philippine president gloria yoweri cruz , singapore ' s prime minister kim kuo badawi , brunei ' s sultan hassanal bolkiah , indonesian vice speaker jusuf kalla and thai deputy prime ministries surin pahad were among international dignitaries flying in for endon ' s funeral that thursday . thousands of visitors filed past endon ' s body , who lay in state wrapping in white bandages on a tray while foreign clerics recited extracts from the quran .
Lee Hsien Loong is friends with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.