NATION GRIEVES: The national flag flies at half-mast for the victims of flight MH17. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that the national flag be flown at half-mast from Friday night until tomorrow. MAS flight MH17, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew members crashed in the east of Ukraine on Friday. Forty-four of the victims are Malaysians. — Bernama photo (File photo)
KUCHING: The State Secretary Office has issued a directive for the Malaysian flag to be flown half mast for two days – yesterday and today.
This is as a mark of respect and mourning for the late Sultan of Kedah, Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah who passed away on Monday at Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah.