The Double Six Monument () is a memorial located at the Sembulan neighbourhood of

Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu (; formerly known as Jesselton), colloquially referred to as KK, is the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is also the capital of the Kota Kinabalu District as well as the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the ...

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

which marks the site of 6 June 1976 fatal plane crash known as the Double Six Tragedy bearing the first

Chief Minister of Sabah The chief minister of Sabah is the head of government of Sabah, Malaysia. Since September 2020, the position has been held by Hajiji Noor from the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat) from the coalition of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) w ...

Tun Fuad Stephens Muhammad Fuad Stephens, (born Donald Aloysius Marmaduke Stephens; 14 September 1920 – 6 June 1976) was a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the 1st and 5th Chief Minister of Sabah from September 1963 to December 1964 and aga ...

, as well as six other State ministers.

Features

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

Fuad Stephens Muhammad Fuad Stephens, (born Donald Aloysius Marmaduke Stephens; 14 September 1920 – 6 June 1976) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 1st and 5th Chief Minister of Sabah from September 1963 to December 1964 and again briefly from ...

–

* 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 Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: تڠکو غزالي بن تڠکو محمد حمزة; born 13 April 1937) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Gu ...

Corporal Corporal is a military rank in use by the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. The rank is usually the lowest ranking non-commissioned officer. In some militaries, the rank of corporal nominally corr ...

Mohd Said – Fuad Stephens' bodyguard *

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

Ghani Nathan – Pilot * Johari Stephens – Fuad Stephens' eldest son File:KotaKinabalu Sabah TuguPeringatan DoubleSix-9.jpg, An inscription on the monument and list of the victims. File:KotaKinabalu Sabah TuguPeringatan DoubleSix-11.jpg, Exhibition hall at the monument site. File:KotaKinabalu Sabah TuguPeringatan DoubleSix-7.jpg, The monument arch.

References

External links

* * Buildings and structures in Kota Kinabalu Monuments and memorials in Sabah {{Sabah-stub