Everest climber laid to rest


KOTA KINABALU: A week after Kedah Civil Defence Force director Lt-Kol Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub perished on Mount Everest, his remains were brought home and buried beside his late mother at the Kampung Benoni Islamic Cemetery in Papar, about 60km from here.

His grief-stricken wife Siti Hafizan Abdul Hamid did not attend the funeral.

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