REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PUTRAJAYA -- Malaysia and Indonesia said Wednesday they would scrap a policy of turning away boatpeople that triggered mounting international condemnation as a wave of starving migrants sought to reach their shores.

"The towing and the shooing (away of boats) is not going to happen,"

Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said at a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi after talks on the issue.

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