Former Sarawak Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud died in Kuala Lumpur early today. He was 87.
Sarawak's longest-serving chief minister took his last breath at 4.40am at the Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur hospital (CVSKL).
This was confirmed by state Tourism, Creative Industry and Arts Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
A statement from the State Secretary's Office stated the body of the 87 year-old Taib, who was also Sarawak's fourth Chief Minister from March 1981 to February 2014, will be flown back home.
The body is expected to arrive at the Kuching International Airport in Kuching at around 3pm today from Kuala Lumpur and from the airport brought directly to his residence in Demak Jaya at Jalan Bako.
Tomorrow, Taib's body would be taken to State Legislative Assembly for the public to pay their last respects from 8am to noon.
The body will then be brought to the Demak mosque for prayers before the burial ceremony in the family's cemetery in Demak Jaya.
Sarawak has declared two days of mourning - today and tomorrow – in respect of the passing of former Governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud who died at 4.40 this morning in Kuala Lumpur.
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