Kuala Lumpur: The public can pay their last respects to Malaysia’s fifth Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who died yesterday, until 1 pm at the National Mosque. Abdullah’s son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, announced that the time for the public to pay their last respects was brought forward to 10 am from the original time of 11 am since all the funeral arrangements had been completed.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, the funeral prayer will be performed after the Zuhur prayer, followed by the burial at the Heroes’ Mausoleum. Abdullah passed away at the National Heart Institute (IJN) at 7.10 pm yesterday at the age of 85.