Tunku’s steadfast aide dies at age 85


Illustrious life: Tunku (left) chatting with Chung at an event in 1980s. (Inset) Chung was interviewed by The Star for the 60th National Day this year.

GEORGE TOWN: When Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj was on his deathbed, only six people were allowed to see him at the hospital. One of them was Owen Chung.

“He called for me. I was most honoured,” Chung reminisced during an interview with The Star in conjunction with the 60th National Day this year.

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