Death
Bishan Singh died at 6.43am at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital on November 30, 2006, aged 62; the cause of death was listed as pulmonary embolism.
His wife Mary Wai, 66, and children Sunitha, 35, and Jeevan Ram, 33, were by his side. Fomca secretary-general Muhammad Sha'ani Abdullah described Singh's death as a “great loss to the nation and NGO community”.
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