High Commission denies negligence

CHENNAI:  Countering the raging allegations that it never took up the Indian migrant labourers’ ordeal with the Malaysian Government properly, the Indian High Commission in Malaysia has said that it was equally concerned about the welfare of all Indian nationals in the country like any other organisation, and were providing all the needed assistance to Indian citizens, including Indian workers, in distress there.Reacting to the allegation by NGOs working for rights of migrant workers, an official of the High Commission, in an e-mail statement, said they have a Consular Wing and a separate Labour Wing, which assists Indian nationals, including workers, through various means, including handling of labour disputes and providing consular services to those Indians who were in prisons and detention camps.The High Commission official said, “From January to June 2011, the High Commission’s representatives have made 25 visits to 11 detention camps in Malaysia and assisted Indian nationals to establish their identity and provided consular services to them thereafter.”