KUALA LUMPUR: Historian and academic figure, Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Zainal Kling died at 4:30 am today at Shah Alam Hospital. He was 80. He was a form...
: Historian and academic figure, Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Zainal Kling died at 4:30 am today at Shah Alam Hospital. He was 80.
He was a former holder of the Malay Rulers Chair at Universiti Teknologi MARA and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaya . His son Reza Safri Zainal said that his father’s remains are currently being managed at Surau Seksyen 3, Shah Alam for funeral arrangements. “ three days at Shah Alam Hospital. He was brought there after his health deteriorated due to diabetic complications. The remains will be buried at the Islamic Cemetery in Seksyen 21, Shah Alam after the Zuhur prayer today,” he said when contacted.
Zainal began his career as a teaching staff at UM in 1967 before being appointed Assistant Lecturer in February 1974.Throughout his life, he also had held several other significant positions such as Director of the National Integration Research Centre at Univeristi Pendidikan Sultan Idris and Head of the History Cluster at the National Professors Council .
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