Hussein Onn’s daughter dies at 56


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 18 Sep 2005

PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Datin Roquiya Hanim, the eldest child of the third prime minister, the late Tun Hussein Onn, died yesterday of breast cancer. 

Roquaiya Hanim, 56, died at 4.15am at the Damansara Specialist Centre and was buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery. 

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