KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was laid to rest with full state funeral honours at the Warriors' Mausoleum near Masjid Negara (National Mosque) at 2.30pm on Tuesday (April 15).
Earlier, the funeral prayer for the nation’s 5th prime minister was held at the mosque, led by Grand Imam Ehsan Mohd Hosni.
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Apart from Abdullah’s wife, Tun Jeanne Abdullah, son Tan Sri Kamaluddin, daughter Nori and son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin, the state funeral for the statesman was also attended by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the two Deputy Prime Ministers, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
Earlier, Abdullah’s remains were brought to Masjid Negara for the lying-in-state to enable the public to pay their last respects.
Abdullah breathed his last at the National Heart Institute at 7.10pm on Monday (April 14) at the age of 85.
Born on Nov 26, 1939, in Bayan Lepas, Penang, Tun Abdullah helmed the country’s premiership from Oct 31, 2003, until April 3, 2009, following the resignation of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. – Bernama
