關於 i will keep you updated on the status ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐔𝐒 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖?
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At this moment, we really need to WORK TOGETHER to fight the epidemic. BUT we really need a very clear goal and to identify what is the KEY PRIORITY ACTION.
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Recently, the media are reporting on the problem of the price hike for face masks, the national police urged the people to stay at home, and the number of confirmed cases published daily by the Ministry of Health (half transparent), and so on.
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HOWEVER, will the people be convinced by these kind of steps❓
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𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘
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Once China discovered the COVID-19 epidemic, they immediately sealed off the city. The purpose is to find the SOURCE OF THE EPIDEMIC as fast as possible so as to IDENTIFY the RANGE OF SPREAD and ROUTE of the epidemic during this lock down period to minimize the risk.
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Although the Malaysian government has been little slow in taking action, however the official has implemented the control of state-ordered operations. But is it the people of the country will be safe just by STAYING AT HOME?
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In this context, our country should be grateful because the source of most of the confirmed cases in our country is already IDENTIFIED.
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But the strange thing is while the government knew that there are still 4,000 people who have not yet gone to the hospital for examination and isolation, on the other hand keep reminding the citizens not to go out and stay at home. Isn't this just like persuading 30 million people across Malaysia to fight with these 4,000 people. I am most concern that these 4,000 people do not know where there will be a third outbreak. In fact, the ultimate victim of this is the citizens
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𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃?

Thanks to the people's cooperation at home? And then blame these 4,000 people for slowly appearing for the test and cause the spread of the epidemic?
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Actually, in order to persuade these 4,000 people to go to the hospital for check out, the theory is the same as persuading a child. You can only use either of the way as below：

1) Mandatory use of the highest criminal law, such as the use of the army to search.
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2) To deal with the exchange of T&C
Among these 4,000 people, the reason they don't turn out might be because some of them are foreign workers. Yes, they might be worrying of repatriation.
In order to make sure they turn out for testing and isolation, government should give the promise to them that as long as they turn out for testing, other matter can be discussed.
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Because currently, the most critical matter is not whether they are foreign worker or not, but is the safety of all citizens, including: our leaders, government servants, citizens & etc.
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Let's look for these 4,000 people together agrressively regardless of your status, which party you come from, government or private sector or organization.
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At this moment, the government should stop doing something that shouldn't be the priority. The hike of the price of face mask and report every day on how hard the police are patrolling is not the priority. The priority is how to identify and seek for these 4,000 people as the citizens are waiting for the updated news of these 4,000 people !!
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Thanks.
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𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 14 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒚.

~ Master WeiXuan
(Translated from Mandarin)

Muhyiddin Yassin
DR ADHAM BABA

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad
Anwar Ibrahim
Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Lim Kit Siang (林吉祥)

The Star
NST Online
Sinar Harian
MELODY

What she said...

[Updated with additional information]

There is so much misinformation out there about the Trump administration's new "zero tolerance" policy that requires criminal prosecution, which then warrants the separating of parents and children at the southern border. Before responding to a post defending this policy, please do your research...As a professor at a local Cal State, I research and write about these issues, so here, I wrote the following to make it easier for you:

Myth: This is not a new policy and was practiced under Obama and Clinton - FALSE. The policy to separate parents and children is new and was instituted on 4/6/2018. It was the “brainchild” of John Kelly and Stephen Miller to serve as a deterrent for undocumented immigration, and some allege to be used as a bargaining chip. The policy was approved by Trump, and adopted by Sessions. Prior administrations detained migrant families, but didn’t have a practice of forcibly separating parents from their children unless the adults were deemed unfit. https://www.justice.gov/…/press-rele…/file/1049751/download…

Myth: This is the only way to deter undocumented immigration - FALSE. Annual trends show that arrests for undocumented entry are at a 46 year low, and undocumented crossings dropped in 2007, with a net loss (more people leaving than arriving). Deportations have increased steadily though (spiking in 1996 and more recently), because several laws that were passed since 1996 have made it more difficult to gain legal status for people already here, and thus increased their deportations (I address this later under the myth that it's the Democrats' fault). What we mostly have now are people crossing the border illegally because they've already been hired by a US company, or because they are seeking political asylum. Economic migrants come to this country because our country has kept the demand going. But again, many of these people impacted by Trump's "zero tolerance" policy appear to be political asylum-seekers. https://www.npr.org/…/arrests-for-illegal-border-crossings-…

Myth: Most of the people coming across the border are just trying to take advantage of our country by taking our jobs - FALSE. Most of the parents who have been impacted by Trump's "zero tolerance" policy have presented themselves as political asylum-seekers at a U.S. port-of-entry, from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Rather than processing their claims, according to witness accounts, it appears as though they have been taken into custody on the spot and had their children ripped from their arms. The ACLU alleges that this practice violates the US Asylum Act, and the UN asserts that it violates the UN Treaty on the State of Refugees, one of the few treaties the US has ratified. The ACLU asserts that this policy is an illegal act on the part of the United States government, not to mention morally and ethically reprehensible. https://www.nytimes.com/…/meatpackers-profits-hinge-on-pool…

Myth: We're a country that respects the Rule of Law, and if people break the law, this is what they get - FALSE. We are a country that has an above-ground system of immigration and an underground system. Our government (under both parties) has always been aware that US companies recruit workers in the poorest parts of Mexico for cheap labor, and ICE (and its predecessor INS) has looked the other way because this underground economy benefits our country to the tune of billions of dollars annually. Thus, even though many of the people crossing the border now are asylum-seekers, those who are economic migrants (migrant workers) likely have been recruited here to do jobs Americans will not do. https://www.upi.com/…/Donald-Trumps-wall-ign…/2621477498203/

Myth: The children have to be separated from their parents because the parents must be arrested and it would be cruel to put children in jail with their parents - FALSE. First, in the case of economic migrants crossing the border illegally, criminal prosecution has not been the legal norm, and families have historically been kept together at all cost. Also, crossing the border without documentation is typically a misdemeanor not requiring arrest, but rather has been handled in a civil proceeding. Additionally, parents who have been detained have historically been detained with their children in ICE "family residential centers," again, for civil processing. The Trump administration's shift in policy is for political purposes only, not legal ones. See p. 18: https://www.aclu.org/…/ms-l-v-ice-plaintiffs-opposition-def…

Myth: We have rampant fraud in our asylum process, the proof of which is the significant increase we have in the number of people applying for asylum. FALSE. The increase in asylum seekers is a direct result of the increase in civil conflict and violence across the globe. While some people may believe that we shouldn't allow any refugees into our country because "it's not our problem," neither our current asylum law, nor our ideological foundation as a country support such an isolationist approach. There is very little evidence to support Sessions' claim that abuse of our asylum-seeking policies is rampant. Also, what Sessions failed to mention is that the majority of asylum seekers are from China, not South of the border. Here is a very fair and balanced assessment of his statements: http://www.politifact.com/…/jeff-sessions-claim-about-asyl…/

Myth: The Democrats caused this, "it's their law." FALSE. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats caused this, the Trump administration did (although the Republicans could fix this today, and have refused). I believe what this myth refers to is the passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which were both passed under Clinton in 1996. These laws essentially made unauthorized entry into the US a crime (typically a misdemeanor for first-time offenders), but under both Republicans and Democrats, these cases were handled through civil deportation proceedings, not a criminal proceeding, which did not require separation. And again, even in cases where detainment was required, families were always kept together in family residential centers, unless the parents were deemed unfit (as mentioned above). Thus, Trump's assertion that he hates this policy but has no choice but to separate the parents from their children, because the Democrats "gave us this law" is false and nothing more than propaganda designed to compel negotiation on bad policy. https://www.independent.co.uk/…/trump-democrats-us-border-m…

Myth: The parents and children will be reunited shortly, once the parents' court cases are finalized. FALSE. Criminal court is a vastly different beast than civil court proceedings. Also, the children are being processed as unaccompanied minors ("unaccompanied alien children"), which typically means they are in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS). Under normal circumstances when a child enters the country without his or her parent, ORR attempts to locate a family member within a few weeks, and the child is then released to a family member, or if a family member cannot be located, the child is placed in a residential center (anywhere in the country), or in some cases, foster care. Prior to Trump's new policy, ORR was operating at 95% capacity, and they simply cannot effectively manage the influx of 2000+ children, some as young as 4 months old. Also, keep in mind, these are not unaccompanied minor children, they have parents. There is great legal ambiguity on how and even whether the parents will get their children back because we are in uncharted territory right now. According to the ACLU lawsuit (see below), there is currently no easy vehicle for reuniting parents with their children. Additionally, according to a May 2018 report, numerous cases of verbal, physical and sexual abuse were found to have occurred in these residential centers. The report covers earlier years, but I'm including it here to highlight that there are problems with keeping children in large residential centers, even if they are run efficiently and supervised by licensed social workers and counselors. There is an abundance of empirical evidence that shows that residential care, even highly efficient ones, are no place for children, particularly very young ones: https://www.aclu.org/…/aclu-obtains-documents-showing-wides…

Myth: This policy is legal. LIKELY FALSE. The ACLU filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on 5/6/18, and a recent court ruling denied the government's motion to dismiss the suit. The judge deciding the case stated that the Trump Administration’s policy is "brutal, offensive, and fails to comport with traditional notions of fair play and decency." The case is moving forward because it was deemed to have legal merit. https://www.bloomberg.com/…/aclu-suit-over-child-separation…