KUALA LUMPUR: Former Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) chief Tan Sri Ilyas Din died of a heart ailment last night. He was 67.
Ilyas breathed his last at 10.10pm at his residence in Kampung Datuk Keramat, here, after being warded for nine days at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL).
According to his close friend, Nor Khairul Anuar Mohamad Nor, the 13th RMN chief had just been discharged from the hospital earlier yesterday.
“I brought him home myself. We arrived at his house after Maghrib prayer and I will be here to manage his funeral tomorrow (today),” he told Bernama, when contacted.
Nor Khairul, last night informed that the funeral prayer would be held at the Khalid Al Walid Mosque in Jalan Padang Tembak, here, this morning, before the remains were laid to rest at the Raudhatul Sakinah Cemetery, also here.
Ilyas leaves behind wife, Puan Sri Meryam Harun and three children; Mohd Azrai, Nuratika and Nurameera.
He was appointed as the RMN chief on April 28, 2005, before his retirement in 2006.
Throughout his career with the RMN, which began in 1972, Ilyas was named the RMN Father of Quality for being the driving factor for the RMN to obtain the MS ISO 9001:2001 Certification in 2003. — BERNAMA
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