Stones thrown at Malaysian man’s home in Kalimantan

The home of a Malaysian engineer in an oil palm plantation in Ketapang, West Kalimantan was pelted with stones in a “sweeping” (hunt for Malaysians) incident on Sunday.

It is understood in the 2pm incident, five men wearing headbands with the words “Ganyang Malaysia” (Go to war with Malaysia) had also hurled verbal insults against Malaysia.

Speaking to Bernama, the 60-year-old engineer, who declined to be identified, said he was almost hit by a stone when he opened his front door to check what the commotion was about.

He said quick action by Indonesian police prevented the situation from worsening.

He was traumatised by the incident and has asked his employer to shorten his contract and be allowed to return home.

At the time of the incident, he was home alone as he had sent his wife back to Malaysia.

It is further understood that the group had been on the lookout for Malaysians working at the plantation since Saturday but only came across the engineer on Sunday.

Vigilante groups often take out their frustration on Malaysians whenever issues of contention crop up between the two countries.

This round of “sweeping” comes in the wake of three Indonesian enforcement officers being arrested by Malaysian authorities in disputed waters off Bintan island earlier this month.

The arrests had come after seven fishermen had been detained by Indonesian authorities for allegedly trespassing into Indonesian waters.

They have all since been freed by both countries.

Meanwhile, the vigilante group Bendera, which has been at the forefront of holding demonstrations condemning Malaysia over the Bintan incident, today held another in front of its office here.

Besides, burning the Malaysian flag, the group also invited the demonstrators to give their thumb prints in blood on a white T-shirt which it said it wanted to present Malaysia as a gift for the country’s 53rd anniversary of its independence.

They also repeatedly shouted “Ganyang Malaysia”.


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Fair treatment : you are wrong to said that malaysian treat Indonesian like gold. We are far short from that in reality, from the media report, employer mistreat their maid is a reality, the police treat those Indonesian at roadside check, on those who arrived in malaysia in illegal way as their ATM machine.

What UMNOputra treat the others in malaysian the indonesian also suffered.