A humanitarian head collapsed at the Malaysian embassy

Not being able to take a Nepalese citizen who was seriously ill and came to the embassy shelter for two days to the hospital is a serious incompetence of the Nepali Ambassador to Malaysia, Netra Prasad Timsina. Timsina, who has also been the president of the Nepal Red Cross Society, is negligent in not respecting the right to receive human sympathy and treatment.

Chaitra 14, 2081

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A humanitarian head collapsed at the Malaysian embassy

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With the increase in the number of Nepali citizens reaching many countries for residence, study or employment, they are also gathering different dimensions of experience. Although people go to other countries mainly for easy life, knowledge and skill acquisition and income, it is not certain that everyone's life will take a turn as expected. Many pictures of difficult life can be seen in Malaysia now.

It is found that workers who have completed the legal process for labor but have lost their legal status in the course of time have to spend their daily lives there. Although the stories of each such worker's entry to Malaysia are different, the stories of being stranded and having trouble are almost the same.

Some are forced to stay on the bridge even when they are hit by a vehicle and break their legs, some die due to lack of treatment even when they reach the shelter of the embassy due to serious illness. In order to reduce such sad stories, it is necessary to review the effectiveness of the orientation training given before entering Malaysia to the option of providing financial resources to the embassy.

A character who can understand the possible situation of undocumented workers in Malaysia is Rajan Rai from Siraha. He came to Malaysia to work in the plantation sector four years ago and left the company when his contract expired and was working as a security guard elsewhere. During that time, his health deteriorated. But the working company did not take him to the hospital.

Instead, he brought it to the door of the Nepali Embassy and left it. He was taken to the embassy on Chait 4, unable to speak properly, and kept in a temporary shelter set up informally. He breathed his last there two days later. In the meantime, he could not even be treated, because he was not taken to the hospital. As Rai was an undocumented worker, personal matters including her formal identity were complicated. However, the embassy's initiative to take him to the hospital was not expected.

Not being able to take the Nepali citizen who came to the embassy sheltered from serious illness for two days to the hospital is a serious incompetence of the Nepali ambassador to Malaysia, Netraprasad Timsina. Timsina, who has also been the president of the Nepal Red Cross Society, is negligent in not respecting the right to receive human sympathy and treatment. If an ambassador is sensitive to a patient's condition, that doesn't mean he can't take them to the hospital. He could try diplomatically.

could have drawn the immediate attention of the Malaysian government. Had he been rushed to the hospital in time, Rai's life could have been saved or prolonged. Even if he died during treatment at the hospital, it could not be considered abnormal. But it is insensitivity for a person who is holding the responsibility of representing the country like an ambassador not to take a person who needs treatment in front of him to the hospital. The government should take notice of this detail. In the future, those who will be ambassadors should also be oriented on how to behave in such matters that involve human sensitivities.

Problems like the ones experienced by Roy are often created by the workers themselves. Because, the workers who have gone to foreign employment to earn, look for more earning options. If there is a possibility of earning relatively more in the new place, they change the company. If the behavior of the company, the complexity of the work and the non-payment of regular salary according to the contract, they are more ready to change the company. In Malaysia, it is considered illegal to leave a job and go to another company without the consent of the company. Resident visas for such departures are not renewed. That is, they become undocumented workers.

Therefore, such topics should be 'briefed' seriously in the orientation training given to those who are preparing to go to foreign employment. The importance of legal status should be explained to the workers. At the same time, Nepali embassies and companies in the respective countries should also keep communicating information on such matters. Instead, if you are feeling a difficult situation, you should inform them that you can get help from the embassy, ​​the Nepali community or organizations related to Nepal.

All workers should be stopped from going outside the legal status. However, legal repatriation and repatriation should be facilitated in Gaihale. Such issues can be clarified in the labor agreement with the respective country. The labor agreement with Malaysia is in the process of renewal, at that time the mentioned issues related to the legal status of the workers should be covered.

Anyone who is a Nepalese legal status or illegal, should help after coming to their asylum. Two aspects of this need to be discussed. First, patients should receive treatment from the point of view of humanity. The regulation also states that even if the worker is undocumented, he/she must be treated first if he/she is ill, as is the International Convention on Migrant Workers.

Therefore, regardless of diplomatic, political or personal efforts, the ambassador must try to get the patient to the hospital. Second, treatment requires a budget. There is a workers' welfare fund to look after those who are in trouble due to legal status (expiration of work permit). It addresses common pitfalls. But the embassy does not have the budget to treat undocumented workers. As a result, patients die without even receiving treatment.

Therefore, the government should manage the budget for food, shelter, treatment, rescue (tickets) for its citizens who are in trouble. The embassy collects tax from work such as application verification, document verification related to consular services, passport renewal or issuance. A certain percentage of it can be managed by the embassy itself. Such amount can be set aside for Nepali workers who are in trouble. Through this, resources, means and necessary manpower (local staff) can be managed.

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