PRIME MINISTER Ismail Sabri Yaakob today gave the first group of Malaysian haj pilgrims departing for Saudi Arabia a warm send-off at the Movenpick Convention Centre in Sepang.

The first group of 295 pilgrims will depart for the Holy Land via Saudia Airlines flight SV 5635 at 1.35pm today from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Idris Ahmad, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) group managing director and chief executive officer Amrin Awaluddin and Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Mahmoud Hussien Saeed Qattan.

The Saudi Arabian government has allocated a haj quota of 14,306 pilgrims to Malaysia this year. Malaysian pilgrims were unable to perform haj for two years, in 20202 and 2021, due to restrictions following the Covid-19 pandemic. – Bernama, June 4, 2022.