KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will visit Singapore (26 March), to pay his final respects to the island republic’s first prime minister and statesman Lee Kuan Yew lying in state in Parliament House, Singapore.
He will be accompanied by wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Mah Siew Keong.
The foreign ministry in a statement today said Najib would also be meeting Kuan Yew’s son, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to personally convey Malaysia’s condolences.
Kuan Yew passed away on March 23. He was 91.– BERNAMA