RIMBA, Friday 16 September 2005
A total of eight personnel of Royal Brunei Armed Forces from the First Group of International Monitoring Team/IMT have arrived home from the Republic of Philippines after a tour of duty there. The group landed at 3.05pm in Royal Brunei Air Force's CN235 aircraft.

A Welcome Home Ceremony was held at the Royal Brunei Air Force Base in Rimba. The Guest of Honour at the ceremony was Yang Mulia Awg Hj Mustappa bin Hj Sirat Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, and the function was atttended by Yang Mulia Colonel (U) Dato Paduka Hj Mahmud bin Hj Saidin Acting Commander RBAF, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency the Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines, Military Commanders and Commandants, Senior Officers, Officers and Other Ranks of the Ministry of Defence and RBAF.

The group that arrived today comprised of Major Azman bin Hj Bangkol, Major Hj Damit bin Hj Bakar, Captain Pg Hj Rudy Halyamin bin Pg Hj Chuchu, Captain Aldi bin Hj Hassan, Captain Mohd Salehudin bin Dato Paduka Hj Puasa, Captain Hj Fadzli bin Hj Abdullah, Staff Sergeant Japarudin bin Hj Sabtu, Corporal Hj Ramlee bin Hj Seruddin and Lance Corporal Mazlan bin Rajap. For a while, Lieutenant Colonel Hj Aminuddin Ehsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Hji Abdin First Group Commander of the Brunei Darussalam International Monitoring Team, and Major Azman bin Hj Bangkol will arrive home on 21 September 2005. The First Group has commenced their task in Cotabato Mindanao in last October 2004.

Also present to welcome the group were the team members' families and relatives. A Doa Selamat was read by Ustaz Hj Roslan bin Haji Sulaiman, Senior Religious Officer of the Ministry of Defence.