Around 114 Myanmar nationals in Malaysia have been given extended court protection from being deported to their strife-torn homeland.<br /><br />Human rights groups - Amnesty International Malaysia and Asylum Access Malaysia - today succeeded in obtaining court leave to commence legal action to prevent the nationals from being sent back to Myanmar, now divided by violent protests.<br /><br />The Kuala Lumpur High Court granted leave to the two groups' judicial review leave application against the immigration director-general, the home minister and the Malaysian government.
