KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today attended the Aidilfitri open house of Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul held at his official residence here.

Anwar, who was wearing a yellow baju Melayu complete with sampin, arrived at 12.05 in the afternoon and was greeted by Johari.

The Prime Minister and his wife spent about 40 minutes at the event to enjoy the meal and mingled with the guests present.

Among the dishes served are steamed tapioca and grated coconut, lemang, rendang, rebus mi, fried mi, various kuih (cake) and cendol.

The ceremony which started from 12 noon to 4 pm was also attended by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar.

Also present were several Members of Parliament including the MP for Subang who is also the 15th Parliamentary Special Select Committee (JKPK) chairman on International Relations and International Trade, Wong Chen and Selayang MP who is also th
e Chairman of the JKPK for Human Rights, Elections and Institutional Reform William Leong Jee Keen.

Also present were foreign delegates including from Egypt, Turkey, Nepal, Algeria, India and Romania while corporate and professional figures also attended the open house.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency