Students evacuated due to haze

Back home: Some of the Malaysian students from Pekan Baru, Indonesia arriving at the TUDM airport in Subang. — AZHAR MAHFOF / The Star

SHAH ALAM: A total of 221 Malaysian students were evacuated from Pekan Baru, Indonesia, in view of the continuing haze.

The first batch of 120 students from the State Islamic University of Sultan Syarif Kasim and Pondok Pasentren Al Baidha arrived yesterday, three days after they were taken out of their learning institutions.