National Security Council D-G Engku Hamzah dies

KUALA LUMPUR: National Security Council (MKN) director-general Datuk Engku Hamzah Tuan Mat died on Sunday. He was 60.

Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Bakar confirmed the news via his official Twitter page.

“Let us recite the Al-Fatihah and pray that his soul be placed among the pious,” he said in his posting.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Fuziah Salleh also expressed her condolences via Twitter.

“I pray that his soul will be placed among the righteous. May it be a reminder to those of us who are still living,” she said.

Engku Hamzah’s body is currently at the Serdang Hospital for documentation. It will later be taken to his home at No. 32, Jalan Ramal Suria 2, Taman Suria Ramal in Sungai Ramal, Kajang, near here.

He is expected to be laid to rest at Sungai Ramal Muslim Cemetery after prayers at Surau Al-Falah on Monday morning. – BERNAMA