An Australian senator on a fact-finding mission to Malaysia says he has been refused entry because authorities consider him a "security risk".
Nick Xenophon was detained at Kuala Lumpur airport on Saturday morning and will be deported back to Australia, correspondents say.
He was part of an Australian delegation scheduled to meet Malaysian officials to discuss forthcoming elections.
Mr Xenophon has been an outspoken critic of human rights in Malaysia.
The independent senator from South Australia was taken into custody at Kuala Lumpur airport on Saturday morning and detained apparently under Malaysia's national security laws, the BBC's Nick Bryant reports from Sydney. Full story...
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Nick Xenophon was detained at Kuala Lumpur airport on Saturday morning and will be deported back to Australia, correspondents say.
He was part of an Australian delegation scheduled to meet Malaysian officials to discuss forthcoming elections.
Mr Xenophon has been an outspoken critic of human rights in Malaysia.
The independent senator from South Australia was taken into custody at Kuala Lumpur airport on Saturday morning and detained apparently under Malaysia's national security laws, the BBC's Nick Bryant reports from Sydney. Full story...
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