KOTA KINABALU, April 23 – Members of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) base in Kota Kinabalu held a Yasin and tahlil recitation session for their colleague who died in the incident where two helicopters collided and crashed at the RMN Base in Lumut, Perak Tuesday morning.
The Eastern Fleet Command Headquarters in a statement through its Facebook page said it was held at Ibnu Battuta Mosque, Kota Kinabalu RMN Base, in Sepanggar.
According to the statement, the people of the Kota Kinabalu RMN Base expressed their condolences to all the family members of the victims of helicopter crash.
“We pray that their souls will be blessed and rest with those who believe and do righteous deeds,” said the statement.
RMN confirmed 10 of its members were killed in the 9.32 am incident involving seven crew of the Maritime Operations Helicopter (HOM-AW139) and three RMN Fennec crew and the Maritime Operations Helicopter (HOM-AW139) that crashed was from the Kota Kinabalu RMN Base.
