Former Bernama sub-editor, Sulaiman Jaafar passes away due to heart attack


KOTA BARU: A former sub-editor of the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama), Sulaiman Jaafar, 65, passed away due to a heart attack while receiving treatment at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital here at 3.50pm on Friday.

His wife, Zaharah Shuud, 54, said that Sulaiman was hit by a motorcycle ridden by a student while he was walking home after performing the dawn prayer on Monday, causing fractures and cracks in his spine and neck.

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