FORMER IMFORMATION MINISTER DIES

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Information Minister and former Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Mohamed Rahmat (pic) passed away Friday morning at his home in Bukit Damansara.

Tok Mat, as he is known, was 71. He was reported to have been suffering from diabetes and cancer.
He was to celebrate his 72nd birthday next Monday.
Tok Mat was the person who controlled for more than a decade what the Malaysian public saw and heard on Government TV and radio channels as Information Minister from 1987 to 1999.
In his interview on Oct 12 on the release of his book Umno: Akhir Sebuah Impian (Umno: The End of a Dream), he had admitted that his job was really as a Propaganda Minister.
In the book he explains how his ministry’s campaigns, such as Setia (Loyalty), were actually a response to the Team A versus Team B split in Umno in 1987.
Apart from being a Cabinet Minister, Tok Mat had also served as ambassador with ministerial rank to Indonesia.
Tok Mat has a son Datuk Nur Jazlan, who is Member of Parliament of Pulai, which is also his former constituency.
He will be buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery after Asar prayers.

SOURCE:
http://thestar.com.my/