Kuala Lumpur: Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick visited and presented a copy of the Double Six Tragedy report to the family of the late Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens, here, Saturday.
Previously, he delivered a copy of the same report to Datin Nancy Mary Mobijohn Mojuntin, wife of the late Datuk Peter Mojuntin, and Datin Jikilin Binion, wife of the late Datuk Darius Binion at their residence.
Ewon said in a Cabinet meeting last Wednesday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had instructed him and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions) Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali to deliver a copy of the official investigation report to the families of the victims on behalf of the government.
Meanwhile, the families of Tun Fuad, requested that the Australian Government also reveal their (Australian) report of the investigations.
They said that it is for the sake of justice for all those involved, including those mentioned negatively in the report, such as the pilot.
“We feel that we have not received a complete picture of the cause of the plane crash unless we can see all the reports from Australia,” they said in a statement.
In the incident, Tun Fuad Stephens, who had been sworn in as chief minister just 53 days earlier, died along with 10 others, including state ministers.
The others included state ministers Salleh Sulong, Chong Thien Vun and Peter Mojuntin.
The Daily Express’ award winning team of journalists presents ‘Double Six: The Untold Stories’, a documentary on the plane crash in Sabah (East Malaysia) killing the newly-elected Chief Minister of Sabah Tun Mohd Fuad Stephens, four state ministers and six others on June 6th, 1976. After 46 years the findings of the crash also known to many as The Double Six Tragedy have not been disclosed. Note: This series unravels information not previously available to the public, but does not in any way attribute blame for the crash on any party.
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