VIP guests of Malaysian PM's daughter's wedding killed in helicopter crash

PETALING JAYA. KAZINFORM - They left a wedding reception for the Prime Minister's daughter in Pekan and were headed for Kuala Lumpur where Rompin MP Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis was to attend another wedding reception.

The helicopter carrying Jamaluddin, the special envoy to the United States; principal private secretary to the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Azlin Alias; pilot Capt Clifford Fournier; co-pilot Eidiana Baiziera; businessman Datuk Robert Tan, Jamaluddin's bodyguard Mohd Razkan Seran, 32, exploded in mid-air and crashed in Semenyih, just minutes away from its destination, Kazinform refers to AsiaOne Malaysia News . The last of the bodies - all charred - were found by the Fire and Rescue Department personnel at 8.15pm yesterday. It is believed that all six were killed instantly when the helicopter exploded over a rubber plantation along Jalan Sungai Lallang, Kampung Pasir Baru, during a downpour. The corporate AS365N2 Dauphin helicopter was owned by IGB Corporation and operated by Cempaka Aviation, which is owned by the pilot. Jamaluddin was scheduled to attend another wedding - that of PR1MA CEO Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias' daughter.