Remains of Mt Everest climber Awang Askandar to be flown to Kathmandu on May 22, says Wisma Putra

KUALA LUMPUR: Efforts to bring down the remains of Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) Kedah director Lt Col Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, who died on Friday, from the Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu, will be carried out on Monday (May 22) by helicopter.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement today that this will be executed if the operation to bring down his remains from Camp 4 to Everest Base Camp goes as scheduled.