Govt upping efforts to secure release of two Malaysians from Guantanamo Bay, says Saifuddin


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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian government is intensifying its efforts to secure the release and repatriation of two Malaysian citizens detained over terrorism-related charges in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The Home Minister said he had met the US special representative for Guantanamo affairs Tina Kaidanow during his official visit to New York.

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