Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021 12:00 PM MYT
Myanmar migrants to be deported from Malaysia are seen inside an immigration truck, in Lumut February 23, 2021. тАФ Reuters pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 тАФ A Malaysian court on Tuesday granted international human rights groups the right to challenge the countryтАЩs recent deportation of more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals to their homeland, the groupsтАЩ lawyer told Reuters.
The Malaysian government deported the Myanmar nationals last month, just hours after an interim court order banning their departure ahead of a legal hearing on a bid by Amnesty International and Asylum Access to halt the plan.