Najib thanks govt for his mother's state funeral
Tun Rahah, 87, the widow of second Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, died at the Prince Court Medical Centre here at 4.45 pm yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR:Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has expressed his family's gratitude to the government for granting a state funeral to his mother Tun Rahah Mohamed Noah.
Najib described the state funeral as something special to his family.
"This will be a sweet memory to Tun Razak's family," he told reporters after Tun Rahah was buried at the Heroes' Mausoleum at Masjid Negara here today.
He said a tahlil ceremony would be held for seven days starting tonight at the Ar-Rahah Mosque, Kampung Kerinchi.
Tun Rahah, 87, the widow of second Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, died at the Prince Court Medical Centre here at 4.45 pm yesterday.
-- BERNAMA
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