That issue was the topic of recent forums in the U.S. organized by the New York-based Asia Society, where Loh and representatives of Eurasian, ethnic Indian and Southeast Asian groups in Hong Kong (including this writer) spoke.
Apparently this issue has been discussed on Apple's own web forums for months, but the particular thread was recently locked for no reason, reports AppleDefects.
For the first several hours Apple was mum on the issue, but it has finally acknowledged the problem in the support forums and even reached out to developers via email.