Illegal immigrants from Indonesia

More and more illegal immigrants from Indonesia have been encroaching on our shores, clearly a challenge to our sovereignty.

The situation could escalate if the political climate in Indonesia worsens. As we know, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demonstrate, and surround the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.

Thus it is best we here heighten border security to stem the flow of illegal immigrants from that country. We must work fast now to tighten security at the entry points and not wait till the situation in Indonesia becomes worse than it is now.

Being neighbors, their political instability coupled with economic glut would definitely affect us as well.

-- Utusan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur