Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Saifuddin Nasution Ismail’s mother died at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Setar this afternoon.

The minister’s press secretary Hisommudin Bakar said Che Gayah Hassan, 74, died of old age at 6.05pm, after a week of hospitalisation.

"The body will be buried at the Kampung Sungai Durian Cemetery in Pokok Sena (near Alor Setar) at 11pm," he said in a brief statement tonight.

- Bernama