Human rights groups want govt to hold off deporting 114 Myanmar refugees

PETALING JAYA: Human rights groups have urged the government to reconsider deporting 114 Myanmar refugees after a Kuala Lumpur High Court decision to lift the stay on repatriating them.

Amnesty International Malaysia executive director Katrina Maliamauv and Asylum Access Malaysia executive director Tham Hui Ying said in a joint statement that the decision did not heed the international outcry and calls to halt the forcible return of the Myanmar nationals to their home country.