Stop arrests and free detainees, say groups


PETALING JAYA: The government should stop arresting undocumented migrants and release those picked up earlier, following the rise in Covid-19 cases at three Immigration detention centres, say human rights groups.

Tenaganita executive director Glorene Das believes that no priority was given to testing, screening and social distancing in the Immigration depots.

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