Humanitarian aid organisation Mercy Malaysia is set to send a team to Somalia for relief work, stressing that small teams are normally deployed when dealing with conflict regions.
"As reference, especially in conflict areas, we rarely send more than five to seven people," said Mercy Malaysia president Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus.
"We will ensure the number is optimum enough for them to perform their duties but also optimum enough to ensure that they are mobile," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
Ahmad Faizal was responding to a question on the composition of his organisation's team to Somalia.
He said the number has been determined, but may be reduced for security reasons - the final number will only be disclosed after the review.
