KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysia wants the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to speed up the process of resettling Myanmarese holding UNHCR cards to third countries.
Deputy Home Minister Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said Thursday that Malaysia had all the while allowed the Myanmarese UNHCR card holders to remain in this country on companionate grounds pending the United Nations commission's efforts on resettlement.
"However, Malaysia would like to urge UNHCR to seriously look into expediting the resettlement process of Myanmar UNHCR card holders to third countries," he said in a statement.
His statement came in the wake of the series of violent incidents involving Myanmarese here over the last two weeks which had led to two deaths so far.
Wan Junaidi said the Home Ministry and the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur had agreed to work together to overcome the problem, when the matter was discussed at his meeting with Myanmar's deputy foreign minister, U Zin Yaw and Labour, Employment and Social Security deputy minister, Daw Win Maw Tun at the former's office in Putrajaya.
"The Embassy of Myanmar will advise Myanmar nationals in Malaysia to respect and abide by the domestic laws and regulations," he said, adding that the Myanmar delegation were on a four-day visit to the country since Tuesday.
He said the Royal Malaysia Police would monitor the locations where groups of Myanmarese were known to be staying or working, in order to prevent undersirable incidents from reoccurring.
Since early this month, several fights had been reported at the Selayang Wholesale market and Kampung Baru Ampang among the Myanmarese here due to the Muslim-Buddhist religious conflict that has occurred in their homeland, with three Myanmar men reported killed in the fights.
Last week, Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief Amar Singh Ishar Singh warned Myanmar nationals residing in Malaysia not to create tension due to their political affiliation in their country of origin in order not to jeopardise national security here.
In reaction to the incidents, Myanmar Airways International (MAI) has slashed down the price of of a one-way ticket from here to Myanmar by half to RM210 per person to Myanmarese who want to return home.
-- BERNAMA
Deputy Home Minister Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said Thursday that Malaysia had all the while allowed the Myanmarese UNHCR card holders to remain in this country on companionate grounds pending the United Nations commission's efforts on resettlement.
"However, Malaysia would like to urge UNHCR to seriously look into expediting the resettlement process of Myanmar UNHCR card holders to third countries," he said in a statement.
His statement came in the wake of the series of violent incidents involving Myanmarese here over the last two weeks which had led to two deaths so far.
Wan Junaidi said the Home Ministry and the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur had agreed to work together to overcome the problem, when the matter was discussed at his meeting with Myanmar's deputy foreign minister, U Zin Yaw and Labour, Employment and Social Security deputy minister, Daw Win Maw Tun at the former's office in Putrajaya.
"The Embassy of Myanmar will advise Myanmar nationals in Malaysia to respect and abide by the domestic laws and regulations," he said, adding that the Myanmar delegation were on a four-day visit to the country since Tuesday.
He said the Royal Malaysia Police would monitor the locations where groups of Myanmarese were known to be staying or working, in order to prevent undersirable incidents from reoccurring.
Since early this month, several fights had been reported at the Selayang Wholesale market and Kampung Baru Ampang among the Myanmarese here due to the Muslim-Buddhist religious conflict that has occurred in their homeland, with three Myanmar men reported killed in the fights.
Last week, Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief Amar Singh Ishar Singh warned Myanmar nationals residing in Malaysia not to create tension due to their political affiliation in their country of origin in order not to jeopardise national security here.
In reaction to the incidents, Myanmar Airways International (MAI) has slashed down the price of of a one-way ticket from here to Myanmar by half to RM210 per person to Myanmarese who want to return home.
-- BERNAMA
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