A number of Malaysians who were visiting Japan when the country was hit by twin earthquake and tsunami disasters on Friday, including Bernama editor-in-chief Yong Soo Heong, were glad that they have been able to return home.      

Yong was among the first group of Malaysians to fly out of Japan since the disaster struck.     

They arrived at the KL International Airport at 4.15pm today on board Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight MH71 from Narita Airport, Tokyo.      

Besides Yong, who was in Tokyo on a Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) assignment, the group also included 13 engineering students from  the Scudai campus of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and lecturer who had made a study trip.     

Yong said he was glad to return home and expressed his amazement at the level of discipline shown by the Japanese in the face of the horrendous disasters.     

"The people in Tokyo were very disciplined. They queued up for buses, for taxi and all that," he said.      

- Bernama