Ex-Malaysian Bar president Manjeet Singh Dhillon passes away

PETALING JAYA: Former Malaysian Bar president Manjeet Singh Dhillon has passed away on Monday (Oct 28), aged 82. The veteran lawyer was involved in numerous notable legal cases including the murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and her three aides, committed 14 years ago. Manjeet was also political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda’s counsel in the civil...

Former chief statistician Shaari Abdul Rahman passes away

PUTRAJAYA: The country's fourth chief statistician Datuk Shaari Abdul Rahman passed away on Monday (June 3), according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). In a statement on Tuesday (June 4), DOSM said Shaari, who held the position from 1995 to 2004, will be buried at Sungai Buloh Gajah 11 Muslim Cemetery in Selangor. "Chief Statistician Datuk...

Dewan Negara president Mutang Tagal passes away

KUCHING: Dewan Negara president Datuk Mutang Tagal passed away at 11.46am on Friday (May 10). A statement from his office said Mutang, 70, passed away at the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur, where he was admitted for treatment since returning from a work trip to Azerbaijan on Monday (May 6). Mutang, a Lun Bawang from Lawas...

Former Sarawak governor Taib Mahmud passes away

SIBU: Former Sarawak governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud has passed away. In a Facebook post, his daughter Datuk Hanifah Taib said the 87-year-old breathed his last at a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur at 4.40am on Wednesday (Feb 21). She said his remains will be at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur before being brought back to...

Ex-deputy minister Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan passes away

PETALING JAYA: Former deputy minister Datuk Seri Dr Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan passed away at the age of 78 on Wednesday (Sept 6) morning. Abdullah, who held portfolios in the defence and foreign ministries, was said to have breathed his last at KPJ Tawakkal Hospital in Kuala Lumpur. The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), in expressing its...

Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96

NEW YORK (AP): Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as I Left My Heart In San Francisco graced a decades-long career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday. Publicist...