No asylum for Acehnese, says PM
Malaysia will not grant asylum to those who flee here from the war-torn Indonesian province of Aceh, said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today.
They will be treated as illegal immigrants hence subject to arrest and deportation, he added at a joint press conference with Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri at the end of their annual consultative talks in Kuching, Sarawak.
Mahathir said that Indonesia had employed many measures to curb the influx of illegal immigrants from there but added that the problem has yet to be resolved completely.
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