Azizulhasni's father passes away

PETALING JAYA: National track cycling icon Datuk Azizulhasni Awang's father Awang Embong passed away early Monday (Jan 31) morning after a stroke.

Azizulhasni shared the news of his father's death over his social media accounts.

Azizulhasni’s brother-in-law Mohd Razman Mohamad said his father-in-law breathed his last at 2am at his home in Dungun, Terengganu.

He was quoted by Bernama as saying that Awang, 72, who also suffered from dementia, had just been discharged from a private hospital in Kuala Terengganu on Sunday (Jan 30) after being warded for four days.

"He looked happy when he was discharged. We are all shocked and saddened by his death this morning, but we accept it as fate,” he said.

Mohd Razman said Azizulhasni was currently training in Melbourne.

"Azizulhasni is saddened by the passing of his father. As he could not come home in time for the funeral, he had to leave it to us to make all the necessary arrangements,” he said.

Members of the public and VIPs filled the comment sections of Azizulhasni's social media with condolences to the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist.

Among those expressing their sympathies were Terengganu MB Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, Terengganu Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Said and Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

The funeral prayers for Awang will be held after Zohor prayers at Surau Ustaz Omar Shukri on Monday and he will be laid to rest at the Syed Yahya Muslim cemetery in Dungun.