Comments for Rela Watch http://relawatch.wordpress.com Fri, 09 May 2008 16:39:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Take Action by Mark http://relawatch.wordpress.com/take-action/#comment-18 Mark Fri, 09 May 2008 16:39:42 +0000 http://relawatch.wordpress.com/take-action/#comment-18 I just came back from Kuala Lumpur today. I was there for a holiday and witnessed a RELA raid at the Bukit Bintang area last night. The officers were basically using racial profiling in their search for illegal immigrants. While it may be true that there is a higher tendency for illegal immigrants in Malaysia to be Indians, I wonder what is the basis for their specific targetting of individuals to question. The blitz was certainly a sight that left many, of which a majority were tourists, wondering what exactly was going on. I was fortunate enough to understand Mandarin and Malay (being Singaporean) to know what exactly was going on. I saw an entire truckload of 'illegal immigrants' being loaded onto a caged bus, like those used by riot police. the RELA officers basically combed the entire street of Jalan Bukit Batang, looking for people without the necessary identification papers. People without such proof of legal entry were then led by officers onto the bus. While illegal immigrants do indeed pose a threat to the security of a nation, I am sure there are more humane and definite measures that can be taken to identify illegal immigrants. While the blitz yesterday might have shown that even in a tourist area, there are many supposed illegal immigrants, I am sure out of those caught yesterday, a handful were legitimate tourists who just happened to not have their identification papers with them. There have been reports of foreign nationals as shown on your website and others who have been detained despite having the necessary clearance. It is disturbing to know that such heavy-handedness and arbitrary form of policing is done in a neighbouring country. I would have though twice about going to KL had I been aware of such a thing. I just came back from Kuala Lumpur today. I was there for a holiday and witnessed a RELA raid at the Bukit Bintang area last night. The officers were basically using racial profiling in their search for illegal immigrants. While it may be true that there is a higher tendency for illegal immigrants in Malaysia to be Indians, I wonder what is the basis for their specific targetting of individuals to question.

The blitz was certainly a sight that left many, of which a majority were tourists, wondering what exactly was going on. I was fortunate enough to understand Mandarin and Malay (being Singaporean) to know what exactly was going on.

I saw an entire truckload of ‘illegal immigrants’ being loaded onto a caged bus, like those used by riot police. the RELA officers basically combed the entire street of Jalan Bukit Batang, looking for people without the necessary identification papers. People without such proof of legal entry were then led by officers onto the bus.

While illegal immigrants do indeed pose a threat to the security of a nation, I am sure there are more humane and definite measures that can be taken to identify illegal immigrants. While the blitz yesterday might have shown that even in a tourist area, there are many supposed illegal immigrants, I am sure out of those caught yesterday, a handful were legitimate tourists who just happened to not have their identification papers with them. There have been reports of foreign nationals as shown on your website and others who have been detained despite having the necessary clearance. It is disturbing to know that such heavy-handedness and arbitrary form of policing is done in a neighbouring country. I would have though twice about going to KL had I been aware of such a thing.

]]> Comment on Take Action by Judge http://relawatch.wordpress.com/take-action/#comment-5 Judge Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:34:01 +0000 http://relawatch.wordpress.com/take-action/#comment-5 I think from now on malaysian should aware. This government supported militia (RELA) is intended to become government spies in the future. The main aim is to watch people activities. Quiet similiar with what Fidel Castro or other leaders of communist/dictator country do to take full control of their citizen and foreigners within their country. This militia is the heritage of the former malaysian PM=Mahathir Mohamad. He was very paranoia, he was very affraid if his throne would be shake by his political opponents. RELA = ROBBER/RAPIST EMBRYO LAUNCHER AGENCY I think from now on malaysian should aware. This government supported militia (RELA) is intended to become government spies in the future. The main aim is to watch people activities. Quiet similiar with what Fidel Castro or other leaders of communist/dictator country do to take full control of their citizen and foreigners within their country.
This militia is the heritage of the former malaysian PM=Mahathir Mohamad. He was very paranoia, he was very affraid if his throne would be shake by his political opponents.

RELA = ROBBER/RAPIST EMBRYO LAUNCHER AGENCY

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