KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak said the founder of the YTL Group of Companies, Yeoh Tiong Lay, had made a huge contribution to Malaysia’s Chinese community including in the education sector.

The Prime Minister said Yeoh, who died yesterday, had also built a successful business empire.

“Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay built a successful business empire and made a huge contribution to Malaysia’s Chinese community, including education. Rest in peace,” Najib said in his Twitter account today.

YTL Corporation Bhd said in a statement yesterday that there would be wake services on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm, while the funeral service would be on Sunday at 10am.

The cortege will leave for Nilai Memorial Park at noon.

YTL Corp is among the 30 largest companies listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, forming one of the component companies of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI, the stock exchange’s primary benchmark index.