Efforts being made to bring home 47 detainees quickly and safely from Cambodia, says Foreign Minister


KUANTAN, 5 Jan -- Menteri Luar Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah (hadapan, kanan) ketika menghadiri Mesyuarat Majlis Tindakan Negeri (MTNg) Pahang Bil 1/2019 di Wisma Persekutuan hari ini. Turut hadir Setiausaha Negeri Pahang Datuk Seri Dr Sallehuddin Ishak (hadapan, kiri). -- fotoBERNAMA (2019) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUANTAN (Bernama): The government will give top priority to efforts to bring back all 47 Malaysians detained in Poi Pet, Cambodia, immediately and safely, says Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

He said that to date, the Cambodian government had been cooperative, even allowing officials from the Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh to visit the 47 people detained since Dec 11 last year.

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