A PA lesson that made me realize THIS

If you had the time to read this passage, please do.

I think you guys would think twice after this.

What is this?

It's the story my Pengajian Am teacher told me during PA tuition today

What about?

Human trafficking

It's just a small story

but it made me realize the contrast in different levels of society

and i feel so intellect and yet idiotic at the same time

It's like I've just step out of my area of vision

and entered the not so beautiful world

-which existed for like centuries-

HOW COME I NOW ONLY KNOW WAN???

Okay okay.

Story story

Do you ever notice those guys around your taman?

Foreign workers?

Yea, they come in varieties!

Indons, Philippines, Myanmars, India

and the HYBRIDS...

Our impression of them is?

Loheng group of peoples,

they cause way much trouble then their contributions,

dangerous and cheap labor,

no self-worth or does not has the right to...

(ps, seriously, not my POV, these are taken from the norm..)

BUT

i think we should hear from them for a change

why is Indonesia's boycotting Malaysia by not letting more maid to work here?

why is there so many prostituting in KL?

why is there crimes committed by these immigrants?

why we can not understand their motive of their moves?

eg, maid wanting to commit suicide with the baby? (yesterday's newspaper)

***

ACTUALLY

Most of them had a sad stories to their arrival

Most of them are cheated by their agents

eg, you pay the boat fee, come msia work lah, you can earn at least rm400 per month leh~

reasoning: if converted to their currency?

eg, you wanna be a translator? msia needing these people now, we meet you at airport~

reasoning: an intellect job in a developing country?

So many of these lousy sweet talks to trick them

Somemore they are not highly educated

When you are short of money and in need to raise a big family

When you are desperate for any job

What would you do?

Given the nice payment and stuff

It does sound promising

So? GO LOR....

***

How to go?

By midnight boats, 1 boat approx 100 people

The orang tengah will standby by the beach

if got police they will call the captain

to inform them not to anchor their boat at the port

so how?

setengah jalan say reached their destination

asked them to walk to bay themselves

some are swept by undersea currents or tripped

so lives are taken JUST LIKE THAT

remember the case where dozens of dead bodies are found by the beachside near Johor?

(if m not wrong)

yea, that's the one

If not by boat, they also can come by land transport

Vans or lorries fulled of immigrants

50 or 60 over in a lorry

approx 100 in a truck

some even hide under the driver seats!

They came without their VISAs

so problems arise when they reach their "destination".....

***

Some of them are taken to ulu (rural areas) places

Instructed to build those papan shelter

and live there...

They are usually threatened

If you don't work, the owners would report to the police and they would be jailed and sent back

No money gained.

If you move about or out of that rural area, the police would catch you, with no VISAs

then you would be sent back again.

Some of them would then take the opportunity to sell them food, daily stuff and medication

eg, Panadol is priced at rm2 per packet,

theirs is rm2 per capsule.......

Some of the female immigrants are brought to a room and locked

drugged

and forced to prostitute

if not, they would be beaten or worst...

Hmm~

I've heard some had to entertain a total of 50 customers per night...

Where is humanity????

Some of them are drugged to sleep

only to wake up with their organs (kidney usually) stolen...

What to do?

Not only like that,

those employers would not pay them to save their cost and expenditures

they would promise them their money at the end of their contract,

only to report to the police themselves right before payday arise,

so they don't have to pay them anything.

Wth...

***

Sometimes, we really do understand why they acted so inhumanly

they were tortured physically and mentally

day after day after day

and it's like living hell for them

when they ran away,

when they write little notes of help,

when they acted violently...

sometimes it's a defense thing.

I would if i were treated like that~

***

What i feel about this?

It's like a sudden realization,

while i was busy dealing with teen stuff

committees, friend fights, some on and off homework troubles

I didn't pay attention to the world around me

People are suffering daily and yet we are worrying bout math

(sorry teacher ): )

I feel anger but somehow helpless

It's like the global warming thing

We know it's happening and yet there are still people polluting the environment

What can we do?

I think i can start by telling you, you whom are reading this now..

By creating awareness around,

to tell people

Eh, look around, it's not like you're the center of attention

Please do SOMETHING to help these people.....

I know we couldn't stop human trafficking to the point of zero

but still, we can make a difference,

lower the numbers

help those people in need

instead of turning a cold shoulder....