The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of many large weddings this year, but one Malaysian couple has defied the odds, reportedly hosting 10,000 people at their event.
Key points:
- Local media reported it took three hours for all the guests to drive past the bride and groom
- Guests collected takeaway food before leaving
- The groom’s father, a former cabinet minister, was found guilty of corruption a day earlier
But this was no ordinary wedding.
The newlyweds, Tengku Muhammed Hafiz and Oceane Alagia, sat outside a government building and waved while guests drove past in cars to comply with the country’s social distancing measures.
Before they left, wedding guests collected takeaway food from a nearby tent.
Local media reported it took three hours for all attendees to drive by.
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Guests in cars passed on their congratulations from their vehicles.(Facebook: Officialkunan)
Mr Hafiz’s father, Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, a former Malaysian minister, posted photos of the wedding on his official public Facebook account yesterday.
The unusual event was celebrated in “the new norm”, he said.
“In estimation, I am informed that there are more than 10,000 vehicles here since this morning.
“Thank you all for understanding and adhering to all procedures made by drive-through attendance without getting out of the vehicle.”
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The wedding party wore masks to be abide by coronavirus restrictions.(Facebook: Officialkunan)
The event was held in the country’s administrative city of Putrajaya, south of the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia is currently facing a new wave of coronavirus infections.
The wedding came just one day Malaysia’s High Court found Mr Adnan guilty of corruption.
The 70-year-old treasurer-general of Umno, Malaysia’s largest and ruling Perikatan Nasional alliance party, was sentenced to a year in jail for accepting 2 million ringgit ($656,000) from a local businessman in 2016 when he was the federal territories minister.
He was also fined 2 million ringgit for the offence.
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