Terengganu Govt Thanks Putrajaya For Ensuring Safe Return Of GSF Activists 

KUALA NERUS, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- The Terengganu government has expressed its appreciation to the Federal administration for successfully securing the return of 23 Malaysians who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) humanitarian mission.

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said Putrajaya had played an important role in ensuring the safety and safe return of all the activists, including five participants from Terengganu.

“Of course, we would like to thank the Federal Government for its efforts, and we pray for the safe return of all those involved, who are expected to arrive home on Monday or Tuesday,” he told reporters here today.

He was speaking after officiating the Terengganu Job Search Centre and the Terengganu State 2025 Employment and Entrepreneurship Well-being Carnival here.

Ahmad Samsuri said the state government has been in contact with the Terengganu activists through various channels, adding that all of them are in good health and condition.

Among the Terengganu activists involved are Norfarahin Romli, better known as Farah Lee; Muhammad Rusydi Ramli; Razali Awang; Muhammad Abdullah, also known as Ustaz Mad Kecil; and Muhammad Asmawi Mokhtar.

All 23 Malaysian delegates who took part in the mission -- now in Istanbul, Türkiye after being released from Israeli military detention -- are scheduled to return home on Monday, according to Sumud Nusantara Coordination Centre (SNCC) director-general Datuk Dr Sani Araby Abdul Alim Araby.

The GSF involved more than 500 activists from 45 countries sailing toward Gaza as a show of solidarity and to break the Israeli blockade while delivering humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.

 -- BERNAMA