Give up illegal refugees deal with Australia, lawyers group tell Najib

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awyers for Liberty once again calls upon Prime Minister Najib Razak not to dilute the protection that international law accords to refugees.

With the purported agenda of busting people smuggling and combating human trafficking, the Malaysian Government, has reiterated its determination to revive the scandalous refugee swap deal despite the Australian High Court's finding which declared the deal illegal.

Given the findings of the Australian High Court which found that the Minister in charge was unable to satisfy the Court that Malaysia had met three important criteria that would deem it safe for asylum seekers, the Malaysian Prime Minister's insistence that refugees are treated very well rings hollow.The safe third country criteria are that the country must

PRU-13: Apakah PM dan TPM masih bermimpi?

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ila tarikh pilihanraya umum ke-13 akan diadakan masih menjadi teka-teki semua orang. Namun, ketidaktentuan dan dolak-dalik pentadbiran Perdana Menteri Najib Razak membuatkan masa berlalu begitu pantas. PRU-13 mesti diadakan sebelum April 2013, tetapi oleh kerana akan ada pilihanraya parti tahun hadapan, pilihanraya umum tergempar akan diadakan dalam tempoh enam bulan terdekat. Samada suka atau tidak, Najib dan timbalannya mula mendekati pengundi dengan cara mereka sendiri.

Will Michelle Yeoh make a difference to the MCA's chances in Perak

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f for whatever reason Malaysian-born Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh were to dump the international fast lane for the local political scene, she will be joining BN and the MCA in particular.

"Anyone can join politics if he or she has the commitment to serve the public. But Michelle Yeoh will join MCA if she takes up politics. She is a die-hard BN supporter because her father Yeok Kian Geik was the MCA Perak chairman before. She even posed as the BN's model during the last election urging people to vote BN. I would doubt her credentials as she has never been impartial all this while," Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming toldMalaysia Chronicle.