Malaysian King Bids Bon Voyage To Over 470 Haj Pilgrims

PETALING JAYA (Selangor, Malaysia), July 28 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V bids bon voyage to over 470 Malaysian haj pilgrims in a simple event at the Tabung Haji (Pilgrims Fund Board) Complex in Kelana Jaya here Thursday night. Sultan Muhammad V (centre) arrived at the complex at about 9.30 pm, accompanied by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Jamil Khir Baharom. Also present were Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Malaysia Mahmoud Hussen Qattan, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dasuki and Tabung Haji chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim. The pilgrims are scheduled to depart for the Holy Land on a Malaysia Airlines flight MH8014 at 1.35 am Friday. A total of 30,200 Malaysian pilgrims will perform haj this year and 5,200 of them had already arrived in Madinah and Makkah since last Monday. (photoBERNAMA) -- BERNAMA