Former MACC chief commissioner dies at 67

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The former chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan, 67, died Sunday (Sept 22) night in his daughter’s house in Rawang.

MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Datuk Shamsun Baharin Mohd Jamil said funeral rites will be performed at the Kota Damansara Muslim Cemetery near here after zuhur prayers Monday (Sept 23).

"In the past six months, he was admitted to the National Heart Centre (IJN) several times for heart complications and stroke, ” he said.

"Last week, the doctors at IJN allowed him to return home and he was taken to his daughter’s house in Rawang.

"May Allah bless his soul and place him among the righteous, ” he told Bernama on Monday.

Ahmad Said was MACC chief commissioner from May 14,2007, until Dec 31,2009, before the post was held by Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed. - Bernama