BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei’s Prince Abdul Azim, second son of the sultan, died today at the age of 38, Xinhua News Agency reported.
According to a statement from the Brunei’s Sultan’s office, the people and residents of Brunei are required to fly the national flag at half-mast and begin a seven-day mourning period starting from Saturday.
The cause of Prince Abdul Azim’s death was not announced, the report added.
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Prince Azim was born in Bandar Seri Begawan on July 29, 1982. He was the eldest child of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Pengiran Isteri Hajah Mariam, and the sultan’s second-born son. He was educated at International School Brunei, Raffles Institution and Oxford Brookes University.