More than 100 umrah pilgrims stranded at KLIA
Hundreds of umrah pilgrims at Juanda International Airport in Sidoarjo, East Java province, yesterday. Saudi Arabia suspended visas for visits to Islam’s holiest sites in an unprecedented move triggered by coronavirus fears. – AFP pic, February 28, 2020.
MORE than 100 Malaysian and Indonesian umrah pilgrims are stranded at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, following Saudi Arabia’s move yesterday toA pilgrim from Kedah, Mohd Fadzil Osman, 49, said he and 39 other pilgrims from Sg Petani and Alor Star arrived at KLIA at 6am yesterday and were due to depart on Saudi Airlines at 4.40pm.
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