The father of five was laid to rest following 10-days of his body being laid out at the Thiong Ting funeral parlor in Jebres, Surakarta.

The funeral procession was preceded by a ceremony according to Chinese custom, in which all the members of his extended family paid their respects in front of the coffin, which was clad with a green cloth adorned with Arabic calligraphy.

Sritex provided 17 large buses for mourners who wanted to attend the funeral.

Lukminto's body was carried past his home in Puri Baron on Jl. Bhayangkara, Surakarta, before being laid to rest in the family plot at the SHRI Garden cemetery in Delingan, Karanganyar.

Lukminto, who had convertd to Islam and performed the haj pilgrimage, initially went to Singapore for a health checkup early in February.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was represented at the funeral by Youth Sports Minister Roy Suryo.

Born on June 1, 1946, in Jombang, East Java , Lukminto set up Sritex factories in Sukoharjo in 1992 with Rp 300 billion (US$ 25.55 million at the current exchange rate) in investment.

The company is the only fully integrated textile factory in Indonesia and has supplied military uniforms to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) over the last 20 years. In total, Sritex exports military uniforms to more than 30 countries.

With a workforce of more than 40,000, Sritex's fashion products have been exported to more than 40 countries. (tjs/nvn)

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