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Thu, 10/06/2011 - 06:20
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CALL FOR EMERGENCY EVACUATION FOR MALAYSIAN STUDENTS IN SYRIA
SEPANG (Bernama) - The Umno Youth complaint bureau has requested the government to put in place an emergency evacuation plan for 64 Malaysian students in Syria who choose not to return home despite the crisis in the Middle Eastern country.
Bureau chairman Muhd Khairun Aseh said the plan was needed to ensure their safety should the turbulence in Syria worsened.
"The bureau is worried for the student's safety and the pressure faced by them with the rising prices of necessities," he told reporters here on Wednesday.
Another 43 Malaysian students arrived home from Syria on Wednesday. Overall, a total of 139 students had returned home.
The process to bring the students home was coordinated by the Foreign Ministry, National Security Council and the Malaysian Embassy in Damascus.
He said the 64 students had chosen to remain in Syria as they wished to continue with their studies.
"They have not completed their studies there and we urged the government to provide an emergency plan to face any eventuality," he said.
Meanwhile, President of the Malaysian Students Association in Syria Muhammad Haznanuddin Safuan, 24, said he hoped the government would accept the proposal of the bureau.
He said most of the Malaysian students in Syria were on their own as they did not have study loans or scholarships.
Bureau chairman Muhd Khairun Aseh said the plan was needed to ensure their safety should the turbulence in Syria worsened.
"The bureau is worried for the student's safety and the pressure faced by them with the rising prices of necessities," he told reporters here on Wednesday.
Another 43 Malaysian students arrived home from Syria on Wednesday. Overall, a total of 139 students had returned home.
The process to bring the students home was coordinated by the Foreign Ministry, National Security Council and the Malaysian Embassy in Damascus.
He said the 64 students had chosen to remain in Syria as they wished to continue with their studies.
"They have not completed their studies there and we urged the government to provide an emergency plan to face any eventuality," he said.
Meanwhile, President of the Malaysian Students Association in Syria Muhammad Haznanuddin Safuan, 24, said he hoped the government would accept the proposal of the bureau.
He said most of the Malaysian students in Syria were on their own as they did not have study loans or scholarships.
