well it's their country, they can do whatever they wanna do...don't tell me you guys for once thought that locals should be laid off before expats. It's normal anywhere in the world, if some major thing like this happens in the world, the first that should be let go are the expats... come on grow up guys, we are all temp workers here in a sense...if I was a local anywhere in the world and I was laid off before an expat,damn sure I'd be p*#t off too...