Kuala Lumpur (VOCR), 24 May: Police men patrolling on duty in Seramban in Nagari Sembilan state, which is a five-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur and where hundreds of Chin refugees residing, stopped an asylum seeker of Chin woman, who is from Mindat Township, Chin state, Burma and was arrested in a plain sight of public on 03, February, 2011.
The Chin asylum seeker, known as Hung Kee Shen, is said to be a member of Dai Community and holder of its community card.
An eye-witness source suggests that she was arrested and her allegation was turned as a corruption in the court, despite the fact that the police initially asked of how much money was in her hands when stopped. To be true, she was too naive that she gave Rm-50 to the police, maybe, publicly. The police got angry at such scene and arrested her instead which was used as a best defense from the near-by passers' accusation that could perhaps turn back to them if bribe seen 'accepted'.
She is currently being detained in Lenggeng Immigration detention center in women block with an alleged accusation over bribery giving.
In new report obtained by The VOCR, there was an emerging issue highly impacted in the world of refugee community that some immigration personnel, including the prisoner brokers or smugglers, making the blackmailed-channel contacting related families of detainees in their respective centers and camps and cheating thousands and thousands of ringgit (Malay currency) from the hands of refugees in limbo.
From last February to date, several communities together with Mon and Shan communities, so far paid more than RM-10,000 to the channel the Immigration personnel engineered it. And, they treacherously made promises to related families for the release of those concerned through their channel and nothing ever happened but a big loss of money.
Many refugee families still assume 'detention in camp' is an indirect way of death penalty for those concerned or a no-turn way. For this sole reason of fear-bound, many try their best to get their siblings, relatives and cousins out of detention centers or camps if, by no means, possible.
This conflicting story will be going on as long as new stricted law enforcement which could effectively protect the asylum seekers or recognised refugees is not made.
By Simon
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