Dr Siti Hasmah's elder sister Saleha dies

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Paduka Saleha Mohd Ali, the elder sister of Tun Dr Siti Hasmah, died at Kuala Lumpur Hospital here this afternoon due to uterine cancer.

She was 88.


Datuk Paduka Saleha Mohd Ali, due to uterine cancer

The special officer to former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Sufi Yusoff, when contacted by Bernama, said Saleha breathed her last at 5.10pm.

Saleha's son, Zahedi Mohd Ali said his mother's body would be buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery before Zohor prayers today.

Saleha, the third of 13 siblings, was the patron of the Universal Peace Federation Malaysia. -- Bernama

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