National laureate Arena Wati dies at 84

KUALA LUMPUR: National laureate Muhammad Dahlan Abdul Baing, 84, better known as Arena Wati, died from lung cancer at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital in Cheras at 1.40am yesterday.

His wife Halimah Sulong and two of his children, Ratna Siti Akbari and Hasanuddin, were at his bedside when he passed away at the hospital where he was undergoing treatment since Sept 20.