The remains of Lieutenant Colonel Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub are expected to arrive in Malaysia this Friday.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions, Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali stated that the deceased’s body was successfully brought down using a helicopter to the Everest base camp today.
The remains are expected to arrive in Kota Kinabalu before being taken to his hometown in Papar to fulfil the family’s wish of burying the deceased in their village.
