Is the Law in Malaysia fair to persons of Indian origin?
I have intimate knowledge of the suffering undergone by an Indian woman, who had a bitter experience with Malaysia over decades, and who is now a US citizen. She was married in India, to an Indian citizen who had a Malaysian work permit. Her father-in-law had established a successful business in Malaysia and become a citizen of that country. He wanted his son and daughter-in-law to join him there. This was in the 1960s. Subsequently, the son applied for Malaysian citizenship, but his wife’s application was not accepted as she was not an ethnic Malay or born of Malaysian citizens. By the late 1960s, the couple had given birth to three children. All of them were citizens of Malaysia till they migrated to the US. But the children were deprived of their mother’s care and presence through most of their growing years, as Malaysia would issue her only a travel/ tourist visa which did not allow her to stay beyond six months at a stretch. Every six months her visa would expire, and she could re
