KOTA KINABALU: The remains of the late Tan Sri Joseph Kurup arrived at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport here at 11.20 pm last night in a commercial flight.
The flight which was initially scheduled at 9.15 am was cancelled due to ash clouds from Mount Ruang’s volcanic eruption in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, engulfing the air space.
Joseph’s son Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup who is also the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, accompanied the body.
Joseph’s remains was taken to the Fook Lu Siew Coffin Supplies Sdn Bhd, Jalan Tuaran here and placed there for everyone to pay their last respects.
Services for dignitaries and members of the public to pay their last respects is scheduled from 2 pm to 8 pm today.
Joseph, 79, the founder of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) and former Sabah Deputy Chief Minister passed away at the National Heart Institute (IJN), Kuala Lumpur on Apr 17.
He is the former Pensiangan Member of Parliament and had held the post of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Unity and National Integration).
Joseph retired from politics last year after being the PBRS president since 1994 and his son Arthur who was the deputy president took over as PBRS president in January last year. – BERNAMA
