The security detail for the recent Malaysian mission to Somalia was provided by the Somali government itself, said Kelab Putra 1Malaysia president Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim.<br /><br />He denied reports that they were being escorted by a private militia during the killing of Bernama TV cameraperson Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, stressing that they were in fact surrounded by 60 Somali police and military personnel.<br /><br />"They were from the government. We had another 30 stationed at the hotel where we were staying.<br /><br />"The Somali government afforded us protection even from the airport itself," Abdul Azeez said at a press conference during a luncheon with mission volunteers and journalists in honour of Noramfaizul.<br /><br />The 41 year old was killed late last week after a stray bullet hit him and punctured his lung while he was sitting in a four-wheel-drive vehicle in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital.<br /><br />Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/174990<br /><br />Camera/Editing: Tan Jiun Wuu
