KUANTAN: As at 11am Malaysian time on Saturday (March 16), 17-year-old Muhd Haziq Tarmizi was still missing following the terror attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the three injured Malaysians were now in stable condition and would be undergoing surgery to treat their wounds.
They are Rahimi Ahmad, 39, Mohd Nazril Hisham Omar, 46, and Muhd Haziq's father, Mohd Tarmizi Shuib, 46.
Mohd Tarmizi's other son Muhd Haris, 12, is being treated for trauma at a children's hospital, said Saifuddin.
"We pray for the injured to recover quickly and for Muhd Haziq to be found soon. We hope he is safe," Saifuddin said after opening the SK Indera Mahkota Utama parent-teacher association meeting here.
He added that Wisma Putra would help to bring family members of the victims to Christchurch.
The attacks on the two mosques in Christchurch on Friday (March 15) saw 49 people shot dead and more than 40 people injured.
Saifuddin said there were approximately 1,000 Malaysians in Christchurch, of whom 208 were students.
"As far as we know, the students are all safe. So are the other Malaysians. The New Zealand authorities have arrested the suspect and they have managed to alleviate the situation," said Saifuddin, adding that Malaysian High Commissioner to New Zealand Nur Izzah Wong Mee Choo reported the situation to be stable.
He said there was no need to issue a travel advisory to New Zealand for now.
However, he advised Malaysians in Christchurch to remain vigilant and to contact the High Commission if they were in difficulty.
Saifuddin also said a diplomatic officer and a military attaché from the High Commission in Wellington had arrived in Christchurch to render assistance, while another senior official from Wisma Putra was en route to New Zealand.
On Queensland Senator Fraser Anning's comments which some have slammed as racist and incendiary, Saifuddin said this was a time to call for calm rather than making provocative statements.
"It does not help to calm the situation. As a politician, it is not a good statement. We must avoid making statements that are inciting in nature.
"What the senator said is not hate speech. It is hate spin," said Saifuddin.
Anning reportedly claimed that the attacks highlighted the growing fear of an increasing Muslim presence in the Australian and New Zealand communities.
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