Representing The Government, Mahfud MD Receives Tjahjo Kumolo's Body From Family

Tjahjo Kumolo hearse at KemenPAN-RB/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD received the body of the Minister for the Empowerment of the State Civil Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) Tjahjo Kumolo from the family. This handover is done before the funeral procession.

"I, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, representing the government and the TNI, stated that I received the body of the late Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform, Mr. Haji Tjahjo Kumolo," said Mahfud at the KemenPAN-RB, Friday, July 1.

After the handover procession, Tjahjo Kumolo's body will be buried soon. Tjahjo Kumolo's funeral procession will be carried out militarily.

"Furthermore, I will send the deceased's body to his burial place at TMPNU Kalibata, South Jakarta for military burial," he said.

Tjahjo Kumolo's body was taken by ambulance to the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery (TMP) at 16.40 WIB.

Tjahjo Kumolo died at the Abdi Waluyo Hospital at 11.00 WIB. The deceased is known to have been hospitalized for some time.