Good bye Latifah

Latifah Tan Sri Ya'cob

Former Assistant Secretary of the Olympic Council of Malaysia, Latifah Tan Sri Ya'cob passed away peacefully this morning due to cancer. She was 62.


Latifah, a niece of former Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Musa Hitam, was also the former secretary of the Malaysian Fencing Federation (MFF). She was a sports lover who was a middle-distance runner and actively involved in other sports and club and state level. Her son Faisal Ahmad Akhia represented the country in fencing in the SEA Games.