Malaysia: Further information on Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Fear of forcible return

Index Number: ASA 28/030/2003
Date Published: 27 November 2003
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Malaysia

The eight asylum seekers, Rusli bin Abas (m), Muhamad Hanafiah bin Abdullah, (m), Sauri bin Sabran, (m), Muhamad Iqbal bin Yusri (m), Saba Sabirin bin Mudadia (m), Zulkifly bin Basyah (m) and one woman and her 13-month- old child (names unknown) are no longer facing imminent forcible repatriation to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province in Indonesia, where they would be at risk of serious human rights violations.