Friday, 18 Dec 2020 02:41 PM MYT
BY SULOK TAWIE
Some of the stranded Malaysians at the Kuching International Airport upon arrival from Papua New Guinea, December 18, 2020. Picture courtesy of Sarawak Ministry of Transport. Picture by Sulok Tawie
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KUCHING, Dec 18 A total of 106 Malaysians landed here last night on a direct flight from Papua New Guinea (PNG) where they had been stranded since October.
The Malaysians consisting of 91 from Sarawak, 10 from Peninsular Malaysia and five from Sabah were immediately placed in quarantine centres in accordance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the state Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) for Covid-19.