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Network School founder says immigration probe at tech commune is a risk to Malaysia's tech ambitions
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 : U.S. investor Balaji Srinivasan said an immigration check at a "digital nomad" community in Malaysia based on anonymous social media claims of law violations that proved unfounded could be a risk to Malaysia's plans to be a global tech hub.On Wednesday, the Immigration Department said its inspections had found that members of the Network School had valid travel documents, a day after authorities announced a probe into online claims that Israelis were among them in violation of local laws."Should the global tech community continue investing in Malaysia?" Srinivasan, a former Coinbase chief technology officer who founded the Network School, said in a social media post late on Thursday.He said his experience would be of interest to "executives at Google, Amazon, Apple,
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