SEPANG: A total of 123 Malaysians, including 80 students, were brought home today from violence-hit Bangladesh on a special flight under the directive of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

They arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 2 at around 4.56 pm on AirAsia flight AK0076, which departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh this morning.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, representing the Prime Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin, and Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapha Sakmud greeted them on arrival.

The special flight departed from KLIA Terminal 2 at 7.30 am today on the evacuation mission.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister said the government had decided to bring home Malaysians from Bangladesh in the wake of unrest in that country.