Jealous wives and women from China

Chinese women can not be denied entry because of the suspicions of jealous wives, Sarawak state assembly told.

KUCHING: The Sarawak government cannot deny entry of Chinese women based on complaints from unhappy wives, State Minister with Special Functions Adenan Satem said today.

He said the Immigration Department could only take action if the foreign women said to have created social problems, had infringed the entry conditions or were convicted for offences.

“Yes, I agree that there are complaints, especially from unhappy wives that they come here on pretext of being students using student or social passes,” he told the state legislative aseembly at Petra Jaya here.

Adenan was replying to Chiew Chiu Sing (DAP-Kidurong) who raised the issue of security breach following concerns expressed by parents about the presence of these women in the male dormitaries of private universities in Sibu.

At present, holders of People’s Republic of China passports are granted social passes with maxmium 30 days upon entry into Sarawak provided they possess valid visas to enter the country.

He said up to April, Sarawak recorded 11,390 visitors from China compared to 34,388 last year, 38,477 (2009), 37,340 (2008), 24,908 (2007) and 19,310 (2006).

For the past five years a total of 117 Chinese women were arrested while 115 of them were prosecuted for various offences committed under Immigration Act 1959/63 and Immigration Regulations 1963.

The department had also conducted continuous operation and inspection on compay’s premises as part of its monitoring system to enusre the passes granted were complied with.

• Bernama

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