PETALING JAYA, March 18- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today paid his last respects to Tan Sri Zuki Kamaluddin, who was the chairman of the Umno Appeals Panel, who died yesterday. Najib, who arrived at 8.20am, was greeted by family members and spent about 10 minutes at Zuki’s residence in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, here.
Zuki, 77, died at 5.30pm at the Coronary Care Unit of Sime Darby Medical Centre after being admitted to the hospital three weeks ago following a heart attack. Zuki is survived by his wife, Puan Sri Zainab Yusoff, and three children namely Datuk Dr Zamyn, 48, Zohan, 44, and Juanna.
According to Dr Zamyn, his father’s remains would be buried at the Kampung Bohol Muslim Cemetery, here after prayers at the Masjid Al-Ehsan, Bandar Kinrara. Zuki, graduated with a law degree from Lincoln’s Inn London, and became the Pahang State Legislative Assembly Speaker in 1986 and was appointed a senator in 1995. He was also the State Assemblyman for Benta, Pahang for four terms since the 1978 general election.
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