Malaysians to blame

It is clear now with the S.E.A. Games. The Indonesians don’t like Malaysians. This is only sports but Indonesians seem to take this opportunity to show their displeasure of the Malaysians, by booing at our delegates, officers and participants and even, to the anguish of many, showing disrespect to Malaysian national anthem and flag.

This is all Malaysians’ doing. They treated the female citizens of Indonesia who had come to work as maids for the households of Malaysia with disrespect. Words do go back to their country. So this is what they are getting in return.

The Indonesian maids had been approved by the Malaysian Government to work only as maids in houses but I saw many of them forced by their employers to also work in their restaurants. I had also seen one maid climbing up a ladder to clean up the ceiling fan, coolly watched by her female employer, poor gal! I mean the Indonesian maid!  I had seen another one washing the car!

I haven’t, personally, seen them being abused physically, but it rages me inside to read in the papers of these poor maids being beaten and treated badly by their uncivilized employers. When, I, as a Malaysian can feel such anger do we have to tell about the Indonesians!


It is still not too late yet to change. Show that we Malaysians are caring people. Treat the maids as part of our family. Buy them presents. Joke and laugh with them. Give them proper rest. Take them to places where you would want your family to go, not to give them work but just to make them enjoy the tour.

As I had said, words do get around. Do the good deeds and see their reaction at the next sports event in Indonesia when Malaysians take part. They are also humans, with feelings.