PUTRAJAYA: Former Election Commission (EC) Chairman, Tan Sri Mohd Hashim Abdullah, was laid to rest at the Precinct 20 Muslim Cemetery here, at 10.20 pm last night (Apr 10).
The hearse carrying his remains arrived at the cemetery at 9.30 pm.
About 150 people, including family members, friends and EC staff, attended the funeral.
The funeral prayer was earlier held at Surau Al-Mizan, Precinct 8, led by his eldest son, Arif Izwan, with more than 100 people performing the prayer.
Among those present to pay their last respects were Communications Ministry Secretary-General, Datuk Abdul Halim Hamzah; Putrajaya Member of Parliament, Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin; former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy), Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed; former Prime Minister’s Department’s Senior Deputy Secretary-General, Tan Sri Othman Mahmood; and former Treasury Secretary-General, Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah.
Hashim, 71, a native of Kota Bharu, Kelantan, breathed his last breath at the National Heart Institute (IJN) at 2 pm today due to health complications.
BERNAMA reported that he had suffered a heart attack last Tuesday before being rushed to Putrajaya Hospital.
He was referred to IJN at 10 am yesterday but suffered another heart attack en route and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Hashim was appointed EC Chairman on January 24, 2016, and ended his service on July 1, 2018.
He had previously served as Senior Private Secretary to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Senior Private Secretary to the Minister of Rural Development, and Deputy Secretary-General (Entrepreneurs) at the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development
The late Hashim served as Secretary-General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry from November 11, 2010, to August 31, 2014, upon reaching mandatory retirement age. – BERNAMA
