KUALA LUMPUR: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has extended his condolences to the family of entertainment journalist Siti Nor Hafiza Kamarudin, who died in London yesterday.
“Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. Just this evening, I made a post about journalist Fiza Kamaruddin being in critical condition in a London hospital.
“I received sad news. She has passed away. My condolences to the family of the late Fiza Kamaruddin. May her family endure this heavy trial with fortitude. Al-Fatihah,” he said in a post on Facebook.
Earlier, Siti Nor Hafiza’s husband Mohd Roshdi Ramli told Bernama that his wife breathed her last at 3 pm local time (11 pm in Malaysia).
Siti Nor Hafiza, 40, was admitted to the Charing Cross Hospital in London after reportedly losing consciousness at Heathrow International Airport yesterday while en route to Malaysia after a vacation.
The journalist, who was attached to Boom Malaysia and Jurnal Malaysia portals owned by KRU Media, was selected to receive a sponsored travel package with her family to London and she left with her husband and their two children for the holiday in the middle of this month.
Earlier, Mohd Roshdi said Siti Nor Hafiza Kamarudin who was reportedly in a critical state at Charing Cross Hospital expressed concern about his wife’s health.
He said that his wife’s condition had declined and her blood pressure was extremely low.
“I am concerned about her chances of survival,” he told Bernama.
He elaborated that Siti Nor Hafiza was battling a recurrence of breast cancer, which re-emerged after six years of being in remission.
“My wife has a history of breast cancer. After six years, it resurfaced and has now affected her liver. The cancer has also spread to her head and entire body,” he said.
In the meantime, Mohd Roshdi expressed gratitude to Education Malaysia London director Assoc. Prof Dr Mohd Hanafi Ahmad Damanhuri for allowing him and his children to stay at the Malaysia Hall for three days. – BERNAMA
