SEREMBAN: Former Jelebu MP and Klawang assemblyman, Yunus Rahmat died at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan, Pahang, at noon today. He was 68.
News of his death was shared by his wife Juriah Suleiman when contacted by Bernama.
“I did not expect this. He wanted to attend a meeting and was sitting in his chair in the office, complaining about back pain. Suddenly he lost consciousness and we rushed him to the hospital. The doctors confirmed that he had died.
“He didn’t sleep much yesterday, and earlier he asked for the names of relatives who had died to conduct a ‘tahlil’. Who knew he would go so suddenly,” she said.
She added that the funeral will take place tomorrow in Seremban.
Yunus was the Barisan Nasional MP for Jelebu from 1995 to 1999 and he also held the post of Klawang assemblyman from 2008 till 2018. He was also a Negeri Sembilan state executive councillor from 2008 to 2013.