LFL: No sincere amnesty offer given to undocumented migrants

Published: Jun 1, 2020 3:14 PM | Updated: Jun 1, 2020 3:17 PM

CORONAVIRUS | Lawyers For Liberty (LFL) said the government did not make a sincere offer of amnesty to undocumented migrants to come forward and get tested for Covid-19.

This comes after defence minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the amnesty offer ended yesterday, which LFL described as a “puzzling statement”.

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