Retired cop and former Olympian Zainuddin passes away at 74


KOTA KINABALU: The nation lost a great patriot and unsung hero when former Olympic sprinter Datuk Zainuddin Abdul Wahab passed away at age 74 recently, says a former colleague.

In offering his condolences to the family, former Esscom Intelligence Division chief of staff Datuk Hashim Justin said Zainuddin was believed to have succumbed to a respiratory ailment in the Tenom district hospital on Tuesday (June 7).

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