LFL questions why tourists with expired visas held, despite amnesty assurances

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Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has questioned why tourists were being detained despite assurances from the authorities that they would be granted amnesty. “We question why the tourists were detained, despite the Immigration Department's assurance that overstayed tourists whose passes expire during the movement control order (MCO) would be granted amnesty,” LFL coordinator Zaid Malek said when contacted by Malaysiakini. Malaysiakini yesterday reported that dozens of tourists and business travellers from India are languishing under immigration detention after their 30-day multiple-entry visas lapsed during the MCO period. Family members in India had said their relatives were picked up during raids at Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur in May and have spent more than a month in the Bukit Jalil Immigration Depot – a Covid-19 hotspot with more than 600 cases. The Zeeawdeen family from Chennai…