Church calls for release of Nigerian man, not deportation

A church in Kuala Lumpur has called on the authorities to release Simon Momoh, a Nigerian who is under detention pending deportation by the Immigration Department after having served his one-day jail sentence for drink driving.

The Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, in a statement, urged the department to consider the well-being of Momoh's Malaysian wife and their two young children and not deport the 33-year-old.