The family of a 15-year-old Rohingya refugee, who has been detained by the authorities for about two months for not possessing any travel document, is seeking his release.

Their lawyers filed an application in the High Court in Shah Alam that his detention since Dec 11 be set aside, quashed or stayed as it was in contravention of the Child Act 2001 and Article 22 of Child Rights Convention, which protects refugees seeking asylum from being prosecuted.

The application was filed by the law firm Collin's Law Chambers.