PM attends Taib’s wedding do

January 16, 2011

(Right to left) Najib, Rosmah, Taib, and Ragad recite prayers at the Bintulu airport, January 15, 2010. — Bernama pic

KUCHING, Jan 16 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor were the guests of honour at the “bersanding” ceremony of Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Taib Mahmud and Puan Sri Ragad Waleed Al-Kurdi at Kompleks Dewan Undangan Negeri, Petra Jaya here last night.

Also present were the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri, Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng and his wife Toh Puan Norkiah and other cabinet ministers.

Taib, 71, had wed Ragad Waleed, 31, from Syria on December 18.

Ragad Waleed, the daughter of Waleed and Khayam Al-Kurdi has two brothers and an elder sister.

The chief minister’s wife was born in Damsyik but migrated to Riyadh at a young age. Her father died in 2003. — Bernama