Military deploys more assets to aid rescue efforts nationwide


SEGAMAT: More manpower and assets from the Armed Forces will be deployed to flood-hit areas nationwide to assist flood rescue efforts.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said another 60 officers and 1,123 personnel had been instructed to assist such efforts on top of the existing teams from the Armed Forces.

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