Members of Nahdlatul Ulama and several NGOs distribute some 1,000 bags of rice around Klang Valley, Malaysia, on April 23, 2020. Photo: NU Malaysia branch Members of Nahdlatul Ulama and several NGOs distribute some 1,000 bags of rice around Klang Valley, Malaysia, on April 23, 2020. Photo: NU Malaysia branch
Members of Nahdlatul Ulama and several NGOs distribute some 1,000 bags of rice around Klang Valley, Malaysia, on April 23, 2020. Photo: NU Malaysia branch
This Week in Asia /  People

One million Indonesian migrants in Malaysia lack food under lockdown, says Nahdlatul Ulama

  • An volunteer group from the Malaysian chapter of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation has received numerous calls for help from migrant workers
  • Muslim Indonesian workers are facing a double whammy of financial ruin and a ban by President Joko Widodo on travel to return to mark Hari Raya Idul-Fitri next month

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Amy Chew
Amy Chew

Updated: 6:25pm, 24 Apr, 2020

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Members of Nahdlatul Ulama and several NGOs distribute some 1,000 bags of rice around Klang Valley, Malaysia, on April 23, 2020. Photo: NU Malaysia branch Members of Nahdlatul Ulama and several NGOs distribute some 1,000 bags of rice around Klang Valley, Malaysia, on April 23, 2020. Photo: NU Malaysia branch
Members of Nahdlatul Ulama and several NGOs distribute some 1,000 bags of rice around Klang Valley, Malaysia, on April 23, 2020. Photo: NU Malaysia branch
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