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Anwar (L) speaks with journalists ahead of the Malaysia-Australia 3rd Annual Leaders Meeting with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese (not pictured), on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) of Kuala Lumpur on October 28, 2025. (Photo by FAZRY ISMAIL / POOL / AFP)

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Professor Emeritus Dr Mohd Alauddin Mohd Ali - Photo by ASRIL ASWANDI SHUKOR

Nine Malaysians who participated in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza humanitarian mission were released on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said.

Several activists who are part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza (FFC-TMTG) were reported to be roughed up and physically abused during and after the interception by the Israeli military. Photo: Instagram/@sumudnusantaraofficial. Edited via CANVA

MyCARE Chief Executive Officer Kamarul Zaman Shaharul Anwar speaks at a press conference on the latest developments of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition – Thousands Madleens to Gaza voyage at the MyCARE headquarters in Serdang today. Photo by Bernama

A demonstrator holds a placard reading "From every river to every sea" during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians with pigeons flying past the New Mosque in the background in Istanbul, on Oct 5, 2025. - (Photo by YASIN AKGUL / AFP)

Nine humanitarian mission vessels under the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and Thousand Madleens to Gaza (TMTG), including the Conscience and Umm Saad, which were carrying nine Malaysian activists, were intercepted by Israeli forces at 10.50am Malaysian time.

Anwar said the mission vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and Thousand Madleens to Gaza (TMTG), which included Malaysians, were illegally intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces at about 10.50 am Malaysian time. - Bernama photo

Eight Malaysians were on board the ‘Conscience’ and one was on the ‘Umm Saad’. - File photo