DPM CONFIDENT M`SIAN VOLUNTEERS READY TO TESTIFY BEFORE ICC

SEPANG (Malaysia), June 8 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin said he was confident the 18 Malaysian volunteers who took part
in the humanitarian aid mission to Gaza last week were ready to testify about
Israel's actions against their peace flotilla before the International Criminal
Court.

"If there is need for that purpose, I'm sure that they will be ready to
testify to prove the crimes (committed by the Israelies," he told reporters
after welcoming home the six Malaysian volunteers who had been on board the MV
Rachel Corrie, which was seized by Israeli naval forces off Gaza on Saturday, at
the KL Interational Airport, here Monday.

He also expressed his gratitude that all were able to return home safe and
sound.

The six- Parit Member of Parliament Mohd Nizar Zakaria, Perdana Global Peace
Organisation (PGPO) members Shamsul Akmar Musa Kamal, Matthias Chang and Ahmad
Faizal Azumu, and media representatives Halim Mohamed and Mohd Jufri Judin of
private television station TV3 - had flown in from Amman by a Royal Jordanian
flight.

They had been released by the Israeli authorities on Sunday.

PGPO, a non-governmental organisation in Malaysia, had sponsored the aid
mission to Israel-blockaded Gaza.

On May 31, twelve Malaysians who were among several activists on board
another aid ship, the Turkish Mavi Marmara, were also detained by the Israeli
forces after they stormed the vessel in a violent and bloody attack which left
nine Turkish activists dead.

The 12 Malaysians returned to Malaysia early Sunday.

On Monday, the House of Representatives unanimously approved a motion
condemning the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara, and called on the
international community to take concerted action against the Israeli regime.

-- BERNAMA