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A MALAYSIAN who obtained a master’s degree in forensic science from an Australian university was twice rejected in her applications for government jobs, Nanyang Siang Pau reported yesterday. The reason, according to the mother of Arniza Khairani Mohd Jamil, 24, was because she is of mixed parentage and her mother a Chinese.
Dian Lai Abdullah told a press conference that her daughter, a University of Western Sydney graduate, recently looked for a job at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital and was told that she would not be accepted unless her mother dies or divorces her Malay father. Her job application with the Perlis Police Academy in February was equally frustrating.
The officers told her they could not hire her as her mother is a Chinese, said the report. Accompanied by Dian, Arniza sought the help of Federal Territory MCA liaison committee last Wednesday. Dian related her daughter’s encounters at a press conference held by the committee on Tuesday.
Dian alleged that the officers at the police academy told her daughter, “we don’t take, you are a Chinese”. “The (officers at the Kuala Lumpur) hospital also told Arniza it would not accept Chinese. It would not consider accepting her unless I divorce her father,” said Dian.
“I was very angry, they did not even look at her certificates. They only looked at her mother’s skin colour. “I explained to them my daughter is a bumiputra of Malay-Chinese parentage, and was hoping that while waiting for the result of her application for a scholarship to further her studies, she could work here to gain some practical knowledge.
I told them my daughter would not mind even if she doesn’t get paid, but they still wouldexplanation, the hospital authorities rejected Arniza, citing security reasons.
“I don’t know what security reasons they were talking about as they rejected my daughter without further explanation.” She said a friend who works in the police force had advised her to “forget about it”.
“I have written to (prime minister’s wife) Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor’s secretary, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil as well as Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin,” Dian said, adding that she has yet to get a reply. Arniza said she intended to read for a doctorate and had approached the police academy and hospital for work while awaiting her applications for a scholarship as well as admission for the PhD programme.
“I was accepted by Queensland University of Technology but missed the enrolment on Sept 14 because I failed to get a government scholarship.” She said the university has agreed to allow her to join the programme at its next intake but she must come up with about A$200,000 (RM640,000) needed for the course.
Federal Territory 1Malaysia MCA Task Force deputy chief Frankie Gan Joon Zin said he would write to the police academy and hospital with copies of the letters addressed to the prime minister and MCA chief.