00:00Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said today that Malaysian students should be brought back
00:06from Bangladesh in light of worsening protests in the country that killed at least 139 people.
00:13He said the safety of the students is the government's top priority, and it is better
00:16to bring them back now that he has received new information from the Malaysian High Commission
00:21in Dhaka.
00:22At the same time, Foreign Minister Mohamad Hassan also confirmed that the government
00:26will evacuate all Malaysian citizens, including 124 students, from Dhaka.
00:31He said an AirAsia aircraft is scheduled to arrive at the Dhaka International Airport
00:35at 10 a.m. local time in Bangladesh, Sinar Harian reported.
00:40Since Thursday, students have taken to the streets of Dhaka to protest against the decision
00:44to reserve 30 percent of government jobs for the families of people who fought in the 1971
00:50War of Independence.
00:51Yesterday, Bangladesh's Supreme Court scrapped most of the quotas, but some organizers said
00:56the protests would continue.
