An immigration truck believed to be carrying Myanmar migrants is seen heading towards the naval base in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP An immigration truck believed to be carrying Myanmar migrants is seen heading towards the naval base in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
An immigration truck believed to be carrying Myanmar migrants is seen heading towards the naval base in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Myanmar
Asia /  Southeast Asia

Malaysia deports 1,086 migrants to Myanmar despite court order

  • Malaysian immigration chief offered assurances no members of the persecuted Rohingya minority or asylum seekers had been deported
  • Hours before the repatriation, a Kuala Lumpur court ordered it should be temporarily halted to allow activists to present a legal challenge

Topic |   Myanmar
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 7:55pm, 23 Feb, 2021

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An immigration truck believed to be carrying Myanmar migrants is seen heading towards the naval base in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP An immigration truck believed to be carrying Myanmar migrants is seen heading towards the naval base in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
An immigration truck believed to be carrying Myanmar migrants is seen heading towards the naval base in Lumut, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
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