SEPANG, Feb 16 — Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, who is now being held by Immigration officials as a “security risk”, will be deported tonight from the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal here, an aide to Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.
Anwar’s chief of staff Ibrahim Yaacob toldThe Malaysian Insiderthat Home Ministry officials have met Australian High Commissioner Miles Kupa at the airport and have decided to send Xenophon(picture) back to Australia on a 10pm flight.
“He’ll be deported tonight. No reasons given,” Ibrahim said.
He added that other Australian MPs including Mal Washer, John Williams and Steve Georganas, who were due to arrive here tomorrow, have cancelled their plans.
Ibrahim had earlier said Xenophon had flown in this morning to meet Anwar as well as Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz and Election Commission (EC) officials next week to discuss the country’s electoral system.
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