Myanmar nationals

Police are looking into various angles in their investigations as this case involved a sensitive issue, said Datuk Hamzah Ahmad.

The suspects robbed the Myanmar nationals of their wallets, mobile phones and UNHCR cards and subsequently fled.

The baby girl was among 12 individuals, all of whom believed to be Myanmar nationals, were arrested in an Operation on illegal immigrants.

Concerns arise among rights groups as Myanmar nationals would be sent back to their strife-torn homeland amid threats to their safety.

The policemen said they had fled because they feared persecution after refusing to obey the military junta's orders to shoot protesters.

"The applicants are also not the parties affected by the decision of the respondent to send the Myanmar nationals back to their country of origin."

The returnees were sent back on three Myanmar navy ships and did not include ethnic Rohingya refugees or asylum-seekers.

The stay was granted until 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, when the court will hear the groups' application for judicial review to suspend the deportation.

Nearly 100 asylum-seekers are among 1,200 Myanmar nationals Malaysia plans to send home next week.

Malaysia is not a signatory to the UN Refugee Convention and treats all arrivals without proper documentation as illegal migrants.

The repatriation programme for Myanmar nationals to return to their country on Feb 23 does not involve UNHCR cardholders or people of Rohingya ethnicity.

All the suspects, aged between 17 and 29, were picked up at a house in Selayang, barely 24 hours, after the incident following a tip-off.

The police have rescued 42 Myanmar nationals believed to be victims of forced labour exploitation in a raid on an automobile spare parts factory.

Two batik cloth traders claimed trial in the Magistrate's Court here today to a charge of trafficking six Myanmar nationals last month.

Issuing of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) card to Myanmar nationals needed to be reviewed, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim.

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