Ma'ruf Amin Gives Final Respect To Shinzo Abe

JAKARTA - Vice President, Ma'ruf Amin and Mrs. Wury Ma'ruf Amin representing Indonesia paid their last respects to former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.

The two attended the state funeral procession for Abe in Nippon Budokan, Choyoda, Tokyo, Tuesday, September 27, quoted from Antara.

At around 13.45 local time, Ma'ruf and Mrs. Wury arrived at the venue, the state funeral procession began at 14.00 local time.

The procession began with giving a speech from the Deputy Chairperson of the Funeral Service Committee and continued with the singing of the Japanese national anthem, Kimigayayo. After that, Ma'ruf and all the funeral procession participants sanghentiated a moment of silence and watched the video footage of the late Abe.

On that occasion, he also witnessed the condolences of Japanese government officials and the honors made by Emperor Naruhito and Queen Masako along with Emeritus Emperor Akihito and Queen Michiko. At the end of the procession, the Vice President and Mrs. Wury laid wreaths of flowers and paid their last respects to the late Abe who was famous for his economic policy, Aenomics.

The order for laying wreaths for foreign officials is President of Palau, Surangel S resultps Jr, President of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, Vice President of the Philippines, Sara Duterte-Carpio, and the wife of the President of Colombia, Verónica Alcocer García.

Abe died on July 8, 2022, aged 67 after being shot while he was giving a speech in Nara, Japan, on the same day. Nara is one of Japan's old capitals.

He was shot at 11.30 local time and immediately became unconscious covered in blood.

Not long after the bloody incident, officers managed to arrest the perpetrator at the scene, an armed man named Tetsuya Yamagami (41), a former member of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces.

Abe served for almost nine years (the period 2006-2007, 2012-2014, 2014-2017 and 2017-2020) as prime minister of Japan. He resigned in 2020 for health reasons.