MELAKA – Former Tg Bidara assemblyman Datuk Ab Karim Sulaiman died of a heart attack at his home in Kg Jeram, Masjid Tanah, at 9.20pm yesterday. He was 75.
Melaka Umno Youth leader Abdul Hakim Abdul Wahid said Karim was previously treated at a private hospital in Klebang for five days before being allowed to return home yesterday evening.
“Karim will be buried at the Kg Jeram Islamic cemetery after the Zuhur (midday) prayers,” he said.
Karim is survived by his wife, Datin Fatimah Md Nor, and four children.
He was the former director of the People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela – now known as the Malaysia Volunteers Corps Department) before contesting the 10th general election (GE10) in 1999 as a Barisan Nasional candidate for the Sg Udang state seat. He won the seat. He was later elected Tg Bidara assemblyman in GE11 in 2004 and appointed as the state’s Environment, Housing and Local Government Committee chairman.
He held the Tg Bidara state seat for two terms, and his last post was as the state Public Works and Facilities Committee chairman. – August 16, 2023