Former Sarawak governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud passed away at a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur at 4.40am on Wednesday (Feb 21). He was 87. Abdul Taib's remains will be at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur before being flown back to Kuching.
Regent of Pahang, Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah paying his last respects to the late Taib Mahmud at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur. – STARpix by AZMAN GHANI
Funeral prayers were held for former Sarawak governor Abdul Taib Mahmud at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur. The prayers were led by National Mosque Grand Imam Ehsan Mohd Hosni. -- fotoBERNAMA (2024) COPYRIGHT RESERVED
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof arrived to accompany the remains of former Sarawak governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud at the National Mosque.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof arriving at the National Mosque to pay his last respects to former Sarawak governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud who passed away early Wednesday morning at a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur. -- fotoBERNAMA (2024) COPYRIGHT RESERVED
A filepic of Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (right) and Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud taken in September 1980. (STARpic BY MOK YONG )
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali cheering for Barisan Nasional at the Putra World Trade Centre. Also present was former Sarawak chief minister Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud. - StarPix by Victor K. K. Ng Date: 25.04.1995
Sharing a joke... In this filepic taken in 1990, the late Taib Mahmud (right) and his wife the late Puan Sri Laila Taib offering their birthday and get-well wishes to Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Malaysia's first prime minister. - Starpix by Ng Ah Bak
