I entirely agree with Prof Hamdan Adnan of Suhakam that our government must reconsider its decision to recruit 100,000 Pakistanis to alleviate the labour shortage in the country. The government fully prepare itself against complications that will surely arise.

Security and social problems are just the tip of an iceberg. How many times do we want to see history being repeated? It all started in Sabah and Sarawak where tens of thousand got hold of Malaysian identity documents to become citizens. Reports are that it is still that way. At least in Sabah.

Isn't the government aware of how many Pakistanis who have come in over the last 15 years and who are still in Malaysia? If we have just one loophole in our immigration system, these Pakistanis will find a dozen more to stay put in Malaysia.

Some of them have conveniently married the locals. Just because these young men are a handsome lot, local girls trip over each other falling for them. It is a common sight to see them courting Malaysian women at restaurants, movie halls, shopping markets and bus stops.

Is that a problem? Yes, it is. In Pakistan, especially in the interior, many men marry young. Most of the workers coming here would have been married. They will marry again here. They will repeat the same tradition.

Are we prepared for them? Do we have a system to check exploitation of our immigration system? Does the government have a record of how many local women have been abandoned by these men when our immigration department refused them an extension of their stay?

A case fit to mention here is when a couple went to Wisma Putra three years ago begging the authorities to save their daughter taken to Pakistan? The husband was denied an extension of his stay.

There in Pakistan, his family made her a slave. She ended up serving the whole household including two other wives he had married earlier and she was also forced to tend the fields. The poor wife somehow managed to send a message to her mother.

The Malaysian High Commission tried seeking the help of the Pakistani authorities. There was a risk that the poor girl might be taken to a tribal court inviting severe punishment for making a complaint against the husband.

The Pakistani police dared not take action. Finally, friends privately organised a team that went in and snatched her out. How many more Malaysian girls shall we expose to such terror?