Former KLSE boss Salleh Majid passes away

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE, now Bursa Malaysia) president Datuk Mohd Salleh Abdul Majid died Monday of rectal cancer and renal failure, a family member said. He was 62.

Salleh died at 10.20am at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, he said. Close family members were at his bedside.

The family member said the remains will be taken to his mother's house at Lot 1055, Jalan Haji Mokhtar, Kampung Pasir, Hulu Kelang, here.

The burial is expected to take place after the Asar prayers.

Salleh was appointed KLSE president in 1996 and retired in 2003. - Bernama