Najib conveys condolences to family of former Indian President

KUALA LUMPUR
Prime Minister Datuk Seri  Najib Tun Razak
yesterday conveyed his condolence to the
family of Indian former President DR APJ
Abdul Kalam,who died on Monday.

"His passing is a loss to the scientific
community,Najib said in his latest tweet,.
Dr Abdul Kalam died after he collapsed
while delivering a lecture in Shillong
<Meghalaya,India ,at about 9 pm(11.30 pm)
in Malaysia,

He was 85 Initial reports by the local
media said he had suffered a cardiac arrest.

The former president collapsed during the
lecture at the Indian Institute of Management
and was rushed to hospital where he died
two and a half hours later,

Born in  Rameswaram Tamil Nadu Dr
Abdul Kalam was India's 11th  President
serving 2002 to 2007.

He was known as the "missile" man of
India for having envisioned India as a
superpower nation by 2020,
He had also contributed significantly
to the betterment of children and women
by promoting literacy among the hard-score
poor--BERNAMA