Laissez Passer)
* Western Sahara

SPECIAL APPROVAL FROM MINISTY OF HOME AFFAIRS REQUIRED UPON ENTRY
* Montenegro
* Serbia

SPECIAL APPROVAL FROM MINISTRY OF INTERNAL SECURITY UPON ENTRY
* Israel
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north_malaysian
07-30-2007, 05:02 AM
Only immigrants from certain countries can work in Malaysia as "SEMI-SKILLED OR UNSKILLED FOREIGN WORKERS"

CONTRUCTION SECTOR
* Cambodia
* India (High-Voltage Cable workers only)
* Indonesia
* Kazakhstan
* Laos
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Philippines
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

MANUFACTURING SECTOR
* Cambodia
* Indonesia
* Kazakhstan
* Laos
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Philippines
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

PLANTATION SECTORS
* Cambodia
* India
* Indonesia
* Laos
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Philippines
* Thailand
* Vietnam

SERVICE SECTOR (IE. MAIDS, COOKS, WAITERS)
* Cambodia
* India (Cooks and Waiters only)
* Indonesia
* Kazakhstan
* Laos
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Philippines
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam


SEMI-SKILLED AND UNSKILLED IMMIGRANTS IN MALAYSIA
* Indonesia (1,200,000)
* Nepal (250,000)
* India (130,000)
* Vietnam (100,000)
* The Philippines (83,000)
* Bangladesh (80,000)
* Myanmar (50,000)
* Thailand (35,491)
* Cambodia (6,656)
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north_malaysian
07-30-2007, 06:12 AM
Expatriates' Associations in Malaysia (Contact Numbers)


KUALA LUMPUR
* American Association of Malaysia - (03) 2142 0611
* Association of British Women in Malaysia - (03) 2095 4407
* Association Francaise de Malaisie - (03) 7958 4060
* Association of Pakistani Women - (03) 6251 4020
* African Ladies Group - (03) 4256 5675
* Canadian Association of Malaysia - info@canadians-in-kl.com
* Grupo de Damas Latinas en Malesia - (03) 2094 0350
* International Women's Association - (03) 7726 7104
* Korean Women Association - (03) 4252 5585
* KPC Melati (Indonesian) - (017) 601 7718
* Malaysian, Australian and New Zealand Association - (03) 2284 7145
* Netherlands Association - (03) 2698 8278
* Royal Society of St. George (Englishmen) - (03) 6201 0996
* Saudi Arabian Malaysian Friendship Association - (03) 2693 1407
* Scandinavian Society Malaysia - scandinavian_society@hotmail.com
* Selangor St. Andrew's Society (Scottish) - hectoringram@gmail.com
* Somali Student Society of Malaysia - http://www.sssmalaysia.org
* St. David's Society (Welsh) - (03) 6730 0155
* St. Patrick's Society (Irish) - (03) 2053 8557
* Swedish Women's Educational Association - kualalumpur@swea.org
* Swiss Club Malaysia - (012) 366 9121
* The Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur - (03) 2274 2274
* Turkish Malaysian Friendship Association - (019) 396 4086

PENANG
* American Women's Association of Penang - (04) 228 6057
* International Women's Association - (04) 228 6057
* Malaysian German Society - (04) 229 6853
* Malaysian Japanese Society - (04) 827 8534

IPOH
* Perak Malaysian-Japanese Friendship Society - (05) 253 7530

JOHOR BAHRU
* International Women's Association - (07) 221 6085
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north_malaysian
07-31-2007, 08:27 AM
DIRECT FLIGHTS TO MALAYSIA

To Kuala Lumpur (KLIA)

* Abu Dhabi - Etihad Airways
* Adelaide - Malaysian Airlines
* Amsterdam - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Auckland - Malaysian Airlines
* Bahrain - Gulf Air
* Banda Aceh - Air Asia
* Bandar Seri Begawan - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines, Royal Brunei Airlines
* Bandung - Air Asia
* Bangalore - Malaysian Airlines
* Bangkok - Air Asia, Indian Airlines, Lufthansa, Malaysian Airlines, Thai Airways
* Beijing - Air China, Malaysian Airlines
* Beirut - Malaysian Airlines
* Brisbane - Malaysian Airlines
* Buenos Aires - Malaysian Airlines
* Cairo - EgyptAir
* Cape Town - Malaysian Airlines
* Cebu - Malaysian Airlines
* Chennai - Air India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Malaysian Airlines
* Chiang Mai - Air Asia
* Colombo - Malaysian Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines
* Dammam - Saudi Arabian Airlines
* Delhi - Air India, Indian Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Denpasar - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines, Qatar Airways
* Dhaka - Biman Bangladesh Airlines, GMG Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Doha - Qatar Airways
* Dubai - Emirates, Malaysian Airlines, Yemenia
* Frankfurt - Lufthansa, Malaysian Airlines
* Fuzhou - Xiamen Airlines
* Guangzhou - China Southern Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Hanoi - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines, Vietnam Airlines
* Ho Chi Minh - Malaysian Airlines, Vietnam Airlines
* Hong Kong - Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Hyderabad - Malaysian Airlines
* Istanbul - Malaysian Airlines
* Jakarta - Air Asia, Emirates, Garuda Indonesia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Lion Air, Malaysian Airlines, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Yemenia
* Jeddah - Malaysian Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines
* Johannesburg - Malaysian Airlines
* Kaohsiung - China Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Karachi - Malaysian Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines
* Kathmandu - Royal Nepal
* Krabi - Air Asia
* Kunming - China Eastern Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Kuwait - Kuwait Airways, Malaysian Airlines
* London - Malaysian Airlines
* Los Angeles - Malaysian Airlines
* Macau - Air Asia
* Male (Maldives) - Malaysian Airlines
* Manila - Air Asia, Cebu Pacific, Malaysian Airlines
* Mataram - Merpati Nusantara Airlines
* Mauritius - Air Mauritius
* Medan - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines
* Medina - Saudi Arabian Airlines
* Melbourne - Malaysia
* Mumbai - Air India, EgyptAir, Malaysian Airlines
* Nagoya - Malaysian Airlines
* Nanning - Shenzen Airlines
* Newark - Malaysian Airlines
* Osaka - Japan Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Padang - Air Asia
* Palembang - Air Asia
* Paris - Malaysian Airlines
* Pekan Baru - Air Asia
* Perth - Malaysian Airlines
* Phnom Penh - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines
* Phuket - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines
* Riyadh - Saudi Arabian Airlines
* Rome - Malaysian Airlines
* Sana'a - Yemenia
* Seoul - Korean Air, Malaysian Airlines
* Shanghai - China Eastern Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Shenzen - Air Asia, Shenzen Airlines
* Siem Reap - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines
* Singapore - Japan Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines
* Solo - Air Asia
* Stockholm - Malaysian Airlines
* Surabaya - Air Asia, Lion Air, Malaysian Airlines, Merpati Nusantara Airlines
* Sydney - Malaysian Airlines, Jetstar Airways
* Taipei - China Airlines, EVA Air, Malaysian Airlines
* Tashkent - Uzbekistan Airways
* Tehran - Iran Air
* Tokyo - Japan Airlines, Malaysian Airlines
* Viantiane - Air Asia
* Xiamen - Malaysian Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
* Yangon - Malaysian Airlines, Myanmar Airways Intl.
* Zurich - Malaysian Airlines

To Penang

* Bangkok - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines, Thai Airways
* Batam - Kartika Airlines
* Guangzhou - China Southern Airlines
* Hong Kong - Cathay Pacific
* Jakarta - Kartika Airlines
* Kaohsiung - China Airlines
* Koh Samui - Firefly
* Medan - Adam Air, Kartika Airlines, Lion Air, Malaysian Airlines
* Phuket - Firefly
* Seoul - Korean Air, Malaysian Airlines
* Singapore - Malaysian Airlines, Singapore Airlines
* Taipei - China Airlines
* Xiamen - China Southern Airlines

To Ipoh

* Jakarta - Jatayu Airlines
* Medan - Kartika Airlines

To Johor Bahru

* Macau - Air Asia
* Palembang - Air Asia

To Kota Kinabalu

* Bandar Seri Begawan - Malaysian Airlines, Royal Brunei
* Cebu - Malaysian Airlines
* Guangzhou - Malaysian Airlines
* Hong Kong - Dragonair, Malaysian Airlines
* Kaohsiung - Malaysian Airlines
* Macau - Air Asia
* Manila - Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines
* Osaka - Malaysian Airlines
* Puerto Princesa - Layang-Layang Aerospace
* Seoul - Asiana, Korean Air, Malaysian Airlines
* Singapore - Malaysian Airlines, Silk Air
* Taipei - Far Eastern Air Transport, Malaysian Airlines, TransAsia Airways
* Tokyo - Malaysian Airlines

To Kuching

* Bandar Seri Begawan - Royal Brunei
* Guangzhou - Malaysian Airlines
* Hong Kong - Malaysian Airlines
* Jakarta - Batavia Air
* Pontianak - Batavia Air
* Singapore - Malaysian Airlines, Silk Air
* Xiamen - Xiamen Airlines

To Langkawi Island

* Bangkok - Air Asia
* Singapore - Malaysian Airlines, Silk Air

To Malacca

* Pekan Baru - Riau Airlines

To Redang Island

* Singapore - Berjaya Air

To Kuala Lumpur (Subang)

* Koh Samui - Berjaya Air

To Sandakan

* Zamboanga - Asian Spirit, South East Asian Airlines

To Tioman Island

* Singapore - Berjaya Air
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yigiter187
07-31-2007, 11:43 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by north_malaysian
VISA REQUIREMENTS


NO VISA REQUIRED FOR A STAY NOT EXCEEDING 3 MONTHS
* Albania
* Algeria
* Argentina
* Austria
* Bahrain
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Kuwait
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Morocco
* Norway
* Oman
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Saudi Arabia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* UAE
* Uruguay

okay ım coming but ı dont want to pay for staying in a hotel...where ı will stay durin that time.....:cry: will you open your hosue to your turkish bro..
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north_malaysian
08-01-2007, 06:11 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by yigiter187
okay ım coming but ı dont want to pay for staying in a hotel...where ı will stay durin that time.....:cry: will you open your hosue to your turkish bro..
I have to ask my parents and my two younger sisters first.....
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syilla
08-01-2007, 06:45 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by north_malaysian
I have to ask my parents and my two younger sisters first.....
sincerity??? :omg:




















just kidding
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yigiter187
08-01-2007, 08:47 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by north_malaysian
I have to ask my parents and my two younger sisters first.....
if it is not possible,then you can pay my hotel bill. ...:D
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zalinababar
08-01-2007, 07:51 PM
WOW...i didnt know we have malaysian around...well im one too...feel free to visit our country...
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aqsa1
08-01-2007, 09:36 PM
i sure wouldnt mind coming at all
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AFDAL
10-10-2007, 04:18 PM
Malaysia, one of the richer Southeast Asian nations, hosts about two million migrant workers from around Asia – more than 300,000 of whom come to work as domestic helpers or maids.



Some 90 per cent of Malaysia's maids come from neighbouring Indonesia; almost all from a background steeped in poverty and hardship.




Many runaway maids describe their ordeal as
torture [Migrant CARE Malaysia]

They leave home with the hope that an overseas job will help ease the financial burden they and their families face.



But a series of recent cases has highlighted the risks Indonesian maids face in coming to work in Malaysia.




Most of the complaints are about unpaid wages, but others have reported incidents of beatings at the hands of their employers, torture and sexual assault.



In mid-August, the bruised body of one maid, a 24-year-old name Kunarsih, was found at her employer's home in Kuala Lumpur.



Police have questioned the couple but no charges have been filed and the case remains unresolved.



Earlier in the same month, Parsiti, another maid from Indonesia, was rescued from the ledge of a Kuala Lumpur apartment block after she climbed down from a 22nd-floor apartment to escape abuse.



In a similar case in June, fire fighters rescued 33-year-old Ceriyati Dapin from a 12th storey ledge.



First person



'I regret the day I left home' - An Indonesian maid tells her story

She had climbed down three levels using a makeshift rope made from towels, sheets and clothes – driven to desperate measures, she said, by an abusive employer.



The growing incidence of such cases have drawn calls for action from labour rights groups and raised tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia.



Speaking to Al Jazeera, officials at the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur said they were seeing complaints from more than 1,000 maids a year, but despite this the Malaysian government was failing to act against errant employers.



Treated 'like animals'




Tatang says Malaysia is dragging its feet
in investigating alleged abuses
"The most common grouse of runaway maids are unpaid wages, physical abuse and torture," says Tatang Razak, the Indonesian consul in Kuala Lumpur.



"They are treated inhumanely, some even like animals."



Earlier this year the embassy, faced with a growing number of runaway maids, converted a portion of its premises into a special shelter.



The dormitory-style building currently houses at least 80 maids, who are given food and other necessities as well as simple bunk-bed accommodation.



At the time of Al Jazeera's visit, several of the maids in the shelter were caring for babies, while another one was due to deliver soon – embassy officials said they were victims of alleged rape.



Since it opened hundreds of maids have passed through the shelter, repatriated after protracted negotiations over wage disputes were resolved by the embassy.



About the same time as the shelter was opened, the embassy also formed a special unit aimed at stepping up protection for all Indonesian nationals working in Malaysia.



Tatang, the consul who chairs the unit, said despite numerous police reports lodged by the embassy no employer has ever been punished.



"It's unfair to the women because they came here to work but are now forced to spend time waiting for some kind of justice… and all the while the employers are walking about freely or out on bail," he said.



Malaysian government officials did not respond to repeated requests for comment or interview from Al Jazeera.



Protests





Reports of abuses have sparked a
series of protests in Indonesia [EPA]

Tatang said anti-Malaysia sentiments were running high in Jakarta following the recent reports of abused maids.



The Malaysian embassy in Jakarta, for example, has seen several recent protests demanding action against abusive Malaysian employers.



"The Malaysian government is not being transparent. It is not prompt with investigations and prosecutions. That is why people in Indonesia are very angry," Tatang said.



Since the late 1990s, Malaysia and Indonesia have signed several agreements to protect the rights of domestic workers, each time with revisions aimed at improving the working conditions of the maids.



Alex Ong, of Migrant CARE Malaysia, the local chapter of a regional migrant workers group, said Indonesian maids always landed a raw deal.



He said the abuse of maids begins at the village level, where a well-established network of agents controlled by well-connected maid agencies in Malaysia recruit young women desperate to escape extreme poverty.



"The women already owe money to the recruitment agency, sometimes as much as RM3,500 ($1,000), before she even left her village," he told Al Jazeera.



Once in Malaysia, the maid has to open a bank account and surrender both her passport and ATM card to her employer, a common practice to ensure she does not run away, said Ong.



"They are hired for less than RM400 ($116) a month but many don’t get paid at all, and suffer serious abuses," he said.



'No action'



"The maids here have no access to healthcare, they suffer sexual and physical violence, and are made to work 12-14 hours daily"

Valentina Soe, CARAM Asia


In 2006, Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing that maids should be paid directly by their employer, receive some - albeit small - compensation for personal injury and be given time off in lieu of overtime.



Despite this, Ong said, it remains common practice for employers to deposit the maid's wages with the recruiting agent as repayment of earlier debts, meaning she never actually sees her money.



"It costs more than RM6,000 to hire a maid, the bulk of which is actually agency fee," he said. "This is why maids are overworked."



"The abuses are getting worse and no action is taken to address the problem."



According to CARAM Asia, a Kuala Lumpur-based group which monitors regional migration and health issues, one of the reason maids come to suffer abuse is that many employers deliberately cut off their maid's contact with the outside world.



"The isolated and confined working environment of a maid often leads to prolonged abuse," said Valentina Soe, the programme officer for foreign domestic workers.



She said although cases of maid abuse were reported in other host countries, such as Singapore and Hong Kong, Malaysia was among the worst.



"Cases of abuse also exist in Hong Kong but they are mostly verbal, not physical like what we see reported in Malaysia," she told Al Jazeera.




Many maids in the Indonesian embassy
shelter have been their for months

"The maids here have no access to healthcare, they suffer sexual and physical violence, and are made to work 12-14 hours daily."



She said Hong Kong was relatively better among Asian countries because it had a law that provided a standard minimum wage set at HKD$3,400 ($437) for foreign domestic workers.



"The law says domestic workers must be given a day off every week and a minimum seven days annual leave," says Valentina Soe.



Hong Kong though, remains the exception rather than the rule, and in Malaysia, like many other countries in the region, domestic workers are generally denied even the most basic labour rights.



Regional non-governmental organisations are now trying to use Hong Kong's model to lobby for recognition of maids as workers with legal rights.



For the army of maids in millions of households in Asia, advocates say this recognition could afford them the break they deserve after risking everything they had to escape a life of poverty.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...4A605EE221.htm
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ISLAMASWEENEY
10-10-2007, 04:20 PM
Malaysia Is Expensive To Go On A Plane There.
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Kittygyal
10-10-2007, 04:34 PM
Salamualikum.

I have a serious,simple,colourful questions to ask *ahem* :D

Q} Can i take my pets to Malaysia?
Q} Would it be possible for me to buy some nice candies? LOL ;D
Q} How much will it cost for taking 1parrot,1dog,1pup,6cats,4hamsters?
Q} No-one will steal my pets? *Ahem*

Thanks in advance :p

May Allaah guide you AMin

Ma'assalama
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G N MUGHAL
10-10-2007, 08:13 PM
salam man i m nawaz from karachi pakistan
i read ur msg and have to ask a question that i have been selected from PAKISTAN NAVY to serve in malaysia for 03 years in Pakistan Embassy so i m totlly unawear about malaysia and wanted to take some guidlines from u.
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Kittygyal
10-10-2007, 08:17 PM
^ Salamualikum

Welcome in brother have fun and be good

Ma'assalama
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north_malaysian
10-11-2007, 04:12 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by AFDAL
Malaysia, one of the richer Southeast Asian nations, hosts about two million migrant workers from around Asia – more than 300,000 of whom come to work as domestic helpers or maids.



Some 90 per cent of Malaysia's maids come from neighbouring Indonesia; almost all from a background steeped in poverty and hardship.




Many runaway maids describe their ordeal as
torture [Migrant CARE Malaysia]

They leave home with the hope that an overseas job will help ease the financial burden they and their families face.



But a series of recent cases has highlighted the risks Indonesian maids face in coming to work in Malaysia.




Most of the complaints are about unpaid wages, but others have reported incidents of beatings at the hands of their employers, torture and sexual assault.



In mid-August, the bruised body of one maid, a 24-year-old name Kunarsih, was found at her employer's home in Kuala Lumpur.



Police have questioned the couple but no charges have been filed and the case remains unresolved.



Earlier in the same month, Parsiti, another maid from Indonesia, was rescued from the ledge of a Kuala Lumpur apartment block after she climbed down from a 22nd-floor apartment to escape abuse.



In a similar case in June, fire fighters rescued 33-year-old Ceriyati Dapin from a 12th storey ledge.



First person



'I regret the day I left home' - An Indonesian maid tells her story

She had climbed down three levels using a makeshift rope made from towels, sheets and clothes – driven to desperate measures, she said, by an abusive employer.



The growing incidence of such cases have drawn calls for action from labour rights groups and raised tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia.



Speaking to Al Jazeera, officials at the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur said they were seeing complaints from more than 1,000 maids a year, but despite this the Malaysian government was failing to act against errant employers.



Treated 'like animals'




Tatang says Malaysia is dragging its feet
in investigating alleged abuses
"The most common grouse of runaway maids are unpaid wages, physical abuse and torture," says Tatang Razak, the Indonesian consul in Kuala Lumpur.



"They are treated inhumanely, some even like animals."



Earlier this year the embassy, faced with a growing number of runaway maids, converted a portion of its premises into a special shelter.



The dormitory-style building currently houses at least 80 maids, who are given food and other necessities as well as simple bunk-bed accommodation.



At the time of Al Jazeera's visit, several of the maids in the shelter were caring for babies, while another one was due to deliver soon – embassy officials said they were victims of alleged rape.



Since it opened hundreds of maids have passed through the shelter, repatriated after protracted negotiations over wage disputes were resolved by the embassy.



About the same time as the shelter was opened, the embassy also formed a special unit aimed at stepping up protection for all Indonesian nationals working in Malaysia.



Tatang, the consul who chairs the unit, said despite numerous police reports lodged by the embassy no employer has ever been punished.



"It's unfair to the women because they came here to work but are now forced to spend time waiting for some kind of justice… and all the while the employers are walking about freely or out on bail," he said.



Malaysian government officials did not respond to repeated requests for comment or interview from Al Jazeera.



Protests





Reports of abuses have sparked a
series of protests in Indonesia [EPA]

Tatang said anti-Malaysia sentiments were running high in Jakarta following the recent reports of abused maids.



The Malaysian embassy in Jakarta, for example, has seen several recent protests demanding action against abusive Malaysian employers.



"The Malaysian government is not being transparent. It is not prompt with investigations and prosecutions. That is why people in Indonesia are very angry," Tatang said.



Since the late 1990s, Malaysia and Indonesia have signed several agreements to protect the rights of domestic workers, each time with revisions aimed at improving the working conditions of the maids.



Alex Ong, of Migrant CARE Malaysia, the local chapter of a regional migrant workers group, said Indonesian maids always landed a raw deal.



He said the abuse of maids begins at the village level, where a well-established network of agents controlled by well-connected maid agencies in Malaysia recruit young women desperate to escape extreme poverty.



"The women already owe money to the recruitment agency, sometimes as much as RM3,500 ($1,000), before she even left her village," he told Al Jazeera.



Once in Malaysia, the maid has to open a bank account and surrender both her passport and ATM card to her employer, a common practice to ensure she does not run away, said Ong.



"They are hired for less than RM400 ($116) a month but many don’t get paid at all, and suffer serious abuses," he said.



'No action'



"The maids here have no access to healthcare, they suffer sexual and physical violence, and are made to work 12-14 hours daily"

Valentina Soe, CARAM Asia


In 2006, Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing that maids should be paid directly by their employer, receive some - albeit small - compensation for personal injury and be given time off in lieu of overtime.



Despite this, Ong said, it remains common practice for employers to deposit the maid's wages with the recruiting agent as repayment of earlier debts, meaning she never actually sees her money.



"It costs more than RM6,000 to hire a maid, the bulk of which is actually agency fee," he said. "This is why maids are overworked."



"The abuses are getting worse and no action is taken to address the problem."



According to CARAM Asia, a Kuala Lumpur-based group which monitors regional migration and health issues, one of the reason maids come to suffer abuse is that many employers deliberately cut off their maid's contact with the outside world.



"The isolated and confined working environment of a maid often leads to prolonged abuse," said Valentina Soe, the programme officer for foreign domestic workers.



She said although cases of maid abuse were reported in other host countries, such as Singapore and Hong Kong, Malaysia was among the worst.



"Cases of abuse also exist in Hong Kong but they are mostly verbal, not physical like what we see reported in Malaysia," she told Al Jazeera.




Many maids in the Indonesian embassy
shelter have been their for months

"The maids here have no access to healthcare, they suffer sexual and physical violence, and are made to work 12-14 hours daily."



She said Hong Kong was relatively better among Asian countries because it had a law that provided a standard minimum wage set at HKD$3,400 ($437) for foreign domestic workers.



"The law says domestic workers must be given a day off every week and a minimum seven days annual leave," says Valentina Soe.



Hong Kong though, remains the exception rather than the rule, and in Malaysia, like many other countries in the region, domestic workers are generally denied even the most basic labour rights.



Regional non-governmental organisations are now trying to use Hong Kong's model to lobby for recognition of maids as workers with legal rights.



For the army of maids in millions of households in Asia, advocates say this recognition could afford them the break they deserve after risking everything they had to escape a life of poverty.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...4A605EE221.htm
I'm pro-immigrant... but the problem is that less than 1% of us Malaysians (both Muslims and Non Muslims) are pro immigrant/refugee.


Malaysians need more labours as the country is developing... most of the parents are working, and they need domestic workers to organise their houses and kids.

But the main problem is that the immigrants and refugees are treated as slaves by some Malaysians (not all of us).

Furthermore, the foreigners who came from Europe, MidEast, Australasia, Japan, Korea, Singapore and the Americas are considered as expats while those from poorer nations in Asia as immigrants by most Malaysians. Many Black Africans (especially students) also faced discriminations.

Reasons of discriminations against immigrants:

1) Many Malaysians believe that most of the crimes are made by immigrants. But according to a minister, 80% of the crimes in Malaysia are done by Malaysians themselves.:exhausted

2) Immigrants tend to be within their own nationality groups and refuse to integrate with the local population. This is probably true, but it's Malaysians that avoid mingling with the immigrants as they are afraid that the immigrants might cheat or will commit crime on them (eg. stealing). Sadly, some Malaysians even refused to pray beside immigrants in the mosques.

But there is an exception for the muslim immigrants from Thailand and Cambodia. The Thai and Cambodian Muslims are well assimilated into Malaysian Malay culture, inter-marriage between them and local Malaysians are usual thing. The Thai Muslims are well known for their cooking skills and are appreciated by Malaysians who love Thai food. Meanwhile, the Cambodian Muslims are successful with their textiles and clothes business.

3) Media. The term "pendatang asing" (aliens) are usually used to described the immigrants in all media...both private and govt-owned media. the derogatory word "Indon" are used for Indonesian immigrants and "Bangla" for Bangladeshi immigrants. When a crime is committed by an immigrant, it would be highlighted in the news. There are lots of anti-immigrant messages or letter sent by newspaper reader are published in the local newspaper.

4) Potrayal of immigrants in local dramas and movies. From my observations, 100% of the actors who act as immigrants are Malaysians. Usually immigrants are potrayed as criminals, lazy, cant be controlled, busybody etc.

5) An immigrant as a "property". Some employers they treated their immigrant workers like slaves. For them, after paying the expensive fees of obtaining the labours.... those labours would be their property. Overwork, underpaid and abused are usual things.


It's very sad.... when it comes to treating immigrants in Malaysia... I feel very shameful to call myself a Malaysian.:cry:

Malaysians should remember....."once upon a time their ancestors were immigrants too"
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north_malaysian
10-11-2007, 04:23 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Kittygyal
Q} Can i take my pets to Malaysia?
I never seen any tourists with their pets in Malaysia. And any animals (domestic or wild) from aboard must be quarantined first.

format_quote Originally Posted by Kittygal
Q} Would it be possible for me to buy some nice candies? LOL ;D
Of course.... :D

format_quote Originally Posted by Kittygal
Q} How much will it cost for taking 1parrot,1dog,1pup,6cats,4hamsters?
:exhausted... let me count...... $$ + $$$ + $ + $$$ + $$$ = $$$$$ :) (are you trying to open a pet shop here?)

format_quote Originally Posted by Kittygal
Q} No-one will steal my pets? *Ahem*
No guarantee given .... ok next questions
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north_malaysian
10-11-2007, 04:25 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by G N MUGHAL
salam man i m nawaz from karachi pakistan
i read ur msg and have to ask a question that i have been selected from PAKISTAN NAVY to serve in malaysia for 03 years in Pakistan Embassy so i m totlly unawear about malaysia and wanted to take some guidlines from u.
just ask anything you wanna know about Malaysia here... I'll try my best to answer..:peace:
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Kittygyal
10-11-2007, 12:07 PM
I never seen any tourists with their pets in Malaysia. And any animals (domestic or wild) from aboard must be quarantined first.
My pets are soo not wild but they can be if i tell them to, which i wont :mmokay:


Of course.... :D
Can you name me some candies and maybe there ingredient, obviously if you don't mind ofcourse :hmm:


:exhausted... let me count...... $$ + $$$ + $ + $$$ + $$$ = $$$$$ :) (are you trying to open a pet shop here?)
Ok never got the cost of my pets apart from just a dollar sign ah well, Nope im not trying to open a pet shop in Malayisa and i would so not have the nerve to sell pets i would be heart-broken to do such a thing :cry:. The thing is if i go abroad anywhere i would take all my pets with me and not leave any behind. Hope you understand Insha'Allaah.


Thanks in advance for taking your precious time for answering my questions, much appreciation taken.

May Allaah guide you. Amin

Ma'assalama
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Tania
10-14-2007, 08:46 AM
The dogs and cats which have their passport are still keep in the quarantine :? The quarantine usually its for 30 days and a trip its less than that.
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