KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Dewan Negara President Senator Datuk Mutang Tagal died this morning while being treated at the National Heart Institute (IJN), his office confirmed today.
Mutang had been taken to the hospital for treatment immediately upon his return from a working visit to Azerbaijan on Monday.
He was 70 years’ old.
Mutang became the Senate president on February 19 as a replacement to Tun Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, who left the post to become the governor of Sarawak.
The appointment made Mutang the first Sarawak native to head the Dewan Negara.
Previously, he had been the elected representative for the Bukit Mas federal constituency in Sarawak from 1982 to 1990.
He is survived by his wife and three children.
Mutang’s office said details about his funeral will be disclosed later.
