Two-year journey to get pandas


Wisma Putra's principal assistant secretary Muzambli Markam (foreground) stayed up all night to prepare for Feng Yi and Fu Wa's arrival.

SEPANG: Wisma Putra official Muzambli Markam has changed his WhatsApp status to “Welcome to Malaysia” with a photograph of the MASkargo plane carrying pandas Feng Yi and Fu Wa as it landed on the tarmac at the KL International Airport.

He and his boss, Ambassador Rahimi Harun who heads the East Asia Division, had stayed up all night to prepare for the welcoming ceremony and to make sure they did not miss the arrival of the much-awaited pandas.

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