Women’s rights champion Sukumari Sekhar dies


Puan Sri Sukumari Sekhar,

KUALA LUMPUR: Puan Sri Sukumari Sekhar, one of the country’s earliest champions of women’s rights, passed away on International Women’s Day.

Aged 87, she died at 11.20pm on March 8 at the Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur.

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