No M' sian casualty in southwest China quake

The Foreign Ministry of Malaysia or Wisma Putra, has confirmed that, "so far", the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing and Consulate in Kunming has not reported any casualties involving fellow Malaysians within the area in southwest China that was rampaged by a powerful earthquake on Monday that has taken thousands of lives and injured many more. Clare Street would like to express its condolence and sympathy to the families of the victims as well as solidarity with the government and people of China at this moment of sorrow and grief but it is also very confident that, given the proven resilience of the Chinese people in confronting natural disasters of all types throughout its very eventful history, hope would soon prevail again over despair, and the human energies for reconstruction, over all the destructive forces of nature.

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