Foreign students learning the hard way
By Marco Ferrarese
February 2015 FEATURE
Increasingly restrictive policies related to the issuance of student visas have transformed Malaysia from a rising education hub to a foreign student’s worst nightmare.“I would have never thought that the police could detain me for such a thing,” says Dinesh, a 30-year-old international student who came to Malaysia to pursue his PhD and whose name has been changed for fear of retaliation. Dinesh, an Indian national, spent two days at one of KL’s alien detention centres, locked in a cell...
Marco Ferrarese
is a musician, author and travel writer. He has written about overland travel and extreme music in Asia, and blogs at www.monkeyrockworld.com. He also curates the Penang Insider, the smart guide for traveling and living in Penang, at www.penang-insider.com. His latest book, The Travels of Marco Yolo, is available in bookstores. Follow him on Twitter @monkeyrockworld.
