Pengkalan Kubor rep dies in China
Barisan Nasional Pengkalan Kubor assemblyman Datuk Noor Zahidi Omar (pic), 57, died at 5.45am today of liver cancer, according to Tumpat Umno deputy chief Datuk Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz.
In confirming the news, Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim) president Senator Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the three-term Kelantan assemblyman died in China.
“I received the news that he had died in Guangzhou from his son,” Asyraf said.
Zahidi was undergoing treatment in China two weeks ago, reported Bernama.
In the 2013 general election, Zahidi won the Pengkalan Kubor seat by 1,736 votes after defeating PKR’s Saharun Ibrahim and independent Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary.
Saharun polled 8,438 votes while Izat lost his deposit when he got 65 votes.
Zahidiis survived by his wife, Datin Siti Mona Abdul Kadir, and 12 children. – August 20, 2014.
