KUALA LUMPUR: Former Minister of Rural and Regional Development Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin died at 11.52pm on Friday.
He was 82.
His death was announced by the Malay Consultative Council in a posting on its official Facebook page.
"The funeral prayer will be held at Bukit Damansara after the Subuh prayer on Saturday.
"However, we do apologise, as the standard operating procedures under this CMCO (Conditional Movement Control Order) only allows 20 people to attend it.
"His remains will be laid to rest in Gopeng, Perak," it said.
The Council also called on the public to pray for Tan Sri Abdul Aziz's soul to be blessed and placed among the righteous and the pious.
Abdul Aziz was an active member of the Council and had served as its Constitution and Consultative Bureau chairman.
His political career began when he joined Umno in Port Klang in 1969.
In 1975, he was appointed as Special Officer to then Education Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, and then as Private Secretary (1981-1999) when the latter was made the country's fourth Prime Minister.
Abdul Aziz was also Shah Alam Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2008 and a former Umno Supreme Council member. - BERNAMA