<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-May 1975, ngokushesha nje ngemva kokuba  <response>: Ukuwa kweSaigon ekupheleni kweMpi YaseVietnam, ababaleki bokuqala baseVietnam bafika eMalaysia, futhi isikebhe sokuqala esafika sasithwele ababaleki abangu-47. Kuze kube ngo - 1978, amaVietnam amaningi abaleka ezweni lawo, futhi amaningi awo ayengowenzalo yamaShayina. Ngokwezibalo zikahulumeni waseMalaysia, izwe lamukela ababaleki abangu - 19 000 ngo - November 1978, uma kuqhathaniswa nabangu - 500 ngo - 1977. Uhulumeni waseMalaysia waphendula ngokuqondisa uMnyango Wezangaphakathi ukuba wakhe iFederal Task Force VII ngo-1978, owawunomsebenzi wokunciphisa inani elikhulayo lababaleki abafika eMalaysia. Abezindaba babika ngezenzakalo zamaphoyisa aseMalaysia nebutho lempi elixosha ababaleki, kodwa abanye ababaleki babheké ekucwiliseni ngamabomu izikebhe zabo ukuze bangeniswe eMalaysia. Lapho uhulumeni etshelwa ngemizamo yababaleki yokuzama ukucwilisa izikebhe, ngaleso sikhathi iSekela likaNdunankulu uMahathir Mohamad lamemezela ngoJune 1979 ukuthi kwakuzokwethulwa umthetho owawuzonika amaphoyisa nemikhumbi yempi amandla okudubula ababaleki abazama ukufika ezweni. Umphathi kaMahathir, uNdunankulu uHussein Onn, washeshe wasikhipha leso sisongo sokudubula sikaMahathir. 