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Sunday, 24 August 2014

Two non-Muslim MH17 victims to be cremated on Sunday

The remains of two non-Muslim Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 victims, Foo Ming Lee and Ng Qing Zheng, will be cremated at the Nirvana Memorial Park in Shah Alam this Sunday.

A deputy general manager of NV Care Sdn Bhd Teh Khai Lin said Foo’s remains would be kept at the Nirvana Memorial Centre in Sungai Besi for two days from today for religious rites before being brought to Shah Alam.

“Ng’s remains will be stored for one day and brought back to his residence at Kota Kemuning, Selangor, tomorrow before it is taken to Shah Alam for the cremation rites on Sunday,” he told reporters at the centre in Kuala Lumpur today.

He said the process of receiving and handling the remains of the four non-Muslim victims had run smoothly.

They are the remains of Foo, Ng, Paul Rajasingam Sivagnanam and his wife, Mabel Anthony Samy.

The couple’s remains will be kept at the centre until tomorrow before being brought to their home in Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur.

Flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17 as it was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board. The Boeing 777-200 aircraft is believed to have been shot down over the troubled country.

The remains of 20 of the 43 Malaysian victims who perished in the tragedy were brought home from the Netherlands in a special aircraft.

Putrajaya has declared yesterday as a day of national mourning and a special ceremony was held to honour the victims at the Bunga Raya Complex in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport upon the arrival. – Bernama

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