KUALA LUMPUR: The flight carrying the remains of former Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 6.30am today.
The Prime Minister's Department (JPM), in a statement, said that the remains will be taken to the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque, Precinct 3, Putrajaya, for the last rites at the Sheikh Daud Al-Fathoni Hall from 11am to 1pm.
"The funeral prayers will be held after the Zohor prayers at the Main Prayer Hall. The remains will be brought from the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque after the funeral prayers for the burial at the Precinct 20 Muslim Cemetery, Putrajaya.
"Visitors who want to pay their last respects are advised to go to the Sheikh Daud Al-Fathoni Hall, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque from 11am to 1pm before the remains are taken to the Precinct 20 Muslim Cemetery, Putrajaya, at 1.30pm," read the statement.
The remains were originally scheduled to arrive at KLIA at 3am.
Ali, 66, who served as the 13th chief secretary for six years from 2012, died at the Dublin Hospital, Ireland, on Thursday.– BERNAMA