JOHOR BARU: Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak tonight joined 1,000 people for a tahlil to commemorate the one year passing of Tunku Laksamana Johor Tunku Abdul Jalil Sultan Ibrahim.
The prayers were held at the Tunku Laksamana Abdul Jalil Mosque at the state police headquarters here.
Johor mufti Datuk Mohd Tahrir Shamsuddin led the congregation in the recitation of the Surah Yassin before beginning the tahlil after Maghrib prayers.
Also present were Tunku Ismail’s siblings Tunku Tun Aminah, Tunku Temenggong Johor Tunku Idris, Tunku Panglima Johor Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tunku Putera Johor Tunku Abu Bakar apart from Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin and government officials.
Tunku Abdul Jalil passed away on Dec 5 last year after losing a battle with liver cancer.