KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — The government has decided to accord a state funeral to former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who died yesterday.
According to the Prime Minister’s Department (JPM), the remains will be brought to Masjid Negara at 8am for funeral arrangements, with the lying-in-state to take place at the Main Prayer Hall of the mosque from 11am to 1pm.
"The funeral prayer will be performed after the Zuhur prayer at Masjid Negara, and the burial will follow at the Heroes’ Mausoleum, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur," it said in a statement last night.
The dress code for male Muslim visitors is a black baju kebangsaan with a plain black samping and a black songkok, while non-Muslim male visitors are required to wear a dark lounge suit.
For female Muslim visitors, the dress code is a dark-coloured baju kurung or kebaya labuh with a white headscarf or shawl, while non-Muslim women are to dress modestly in dark-coloured attire with a white shawl.
"Other appropriate attire may also be worn," JPM said.
All buildings within a two-kilometre radius of Masjid Negara must fly the Jalur Gemilang at half-mast until the completion of the funeral ceremony.
Abdullah breathed his last at the National Heart Institute at 7.10pm, aged 85.
— Bernama
