Immigration ordered to pay RM50k to S'porean over unlawful detention

A retired Singaporean engineer is set to walk away with RM50,000 courtesy of the Malaysian Immigration Department over his eight-day unlawful detention four years ago.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning ordered the country’s immigration authorities to compensate Wong Chun Khuen over his detention by Johor immigration in 2018.

The 64-year-old’s counsel Arun Kasi confirmed...