Kuala Lumpur: Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik, a former Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president and long serving Cabinet minister, has passed away peacefully at the age of 82.
According to The Star, his death was confirmed in a message sent to the trustees of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, where he served as chancellor.
Born in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Tun Dr Ling served as Malaysia’s Transport Minister from 1986 to 2003. Before that, he held key deputy ministerial posts in Information, Finance and Education.
A medical doctor by training, he graduated from the University of Singapore.
He entered Parliament in 1974 as the MP for Mata Kuching, defending that seat in 1978 and 1982, before winning the Labis parliamentary constituency in 1986 — a seat he held for four terms.
