Impact on Local Population and Foreign Residents Due to the Overland Invasion of Malaysia

The Overland invasion of Malaysia in 2025 not only caused physical destruction but also left deep social and demographic consequences. The country’s population structure changed drastically within the first six months of the war, rendering Malaysia nearly paralyzed in terms of population, workforce, and social stability.

Malaysia’s Population Declines Drastically

✅ Deaths Due to War, Starvation & Disease

• 10%-15% of Malaysians perished within the first six months of the war, either due to direct attacks, starvation, or infectious diseases.
• The highest death tolls were recorded in major cities that were attacked, particularly Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Penang, and Kuantan.
• Most affected groups:
  • Children and the elderly, who could not survive without food and medical care.
  • Women and civilians, who fell victim to airstrikes, artillery bombardments, and urban assaults.
  • Chronic patients, as hospitals collapsed, leading to thousands of deaths due to the lack of treatment for common illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, and lung infections.

✅ Massive Wave of Refugees

• Over 5 million Malaysians became war refugees, fleeing to forests, remote areas, or neighboring countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei.
• Most refugees lived in dire conditions, with insufficient food, medicine, and protection from harsh weather.
• Malaysia suffered a massive population loss, with many major cities now empty, filled only with rubble and unburied bodies.
• Psychological impact on refugees:
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) cases skyrocketed.
  • Children grew up in a war environment, deprived of education and a future.

✅ Thousands of People Missing Without a Trace

• Tens of thousands of people disappeared or were abducted, including government officials, soldiers, and activists who opposed the Overland occupation.
• Many were detained in secret camps, interrogated, or executed.
• Many Malaysians attempting to flee the country illegally went missing at sea or fell victim to human trafficking.

Malaysia Becomes a Labor-Supplying Country

✅ Role Reversal: Malaysians Now Migrating for Work

• Before the war, Malaysia was a top destination for foreign labor.
• Now, Malaysians themselves are forced to leave the country, with millions seeking political asylum in neighboring countries.
• Countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore are now receiving waves of Malaysian workers seeking refuge and employment.
• Challenges faced by Malaysians abroad:
  • Discrimination and exploitation, working in sectors previously dominated by foreign workers in Malaysia.
  • Their refugee status leaves them without the same rights as local citizens.
  • Many are forced to work as manual laborers, domestic workers, or farmhands in neighboring countries.

✅ Population Imbalance and Workforce Crisis in Malaysia

• Malaysia now faces a critical labor shortage, as most of its educated citizens have fled abroad.
• The country lost professionals such as doctors, engineers, and scientists, stalling technological and industrial progress.
• The manufacturing and agricultural sectors collapsed due to the lack of workers.
• The labor market is now controlled by the Overland military, turning Malaysia into a forced labor hub for their military and construction industries.

Fate of Foreign Residents in Malaysia

✅ Foreign Workers Lose Their Shelter

• Millions of foreign workers lost their homes and jobs, living in extreme poverty.
• Many became internally displaced refugees, unable to return to their home countries due to the chaos of war.

✅ Forced Labor Under Overland Military Rule

• Many foreign workers who failed to escape were forced into labor camps, particularly in military camp construction, defense infrastructure, and hard labor.
• Overland exploited forced labor from both Malaysians and detained foreign workers, turning them into modern slaves under occupation.
• These forced laborers suffered physical and psychological abuse, with many dying from exhaustion or being worked to death under inhumane conditions.

✅ Rohingya Refugees and Undocumented Migrants in Despair

• Rohingya refugees and undocumented migrants (PATI) were now left without protection, as Malaysia no longer had a functioning government to manage them.
• Many attempted to flee to Indonesia and Thailand, but their journeys were fraught with danger, with many dying at sea or falling victim to human trafficking.

Malaysia Experiences the Largest "Brain Drain" in Its History

✅ Professionals and Intellectuals Flee

• Before the war, Malaysia had one of the most educated workforces in Southeast Asia.
• Now, intellectuals, scientists, doctors, engineers, and professors have left the country in search of safety abroad.
• Universities and hospitals lost many specialists, rendering the education and healthcare systems completely paralyzed.

✅ Malaysia’s Economy and Technology Set Back by Decades

• Malaysia lost its skilled workforce, making post-war rebuilding even more difficult.
• Without intellectuals, R&D, technological innovation, and engineering sectors collapsed.
• Malaysia is now completely dependent on foreign powers for survival.

💥 Consequences:

• The country is now in a skilled labor crisis, making post-war recovery increasingly difficult.
• Malaysia’s technological and industrial progress has stalled, turning it into a colonized territory reliant on Overland’s technology.
• Malaysia’s younger generation faces an uncertain future, with most of them forced to live in a prolonged war-torn state.

Conclusion

📍 Malaysia not only lost the war militarily but also socially and demographically.

📍 The country has lost most of its population, skilled workforce, and sovereignty.

📍 Now, only two groups of Malaysians remain: those who choose to survive as refugees and guerrilla fighters, or those who manage to escape abroad to start a new life.