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Permaisuri Agong pays last respects to Ungku Aziz

Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah (centre) paid her last respects to Royal Prof Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid at Masjid At-Taqwa, Taman Tun Dr Ismail. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah paid her last respects to Royal Prof Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid at Masjid At-Taqwa, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, here tonight.

She arrived at the mosque at about 8pm.

Tunku Azizah also spent some time with the family of Ungku Aziz, who died at about 4pm today at the age of 98.

Also seen at the mosque was Ungku Aziz’s daughter Zeti Akhtar, the former Bank Negara governor, who is now Permodalan Nasional Berhad chairman.

The renowned academician was later buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery.

Earlier, a spokesman of Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (Angkasa) said the death of Ungku Aziz was confirmed by his wife, Rahaiah Baheran, who is also a former vice-president of Angkasa.

Ungku Aziz was born in London on Jan 28, 1922.