From the Star article
SEREMBAN: The family laid his brother to rest in the afternoon and it was a heartbreaking homecoming for space hero Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who arrived several hours after the funeral.
Fighting back tears, the astronaut hugged his father, Datuk Sheikh Mustapha Abdul Shukor, as soon as he arrived at the Negri Sembilan state mosque here from the KL International Airport.
Younger brother Sheikh Mustafa, 32, went into a coma and died at the University Malaya Medical Centre after falling and hitting his head against a pillar at a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
The family went ahead with the funeral after receiving news that Sheikh Muszaphar's flight from Moscow, via Bangkok, would be delayed for three hours.
His brother's remains were brought from the family home in Petaling Jaya at 12.55pm and buried at the Tuan Haji Said Muslim burial ground here after zohor prayers at 2.30pm yesterday.
Present were his three other brothers, Sheikh Ahmad, 37, Sheikh Taufiq, 36, and Sheikh Awiz, 29.
Malaysia's first man in space, who was earlier scheduled to arrive at the KLIA at 2.10pm, touched down at the KLIA only at 5.30pm.
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