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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore Community affairs reporter

Gay Malaysian man rejected for Australian protection visa could face persecution over sexuality, tribunal says

The Department of Home Affairs will have to reconsider a gay Malaysian man’s bid for a protection visa after initially saying he did not provide enough evidence he was an LGBT person
The Department of Home Affairs will reconsider a gay Malaysian man’s bid for a protection visa after initially saying he did not provide enough evidence he was an LGBT person. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Australia’s home affairs department rejected a gay Malaysian man’s bid for a protection visa, saying he did not provide enough evidence that he was an LGBT person.

But the administrative review tribunal subsequently accepted the man is gay and could face persecution in Malaysia, sending the man’s visa application back to the department for reconsideration last month.

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