Four ministers represented the government at the funeral of Lamag assemblyman Bung Moktar Radin, who passed away at age 66
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has extended its condolences to the family of Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, who passed away early this morning.
Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said four ministers represented the government in visiting the family and attending the funeral in Sabah.
“They were Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, and Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani,” he said.
Fahmi spoke to reporters after the national-level International Anti-Corruption Day celebration in Putrajaya.
Bung Moktar, 66, died at a private hospital in Sabah at 1.46 am, as confirmed by his son, Naim Kurniawan Moktar.
His remains were taken to his home in Luyang before funeral prayers at Masjid Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu.
He was laid to rest at the Kampung Likas Muslim Cemetery after Friday prayers.
The Lamag assemblyman had just retained his state seat in the Sabah election on November 29.
In a separate development, Fahmi said the Prime Minister thanked former minister Datuk Ewon Benedick.
Ewon technically ceased to be a federal minister upon being sworn into the Sabah state cabinet.
“Although Datuk Ewon was on leave during the state election campaign, his position as a member of the federal Cabinet ended once he took the oath of office in Sabah,” Fahmi explained.
Ewon, who is President of UPKO, was appointed Sabah Deputy Chief Minister III and Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Transport. – Bernama
