According to former Suhakam commissioner Datuk N. Siva Subramaniam there are at least several thousand Indians in the same situation as Sinasamy and Kumaraswary. Siva Subramaniam: Unless their statelessness is reversed, the undocumented Indians will remain in poverty all their life. Suaram director K. Arumugam concurs and says Indian poverty was manufactured over the decades by a cheap labour economic system. However, there has to be a different model, which is more comprehensive, to help this special group of people, he added. “There are lifestyle issues, employment issues as well as documentation issues and housing issues – it is very multi-dimensional in nature,” he reiterated.

Source: The Star May 26, 2018 23:26 UTC