Court issues interim stay on deportation of 1,200 Myanmar nationals

Published: Feb 23, 2021 5:50 AM | Updated: Feb 23, 2021 7:48 AM

The Kuala Lumpur High Court has granted an interim stay against the government from deporting 1,200 Myanmar nationals until 10am tomorrow.

This is according to Lim Wei Jiet, a lawyer representing Amnesty International Malaysia and Asylum Access Malaysia, which filed an application to seek the court's intervention to stop the deportation...

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