Families await news of 26 Malaysians missing after Nepal-Tibet floods
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KUALA LUMPUR: "We can only wait and hope that they are all safe."
From the original report
That was the anxious plea of M Subra, 38, who is awaiting news of his father-in-law, V Krishnan, 74, after contact was lost with a group of 26 Malaysians travelling on a spiritual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet following severe flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border yesterday.
Subra said his father-in-law and the other 25 participants were queuing to cross the Rasuwa-Gadhi border in Nepal when flooding was reported in the area at about 8.30am.
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