PETALING JAYA: Thirty-six students and two lecturers from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) who were stranded in the Hatyai floods in Thailand have been rescued, says higher education minister Zambry Abdul Kadir.
He said the group is now safe and will be given temporary accommodation before returning home.
“I express my most profound appreciation and gratitude to the foreign ministry, the Malaysian embassy in Thailand, the Malaysian consulate-general in Songkhla, Thai authorities, local rescue teams, and UUM’s management for the effective coordination that helped ensure this rescue operation could be carried out safely and in an organised manner.