KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 -- Five Malaysian students whom were chosen to witness the launch of the new MEASAT-3a satellite from Kazakhstan next week, at the depature hall the Kuala Lumpur International Airport here, yesterday.The five were chosen for being the top scorers in the 2007 government examinations and having shown keen interest in science and mathematics.Flying out yesterday were Ahmad Ruiz from Kuala Lumpur (right), Lina Na'ilah from Selangor (second, right), Chandra Sekhar from Johor (middle), Cliff Asher from Sabah and Edmund Lau from Sarawak. They will be joined in Moscow by nine other students from India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom, countries where MEASAT operates today.--fotoBERNAMA COPYRIGHT RESERVED

photographed by: Nabila Adnan