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Hong Kong migrant workers demand apology over House deputy speaker’s statement
Hong Kong migrant workers have demanded that House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah apologize publicly over comments about the condition of migrant workers overseas.
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House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah gestures during a meeting. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)
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ong Kong migrant workers have demanded that House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah apologize publicly over comments about the condition of migrant workers overseas.
"We demand Bapak Fahri Hamzah apologize officially for his derogatory comments about Indonesian migrant workers and for using invalid data to claim that 1,000 migrant workers in Hong Kong had been impregnated, leaving their kids without care, and claiming 30 percent of the migrants had HIV/AIDS," 55 Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong under the LACI group said in a release on Wednesday.
Fahri stirred up protests from netizens following a tweet associating Indonesian migrant workers with "beggars turning into housemaids abroad". Fahri immediately removed the post from his account.
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"We also push the House’s ethics council to evaluate Fahri's performance and consider his dismissal from his position as a lawmaker," the group added.
In his most recent tweet, Fahri said: "To those who felt insulted [by my comments], herewith I apologize."(dmr)
