KUALA LUMPUR: Former Agriculture Minister and Kedah Menteri Besar Tan Sri Sanusi Junid died at his residence in Bukit Damansara here, today. He was 75.
His former press secretary, Aziman Hasan, told Bernama that Sanusi died just before dawn.
Without revealing the cause of death, Aziman said Sanusi's body will be taken to the Saidina Umar Al-Khattab Mosque in Bukit Damansara, before being laid to rest at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery.
Sanusi was appointed the National and Rural Development Minister in 1981, and the Agriculture Minister in 1986, before holding the post of Kedah Menteri Besar from 1996 to 1999. – Bernama