JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Kartini Hasan Basri aka Kartini Fahmi Idris, wife of Golkar Party senior politician and former Minister of Industry Fahmi Idris, has passed away on Wednesday (Feb. 5) night at the Medistra Hospital, Jakarta, due to sarcoma cancer.
Today (Feb. 6), Kartini’s remains will be buried at the Tanah Kusir Cemetery in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono also visited Kartini Fahmi Idris’ private residence at Mampang Prapatan IV, South Jakarta, this morning.
Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie also came to the funeral home.
Kartini is known as a daughter of Hasan Basri, a famous Indonesian Muslim cleric and former Chairman of The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI). (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)