M’sian students escape unrest in Bangladesh


Safe and sound: Saifuddin (front row, third from left) and Mohamad Alamin (second from right) welcoming the return of Malaysians who were evacuated from Bangladesh. — GLENN GUAN/The Star

SEPANG: Malaysian students in Bangladesh experienced government-imposed curfews, violent protests, exorbitant price increase and even dwindling food supplies when they were there.

Mohd Haziq Syahmi, a 33-year-old Malaysian medical student who returned from Bangladesh, said the protests near his university were violent.

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