--- title: Network School founder says Malaysia immigration probe... description: Balaji Srinivasan, founder of Network School — a co-living commune in Forest City, Malaysia built around his 'network state' concept — suspended $500 million... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/network-school-founder-says-malaysia-immigration-probe-risks-its-tech-ambitions-mhx7wyynz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Network School founder says Malaysia immigration probe risks its tech ambitions | daily.dev og:description: Balaji Srinivasan, founder of Network School — a co-living commune in Forest City, Malaysia built around his 'network state' concept — suspended $500 million... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/network-school-founder-says-malaysia-immigration-probe-risks-its-tech-ambitions-mhx7wyynz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MHx7WyynZ.png og:image:alt: Network School founder says Malaysia immigration probe risks its tech ambitions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Network School founder says Malaysia immigration probe risks its tech ambitions **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Balaji Srinivasan, founder of Network School — a co-living commune in Forest City, Malaysia built around his 'network state' concept — suspended $500 million in planned investment after Malaysian immigration officers inspected 266 foreign residents. The inspection was triggered by social media claims that Israeli nationals had entered on second-country passports; all documents were found to be in order. Srinivasan publicly demanded a meeting with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and threatened to redirect investment to other countries, framing the incident as a risk to Malaysia's tech hub ambitions. The broader inquiry into land use and education rules remains open. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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