Hopeful crowd: Asylum seekers and their families waiting in front of the UNHCR Malaysia office in Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: Rumours about an “open registration day” for asylum seekers caused a few hundred people, mostly Myanmar nationals, to wait outside the UNHCR Malaysia headquarters here for as long as eight hours.
The crowd, consisting men, women and children – some from as far as Johor – reportedly started gathering around 1am yesterday, but dispersed peacefully at noon after being informed by UNHCR that the online rumours were “erroneous”.
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