Envoys waiting to return to M’sia


Paul Gabriel doing a Google Meet interview with U.S. ambassador to Malaysia Kamala Lakhdhir.

KUALA LUMPUR: US Ambassador Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, who has been stuck in her hometown since March while awaiting “clearance” to return here, may have to stay put a little longer.

With the Covid-19 pandemic, there are no exceptions for foreign heads of mission returning to their posts here as far as the mandatory two-week quarantine is concerned.

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