Govt urged to intervene in deportation of 114 Myanmar nationals

Amnesty International Malaysia and Asylum Access Malaysia have raised grave alarm over the decision by the Kuala Lumpur High Court to lift the stay of deportation of 114 people from Myanmar and called on the new government of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to step in to save them from a possible death sentence.

In a joint statement, Amnesty International Malaysia executive director Katrina Jorene Maliamauv and Asylum Access Malaysia executive director Tham Hui Ying said the court’s decision demonstrates...