Chin Refugees: Nine Jailed and Raids caused nine arrested

3rd June,2010

Kuala Lumpur

Nine of Chin refugee employees working in fishing firm in Ruab, Pahang State in Malaysia have been sued to the police by their employer and all are arrested and jailed in police station. “The story is, they simply ask of their long time unpaid salary from their Chinese boss who treats them badly and so cruel but they got the police arrest as a result in lieu of giving their worth salary” according to the volunteer running from KL to Pahang State to observe their situation.

The confirmed source reveals that the Chinese boss, who is unfaithful, sues them to the police in reverse on what unknown ground instead of paying their regular basis (or) salaries which is completely out of their dyingly perspiration.

The police came down on 30^th of May, 2010 and arrested them and sent to IBUPEJABET police station, downtown of Ruab. It is reported that they all have been registered in UNHCR (that means they all are holders of UNHCR) and among them two are from Matu Dai community.

In order for their release, the community calls for the purely urgent statement to UNHCR to intervene those unfair arresting. The community and the related families are so sure of that they never commit bad acts, which can be defined as malfeasance toward the boss and police as well.

There was nothing surprising, at all, about their putting in jail. The corrupted boss who only wants the workforce without the humane mindset that he has to pay them back in turn as agreed before the work starts, made it happened like that according to the observer asking one of them by phone.

In another wave of raid, at the first night of June, 2010 between 8:30 and 9:00 pm, group of RELA around 20 raided DG Food court in Jln Yayasan, Bandar Puchong and caught nine of Chin refugees who are working in that restaurant. The half of an hour raiding appeared to make nine arrested.

More to the point, the source confirms that six of them were released back from the police station, knowing that they are of UNHCR card holders and three only with CRC card head to the detention center.

Obviously, to get them out of the detention center is beyond the community effort but entirely depends on the humanitarian aid of UNHCR. Those brought up to the detention center have been reported in the community as their status quos are under asylum seeking in UNHCR office in Malaysia.

At worst of the scenario, a minor woman, who has been long time struggling of her heart-attack disease is in a very deep concern as she is too frightened of the large-scale raid of police and RELA. The community along side with the esteemed family is highly worried of her troublesome disease that can any time cause a very dangerous point to death.


by Simon