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Malaysians evacuated from Sudan finally back home

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The 30 Malaysians who were stranded in Sudan for two weeks arrived at KLIA this afternoon.

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The Malaysians who returned home were met with hugs and kisses from their loved ones.

SEPANG:
Two weeks after the conflict in Khartoum, Sudan, started, the 30 Malaysians who were stranded there have finally returned home.

As they walked to the KLIA arrival hall today, they were greeted with hugs and kisses from their loved ones who had been eagerly waiting for their arrival.

Foreign minister Zambry Abd Kadir thanked Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for taking steps to ensure the rescue mission could be achieved, including calling the Sudanese leaders involved in the conflict.

He also thanked the public for praying for the Malaysians’ safety, and the rescue team that helped to evacuate them.

“No one was harmed, thank goodness. Ops Sudan is over, but we are still following developments there,” Zambry told reporters.

“These are the Malaysians who were registered with us. If there are any more Malaysians there, we hope they will reach out to us so we can bring them home.”

Also present at KLIA to welcome the Malaysians was deputy foreign minister Mohamad Alamin.

The Malaysians and 22 other foreign nationals had arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday.

Malaysia had assisted the citizens from Cambodia, Palestine, the Philippines, Singapore, Sudan, Thailand and the US to safely leave Sudan under the close supervision of the evacuation operation.

Zambry had said the Petronas complex in Sudan was forcefully taken over by paramilitary forces there and was now being used as an observation point.

Violence broke out in the capital and across Sudan on April 15 between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy-turned-rival, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The clashes have killed more than 460 people, wounded thousands and threatened a descent into wider turmoil in the northeast African country.

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