Govt to bring home Awang Askandar's remains to fulfil family's wishes


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 20 May 2023

PAPAR: The Prime Minister's Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Duties) will help bring home the remains of the Kedah Civil Defence Force (APM) director Lieutenant Colonel Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, who died during the Malaysia Everest 2023 mission.

Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said this was to fulfil his family's wish to bury him in his hometown in Benoni here.

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