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Oleh Rashidi Karim
am@hmetro.com.my
KANGAR: Ramai penjual karpet warga Pakistan dikesan berkahwin secara mudah dengan wanita Melayu di Selatan Thailand dipercayai dengan niat tersembunyi untuk mendapat taraf Penduduk Tetap (PR) dan seterusnya MyKad agar boleh terus tinggal serta berniaga di Malaysia.
Kegiatan itu terbukti apabila statistik pernikahan yang direkod Pejabat Konsul Besar Malaysia di Songkhla, Thailand, mendapati ramai wanita tempatan berkahwin dengan lelaki Pakistan berbanding lelaki warga negara lain. Konsul Besar Malaysia di Songkhla, Mohd Aini Atan berkata, sepanjang tahun lalu 45 kes perkahwinan membabitkan wanita tempatan dengan lelaki Pakistan direkodkan di selatan Thailand dengan sebahagian besarnya dilakukan di wilayah Songkhla.
Menurutnya, jumlah perkahwinan membabitkan lelaki Pakistan itu tertinggi berbanding lelaki negara lain iaitu sembilan membabitkan warga Bangladesh, India (lapan) dan Nepal (tiga).
“Kami percaya pasangan terbabit bernikah di selatan Thailand menggunakan jurunikah yang diiktiraf pihak berkuasa agama Islam Malaysia dan kemudian mendaftarkan perkahwinan dengan kami untuk tujuan pengesahan,” katanya.
Menurutnya, kemunculan ramai warga Pakistan berkahwin dengan warga tempatan, khususnya wanita Melayu di selatan Thailand dianggap fenomena baru yang jarang berlaku berbanding pernikahan membabitkan pasangan lelaki atau wanita dari Thailand dan Indonesia.
“Pihak berkuasa Malaysia perlu menjalankan siasatan terperinci berhubung perkahwinan mudah di selatan Thailand, terutama membabitkan warga Malaysia dengan penduduk dari benua kecil India iaitu Pakistan, India, Nepal dan Bangladesh serta warga asing lain dari seluruh dunia.
“Ini kerana kita curiga perkahwinan itu dilangsungkan dengan niat tersembunyi iaitu ingin memudahkan usaha mereka mendapat PR dan MyKad,” katanya.
Selain itu, menurutnya, berdasarkan statistik, seramai 782 daripada 3,260 kes pernikahan di selatan Thailand yang dicatatkan tahun lalu membabitkan warga Malaysia dengan warga asing dari 31 negara, termasuk dari Korea, Denmark, Sweden, Amerika Syarikat dan Iran.
Sementara itu, Shafie Kayem Manaf, seorang jurunikah bertauliah dari daerah Klonget, Songkhla ketika dihubungi semalam, mengaku melangsungkan pernikahan membabitkan ramai pasangan Malaysia dengan warga asing, terutama dari Pakistan, Bangladesh dan India.
“Saya pun terkejut apabila mendapati wanita tempatan hadir bersama pasangannya dari Pakistan untuk berkahwin di rumah saya. Selepas melepasi hukum syarak ditetapkan agama, saya bersama pembantu melangsungkan perkahwinan secara sah sebelum meminta mereka mendaftarkan dengan pihak Konsul Malaysia di Songkhla,” katanya.
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Marrying to get PR status
2011/03/19
By Sharanpal Singh Randhawa
sharanpal@nst.com.my
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KANGAR: Men from developing countries are marrying Malaysian women in southern Thailand every year.
It is believed that some of the marriages are just for getting Malaysian permanent residence (PR).
Songkhla's Klongget district marriage registrar Shafie Kayem Manaf said many of the women fell for the "charm and good looks" of the foreigners, especially Pakistanis.
Pakistanis top the list of those marrying Malaysian women in southern Thailand, with 45 marriages recorded last year.
They were followed by nine Bangladeshis, eight Indian nationals and three Nepalese, whose marriages were also listed by the Malaysian consulate in Songkhla.
Shafie said many Malaysian women failed to realise that they were only being "used" to obtain PR status by these foreigners.
"They are known to be sweet talkers and many Malaysian women fall prey to their promises, especially those in 'Bollywood dream land'.
"Many of them come to the marriage registrar as they need proof of marriage to apply for PR.
"I believe many from Indonesia and Myanmar who marry Malaysian women have the same intention," he said when contacted.
Recently, it was reported that Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam said PR applicants need not wait for five years to get an approval.
He said they could just go to any National Registration Department office to apply.
The counters would then open a file under their names, regardless of how long they had been married. Applicants could also apply online via the ministry's website.
The report also said although some PR approvals could now be obtained within 24 hours and online renewal of passports was available, the secretary-general assured that there would be no compromise on national security.
Recently, the Malaysian Consul-General in Songkhla, Mohd Aini Atan, revealed that out of 3,260 marriages registered in southern Thailand last year, 782 involved Malaysians.
The highest number was between Malaysians and Thais (419), followed by Indonesians (228), Pakistanis (45), and Filipinas (18).
Malaysians had also registered marriages with foreigners from Cambodia, South Africa, Singapore, France, Nigeria, South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Denmark, America, Iran, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.
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