Sipitang: Datuk Arun Selutan (pic), the first Lundayeh in Sabah to be bestowed the title "Datuk", was laid to rest in his village of Kampung Mendulong, about 25km from the township here.
Arun, 67, who was the Deputy President of the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) Sabah, died last Saturday of illness. He leaves behind a wife and three children.
Born in 1941, he became the first Lundayeh in the State to be bestowed with the Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (PGDK), which carries the title "Datuk" in 1993.
Arun served as the SIB Sabah President for 14 years from 1981 and also as President of the Sabah Council of Churches for two years from 1995.
I worked with this gentle, humble man of God. He went through a lot in the short time I worked with him, but I never ever heard him complain. I shall miss him. But he is in a better place. I can hear the Lord tell him, "Well done, good and faithful servant; enter into the joy of your Lord".
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