CORONAVIRUS | Continued arrests of refugees without documentation despite assurances is deterring the community from coming forward for Covid-19 tests, says the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam).

"Despite the government’s assurances that there will be no arrests or detention during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, it was reported that arrests of refugees and asylum seekers, particularly persons of concern who have yet to receive their United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) documentation, did indeed still occur....