Sabah’s first female deputy chief minister Ariah Tengku Ahmad dies at 86


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s first female deputy chief minister, Datuk Ariah Tengku Ahmad, has passed away at the age of 86.

Her son, Tengku Datuk Fuad Tengku Ahmad, said she passed away peacefully in her house on June 16.

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