BUTTERWORTH: Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) co-pilot Mejar Mohd Fareez Omar successfully underwent surgery at the Seberang Jaya Hospital around 7pm on Wednesday (Nov 17).
This comes after he was injured in the crash of a Hawk 108 jet at the RMAF airbase here the previous day.
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