Former Sarawak governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud has passed away.
In a Facebook post, his daughter Datuk Hanifah Taib said the 87-year-old breathed his last at a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur at 4.28am on Wednesday (Feb 21).
His remains will be at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur before being brought back to Kuching.