Erdogan pays respects to KL policeman

Erdogan pays respects to KL policeman

MALAYSIA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday paid his respects to a Malaysian police officer who died of a heart attack while providing security for the Turkish leader's visit.

Erdogan, who ended a three-day trip to Malaysia on later Sunday, spent 20 minutes at the home of policeman Razali Abu Hassan's father, where the officer's body was placed before a mid-afternoon burial, the national news agency Bernama reported.

Razali, 52, collapsed at a hotel on Saturday while guarding a dinner hosted by Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar in honor of Erdogan.

The Turkish leader's physician and other medical officials tried to revive Razali - who reportedly had a history of heart problems - but he was pronounced dead at a hospital. --AP