Malbatt sergeant serving in UN mission dies in Lebanon

Sergeant Faridah, 36, collapsed and died after returning to Lebanon after a trip home in Malaysia. – Photo courtesy of the Armed Forces

KUALA LUMPUR: A senior non-commissioned officer from Malaysian Battalion (Malbatt) 850-11, part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil), has died.

In a statement, the Armed Forces announced that the Sergeant Faridah Abd Rahman, 36, who served as the Malbatt 850-11 Islamic Affairs senior supervisor at Camp Marakah, collapsed after disembarking from a bus and was pronounced dead by medical officers at 2.25am local time (7.25am Malaysian time) on Saturday (May 18).