Thai stranded in Malaysia swims home
BANGKOK: A Thai fisherman stranded in Malaysia for days following the closure of border checkpoints braved himself to swim home. However, the 45-year-old fisherman from Piman, Muang district in Satun, Southern Thailand was found exhausted and drifting at sea close to the shore of Puyu sub-district in Satun yesterday. He was rescued by Satun marine police. The man […]
We’re finally going home!
Tourist couple homeward bound after being stranded at Damai Beach Resort KUCHING: Two tourists, who have been stranded at Damai Beach Resort here for several weeks due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the movement control order (MCO), are finally getting to go home. Damai Beach Resort (DBR) general manager Muhammad Fadhil Abdullah said the couple, […]
Log-ged out!
3,000 sago logs left to rot as transporter suspends operations due to MCO MUKAH: About 3,000 sagos log with an estimated value of RM24,000 were left stranded in Tellian River here and may soon rot away. The 30cm-long sago logs were supposed to be towed to a sago mill at upper Batang Mukah by an […]
Stranded Malaysians take special flight out of India
NEW DELHI: Zulkhis Abdul Jalil came to know in time that a special flight would depart New Delhi for Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night. The 52-year-old Malaysian’s earlier attempt to fly out of India ended in him being stranded at Bangalore on Tuesday as air travel was disrupted on the India-Malaysia route due to new […]
Malaysians stranded not due to Malaysian govt control order
KUALA LUMPUR: A group of Malaysians was stranded at the Tiruchirapalli Airport in Tamil Nadu due to decisions taken by India on Covid-19 and not because the Malaysian government barred them from returning, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said today. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that under the Movement Control Order issued by Malaysia, citizens of Malaysia are allowed to […]