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Independence fighter Siti Rahmah, 91, dies
Published on: Saturday, March 25, 2017
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Kuala Lumpur: Independence fighter Datuk Siti Rahmah Kassim, 91, died of old age Friday. This was confirmed by her daughter, Prof Puan Sri Dr Rohaty Mohd Majzub.

"My mother breathed last at my house in Petaling Jaya at 10.55am today," she said.

Siti Rahmah was the first woman to donate her jewellery to fund the trip by then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman to London to obtain the country's independence from the British.





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