PETALING JAYA: Some 306 Malaysians students in Pekanbaru and Jambi, Indonesia will be evacuated from the area after a state of emergency was declared in Riau due to severe haze, said the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma).
"Of this, 165 students will be brought home to Malaysia, whereas 141 others will be evacuated to the Malaysia Hall in Jakarta," Nadma said in a statement issued on Tuesday (Sept 24).
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