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Lambs to the Slaughter

Tuesday, October 15, 2002

While most migrant workers have been practically disowned by the Indonesian embassy in Malaysia, the government prefers to blame the press rather than help its own citizens.

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In 1993, 47 men and women drowned off the coast of Selangor. At the time, the news caused a great commo-tion here. Many people are unaware that a similar fate befalls many Indonesian migrant workers every year, with thousands of them attempting the hazardous journey to Malaysia in leaky craft that were never designed to carry human cargoes.

These vessels frequently set out, filled to the gunwales with migrants, without notifying anyone due

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