Former CID director dies of cancer


KUALA LUMPUR: Former Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Salleh Mat Som (pic), 59, died at the Damansara Specialist Centre at 9.35pm yesterday due to cancer.

According to sources, his remains were taken to his family home in Mutiara Damansara.

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