State polls: Elderly woman collapses, dies before voting in Gemencheh


TAMPIN: An 83-year-old woman collapsed just after dipping her finger into the indelible ink bottle before she was able to cast her vote at the SK Rokan polling centre in Gemencheh, Negeri Sembilan near here.

Tampin district police chief Supt Anuwal Ab Wahab said family members who were at the polling centre rushed her to a health clinic but she died a short while later.

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