Nowadays there are so many foreign students in Malaysia, especially in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya. They are trying to study here and are not out to do bad things.

I am a student from Africa. I want to improve myself, so please excuse my mistakes.

Many Malaysians do not like Africans They do not want to talk or mix with us Africans. But they cheat us in rent and other prices.

I study at a well-known college here in Subang Jaya. The Malaysian students there and also many lecturers and the office staff do not like us and treat us like enemies. We have no diseases but they still don’t come near us. They think we are ugly.

We feel very sad and lonely. When we have problems or are sick, the college does not care. They just scold us when we are absent from class.

Many of our wallets are stolen on buses and on the LRT where there are many pickpockets but our college doesn’t help us. And when we have no money to pay the fees, we are not allowed to attend the lectures.

Surely we will fail the examinations. This college is only interested in our money. Not when we are sick or have no money to pay the fees because it had been stolen. Also, our agents and landlords cheat us.

Our friends in other colleges also have the same problems. Only a few lecturers and some church pastors and members help us.

We are very sad and have many problems with our college. We have even gone to see the college director because of our friend’s health problem but the director doesn’t want to help our friend.

What can we do now?

Signed by: James Kawazi, Ahmed Yunus, Kassem Ali and Ahmed Karime.