The Kuala Lumpur High Court will decide on Aug 2 whether to allow Amnesty International and another human rights group to obtain information about the status of 114 Myanmar nationals targeted for deportation from Malaysia.

Lawyer Lim Wei Jiet today confirmed that the court fixed the decision date for the groups’ discovery application.

The discovery application seeks to bolster the main judicial review application by Amnesty International and Asylum Access Malaysia against the deportation of over 1,200 Myanmar nationals to their strife-torn homeland. Lim acts for both groups.

The lawyer said that the court fixed the decision date...