The late Dr Hasmah Ali appeared “quite well” just a day before her passing yesterday, revealed her husband, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

In a video shared on the centenarian’s social media, Mahathir said, “I didn’t expect her to die today (yesterday).

“She was quite well last night (Sunday),” he said, in a brief conversation with Pahang ruler Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, when the former king went to pay his final respects yesterday.

“Allah SWT loves her more,” said Sultan Abdullah (below), who was accompanied by his consort, Tengku Ampuan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, and son, Pahang Crown Prince Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah.

The former prime minister thanked the royals for travelling from Pahang to offer their condolences and pay their last respects to Hasmah.


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“Tun (Mahathir) kena jaga diri (you need to take care of yourself),” Sultan Abdullah added.

Hasmah breathed her last at about 9.25am at the National Heart Institute (IJN) yesterday. She was 100. She was accorded a state funeral and laid to rest at Pusara Negara in Putrajaya.

The couple’s third son, Mokhzani, said yesterday that their family had accompanied her at IJN, where she was in good spirits the night before she died, but her health took a sudden turn for the worse the following day.


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