• Sri Kenangan Home
  
  SERI KENANGAN HOME
  An application for admission to the welfare home (Seri Kenangan Home (RSK)) by an individual aged 60 years old and above.
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide care, treatment and shelter to poor older persons for the sake of their well being and quality of life.
  poor senior citizen aged 60 years old and above
  not suffering from an infectious disease
  without relative
  
  Care and Shelter
  
  This service provides the residents with basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter to ensure their life comfort in a peaceful surrounding.
  
  Medical Treatment
  All residents are given proper medical care. Resident suffering from mild sickness will be treated at the Institution by a trained Medical Assistant.
  
  Guidance and Counseling
  These services assist the residents in overcoming emotional and psychological problems.
  
  
  
  Work rehabilitation
  This service is provided to uphold the spirit and dignity of the residents, and instill the belief that they are still productive and contribute meaningfully to society.
  
  
  Prayer Facility
  Residents are encouraged to practice their respective religious beliefs in fulfilling their spiritual needs and maintaining their mental peace.
  
  
  

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Chin Human Rights Organization

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Tel: +1.510.332.0983

www.chro.org

RELA BURNS DOWN REFUGEE SHELTERS IN MALAYSIA

25 January 2008

Putrajaya, Malaysia: At least 75 Zomi refugees and asylum seekers originally from Chin State, Burma are now homeless and distraught after government-authorized forces in Malaysia burned down their jungle shelters earlier this week in Putrajaya. This is the latest of many well-documented acts of abuse committed by the authorities against the refugee community in Malaysia.

The raid began around 7 am on 20 January when more than 30 RELA members violently stormed the make-shift campsite and burned it to the ground. The material possessions of the camp residents- plastic sheeting for shelter, pots and pans for cooking, donated articles of clothing and food rations, and Christian Bibles- were reduced to ashes. For a community already living on the margins of survival, the consequences are devastating.

“Nothing is left for any of them. Nobody knows what they should do, where they should go for shelter, how they can overcome this...They are left with nothing,” reported one Zomi Chin leader who recently visited the residents and their burned out campsite.

For years, the refugees and asylum seekers from Burma have taken shelter in the jungles surrounding Kuala Lumpur to escape the harassment and abuse by RELA security forces. Night-time neighborhood raids occur regularly in Kuala Lumpur’s urban areas. Although in hiding, the communities living in the jungle are not immune to such abuses. Over the course of four years, the camp in Putrajaya had been raided three times by RELA.

According to the camp leader, “None of the raids in the past compare to this. We are empty-handed now. We lost everything- no cooking pots, no food, no clothes, no hope.”

The raid was conducted by Malaysia’s controversial RELA or the People’s Volunteer Corps, an untrained, volunteer civilian unit with security enforcement powers. RELA has come under increasing criticism by members of the international community and human rights organizations for reckless conduct and abusive actions during raids. Despite such criticism, RELA is slated to take over all of Malaysia’s immigration facilities during this next year. The transition of authority has already started in some facilities, raising concerns among the refugee community who fear the takeover will lead to increased abuses with greater impunity.

BACKGROUND

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in Chin State, Burma to escape severe ethnic and religious persecution committed by the military regime of Burma. They arrive in Malaysia in search of some sense of security. Currently, there are over 23,000 asylum seekers and refugees from Burma’s Chin State living in Malaysia. Instead of finding safety, they are the constant target of harassment, arrest, detention, and deportation by the Malaysian authorities. In addition, they are unable to work, receive an education, access health care services, or find acceptable living accommodations. With the UNHCR general registration process closed since July 2005, obtaining refugee status or any protective documents from the UNHCR is difficult. As a result, life for the refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia is full of abuses and uncertainties.

For more information, please visit Chin Human Rights Organization ( CHRO ) on the web at www_.chro.ca/ or contact Amy Alexander at amyalex_thailand@yahoo.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or +66.85.230.2609.

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