An Indian politician has claimed that he was detained at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on June 9 last year for 16 hours without any reason, despite having a valid travel visa, before being deported back to Chennai.

V Gopalasamy, popularly known as Vaiko, had put on Malaysia's banned list when he had visited Malaysia in 2015.

But all has changed since Pakatan Harapan took over Putrajaya on May 9...