Hamzah laid to rest at National Mosque


KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 The late Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah, a former Cabinet apportion who died yesterday, was laid to rest inside of a drift of a National Mosque, here, during 3.30pm today.
Earlier, Hamzah's stays were placed in a main request gymnasium of a mosque from 1pm for members of a public to compensate their last respects.
Minister in a Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom led a funeral request after Zohor prayer, as well as Hamzah's stays were afterwards taken to a tomb site subsequent to a Heroes Mausoleum for burial.
Present during a funeral were Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his emissary Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, former prime apportion Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as well as Jamil Khir.
Also in assemblage was a arch imam of a National Mosque, Tan Sri Sheikh Ismail Muhammad.
The prime apportion said after a funeral which a late Hamzah had contributed a lot to a republic by a assorted posts he held, whether in government, politics or sports.
"Perhaps, a country's success in football as well as sports during his tenure as president of a Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) as well as Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) will always be remembered as well as appreciated by sports fans as well as Malaysians in general," he said.
Najib said as a domestic figure, Hamzah additionally contributed most to a domestic onslaught together with Tun Abdul Razak Hussein (the country's second prime minister) from a time a country achieved independence.
He additionally described Hamzah as among a domestic figures who helped in laying a foundation for a new republic after independence as well as he continued to offer a people, religion as well as country.
Hamzah, 88, died of old age during about 3.30pm yesterday during his residence ! in Staff ield Country Resort, Mantin, Negeri Sembilan.
Hamzah leaves behind mother Toh Puan Zainon Hussein, who is a sister of Tun Abdul Razak, five sons, Mohd Azlan, Zulkifly, Mohd Azman, Mohd Izaham as well as Shahril, as well as dual daughters, Salina as well as Suria.
Hamzah was a Cabinet apportion from a 1960's until he stepped down in 1980 after undergoing a coronary bypass operation.
He was culture, girl as well as sports apportion (1971-1973), counterclaim apportion (from August 1973) as well as trade as well as attention apportion (from Sep 1974), as well as his last post was law apportion as well as attorney-general.
The Pekan-born Hamzah was MP for Raub (1967-1978) as well as Temerloh (1978-1980).
He studied during a famed Malay College Kuala Kangsar in Perak prior to taking up law during Gray's Inn, England in 1953.
He took over a post of OCM president from Tun Abdul Razak in 1976 as well as served until 1998, prior to losing a post to current president Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja'afar in a election in 1998. He was afterwards appointed as titular life president of OCM. Bernama
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