Malaysians come first, Hamzah tells Al Jazeera


Kamles Kumar

The country needs foreign workers, ‘but what’s important to us is that they follow the rules’, says Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin (centre). – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, July 6, 2020.

HOME Minister Hamzah Zainudin has defended raids against undocumented foreigners during the movement-control order period, telling Al-Jazeera that “Malaysians come first”.

He refuted the international news outlet’s report that Malaysia discriminated against illegal immigrants during the Covid-19 pandemic.


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  • Agree. Protect Malaysian citizen first

    Posted 3 years ago by Noor Azhar Kamaruddin