PETALING JAYA: The father of Malaysia’s most famous badminton-playing family, Datuk Sidek Abdullah Kamar, passed away yesterday after a long battle against illness.
The 69-year-old Sidek, who had been in a coma for the last 20 days at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang, passed away at 2.30am. He was laid to rest at the burial site in their hometown, Banting, at 10am.