Humanitarian aid organisation Mercy Malaysia is set to send a team to Somalia for relief work, stressing that small teams are normally deployed when dealing with conflict regions.<br /><br />"As reference, especially in conflict areas, we rarely send more than five to seven people," said Mercy Malaysia president Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus.<br /><br />"We will ensure the number is optimum enough for them to perform their duties but also optimum enough to ensure that they are mobile," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.<br /><br />Ahmad Faizal was responding to a question on the composition of his organisation's team to Somalia.<br /><br />He said the number has been determined, but may be reduced for security reasons - the final number will only be disclosed after the review.<br /><br />Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/175055<br /><br />Camera/Editing: Tan Jiun Wuu
