FREED MALAYSIANS LEAVE AMMAN, ON THEIR WAY HOME

From Muin Abdul Majid

AMMAN, June 4 (Bernama) -- The group of 12 Malaysians freed by Israel
Wednesday following the seizure of a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship earlier
this week left Amman for Istanbul en route to Malaysia Friday.

They were accompanied on the Royal Jordanian (RJ) plane by Malaysian Foreign
Minister Anifah Aman and ministry officials.

The RJ165 flight took off from Queen Alia International Airport at 11.20am
local time (4.20pm in Malaysia).

Present at the airport to see them off was Malaysian ambassador to Jordan
Abdul Malek Abdul Aziz.

They are scheduled to leave Istanbul Saturday afternoon and arrive at KL
International Airport at 5.50am on Sunday on Malaysia Airlines.


A ministry official told Bernama here they would be received by Deputy Prime
Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

They and their family members will then be whisked away in three buses to
the private residence of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in Jalan
Duta, Kuala Lumpur.

The 12, including two Astro Awani television crew members, were on the
Turkish ship "Mavi Marmara" which was attacked by Israeli forces in
international waters on Monday, resulting in several deaths.

With pro-Palestine activists from other countries on board, the vessel was
carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, a coastal enclave which has been under a
debilitating Israeli blockade for the past three years.

-- BERNAMA



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