The body of Malaysian student, Abdul Azim Amzar Azmi, 21, who drowned in New Zealand on Sunday is expected to arrive at the KL Internationalc Airport (KLIA) at 8.45pm tomorrow (Thursday).

Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) Organisation Division director Abdul Aziz Hassan said the aircraft carrying the body of Abdul Azim Amzar from Auckland, New Zealand is expected to depart tomorrow at 2.40pm (local time).

"After arriving at KLIA, the body will be brought back to the family's house in Kampung Belukar, Hutan Kampung here by a hearse, he said when met by reporters while visiting the family of Abdul Azim Amzar here today.

The hearse is scheduled to arrive at the family's house at about 4am and burial will take place at about 10am or before Friday prayers.

Abdul Azim Amzar is a MARA sponsored third year student in Mechanical Engineering in Waikato Uninversity, Hamilton and believed to have been swept away while swimming in a lake there. - BERNAMA