Widow of Sabah’s first CM passes away

Recognition: Rahimah receiving the Tokoh Mubarak award from former chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman.

KOTA KINABALU: The late Toh Puan Rahimah Stephens, the widow of Sabah’s first chief minister Tun Mohd Fuad Stephens, was recognised as among the first women leaders to champion women and children’s issues even though she was thought to be a reluctant politician.

Rahimah, who stepped into Mohd Fuad’s political shoes following the “Double Six” air crash that killed her husband, died of a heart attack yesterday at a private hospital, where she was admitted to after suffering a fall at her house here over the weekend. She was 92.