KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is applying for an extra 10,000 haj quota from the Saudi Arabian government for this year’s haj season, according to Tabung Haji (TH) board chairman Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar.
He said the decision on the application is expected to be known by May 21 before the first flight ferrying Malaysian haj pilgrims departed to Mecca to perform the fifth pillar of Islam.
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