Former spy chief Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid passed away at her home in Desa Pinggiran Putra following a battle with cancer on Friday (May 5). She was 66.
The former director-general of the Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation passed away at 1.22pm.
She was buried on Friday at Pusara Taman Raudhatul Jannah KLM in Kajang at around 4.50pm.
Hasanah was previously charged with committing a criminal breach of trust involving US$12.1 million (RM50.4 million) belonging to the Malaysian government.
She was then granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in 2021.
However, in August 2022, she was acquitted after a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior superintendent was sentenced by the Sessions Court in February 2022 to three years’ jail and two strokes of the cane for the misappropriation of US$6.94 million (RM29.04 million) in evidence linked to Hasanah’s case.