KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia has lost a great patriot and unsung hero with the death of former Olympic sprinter Datuk Zainuddin Abdul Wahab, say his former colleagues in the police force.
Remembered: Zainuddin competed in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Ex-Esscom Intelligence Division Chief of Staff Datuk Hashim Justin, in extending his condolences, said the 74-year-old was believed to have succumbed to respiratory diseases at the Tenom district hospital on Tuesday.
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