KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today expressed her condolences on the death of the 28th Sultan of Kelantan Sultan Ismail Petra.
“My husband and I wish to express our condolences to the family and relatives of the Kelantan royal family on the death of DYMM Sultan Ismail Petra Ibni Al-Marhum Al-Sultan Yahya Petra, the father of the Kelantan Sultan, Sultan Muhammad V.
“May the Kelantan royal family and their relatives be patient and accept His Highness’ death. We pray that his soul will be blessed and be placed among the righteous,” she said in a statement issued by the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office.
Sultan Ismail Petra died at the Royal Ward of the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital in Kota Bharu at 8.11 am today.
The announcement on Sultan Ismail Petra’s death was made by Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob at Kota Darul Naim in Kota Bharu.
Sultan Ismail Petra ruled Kelantan from March 30, 1980 until May 2009 when he suffered a stroke and was deemed incapacitated by illness. Sultan Muhammad V then took over the Kelantan throne. — Bernama
