Former agriculture minister Abdul Manan Othman died while undergoing treatment for a lung infection at the Gleneagles Hospital, Ampang, at 7.12pm yesterday. He was 81.

His eldest son, Nadzrin, 53, said his father was admitted to the hospital on Monday after falling unconscious.

Speaking to Bernama when met at his residence in Desa Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur, Nadzrin said the funeral prayers would be held at Masjid Bukit Damansara before he was laid to rest at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery at 10am today.

Abdul Manan was agriculture minister from 1980 to 1984 and had held the posts of deputy primary enterprises minister, deputy trade and industry minister and primary enterprises minister before that.

He leaves behind wife Nora Abu Hassan, 78, three children and eight grandchildren.

- Bernama