For the Seventh day respectively, the Palestinian refugee Ibrahim Abu Kharj continues hunger strike protesting on his detention by the Malaysian authorities for 15 consecutive days in Kuala Lumper airport, moreover, they banned him to enter Malaysia after he left it trying to reach Europe before he has been arrested by the Cambodian police and returned back to Malaysia.
In an earlier statement ‘Abu Kharej’ said that the decision to open the hunger strike came after the rejection of the Malaysian authorities to allow my entry to its territory, and also because of ignoring of human rights and the Palestinian factions for my appeals and failing to find a solution to my problem and an end to my suffering. “
It is noteworthy that dozens of Palestinian Syrian refugees have difficulty in obtaining legal residency in Malaysia due to the tightening of laws relating to the Malaysian residencies.