List of members of the Malaysian Parliament who died in office

The following is a list of members of the Parliament of Malaysia who died in office.

Dewan Negara

Member	Party		Constituency	Selection	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Leong Yew Koh		Alliance ( MCA )		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	12 January 1963	74 [1]
Nik Mohamed Adeeb Nik Mohamed  [ ms ]		PAS	Kelantan	Elected by the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly	4 April 1964	46
Oyang Lawai Jau		SNAP	Sarawak	Elected by the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly	6 August 1974
S. P. Seenivasagam		BN ( PPP )		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	4 July 1975
Athi Nahappan		BN ( MIC )		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	9 May 1976 [2]
Ngau Ken Lock		BN (MCA)	Pahang	Elected by the Pahang State Legislative Assembly	8 March 1978
Mohamed Said Abu Bakar		BN ( USNO )		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	16 April 1978
Chan Kwong Hon		BN (MCA)	Selangor	Elected by the Selangor State Legislative Assembly	29 May 1978
Abu Bakar Titingan Damsani  [ ms ]		BN (USNO)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	20 January 1980	60
Dasimah Dasir		BN ( UMNO )		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	7 October 1980 [3]
Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim		BN (UMNO)	Perlis	Elected by the Perlis State Legislative Assembly	17 June 1981
Ismail Hassan		BN (UMNO)	Johor	Elected by the Johor State Legislative Assembly	4 October 1982
Mohamed Ghazali Jawi		BN (UMNO)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	9 December 1982
Eban Salleh		BN (UMNO)	Johor	Elected by the Johor State Legislative Assembly	6 April 1983
Pandak Hamid Puteh Jali		BN (UMNO)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	22 May 1983
Yaacob Engku Yunus		BN (UMNO)	Kelantan	Elected by the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly	26 August 1983
Hussein Mohd. Nordin		BN (UMNO)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	8 April 1984
Salleh Kassim		BN (UMNO)	Trengganu	Elected by the Trengganu State Legislative Assembly	3 March 1985
Ismail Nagore		BN (UMNO)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	3 June 1987
Jinuin Jimin		BN ( PDS )	Sabah	Elected by the Sabah State Legislative Assembly	12 July 1998		Road accident [4]
Zainol Abidin Johari		BN (UMNO)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	20 July 1998
Poo Yew Choy		BN (MCA)	Johor	Elected by the Johor State Legislative Assembly	18 March 2003
Sinniah Raju		BN (MIC)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	8 December 2004
Mohd. Fuad Ahmad		Independent		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	26 April 2006
Vijayaratnam Seevaratnam		BN ( Gerakan )		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	3 November 2008	58	Fall from a roof [5]
Lee Sing Chooi		BN (MCA)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	9 December 2008	56	Heart attack [6]
Ismail Md. Salleh		Independent		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	27 August 2009	61	Heart attack [7]
Subbaiyah Palaniappan		BN (MIC)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	18 April 2012
Norahan Abu Bakar		BN (UMNO)	Pahang	Elected by the Pahang State Legislative Assembly	22 September 2017
Sambanthan Manickam		All Malaysian Indian Progressive Front		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	15 October 2019	54	Heart attack [8]
Ong Chong Swen		BN (MCA)		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	18 November 2019	69 [9]
Mutang Tagal		GPS ( PBB )		Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	10 May 2024	69 [10]

Dewan Rakyat

Member	Party		Constituency	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Woo Saik Hong  [ ms ]		Alliance ( MCA )	Perak (Telok Anson)	6 April 1961
Onn Jaafar		National Party	Trengganu (Kuala Trengganu Selatan)	19 January 1962	66 [11]
Mohamed Sulong Mohd. Ali		Alliance (UMNO)	Pahang (Lipis)	24 August 1962
Suleiman Abdul Rahman		Alliance (UMNO)	Johor (Muar Selatan)	6 November 1963 [12]	51
Zulkiflee Mohammad		PAS	Kelantan (Bachok)	6 May 1964
Mohamed Noordin Mastan		Alliance (UMNO)	Penang (Seberang Selatan)	1 September 1964
Abdul Rauf Abdul Rahman		Alliance (UMNO)	Perak (Krian Laut)	1966
Yeoh Tat Beng  [ ms ]		Alliance (MCA)	Perak (Beruas)	17 April 1966		Road accident [13]
Abdul Samad Gul Ahmad Mianji  [ ms ]		PAS	Kelantan (Pasir Mas Hulu)	3 July 1967	31–32	Injuries from an axe assault [14] [15]
Hussein Hassan		Alliance (UMNO)	Pahang (Raub)	21 July 1967
Ahmad Abdullah		PAS	Kelantan (Kelantan Hilir)	30 August 1967
Abdullah Mohd Saleh		Alliance (UMNO)	Johor (Segamat Utara)	27 August 1968
Abdul Rahman Talin		Alliance (UMNO)	Pahang (Kuantan)	18 October 1968	51–52
Hamzah Alang		Alliance (UMNO)	Selangor (Kapar)	1 March 1970
Kaw Kai Boh		Alliance (MCA)	Selangor (Ulu Selangor)	15 April 1972	54	Stroke [16]
Sulaiman Mohamed Attas		Alliance (UMNO)	Negeri Sembilan (Rembau-Tampin)	9 May 1972
Tibuoh Rantau		SUPP	Sarawak (Rajang)	1973
Ismail Abdul Rahman		Alliance (UMNO)	Johor (Johore Timur)	2 August 1973	57	Heart attack [17]
Walter Loh Poh Khan		BN (MCA)	Selangor (Selayang)	23 April 1975
Abdul Razak Hussein		BN (UMNO)	Pahang (Pekan)	14 January 1976	53	Leukemia [18]
Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail		BN (UMNO)	Trengganu (Kemaman)	14 March 1976
Syed Jaafar Albar		BN (UMNO)	Johor (Panti)	14 January 1977	62
Pengiran Tahir Pengiran Petra		BN ( USNO )	Sabah (Kimanis)	2 December 1977
Ali Ahmad		BN (UMNO)	Johor (Pontian)	4 December 1977	47	Plane crash [19]
V. Manickavasagam		BN ( MIC )	Selangor (Pelabuhan Kelang)	12 October 1979	53	Heart attack [20]
Andrew Janggi Muyang  [ ms ]		BN ( PBDS )	Sarawak (Lubok Antu)	9 February 1987 [21]	40	Road accident
Abdul Hamid Mustapha		BN (USNO)	Sabah (Limbawang)	21 February 1987
Chan Siang Sun		BN (MCA)	Pahang (Bentong)	21 March 1989	56	Heart attack [22] [23]
Ghazali Ahmad		BN (UMNO)	Kedah (Jerai)	31 January 1992
P. Patto		GR ( DAP )	Penang (Bagan)	12 July 1995	48 [24]	Heart attack [25]
Abu Dahari Osman		BN (UMNO)	Pahang (Lipis)	29 December 1996 [26]
Ong Tin Kim		BN ( Gerakan )	Perak (Telok Intan)	10 April 1997
Kamarudin Ahmad		BN (UMNO)	Perlis (Arau)	25 May 1998
S.A. Anpalagan		BN (MIC)	Negeri Sembilan (Telok Kemang)	28 April 2000 [27]
Fadzil Noor		Barisan Alternatif ( PAS )	Kedah (Pendang)	23 June 2002	65	Complications from heart bypass surgery [28]
Mohamed Zahir Ismail		BN (UMNO)	Perak (Pasir Salak)	14 October 2004	80	Acute renal failure [29]
Edmund Chong Ket Wah		BN ( PBS )	Sabah (Batu Sapi)	9 October 2010	54	Road accident [30]
Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali		Pakatan Rakyat (PAS)	Kuala Lumpur (Titiwangsa)	17 July 2011	53	Cancer [31]
Karpal Singh		Pakatan Rakyat (DAP)	Penang (Bukit Gelugor)	17 April 2014	73	Road accident [32]
Seah Leong Peng		Pakatan Rakyat (DAP)	Perak (Telok Intan)	1 May 2014	48	Bladder cancer [33]
Jamaluddin Jarjis		BN (UMNO)	Pahang (Rompin)	4 April 2015	63	Helicopter crash [34]
Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar		BN (UMNO)	Perak (Kuala Kangsar)	5 May 2016	56	Helicopter crash [35]
Noriah Kasnon		BN (UMNO)	Selangor (Sungai Besar)	5 May 2016	52	Helicopter crash (same event as Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar) [36]
Zainudin Ismail		BN (UMNO)	Negeri Sembilan (Jelebu)	6 December 2017	57	Brain tumour [37]
Abdul Manan Ismail		BN (UMNO)	Pahang (Paya Besar)	12 February 2018	69	Suspected heart attack after a fall [38]
Wong Tien Fatt		PH (DAP)	Sabah (Sandakan)	28 March 2019	64	Heart attack [39]
Mohamed Farid Md Rafik		PH ( BERSATU )	Johor (Tanjung Piai)	21 September 2019	42	Heart attack [40]
Liew Vui Keong		PH ( Heritage )	Sabah (Batu Sapi)	2 October 2020	60	Pneumonia [41]
Hasbullah Osman		BN (UMNO)	Perlis (Gerik)	20 November 2020	63	Heart attack [42]
Salahuddin Ayub		PH ( AMANAH )	Johor (Pulai)	23 July 2023	61	Brain hemorrhage [43]
Bung Moktar Radin		BN ( UMNO )	Sabah (Kinabatangan)	5 December 2025	66	Lung infection [44]

See also

• List of parliamentary by-elections in Malaysia

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