HATYAI (Songkhla, Thailand), Dec 29 (NNN-Bernama) — A Muslim community in southern Thailand donated 1 million baht (US$29,838) to help alleviate the burden of flood victims in Malaysia.
The online donation drive campaign is an initiative of young preacher Asari Lateh, along with several independent religious orators in southern Thailand.
Asari and the orators, through “Babazu Channel,” held an online talk to collect the donations.
“The collection for two days, last Saturday and Sunday, managed to collect 1 million baht to be donated to the NSTP-Media Prima Disaster Fund.
“We hope this contribution can help ease the burden of flood victims,” he told Bernama.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Consul General in Songkhla, Muhammad Ridzuan Abu Yazid, thanked the Muslim community in southern Thailand for their assistance.
“The sincere contribution from the Muslim community in southern Thailand shows the good relations between Malaysia and Thailand that can help each other when the country is hit by disaster,” he said.
Earlier, Asari handed a replica of the check to TV3 representative Tuwaedaniya Meringing, witnessed by Muhammad Ridzuan, at the Malaysian Consulate General in Songkhla.
Last Friday, the Muslim community in Pattani also held a prayer – for the safety of Malaysians – following the floods.
— NNN-BERNAMA