Malaysians in Zamboanga are safe, says ambassador

epa03858986 Students run pass an armored military vehicle as they evacuate from a compound near an area where members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) occupied villages in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines, 09 September 2013. Six people were killed and dozens wounded in a clash between government troops and Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, police and military said 09 September. The clash occurred before dawn when a navy patrol boat confronted several boats carrying rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) near Zamboanga City, 875 kilometres south of Manila, military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala said. EPA/LAURENZ CASTILLO

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians in Zamboanga are safe after reports emerged that heavily-armed rebels launched attacks that have shut down the Philippine coastal city, said Malaysian ambassador to the Philippines Datuk Mohd Zamri Mohd Kassim.

He said so far, no Malaysians have been caught in the fighting between the rebels and Philippine military forces.