Only Three Ships with Malaysians in Global Flotilla Still in Contact

SEPANG, Oct 2 (Bernama) -- Only three ships carrying Malaysians in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) mission to Gaza have been confirmed to be still sailing and in contact with the Sumud Nusantara Command Centre (SNCC) as of 10 am today.

According to SNCC’s tracking system, the three vessels are Fair Lady, carrying Zainal Rashid Ahmad and Ustaz Muhammad Abdullah; Free Willy (Muhammad Hareez Adzrami and Dr Taufiq Mohd Razif); and Inana (Razali Awang).

The Estrella and Mikeno, which also had Malaysians on board, have lost contact, though it has not yet been confirmed whether they were intercepted and their occupants detained by Israeli forces.

Those on board the Estrella are PU Rahmat, Norhelmi, Mohd Asmawi and Norazma, while Ardell Aryana is on the Mikeno.

In total, 10 ships were carrying 23 Malaysians in the GSF mission.

As of 7.50 am Malaysian time, 12 of them have been confirmed detained by Israeli forces after entering the red zone R3, about 100 nautical miles from Gaza, last night.

Another four Malaysians are on board the Jong as observers outside the red zone: Muhammad Nadir Al-Nuri Kamaruzaman, Mazian Seman, Serieffa Mushtafa Albakry and Ariff Budiman.

-- BERNAMA