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Monday, January 10, 2011

IN MEMORIAM: Double 6 Tragedy



Would Sabah be different if Tun Fuad, Datuk Salleh Sulong, Datuk Peter Mojuntin and Chong Thien Vun had survived?



I wonder will a Sabahan now prefer to be called a Sabahan instead of a Kadazan, Dusun, Murut, Rungus, Sungai, Bajau, Suluk, Bugis, Cina or etc.?

That day, the spirit of multicultural Sabah had also died.

The way I see it, it's never too late to recreate the spirit that had once made the Sabahan a proud race.

Wikipedia
The Double Six Tragedy, also known as the Double Six Crash, was a plane crash which took place on June 6, 1976 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The plane, operated by Sabah Air, coming from Labuan crashed in the sub-district of Sembulan in Kota Kinabalu upon approaching Kota Kinabalu International Airport. The crash killed everyone on board the flight, including Tun Fuad Stephens, the Chief Minister of Sabah at that time. The other passengers on the flight were State Ministers Datuk Salleh Sulong, Datuk Peter Mojuntin, Chong Thien Vun,
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.
The reason behind the crash is uncertain. Immediately after the accident there were allegations of foul play because of the death of the Chief Minister, but no evidence of such has ever been found.


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