RI rioters to be prosecuted, deported<\/p>\n
Agence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n
A total of 125 Indonesian textile workers have been arrested
\nafter a riot over drug tests which has outraged Malaysia and
\nembarrassed Jakarta, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
More arrests were imminent and those found guilty of taking
\npart in the rampage, in which police vehicles were overturned and
\nofficers stoned, faced deportation, said Negeri Sembilan state
\npolice chief Mohamed Yunos Othman.<\/p>\n
Some 400 Indonesians staged the protest at a textile factory
\nin the central state last Thursday after police tried to detain
\n16 of their co-workers for drug abuse.<\/p>\n
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad responded to the
\nriot by saying the government would review recruitment of foreign
\nworkers and give priority to those from countries other than
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
Indonesian ministers have apologized on behalf of the
\ngovernment and called for punishment to be limited to those
\ninvolved in the riot.<\/p>\n
Malaysia is home to some 700,000 foreign workers, mainly from
\nIndonesia, as well as hundreds of thousands of illegal
\nimmigrants.<\/p>\n
Just three days after the riot, about 70 Indonesian
\nconstruction workers armed with machetes went on the rampage and
\ndamaged food stalls run by fellow Indonesians at Cyberjaya, south
\nof the Malaysia's capital.<\/p>\n
Mahathir said Tuesday that foreigners who did not obey
\nMalaysian laws would not be tolerated. Security in coastal areas
\nwould be tightened, those without proper documents would be
\ndeported and the number of work permits would be reduced.<\/p>\n
\"I think there are too many of them. If it becomes a big
\nmovement, we will face problems,\" he was quoted as saying by the
\nofficial Bernama news agency.<\/p>\n
\"It seems that they want to make their own laws, reject our
\nlaws. This we cannot accept.\"<\/p>\n
In December, more than 2,000 illegal immigrants, including
\n1,560 Indonesians, rioted at a detention center and torched a
\nsection of their quarters to escape deportation.<\/p>",
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