VOCR
March 20, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

There was a night raid operation on March 20, 2009 at Jln Pudu where Alliance of Chin Refugees office and Zophei center was located and thousands of Chin refugees and asylum-seekers stay.. The eye witnesses said that 4 Lorries full of people were arrested and taken to detention camps.

It was known that those who have document issued by UNHCR were not arrested in this operation. However, in other places some UNHCR card holders were still arrested. Unconfirmed information source said that people arrested in such raid were immediately deported to Thai border without taking them into detention camps first. At the same time, detention camps have paused their usual deportation program since two months a go.