SUNGAI PETANI, Oct 13 — The Home Ministry will contact Japanese authorities to obtain accurate information on the arrest of Malaysians suspected of involvement in a drug case in Japan.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said he had instructed Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan to act immediately to establish the facts.

“Complete information on the incident will be conveyed to the media as soon as it is received,” he told reporters after the Madani Townhall session between Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah students and the Home Minister here today.

He was commenting on the arrest of five Malaysians, including a woman, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo last Saturday on suspicion of attempting to smuggle about five kilogrammes (kg) of cocaine worth ¥120 million (RM3.1 million).