Double Six Monument Explained

Monument Name:	Double Six Monument
Native Name:	Tugu Peringatan Double Six
Location:	Sembulan, Kota Kinabalu
Type:	Obelisk
Material:	Stone
Dedicated To:	State ministers perished in aircraft crash
Coordinates:	5.9622°N 116.0618°W

The Double Six Monument (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Double Six) is a memorial located at the Sembulan neighbourhood of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia which marks the site of 6 June 1976 fatal plane crash known as the Double Six Tragedy bearing the first Chief Minister of Sabah, Tun Fuad Stephens, as well as six other State ministers.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Features

The monument features the list of all victims in the crash, with all are the government officials of Sabah:

• Fuad Stephens – Chief Minister of Sabah
• Peter Mojuntin – State Minister of Housing and Local Government
• Chong Thien Vun – State Minister of Communications and Public Works
• Salleh Sulong – State Finance Minister
• Darius Binion – State Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister
• Wahid Andu – Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Finance
• Syed Hussein Wafa – Director of the State Economic Planning Unit
• Ishak Atan – Private Secretary to Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
• Corporal Mohd Said – Fuad Stephens' bodyguard
• Captain Ghani Nathan – Pilot
• Johari Stephens – Fuad Stephens' eldest son

References

1. Web site: Double Six Monument. Sabah Tourism. 27 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190627050731/https://www.sabahtourism.com/destination/double-six-monument/. 27 June 2019. dead.
2. Web site: Remembering the Double Six tragedy. Olivia Miwil. New Straits Times. 7 June 2016. 27 June 2019.
3. Web site: Double Six tragedy still remains a mystery. Philip Golingai. The Star. 9 June 2018. 27 June 2019.