Senior lecturer dies on the way to hospital after collapsing at Langkawi half marathon


ALOR SETAR: A Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) senior lecturer passed away after collapsing during the Langkawi International Half Marathon 2022 on the island Saturday (Dec 17) morning.

Langkawi district police chief ACP Shariman Ashari said that police received a call at 10.30am from a doctor on duty at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital’s Emergency Unit stating that Nik Mohd Faiz Nik Mohd Azmi, 37, died on the way to the hospital.

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