Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals despite court order

Updated 3 days ago · Published on 23 Feb 2021 7:21PM · 1 Comments

An immigration truck, believed to be carrying Myanmar migrants from Malaysia back to their homeland, is seen heading towards the naval base in Lumut, on February 23, 2021. – AFP pic, February 23, 2021.

MALAYSIA today deported over 1,000 Myanmar detainees back to their homeland just weeks after a coup, despite a court order halting the repatriation and a storm of criticism from rights groups.

The migrants were ferried on buses and trucks to a military base in Lumut, on Malaysia’s west coast, where three Myanmar navy ships had docked.

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    Posted 3 days ago by Teruna Kelana