JAKARTA - Indonesia's manpower minister has described as "shameful" a weekend clash between Indonesian workers in Malaysia which left o­ne person dead, a report said today.

"We are very concerned about the incident. It's a very shameful act as it involves our workers who are making money in another country," Jacob Nuwa Wea was quoted as saying by the Jakarta Post.

"More of these incidents would likely prompt the Malaysian government not to accept Indonesian workers to work in that country," he said.

Dispute involved woman

Malaysian police arrested 350 workers after the clash between rival workers from two Indonesian ethnic groups at a construction site north of Kuala Lumpur.

A 48-year-old man was fatally slashed and several homes were set o­n fire after 350 workers from Flores and Madura islands clashed.

The workers, armed with machetes, were reportedly involved in a dispute over a woman. Investigators found that some of them did not have work permits.

Riots last year involving Indonesian workers in Malaysia prompted Kuala Lumpur to temporarily ban workers from its less affluent neighbour. - AFP