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KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government will support plans by the families of three Sabah ministers killed in the"Double Six" air crash 48 years ago to pursue legal action for compensation.“We sympathise with them. They have the state government’s support," he said after attending the 48th Double Six commemorative ceremony on Thursday .
"We sent the first letter in January and a follow-up in April. There have been no replies, nothing to acknowledge our letters or to say the matter is being considered," he told reporters. Donald’s father, Datuk Peter Mojuntin, who was the Local Government and Housing Minister then, was among the 11 people who perished in the plane crash on June 6, 1976 in Sembulan.The others were then-Sabah Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens, Finance Minister Datuk Salleh Sulong, Public Works and Communications Minister Datuk Chong Thien Vun, Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Darius Binion and Sabah Finance Minister Datuk Wahid Peter Andu.
He added:"It does not matter what they decide. But at least have some courtesy for the families who have been grieving for the last 48 years. We have decided that if there is still no reply till today , then we will seriously discuss what to do next."The air crash had been shrouded in mystery as the incident claimed the lives of half of the Sabah cabinet in 1976.
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