Taman Selatan or Southern Park is a cemetery in Precinct 20,
Putrajaya
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,
Malaysia
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. It is analogous to
Arlington National Cemetery
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in
Washington DC
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, United States.
Features
It is located at Precinct 20 and it occupies 192.38 hectares. The site has 570 grave plots, of these:
* 331 are reserved for Muslims,
* 94 for Buddhists,
* 55 for Christians,
* 61 for Hindus and
* the final 29 plots for other religions.
*
Pusara Negarawan, a national cemetery for Malaysian national leaders located at the Muslim cemetery.
Notable burials
*
Azizan Zainul Abidin
Tun Azizan bin Zainul Abidin (28 May 1935 – 14 July 2004) was a Malaysian corporate figure and president of the Putrajaya Corporation and of Petronas.
Life
Azizan was born on 28 May 1935, in Air Itam, Penang. He had 3 children with his wife Noo ...
– corporate figure and President of
Putrajaya Corporation
Perbadanan Putrajaya (PPj) or Putrajaya Corporation (PjC) is a local authority that administers the Federal Territory of Putrajaya and is under the Federal Territories Ministry of Malaysia. Founded in 1995, the corporation is responsible for pu ...
and
Petronas
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (National Petroleum Limited), commonly known as Petronas, is a Malaysian oil and gas company. Established in 1974 and wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia, the corporation is vested with all oil and gas reso ...
. ''(died 2004)''
*
Endon Mahmood
Tun Endon binti Mahmood Ambak ( Jawi: هند بنت محمود أعماق ; 24 December 1940 – 20 October 2005) was the first wife of the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. She died from breast cancer on 20 October 20 ...
– wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi ( Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia from October 2003 to April 2009. He was also the sixth president of ...
. ''(died 2005)
*
Ahmad Hakimi Hanapi
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet.
Etymology
The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...
–
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB; ms, Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad), formerly known as Malaysian Airline System (MAS; ), and branded as Malaysia Airlines, is the flag carrier airline of Malaysia and a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. (The ...
MH17 co-pilot who perished in the
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian forces on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Cont ...
crash on 17 July 2014. ''(died 2014)''
*
Nor Shazana Mohamed Salleh –
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB; ms, Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad), formerly known as Malaysian Airline System (MAS; ), and branded as Malaysia Airlines, is the flag carrier airline of Malaysia and a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. (The ...
stewardess who perished in the
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian forces on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Cont ...
crash on 17 July 2014. ''(died 2014)''
*
Ali Hamsa
Ali bin Hamsa (29 August 1955 – 21 April 2022) was a Malaysian civil servant who served as the 13th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia from 24 June 2012 to 30 August 2018.
Education
Ali graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honou ...
– 13th
Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
The Chief Secretary to the Government ( ms, Ketua Setiausaha Negara) is the most senior officer in the Malaysian Civil Service, secretary to the Cabinet of Malaysia and secretary-general of the Prime Minister's Department.
History
The title o ...
. ''(died 2022)''
External links
Taman Selatan website*
Cemeteries in Malaysia
Buildings and structures in Putrajaya
Tourist attractions in Putrajaya
2003 establishments in Malaysia
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