KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has extended an extension on a temporary stay order on the deportation of 114 Myanmar refugees back to their homeland.
Justice Mariana Yahya allowed the extension pending its decision on an application for leave to initiate judicial review filed by two non-governmental organisations – Asylum Access Bhd and Aimal Sdn Bhd – in their bid to stop the deportation of the refugees.
The court fixed March 9 to deliver its decision.
On Monday (Feb 22), the NGOs filed the leave application and named the government, Immigration director-general and Home Affairs Ministry as respondents.
When contacted, Senior Federal Counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly, who represented the respondents, said he had objected to the application, citing the issue of the ouster clause prescribed under Section 59A of the Immigration Act 1959 and the applicants locus standi.
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Court extends stay order
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Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021 06:54 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
An immigration truck carrying Myanmar migrants to be deported from Malaysia is seen in Lumut February 23, 2021. Reuters pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 The Immigration Department of Malaysia has announced that it has deported 1,086 Myanmar citizens, whom it described as illegal immigrants today, with the announcement made just hours after a High Court’s order to temporarily suspend any efforts to deport 1,200 individuals to Myanmar for one day.
In a statement this evening, Immigration Department of Malaysia’s (JIM) director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the department had along with the cooperation of the Malaysian Armed Forces particularly the Royal Malaysian Navy, the National Task Force (NTF) and the Myanmar Embassy successfully carried out the programme today to repatriate the 1,086 individuals.