A local citizens group today urged Suhakam to discuss with the government the issue of providing temporary protection to undocumented Acehnese living in Malaysia, and to halt all forced deportations until conflict in the Indonesian province is resolved.

According to Solidarity for Aceh representative Yin Shao Loong, it is urgent for Suhakam to recommend to the government the suspension of all further repatriation of Acehnese, "in light of the ongoing civilian death, incommunicado detention, torture, 'disappearances' and extra-judicial killings that is being reported [in Aceh]."

Present to receive the memorandum was commissioner Zainah Anwar, who responded that the temporary suspension of deportation, given the exceptional situation of conflict in Aceh, seemed like a reasonable request.