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Malaysia to again target immigrants as ‘total lockdown’ aims to reduce record case numbers – ABC News
For much of 2020, Malaysia had lower numbers of coronavirus cases than Australia. Now it has thousands of daily cases and record numbers of deaths.
As Malaysia enters a strict, two-week lockdown to combat thousands of new daily cases and record numbers of deaths, authorities have signalled their intention to round up undocumented migrants.
Key points:
- Critics say the move is an attempt to scapegoat foreigners for widespread community transmission and government failure
- The current lockdown comes after the declaration of a state of emergency in January, under which parliament and elections were suspended
- Malaysia’s vaccine rollout has not gone…
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