Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Rasa Sayang Dilemma gets Insidious

No, it isn't because of Rasa Sayang.

It is the issue of inability, not being able to discern, a card such as one issued by Wisma Putra, and an illegal immigrant.

The envoy's wife did not carry her passport with her; that's the reason given by the director-general of Rela, Zaidon Asmuni.

She was already lucky that day. She did not carry her marriage certificate with her. If she had her handsome bodyguard besides her, the enforcers may even consider charging her for khalwat -shopping with another man who stands so close besides her - that what they called "Close Proximity".

She only carry a card issued by Wisma Putra which the Rela members had never seen one before. In fact the Rela members were suspicious of that kind of identity card ...

You can't blame them (Relawans) as there's just too many of such cards issued everywhere, anywhere, by someone working somewhere. You can find them issued in large quantity in Sabah. In fact, most Indonesian workers have Red Identity Card and quite many have Blue Cards.

Of course, Relas were trained to be suspicious, nosey and be pokimen. There are 400,000 of them nationwide. They also want to cari makan.

"This entire incident was blown out of proportion by the Indonesian media," Zaidon Asmuni said.

How is it that it could happen? What was always being wrong? Why is it that Relas always were accused? Where had we gone wrong, or, not right? When can we stop the system dysfunctions? Which of the system administrators were the cause?

But we are going to the moon, in fact, tonight!

And they still can't discern what a Wisma Putra card looks like?

Did you see the rocket up there?

Is it the Russian Soyuz TMA-11, or

Is it the DAP Rocket?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

most malaysians supportive of RELA actions..you can count me out. too many booboos from you gunslingers. and a HEAD thats so irresponsible by blaming others for the booboos instead of taking corrective measures. in the private sector, this fella will be looking for another job. another fella promoted to his level of incompetence. think they called it Peter's principle. Think theres hell of a lot of such fellas in this country. NEP is the reason, no?

Helen said...

I love your picture and your killer caption. lol

Considering the 'bigger' roles RELA is now playing, I honestly think they should have more training.

Unknown said...

as the DG of Rela this fler really have no shame at his failure to recognize our own government issued document and he has no qualms in telling the world that he is an ignoramus and that the government agencies in malaysia is working in silo in their own fiefdom.

Let's look at it logically.
1: You (rela flers)are supposed to look into the illegals issue.
2: once you ascertain that a person is a foreigner by their looks or whatever means, what do you need to look at to ascertain whether he/she is here legally or not? - a valid visa, passport, red/blue ic for common folks?

For diplomats? or for other dignitaries - do they have any special travel or stay in malaysia documentations? surely they must have right?

so what is he talking about that they are not able to recognise a document issue by wisma putra for a diplomat?

what he says highlited 2 things.

1: our government agencies are working in silo. no one knows what the other is doing,

2: this rela fler has not gone thru proper training or briefing on spotting illegals by checking for proper documentations which does not only cover passport, visa or red ic.

i remember there was an uproar previouly when rela fler dont recognise documentation issued by UNHCHR for refugees...

are these people what calvin coolidge refers to as educated derelicts?

Arena Green said...

Nazri would probably have liked to see Lim Kit Siang and his Rocket being sent to outer space for good, eh? LOL

Anonymous said...

she made a mistake of not pulling out her wallet..if she had pulled out her wallet..they can easily recognise the ringgit notes...a diplomatic card.???? who cares? remember the indian nationals raided in brickfields..they had valid documents..but all were forced to squat under the sun.

Anonymous said...

These RELAs are number one on the hate list of indonesians. I would think that some of them are actually doing the job. But I believe a large number of them are riding along to make a living.

Go to some kongsi or long houses and ask and I am sure they can tell you tons of stories of their belongings missing after the raids. They not only raid illegal ones but all foreigner residence.

These RELAwans have no Standard Operating Procedures, no accountability and no formal training. It is like if you round up a bunch of villagers for police, what do you get? Get the picture?

Cheapskate is the only word I have for them. Government wanted to match number with number, RELA is the only agency where little money is needed to maintain as they get the motivation from 'taxing' the foreigners. They cannot have their say anyway. Even dignatories can't have their say, just imagine others....

Maverick SM said...

Helen, thank you for being so kind to my posting...hehehehe!

AnakMerdeka, Kit Siang may be sent to MARs soon.

Msiaman, I don't think the Relawans hate Indonesians; I believe they need them more than anything else... they can cari makan.

Anonymous said...

ha ha ha... maverick sm, you are correct. Just like predator and prey. I am more expressing my disgust at the way such disregard to ethics and procedures and accountability be allowed to continue.

Maybe they are just using "gangster against mobs" kind of approach. I do not see any other reasons how RELA activities especially on foreigner raids can be sanctioned.

Anonymous said...

sickos running a perverted joint