PM ANWAR PRESENTS NEW MOBILE PHONES TO NINE FFC X TMTG ACTIVISTS

SEPANG, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim presented new mobile phones to the nine Malaysian activists who joined the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza (FFC x TMTG) mission.

The mobile phones were presented by the Prime Minister's political secretary, Datuk Azman Abidin, who was present to welcome the return of the FFC x TMTG activists at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here today.

"The Prime Minister had previously promised to present them with new mobile phones after theirs were thrown into the sea.

"So, today, he (Anwar) fulfilled his promise to provide new mobile phones to all the activists,” he told a media conference here today.

The activists departed Istanbul aboard Turkish Airlines flight TK60 at 1.40 am on Sunday and arrived at KLIA at 4.01 pm.

Their return was greeted by Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, the wife of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Dr Zulkifli Hasan, family members and supporters who had been patiently waiting at the KLIA arrival hall.  

The FFC x TMTG humanitarian mission involved about 150 activists from 25 countries aboard nine vessels, including the Conscience and Umm Saad, which were intercepted by Zionist forces less than 120 nautical miles from Gaza last Wednesday before being towed to Ashdod Port, where the activists were later transferred to Ketziot Prison in Negev, Israel.  

Eight Malaysians were on board the Conscience, namely Malaysian delegation head Prof Emeritus Dr Mohd Alauddin Mohd Ali, Dr Fauziah Mohd Hassan, Dr Hafiz Sulaiman, Dr Ili Syakira Mohd Suhaimi, Prof Dr Mohd Afandi Salleh, Dr Noorhasyimah Ismail, Norsham Abu Bakar and Astro Awani journalist Syafik Shukri Abdul Jalil, while another medical doctor, Dr Maziah Muhammad, was on board the Umm Saad.  

-- BERNAMA