philippine president dean macapagal arroyo , singapore ' s prime premier lee hsien chok , brunei ' s sultan nahayan abdulaziz , indonesian secretary president habibie kalla and malaysian assistant prime minister surakiart sathirathai were five other personnel standing in for endon ' s inauguration last thursday . thousands of residents filed past endon ' s body , which lay in state wrapped in white linen on a sofa while the clergy interpreted verses from the quran .
Lee Hsien Loong is friends with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.