Kuala Lumpur: As 32 Indian IT professionals prepared to leave Malaysia on March 14 after a humiliating week-end police detention, New Delhi was considering issuing a travel advisory to its citizens planning to visit the country.

Disclosing that she had not received any written response on the episode from the Malaysian government, the Indian High Commissioner Veena Sikri told reporters on March 13 that the country would have "little choice" but to issue a travel advisory to its citizens planning to visit Malaysia.

"We will have to warn our citizens if we did not get any explanation, apology and assurance that it would not happen again," she said adding that as a result of the harrowing experience against Indian nationals, several of them were leaving the country while many more had shifted their residence.

"Thirty two (Indian) IT professionals from the Palm Court apartments, that was raided by the police, will leave the country tomorrow," Sikri said adding that "these professionals who came on the invitation of the Malaysian government feel humiliated and unsafe, are choosing to leave."

Besides the IT professionals, there were also some Indian tourists among the people whom the police rounded up and brought to police station on March 8 and "the police still maintained that it acted in accordance with Malaysian law," Sikri said.

Earlier, the official Bernama news agency said the police had ordered a probe into the incident.

PTI