KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia will send a medical team of 76 armed forces personnel to help earthquake victims in Indonesia, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said Tuesday.

    The team, comprising eight officers and 68 other personnel, will leave with medical supplies in four Royal Malaysian Air Forceaircraft Tuesday afternoon, said Najib.

    "We realize that the number of victims is huge and there is a great need for medicines as the local hospitals there are unable to cope with the large number of quake victims," Najib told reporters here.

    The Malaysian team will establish a field hospital and a mobile hospital in Yogyakarta, one of the worst hit areas in Indonesia, said Najib.

    At least 5,427 people have died in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake, which hit Indonesia's Yogyakarta and parts of Central Java province on Saturday. In addition, the quake has left more than 10,000 others injured and up to 200,000 people homeless. Enditem