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Ex-Tambun Tulang rep Datuk Ismail Kassim dies at 64

Brother Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim shares news of death, believed to be from heart attack

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 22 May 2023 7:49PM

Ex-Tambun Tulang rep Datuk Ismail Kassim dies at 64
Datuk Ismail Kassim was the Tambun Tulang assemblyman from 2013 until 2022, and the Arau MP from 2008 until 2013. – Wan Zikri Afthar Facebook pic, May 22, 2023

KANGAR – Former Tambun Tulang assemblyman Datuk Ismail Kassim died at Selayang Hospital, Selangor today. He was 64. 

The news was shared by his brother Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim via a Facebook post. 

Shahidan said his youngest brother died at 2.45pm, believed to be from a heart attack.

Ismail was the Tambun Tulang assemblyman from 2013 until 2022. 

He had also been the Arau MP from 2008 until 2013. – Bernama, May 22, 2023

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