Stories of Indonesians looking for work in other countries are heartbreaking. Some are raped, others drown at sea sailing on an overloaded, malfunctioning boat. Most recently, there's been the case of 450,000 illegal workers expelled from Malaysia. It's ironic that this tragedy took place in the country next door, whose people share with us the same ethnic origin.

Like it or not, Indonesians must respect Malaysia's new labor law which went