KUALA LUMPUR: Five hundred Malaysian students will be evacuated in stages from their respective homes to the Abasiah Malay House (ARMA) in Abasiah, Cairo, beginning today.
The president of the Malaysian-Egyptian Medical Students Association, Muhammad Husaini Saleh, said the evacuation order was issued by the Malaysian Embassy in Egypt to prevent them from becoming victims of the violent demonstrations by Egyptians demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
“We still do not know the number of students who could be evacuated to ARMA since Jan 25 because the Egyptian government had imposed a curfew effective that day (Jan 25),” he said when contacted by Bernama today.
Muhammad Husaini, who is also a medical student at the University of Cairo, said the curfew was enforced from 3pm until 8am the following day (9pm until 2pm the next day, Malaysian time).
He said the Malaysian students only knew about the situation outside through the news carried by television and radio because the Egyptian government had disconnected the Internet line to prevent the dissemination of seditious news.
“Only the telephone line can still be used,” he said.
Muhammad Husaini also expressed appreciation for the cooperation rendered by the Malaysian Embassy in Egypt which had provided food and clothings to the affected Malaysian students.
Since last Tuesday, several street demonstrations were reported in major Egyptian towns including Cairo, Dumyat, Suez, Tanta, Alexandria and Mansura which resulted in about 100 lives being lost and more than 1,000 others injured.
-Bernama
The president of the Malaysian-Egyptian Medical Students Association, Muhammad Husaini Saleh, said the evacuation order was issued by the Malaysian Embassy in Egypt to prevent them from becoming victims of the violent demonstrations by Egyptians demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
“We still do not know the number of students who could be evacuated to ARMA since Jan 25 because the Egyptian government had imposed a curfew effective that day (Jan 25),” he said when contacted by Bernama today.
Muhammad Husaini, who is also a medical student at the University of Cairo, said the curfew was enforced from 3pm until 8am the following day (9pm until 2pm the next day, Malaysian time).
He said the Malaysian students only knew about the situation outside through the news carried by television and radio because the Egyptian government had disconnected the Internet line to prevent the dissemination of seditious news.
“Only the telephone line can still be used,” he said.
Muhammad Husaini also expressed appreciation for the cooperation rendered by the Malaysian Embassy in Egypt which had provided food and clothings to the affected Malaysian students.
Since last Tuesday, several street demonstrations were reported in major Egyptian towns including Cairo, Dumyat, Suez, Tanta, Alexandria and Mansura which resulted in about 100 lives being lost and more than 1,000 others injured.
-Bernama
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