KOTA KINABALU, 5 June 2012: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) will be holding a REMEMBRANCE gathering at the Double Six Monument at Sembulan Baru, here, on June 6 in conjunction with the 36 years anniversary of the plane crash tragedy which claimed the lives of State leaders including the then Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens.
SAPP Deputy President Tuan Haji Amde Sidik said the gathering is to REMEMBER the demise of the leaders whose Nomad aircraft plunged into a shallow waters off Sembulan Baru, near the Kota Kinabalu International Airport in the afternoon of June 6, 1976.
Amde said the gathering would start sharp at 11am and advise members to present at 10.30pm or earlier.
The leaders who perished 36 years ago other than Tun Fuad were State Ministers Datuk Salleh Sulong, Datuk Chong Thien Vun, Datuk Peter Mojuntin, and Assistant Minister Darius Binion.
Others who perished were the then Secretary of State for the Ministry of Finance of Sabah Datuk Wahid Peter Andau, Director of Economic Planning Unit of Sabah Dr. Syed Hussein Wafa, Isak Atan (Private Secretary to Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah), Corporal Said Mohammad (bodyguard to Tun Fuad Stephens), Captain Gandhi Nathan (the pilot of the aircraft) and Tun Fuad's eldest son Johari Stephens.
It has been reported that the original report on the incident remains classified.
RIP- YOU WILL BE AVENGED!
ReplyDeleteWe will never know the truth of what happen. Those who know are dead and gone, those alive are old and frail.
ReplyDeleteLife goes on but the anger still remains.
We miss you daddy
Dr Syed Rozaidi Wafa Bin Syed Hussain Wafa
The tragedy not only hurt all Sabahans, but the families of the victims hurt the most.
DeleteTrue. How I wish we could know the truth behind this tragedy. God willing.
DeleteKita sebagai rakyat Sabah tidak akan melupakan tragedi 66 ini, RIP.
ReplyDeleteGone too soon but never forgotten! Sabah had lost her true fighters! RIP
ReplyDeleteI can understand that the tragedy must still hurt a lot, but that should not get in the way of us seeking and knowing the truth about what really happened.
ReplyDeleteRakyat Sabah berhak untuk mengetahui cerita sebenar tragedi itu yang mengorbankan nyawa pemimpin-pemimpin Sabah. Semoga kebenaran akan terdedah.
ReplyDeleteYang pasti perkara ini sudah berlalu terlalu lama maka ini akan meyukarkan mencari bukti yang kukuh.
ReplyDeleteselepas jadi pembangkang baru la buat perhimpunan memperingati mangsa tragedi double six.. masa dalam BN fikir $$$$ saja..
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