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Senator
Dr Ismail
dies at 61
KUALA LUMPUR:
The countrys first
disabled senator,
Prof Datuk Dr Ismail
Md Salleh (pic), died
on a flight from
China to Singapore.
He was 61.
An officer at
the Malaysian High
Commission in Singapore said Ismail was pronounced dead on arrival at the
Singapore General Hospital at
about 8am yesterday.
He was laid to rest at the Sungai
Kantan Muslim cemetery in
Kajang. Ismail leaves behind wife
Datin Hasnah Wahab and six children between ages of 12 and 26.
The visually challenged Ismail
became the first person from the
disabled community to be
appointed senator in December
2007.
Born in Pasir Mas, Kelantan,
he was totally blind since he was
13, but the limitation did not stop
him from getting his degree,
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