KUALA LUMPUR – Former Foreign Ministry secretary-general and chairman of the Malay Civilisation Board (Adab) Tan Sri Mohd Yusof Hitam died of old age yesterday.
His wife Puan Sri Michiyo Noor Azian Mustakim said Yusof, 86, breathed his last at about 2pm at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
“He died of old age,” she said when met at a mosque here before the funeral prayers for her husband.
Yusof was buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery in Taman Tun Dr Ismail here at 3pm today.
Meanwhile, Adab council member and joint founder Mohd Arof Ishak said that Yusof’s death was a big loss as he was a firm and trustworthy man with high intellect.
Yusof was ambassador to Vietnam in 1976 before he was appointed high commissioner to New Zealand in 1978 and Malaysia’s permanent representative to the United Nations in 1986.
Yusof, who served as Foreign Ministry secretary-general in 1988, leaves behind Michiyo and three children.
Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah expressed his condolences to Yusof’s family on Twitter this morning.
“May his soul be blessed and placed among the righteous,” he said. – Bernama, January 7, 2022
