Indra kelana (not verified) — Tue, 06/30/2009 - 3:52pm

to my colleague esfandaria,

I hope i can personnally meet you and kick your ass. Please make my day. Indonesia managed to kick the duch out just with bamboo. kicking your ass is just a piece of cake. you wanna try?

Esfandiari (not verified) — Thu, 06/18/2009 - 5:26pm

I find Indonesian rhetorics very amusing; they think we Malaysians need them (Indonesia) like we need oxygen. Yes, we do need foreign workers alright to do many things that our own people won't do but we certainly do not need Indonesian workers if we choose not to need them, we can always substitute Indonesian workers with those from Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Vietnam, Pakistan, China, Thailand, Africa and Philippines (many of them are already in Malaysia)....these people are more than willing to take over menial jobs in Malaysia that Indonesians are dearly holding on to. These Indonesian workers remit home annually to Indonesia RM2-3 billion (RM1=Rupiah2500), generating desperately-needed income for Indonesia, not to mention the desperately needed jobs Malaysia provide them. All menial workers at my office..from toilet cleaners to gardeners..are Indonesians. I've talked to them, I know it, life is pretty tough for them in Indonesia, they thank Allah for Malaysia, Malaysia is fresh oxygen to them. We desperately need foreign workers but we don't desperately need Indonesian workers. Our government is keeping Indonesian workers here out of deference for Indonesian government. Dr Mahathir threatened once to kick out all Indonesian workers; The Indonesian government reaction to Mahathir's plan was very hostile,practically declaring Mahathir's action as an act of war! The Indonesian government openly pleaded with Mahathir that sending off Indonesian workers would worsen Indonesia's employment situation. You Indonesians should go back to the archives, stop using Ambalat just to get hysteria over Malaysia. No matter what you like or dislike, we Malaysians will always defend our interests in Ambalat in whatever ways just as you yourself have decided to defend your own interests there too albeit in a very hysterical way. Ambalat is a disputed territory; you better get used to it! Screaming at us won't make us leave Ambalat....the ball is in your court, you want to shoot at us? Make our day!!

Mizani (not verified) — Tue, 06/16/2009 - 5:18pm

Malaysia has more than 2 millions Indonesians here work and mostly they are treated well. Some even choose to stay here forever (like my grandfather). Of course there is some bad treatment cases - and we have to correct that. But for many others, Malaysia has been good to them.
How about violent criminals done by Indonesian here - my neighbour was robbed with parang yielding indonesians and the whole family tied up inside the house? We did not go out and tell that the whole indonesians are bad people.
Yet, few cases emerged on bad treatment, Indonesians quickly want to declare war on Malaysia and accuses Malaysians of "Malingsia".

What kind of people is that ? Go think...

George Bush (not verified) — Mon, 06/15/2009 - 10:39am

To Nusa Dua : your assessment is so way off. If Indonesia were to to disintegrate it would have happened 8-10 years ago when Soeharto came down and the country was in complete chaos with ethnic and religious infigthing in Ambon, Borneo, Poso, Aceh and so on. It had all the hallmark of potential fragmentation. But contrary to what many foreigners think it didn't happen and you know why ? coz the reality is there are just not many separatist sentiments among indonesians. Sure, you see some separatist flag waving here and there but most people prefer to remain part of RI. Now, compare that to situation in Malaysia now, where ethnic Indians are being suppressed or chinese treated like second class citizens. No wonder not too many Malaysians demand democracy, coz if that happens it would have easily disintegrate into ethnic lines. The same with Singapore.

Nusa Dua Hotels (not verified) — Sun, 06/14/2009 - 12:52pm

Jan De Bont
Funny, you are at odds with the industry experts Janes and the English language at the same time! So you think a conflict would end up with Indonesian troops in KL?! Now that is funny! Look at what happened last time Indonesia dared to take on a real army rather than civilians, against Malaysia and with plans to capture Brunei in the 60's; oh dear! You live in cuckoo land if you think an armed conflict would spiral out badly of control for Malaysia. It is Indonesian armed forces with the equipment, training and motivation problem. It is Indonesia with the successionist / independence problem. Even Australia recently has published (in its 2009 military planning review) the likelihood the RI will "fragment" within the next 20 years. Should Indonesia be foolish enough to go to war with Malaysia I suggest to you the most likely outcome would be massive opportunistic domestic insurrection in the regions who want to be shot of Jakarta / Java, a hefty Indonesian military defeat (I suspect Singapore and others might have a go as well) and with that the prospect the RI looses larges swathes of territory. I think Malaysia and others would welcome the opportunity to put to rest the issues with its problem neighbour. It seems all you have is nationalistic fervor and a jealous hatred for Malaysia; a hilarious and very dangerous thing ;-)