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PUTRAJAYA: Nine tabligh members arrived in the country from India yesterday via Air India Express flight, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar.
He said that two of them departed from New Delhi and arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 3.30pm, while the other seven boarded the same airline from Tiruchirappalli and landed at KLIA at 6.58pm.
“With the return of the nine members, the Home Office has managed to bring home 170 of the 189 tabligh members from India.
“Prior to this, 161 Malaysian tabligh members were brought home through various Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission series carried out since July this year,” Kamaruddin said in a statement here today.
Kamarudin, who is also chair of the Covid-19 Task Force, said that all returned tabligh members must undergo a 14-day quarantine at the quarantine station.
As of today, he said, there were still 19 Malaysian tabligh members in India, of whom 10 in New Delhi had gone through the legal process and were acquitted by the court, while the remaining nine were still undergoing legal proceedings in Bihar, India.
He said that the Malaysian High Commissioner in New Delhi is coordinating efforts to bring them home.
“The Foreign Ministry is closely monitoring the development of Malaysian tabligh members in India and continues to provide adequate consular assistance to ensure that their rights and well-being are protected,” he said.
The Foreign Ministry, he said, will also continue to cooperate with local authorities in India in an effort to facilitate the repatriation of the remaining 19 tabligh members still in the country.
Kamarudin also expressed his appreciation and gratitude to all involved government agencies, especially the National Disaster Management Agency and the Ministry of Health for their cooperation and commitment to achieving the success of the mission of bringing Malaysian Tabligh pilgrims home in India.
“The government of Malaysia also thanked the government of India for helping us bring the tabligh members home,” he added. -Called
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