philippine president president macapagal ng , singapore ' s prime minister choi hsien loong , brunei ' s kaiser muda bolkiah , japanese vice president jusuf kalla and cambodian deputy prime minister surakiart sathirathai were beside foreign dignitaries flying in for endon ' s funeral later thursday . thousands of protesters filed past endon ' s spirit , which lay in wan wrapped in white paper on a table while several shiite recited verses from the quran .
Lee Hsien Loong is friends with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.