KOMPAR - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Malaysia Dato' Seri Hamzah bin Zainuddin turns out his ancestors came from Indonesia. Precisely in the Air Tiris area, Kampar Regency, Riau Province. He visited his ancestral land, on Tuesday, January 25, while helping to renovate the local jamik mosque.
During the visit, Dato' Seri Hamzah gave donations in the form of rupiah and Malaysian ringgit for the renovation of the Jamik Mosque and for community celebrations and the grandparents in the area later. The assistance was given directly to the Chairperson of the Jamik Air Tiris Mosque Management.
Dato' Seri Hamzah should have visited the grave of his family Tun Fatimah at the Sungai Tonang Village Public Cemetery. However, due to unfavorable conditions and it was dusk and heavy rain, the activity was cancelled.
Dato' Seri Hamzah came with his group and finally headed for the Jamik Air Tiris Mosque. Inside the old mosque, there are long dishes to be eaten with the local community.
Before eating together, Dato' Seri Hamzah expressed his gratitude for the public's welcome for his arrival. "This is extraordinary, I returned home to be greeted enthusiastically by the community and relatives even though it was raining," he said.
He tells a brief history of his descendants from where he came from. He claimed to be descended from his grandmother who was a resident of Kampar Regency, precisely in Sungai Tonang Village.
"I am an ordinary human being who was born in Malaysia, but my grandmother was born in Kampar, and then her father brought her to Malaysia. She came with her sister. She and her two younger siblings live in Malaysia," said Dato' Hamzah when visiting Jamik Mosque. Drain Water.
The tomb of the grandmother of the Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs is located in Sungai Tonang Village, Kampar Regency, whose name is Tun Fatimah Binti Bendahara Seri Maharaja Tun Mutahir.
He mentioned that his brotherhood with the Kampar people would never be broken. There are many similarities between Malaysia and Kampar, not only in terms of language but also in terms of culture.
On the other hand, he also expressed his admiration for the jamik mosque building which was founded hundreds of years ago. "I am very interested in this old mosque. The old mosque that we built shows how great the Riau Malays are. This proves that we are capable, not only able to build a mosque, but as proof that we are able to build our village," said Dato' Seri Hamzah bin Zainuddin.
Meanwhile, the Regent of Kampar Catur Sugeng Susanto conveyed his welcome to this "Bumi Veranda of Mecca" Riau. "Welcome home, welcome to the family in Kampar," he said.
The Regent said that Dato' Seri Hamzah was indeed born in Malaysia, but his grandmother's brother named Tuan Fatimah was born in Kampar and died and was buried in Kampar, to be precise in the Sungai Tonang Village Public Cemetery, North Kampar District.
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