KUALA LUMPUR – The former director-general of the Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid, has died of cancer at her residence at Desa Putra, Putrajaya at 1.22pm today.
News of her demise was announced by lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz who represented her in a court case on criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving US$12.1 million (RM53.6 million).
He said Hasanah, who died aged 66, was prayed for and bathed at Surau Al Ikhwan in Desa Pinggiran Putra at 3pm.
“(She) will be buried at the Kg Limau Manis Muslim cemetery in Putrajaya after Asar prayers,” he said when contacted today.
According to Khairul, she was calm and brave in facing her illness.
On August 9 last year, the high court acquitted and discharged Hasanah of the CBT charge involving government money over an alleged offence four years earlier. – Bernama, May 5, 2023
