KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 -- The first group of Malaysian haj pilgrims for the 1447H/2026 season safely arrived at Prince Mohammad Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah at 8.21 am local time (1.21 pm Malaysian time) yesterday.

All 284 pilgrims departed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH8050 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 4.09 am (Malaysian time) and arrived at Hotel Emaar Royal, Madinah at 9.45 am (local time).

Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH), in a statement today, said the group was received by Malaysia's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Datuk Syed Mohamad Bakri Syed Abdul Rahman, Deputy Head of the Malaysian Haj Delegation Mohd Ridzuan Wahi, Malaysia's Haj Consul in Jeddah Radin Adi Hilmi, as well as TH senior management and staf...