Nepal quake: Malaysian Everest team postpone mission

By MICHELLE TAM

PETALING JAYA: The Universiti Teknologi Malaysia mountaineering team in Nepal has decided to postpone their expedition to climb Mount Everest.

The landlocked country was slammed by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Sunday, with the official death toll now passing 4,000 killed.

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