“ARCHITECT” OF THE MALAYSIA ECONOMY
Interior Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail mentioned in a submit on X that Daim was “one of many outstanding leaders who made important contributions to the nation.”
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Nancy Shukri famous how Daim “performed a key function in efforts to stabilize the nation’s financial system in the course of the financial disaster of the Eighties and Nineties.”
He was additionally actively concerned in varied nationwide growth initiatives and contributed to schooling and social welfare by way of foundations and charitable actions, he added.
United Malays National Organization (UMNO) politicians who’ve acknowledged Daim’s contributions embrace Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Law and Institutional Reforms Minister Azalina Othman Said.
Mr. Ahmad Zahid is President of UMNO, Former ruling occasion of Malaysia of which Daim was treasurer between 1984 and 2001.
Ms Azalina mentioned Daim was a key determine in UMNO on the time and “regardless of his good and his unhealthy, he nonetheless contributed to the occasion”.
Daim, together with former ministers Rafidah Aziz and Rais Yatim, have been briefly sacked by UMNO in May 2018 for campaigning for the Mahathir-led Pakatan Harapan within the 14th basic election.
Opposition chief Hamzah Zainudin instructed reporters at Daim’s residence: “He was an architect of the nation’s financial system, to the purpose the place Malaysia was as soon as often known as an Asian tiger.”
Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman was additionally current. “Even earlier than his passing, he was terribly, terribly sort and compassionate and useful in being there, not only for me however for therefore many others, day in and time out, so I’m indebted to him,” she mentioned.
Syed Saddiq served as Minister of Youth and Sports from 2018 to 2020 beneath the management of Dr Mahathir. When Dr Mahathir started his second time period as Prime Minister in May 2018, Daim was appointed chairman of the semi-official Council of Eminent Persons to reform the nation’s insurance policies after many years of Barisan Nasional rule.
Daim’s reason for dying was not revealed besides to his lawyer Gurdial Singh Nijar mentioned he had been hospitalized for a couple of weeks within the intensive care unit of the Assunta Hospital in Petaling Jaya after a stroke.
Funeral prayers have been held on the Federal Territory Mosque in Kuala Lumpur and he was buried there Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery.
