Najib arrives from Jakarta at 5.30pm, calls for emergency meeting with NSC

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting with the National Security Council at the Subang Royal Malaysian Air Force at 5.30pm, today.

Astro AWANI broadcast journalist, Hilal Azmi is at the location to monitor the progress of the meeting.

Najib will be arriving from Jakarta after a two-day visit for the 20th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit in the Republic starting March 6.

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LANGSUNG : Dari Pengkalan TUDM Subang. Menjelang Mesyuarat Tergempar Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) yg dijadual 5:30ptg ni @501Awani pic.twitter.com/AsRVkZB5W4
— Hilal Azmi (@HilalAzmiAWANI) March 7, 2017

North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, prompting Malaysia to take tit-for-tat action, as police in Kuala Lumpur sought to question up to three men hiding in the North Korean embassy over the murder of Kim Jong Nam.