Govt negotiations with UNHCR still unresolved, says disappointed MPs

Published: Feb 22, 2021 2:34 PM

Two PKR parliamentarians have voiced disappointment that Malaysia plans to deport 1,200 Myanmar nationals amid a military coup in their home country.

Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar and Merbok MP Nor Azrina Surip said despite the Immigration Department’s reassurances that asylum seekers and Rohingya refugees would not be among the deported, the department has not verified the status of the detainees with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees...

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