OF the 364 people nabbed at road blocks in Selangor, a third (114) were foreigners as of March 30.
What does this tell us? Foreigners are not compliant to the laws of our nation.
But the counter argument could be that one should not be prejudiced or victimise foreigners because two-thirds of offenders are Malaysians.
Now suppose a Malaysian is living and working in a foreign land, what are the chances of him or her violating laws in the host country?
In every likelihood Malaysians would dare not run the risk of being hauled up overseas.
We need to think long term.
As we continue to rely on foreigners and harbour large numbers of undocumented and illegal migrant workers, some day in the future, in the face of difficult situations like the current health concern or even some national security threat, how on earth are we going to control the foreigners here who seem to show an inclination of not observing the law?
What if in the face of this MCO where employers will be unable to pay their foreign workers, these migrant workers cause trouble in desperation?
Or maybe the third of MCO violaters are not migrant workers but tourists. And if that be the case, why are visitors so blatantly not following our laws in force?
We need to debate and resolve this long suspected problem now.
J. D. Lovrenciear
