MALAYSIAN PM'S WIFE SYMPATHISES WITH PARENTS ANXIOUS OVER CHILDREN'S SAFETY IN LONDON

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- The prime minister's wife Rosmah Mansor
said she could understand parents' anxiety over the safety of their children
studying in London due to the rioting and looting taking place.

"Although my children are no longer studying there (London), I can empathise
with their worrying over their children's safety because of the violence in the
English capital.

"I hope they can be patient and pray that the unrest will end soon," she
said in her speech at the handing-over of Aidilfitri contributions from the
Cheras Umno division to the less fortunate in the Cheras parliamentary
constituency, here, Thursday.

On Monday, student Muhammad Asyraf Haziq Rosli, 20, a Mara-sponsored
first-year accountancy student at Kaplan College, broke his teeth and sustained
a broken jaw when he was attacked and robbed by a group of rioters while cycling
with a friend to buy food to break their fast.

Rosmah said Malaysians should be grateful and consider themselves fortunate
that they could fast in a climate of peace and harmony although the country was
made up of people from different backgrounds, culture and religions.


"We can also compare ours with the fate of some Muslims in the Middle East
who are celebrating Ramadan in situations that are turbulent and filled with
uncertainties," she said.