PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has deployed 142 rescue personnel and two tracker dogs (K9) to participate in the search and rescue (SAR) mission for earthquake victims in Turkiye so far, the Foreign Ministry said today.

It said that they comprised personnel from the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART), Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF), Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) and Civil Defence Force (APM).